And which roses fit into this

More and more people are choosing a natural wild garden. This is a garden with plenty of space for native plants, insects, birds, and other animals. Roses can be a beautiful addition to this. And they do not have to be only wild roses.

In a wild garden, you enjoy the life that unfolds within it.

It is less tidy than a classic ornamental garden and requires less maintenance. No neat paths, preferably no watering or use of artificial fertilizer, but paths made of wood chips and lots of biodiversity. However, this means you just let everything grow wild. It is more a matter of guiding and adapting to how the garden develops, experimenting, and sustainable gardening. It is exciting to see how plants self-seed. As a result, the garden looks different every year. If a plant spreads too quickly for your taste, you can manage the whole thing back to proportions.

It makes sense to give wild roses, also called botanical roses, a place in a wild natural garden. Wild roses originally come from the Northern Hemisphere and are millions of years old. They are very hardy plants that can handle drought or heavy rain well and need little care. They produce beautiful single flowers and in autumn you can enjoy the lovely hips they produce. Most wild roses grow into large shrubs, so you should prune them back heavily in spring.

Of course, there is also a middle way.

You can also let your garden gradually become wild. Some plants are not strictly native, but have been present in Dutch gardens for hundreds of years. This also applies to roses. It is interesting to experiment. Old roses, for example, which have been cultivated for hundreds of years. Strong varieties with beautiful flowers and fragrance from the belle époque period or even older. English roses - which are ultimately a cross between old and modern roses - are also worth considering. They form beautiful, large bushy shrubs that fit perfectly with wild growth.

A rose does not necessarily have to stand all alone in a neatly hoed bed. Generally, all roses with an open flower produce hips. Biodiversity reduces the rose's susceptibility and can often replace unwanted chemicals. In the photo, for example, you can see how beautifully Rosa Royal Jubilee performs among the other plants. Another nice idea is to let a rambler grow wildly in a tree, over the ground, or through a hedge of natural plants.