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Paul F. ZimmermanThis article has appeared in various forms in
\nThe American Rose Society 2000 Annual
\nPerennial Magazine – 2003
\nAnd a few others.<\/p>\n

A man walks into a nursery and asks, \u201cI\u2019m looking for a flowering shrub that comes in a lot of different colors and sizes, is fragrant, blooms all year that I can mix with a bunch of other plants. Got any suggestions?\u201d The Nursery Person puts a finger to His\/Her lips and quietly motions for the man to follow Him\/Her. He\/She leads the man by the azaleas, around the camellias and down past the viburnums. Turning the corner He\/She points to a huge section of flowering shrubs in all shapes and sizes with an overwhelming fragrance. The man takes one look, turns to the Nursery Person and says, \u201cbut these are roses\u201d. The Nursery Person says, \u201cI know, they make great landscape shrubs. But don\u2019t tell anyone<\/p>\n

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A planting of roses, perennials and annuals makes a delightful combination.<\/p><\/div>\nbecause you\u2019ll make rosarians really mad.\u201d<\/p>\nA bit extreme perhaps but it illustrates my point that most of us consider roses to be nothing more than a flower factory. Too many of us go out, buy a bunch of rosebushes and pay no attention to how and where we plant them. Then as long as they do not get disease and the flowers keep coming, we are happy. What we end up with is a row of little soldiers all proudly wearing epaulets on their shoulders but unfortunately the overall look sometimes leaves much to be desired. Perhaps you\u2019ve seen a bed of roses with the odd Floribunda and Grandiflora thrown in making the rose garden look like an out of balance skyline. Roses are great shrubs and should take their place proudly in the garden with the other plants. After all, how many other shrubs are there that give color all year $\"\"$