The natural wild garden

And which roses fit in this

More and more people are opting for a natural wild garden. That is a garden where there is plenty of room for native plants, insects, birds and other animals. Roses can be a wonderful addition to this. And they don't just have to be wild roses.

In a wild garden you enjoy the life that takes place in it.

It is less tidy than a classic ornamental garden and requires less maintenance. No tight paths, preferably not spraying and using fertilizer, but paths made of wood chips and lots of biodiversity. However, this means that you just let everything go wild. It is more a matter of guiding and moving along with how the garden develops, experimenting and sustainable gardening. It's exciting to see how plants spread. The garden therefore looks different every year. If a plant is expanding too quickly for your taste, you can adjust the proportions again.

It is obvious to give wild roses, also called botanical roses, a place in a wild natural garden. Wild roses are native to the Northern Hemisphere and are millions of years old. They are extremely strong plants that can cope well with drought or a lot of rain and need little. They produce beautiful single flowers and in the autumn you can enjoy the beautiful hips that they produce. Most wild roses grow into large shrubs and you can therefore prune them back heavily in the spring.

Of course there is also a middle ground.

You can also let the garden gradually become wild. Some plants are not purely 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 wonderfully with wildness.

A rose does not necessarily have to be left alone in a neatly hoed bed. And, as a rule, all roses with an open flower give hips. Biodiversity reduces the sensitivity of the rose and can therefore often replace unwanted remedies. For example, in the photo you can see how beautifully Rosa Royal Jubilee looks among the other plants. Another great idea is to let a rambler grow wildly in a tree, over the ground or through a hedge of natural plants.