The Fragrant Rose – A Enrichment for the Garden

Fragrant roses are unfortunately a rarity these days. However, once you catch a whiff of the queen of flowers, you won't be able to get the scent out of your head.

A wonderfully fragrant rose is a must-have in your garden. While fragrant roses are rare, the new cultivars show great promise.

If you have a fragrant rose in your garden, it's important to find the right spot for it. The best place for a fragrant rose is near seating areas so that its captivating scent can be enjoyed at nose level. But anywhere you cross the rose’s path is an ideal location. Whether it's catching a pleasant scent while walking by or relaxing on a garden lounge chair surrounded by the rose's sensual fragrance, the fragrant rose will never be out of place. A special tip: if a fragrant rose is planted under a window, its sweet scent can fill the entire house!

Fragrant roses are the ideal way to create many small fragrance oases in your garden. Perfect companions for a fragrant rose in such a fragrance island are lavender or chocolate cosmos. However, it's important to ensure that not too many scents are mixed together at once. This can lead to the fragrances overpowering each other, and the individual wonderful scents won't be as noticeable. In garden design with fragrant roses, the rule is: less is more. After all, you don’t want to mask the rare and unique scent of the rose with other fragrances.

Whether and how intensely a fragrant rose smells depends on various factors. In addition to the variety, the shape of the flowers, the weather, and the plant’s location play a major role. The sunnier and more sheltered the location is, and the higher the humidity in that area, the more intense the fragrance of the rose will be. Under these conditions, essential oils are produced and released in greater quantities, making the rose smell even more intense.