Lavender or rose?

[MinnieMountain]

I’ve just had a crappy hedge removed from a strip of land between our front door and the pavement. I was going to put lavender in, until DS suggested roses.

Which would be better? The land is 1.5ft x 10 ft (both approximate). It is gravelly, sunny and has a 4ft high stone wall on one side and our stone path on the other. We don’t want the plants to grow above that.

Lavender is easy. Or I like Rosa Cambridgeshire for a ground cover rose.

Lavender. Evergreen. No thorns. Smells lovely. Trouble free regarding black spot, slugs and snails. Classic.

I have lavender growing in my garden. Apart from pruning once a year I do nothing to It, it is low maintenance.

I love roses but in your scenario I would plant lavender.

Lavender & maybe some salvia? They flower for longer.

Thanks all.

I love roses. We have plenty in the back garden. But the reasons given in favour of lavender are why I thought of it in the first place.

I see that lavender is best planted in April.

Is it worth buying the 9cm pots that lots of places seem to have on offer now and letting them get bigger in their pots, or just wait until Spring to buy?

Rosemary might work. It's very low maintenance too.

@BreadMachine we definitely want lavender. I’ll just have to wait to plant it.