Park roses - planting and care

Varieties and varieties

Park roses are planted on the lawn, in a cozy corner of the garden, on flower beds, or form a hedge from them. In addition to domestic varieties, Canadian varieties are widespread for their amazing winter hardiness and the fact that their preparation for winter is minimal. English roses cover for the winter, but planting and caring for them does not require too much effort and time, which also contributes to popularity.

The Abelzieds variety grows well in the middle lane. Its very thorny tall bushes rise up to 2 m, at the beginning of summer they are covered with a large number of pale pink, slightly double flowers with a delicate aroma. Parsla with white flowers is often planted as a hedge, its flowers are collected in small inflorescences of 3 - 5 pieces. On slopes to strengthen the soil, you can plant the rapidly growing bushes "Blanc Double de Coubert". White flowers against a background of dark green leaves look very elegant, the rose is frost-resistant and unpretentious. Domestic breeders continue to work, trying to create varieties that are not only beautiful, but also resistant to temperature extremes, and especially to severe frosts.

Canadian varieties are famous for their indifference to high and low temperatures, they grow well in our conditions.

Bright red fragrant roses "Alexander MacKenzie" with a diameter of 5 - 8 cm are collected in clusters on shoots with large thorns. The bush itself grows up to 2 m high and up to 1.5 m wide.

Flowers "Alexander MacKenzie" blooming, change color from lemon to soft cream, the diameter of a fully blossoming flower reaches 9 cm. On its velvet stems from one to 8 delicate fragrant flowers can bloom. "Alexander MacKenzie" is not afraid of -40 degrees of frost, resistant to many traditional diseases, his bush grows straight up, and then the shoots at a height of more than 2 meters bend arcuate. Sufficiently large flowers (with a diameter of up to 10 cm) are collected in inflorescences of 15 pieces, bright pink buds turn pale as they bloom and a fully blooming double rose is already pale pink with a creamy center. Large snow-white double flowers with carved petals of the Parsley variety look unusual, the bush grows up to 2 meters high. Red roses with curling petals “Quadra” resemble peonies.

You can find here the English beauty "Graham Thomas" of yellow-gold color, blooming all season without interruption. The large red velvet flowers of William Shakespeare exude a violet-like scent. The red, bowl-shaped (slightly peony-like) flowers of the Benjamin Britten smell of summer fruit.

Video "Landing in the ground"

From the video you will learn how to plant this type of rose in open ground.

Planting and leaving

Roses are planted in spring until mid-May or in autumn so that the bush takes root in a new place before frost.Autumn planting is preferable if wintering is easy, the plant will not suffer, then in spring it will grow more actively than planted in April - May. For park roses, care is especially caring in the first three years, at this time you need to think about how to prune to form a bush, how to cover for the winter in order to protect the young plant. Then an adult plant does not require such a strong wrapping, and pruning is limited to sanitary, and sometimes rejuvenating is carried out, cutting out the old 5-year-old shoots.

The soil should be slightly acidic, loose, nutritious. If it is clayey on the site, then it is worth adding peat, sand, compost or humus before planting. In an excessively sandy soil, in addition to compost and humus, sod or just clay is introduced. Park roses prefer a sunny location, but can grow in partial shade, which will reduce the number of flowers. It is better to grow them in open, light-colored lawns or in places protected from drafts. There should be no stagnation of water in this place, and groundwater should approach the surface no closer than 1.5 - 1.8 m.

A hole for the bush must be dug deep so that all the roots can freely straighten, they must not be allowed to bend or bend, the root collar is deepened by 5 - 10 cm.After planting, the bush is watered abundantly, the ground around is mulched with peat or straw crumbs. The first 2 - 3 years, roses are not cut, only in the second half of summer you can pinch or shorten the young shoots so that they do not rush to gain length, but have time to ripen before winter.

This type of rose tolerates drought better than an abundance of moisture. Bushes need to be watered rarely, but abundantly - up to 1.5 buckets once every 10 - 12 days.

If watered often and little by little, many small roots grow under the very surface of the earth. They will not make the plant strong, they can freeze in winter. But a rare abundant watering contributes to the formation of long strong roots that can search for nutrients at a depth of 1.5 m. the plant will still survive - new shoots will grow from healthy roots. You need to water under the bush so that water does not get on the leaves or flowers.

It is necessary to weed and loosen the ground around the bushes as often as possible, pulled out weeds must be removed immediately, in no case should they be left near the bushes.

Fertilizing and feeding

Park roses respond well to the introduction of humus, watering with a solution of slurry. Such fertilization is carried out in the spring, at this time it is advisable to add special fertilizer complexes for roses, since they need a portion of iron, magnesium, boron. By the end of summer, it is worth giving the roots food containing potassium, calcium, phosphorus. Once or twice (August and September), a bucket of water with superphosphate (15 g) and potassium monophosphate (16 g) dissolved in it is poured under the bushes. In the fall, before the onset of the dormant period, it is recommended to add compost, which will warm in winter and feed in spring.

Top dressing is carried out after watering or simultaneously with it. Then it is advisable to loosen and mulch the ground under the bushes.

How do they reproduce

Almost all varieties are propagated by layering, dividing the bush, root suckers, cuttings. It is easy to get layering - you need to dig in a young flexible shoot, shade and water this place, by autumn it will take root, and next spring it can be cut off from the mother bush and planted separately.

In early spring or autumn after flowering, the bushes are divided into pieces with a pruner or a very sharp knife, each of which will contain roots and shoots. Places of cuts are treated with charcoal, and parts of the bush are planted separately, as it should be for independent plants. In early spring, you can separate a one-year-old offspring with a root and also plant it separately.

In autumn, you can cut cuttings from semi-lignified shoots or during flowering (preferably in the first half of summer) take green ones with 3 - 4 buds, root them in one of the possible ways. On the cuttings, you can start up an extra shoot cut off in the fall. In the spring they are planted in the ground.

Diseases and pests

Park roses can get powdery mildew, especially in wet summers, or if they grow in the shade. This is a very unpleasant fungal disease that can kill an entire bush (as well as infect other plants). First, a barely noticeable gray bloom appears on the back of the leaf, then it covers all leaves and shoots, if allowed. In the event of a disease, the affected parts of the plant are destroyed, and the entire bush and surrounding plants are treated with a soda-soap solution or preparations "Topaz", "Skor", "Fitosporin". For prevention, the bushes are sprayed with iron sulfate in the spring, and in the summer you can use a solution of salt, sulfur and quicklime.

Among the pests, the most dangerous are garden beetles and crimson weevils. The beetle larvae eat the buds, and the beetles themselves are able to eat all the greens, leaving the bare branches to dry out. Therefore, beetles must be collected by hand and carried away or destroyed.

Raspberry weevils can deprive not only roses, but also many garden berries, settling in the bushes. To prevent this, you need to remove weeds and plant debris in time, dig up the top layer of soil. Scare off this parasite with infusions of bitter pepper, wormwood, tansy or a solution of potassium permanganate. During the formation of buds, the roses are treated with a soap-ash solution, which also perfectly drives the weevil away.

A properly selected place, not too densely overgrown bushes and just a careful periodic inspection of plants will help grow beautiful flowers and not meet the troubles that diseases and pests cause.

Proper Care Video

From the video you will learn how to properly care for these plants.