Rose English Lady of Shallot: variety description

Landing place

Rose of the Lady of Shalott variety is distinguished by its fast growth and abundant long flowering. In one season, a small seedling is able to turn into a luxurious lush bush up to 1-1.2 meters high and in the same year to please with the first buds. But in order to achieve this, you need to choose the right place to plant.

For the English rose, the place of growth is of decisive importance, and this applies not only to the territory itself, but also to the neighboring plants. Considering that the width of the crown of an adult bush is about 1 m, then when planting, you need to make sure that no other shrubs grow within a radius of 1-1.5 m from it, and tall trees within a radius of 2-2.5 m. It is necessary to protect the bush from the neighborhood with large plants so that they do not take nutrients from the soil for the rose.

In terms of soil, the rose is not very demanding. She only dislikes heavy clay soil, sandy, and also with high acidity. The soil with a high sand content quickly heats up and dries up, and in clay and acidic soil the root system withers away, this soil composition also needs attention. The best soil for the Lady of Shalott rose is loose loam with a good fertile layer of humus. If your soil is not fertile enough, you can improve its quality with compost, humus or other organic matter, which are usually placed in the hole when planting.

The site for planting should be sunny, but free of wind and drafts. It is great if the bush is intensely illuminated for 6 hours, and the rest of the day is in partial shade. Planting in a lowland or in areas with a close location of groundwater should be avoided, as excessive moisture for a rose is harmful. It is better to plant a shrub on a small hill, you can also on a slope.

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Landing

Seedlings purchased in containers are transplanted together with a clod of earth, trying to deepen the grafting site 6-7 cm into the soil. Plants with an open root system need to soak the roots, since even the roots of a newly dug seedling are usually dry. It is recommended to dig out planting holes for a rose in advance - 1-2 weeks, then the earth will have time to settle by the time of planting.

The most suitable time for planting is autumn (September - early October), so that 1-1.5 months remain before the onset of the first frosts. During this time, the seedling will have time to take root.

Planting in spring is also possible, but in this case, the soil for the rose should be prepared in the fall: dig up and apply organic fertilizers. Some growers advise, before planting, to dip the roots of the rose in a mash, consisting of clay, manure and water in a ratio of 3: 3: 10.

The landing itself is carried out according to the following algorithm:

• a hole is dug 40x40 cm in size and 30-50 cm deep (depending on the length of the root system);
• a layer of compost, a little superphosphate, ash is laid on the bottom of the pit;
• a thin layer of soil is poured over the fertilizers - this is necessary so that the roots do not come into contact with the fertilizers;
• 0.5 buckets of water are poured into the pit;
• the seedling is placed in the middle of the pit, the roots are straightened;
• then the bush is manually sprinkled with earth, periodically compacting it;
• in the end, it is abundantly watered and sprinkled with dry earth - hilling accelerates the survival rate of the seedling, as it contributes to the formation of additional roots.

Care

English roses are quite demanding to care for, and some events have their own characteristics. For example, watering should be timely and moderate, since the rose does not tolerate waterlogging, or, on the contrary, drought. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly monitor the humidity level and maintain it.

For abundant flowering, the Lady of Shalott rose needs regular feeding. During the season, it is fed at least 3 times: before flowering with a mineral mixture with nitrogen, during flowering - with organic matter and special preparations for roses, before wintering - with phosphorus and potassium. From organic matter, the rose loves compost and liquid manure, as well as mulching with peat.

In spring and autumn, the bushes need to be pruned. Despite the high winter hardiness of the variety, it is better to cover the roots of the rose with organic mulch for the winter, and if the winters have little snow, then in addition to mulch, you should also use a denser cover (film, any non-woven material).

Reproduction

For this variety, as for all Austin English roses, only vegetative propagation methods are acceptable: by layering, cuttings, dividing the bush. Saplings, which are offered in nurseries, are, as a rule, specimens grafted onto the stock.

Very often, grafted bushes run wild (form wild shoots), so it is better to grow own-rooted roses in one of the following ways:

1. Layers. The method is suitable for propagation of any roses, especially climbing roses. In spring or early summer, you need to choose a strong one-year shoot, make cuts in the bark at the locations of the buds, then bend it to the ground and dig in or fill it with fertile soil. The future seedling is periodically watered. By the fall, the shoot will take root, and next spring it can be separated and transplanted to a permanent place.
2. Division of the bush. Quite a troublesome method, therefore it is more often used for miniature shrubs, but if you wish, you can plant any roses this way. To separate the bush, it should be dug up in early spring, before bud break, divide it into 2-3 parts (no longer desirable), and then transplant it to the right place. In the first year, the buds should be broken off so that the bush can quickly build up the green mass.
3. Cuttings. The most common and affordable method of propagation, since shoots can be used as cuttings after pruning. You should know that green cuttings take root faster, however, old (woody) ones are also suitable for reproduction. Cuttings are cut in the summer immediately after flowering. Each stalk must contain at least 3 buds. The lower cut is made at an angle below the kidney, the lower one can be straight and cut above the kidney. Such blanks are buried in a moist substrate, and after about a month, when they take root, you can start transplanting.

There is another method of propagation, but it is applicable only for roses that form basal shoots (offshoots). Shoots are formed from adventitious root buds, and very quickly form their own root system. After a while, they can be carefully separated from the mother bush and transplanted. This method is the most convenient, since it does not require any work on the part of the grower.

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