A bright representative of climbing roses - Santana
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Description
Santana is the finest variety with luxurious large flowers. Their diameter can reach about 10 centimeters. The foliage of this variety is thick, shiny. It blooms several times and has a number of features:
- They have a rich, deep, "juicy" dark red color.
- The petals are velvety and very delicate to the touch.
- During flowering, all branches are strewn with flowers, and this process lasts for a long time.
- Flowers do not deteriorate under the influence of external climatic factors (in the sun they shimmer and resemble sparkling diamonds, after rain their color only improves, and the petals straighten and become even more attractive).
- The maximum height of the shrub is 3 meters.
- Thanks to strong branches, it does not need additional support or support.
- Rose Santana is climbing, very resistant to various diseases and pests. It tolerates cold normally, but it is better to grow it in warm regions. It has a wonderful scent that can be felt as soon as you get close to the bush.
- This variety looks gorgeous on a contrasting or light background.
- Flowers grow not one at a time, but are collected in a brush of three pieces each. The rose covers the entire bush evenly, it does not happen that there are more flowers on one side, and on the other there are almost no.
Video "Description"
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Variety characteristics
Speaking about the Santana variety, it should be noted that the choice of location is very important. This shrub loves a well-ventilated area, but without a constant draft. She needs a warm and sunny place. The best option is the south side on some kind of hill.
If the planting site is chosen correctly, then the shrub will bloom next year and will be an excellent decoration for landscape design. A climbing rose does not require a large area, an area of 50 cm x 50 cm will be sufficient. The most important thing is to pre-prepare a hole before planting. It must be dug up, poured into a bucket of manure and filled with water.
After planting, the rose requires some care, and in subsequent years it grows quite independently, without taking a lot of time and effort.
Grooming and pruning
Taking care of this type of rose, you should adhere to some simple rules so that the rose grows healthy, beautiful and pleases its "owner" for a long time.
Water the plant, as a rule, once a week. If the weather is hot without precipitation, then watering is carried out more often.
The feeding process takes place in several stages and according to a special scheme. The manure that was placed in the hole before planting will feed the plant for the next two years. But besides this, Santana needs additional nutrition, best of all with peat-nitrogen fertilizers. You can use standard mixtures that are suitable for flowering plants.
When the plant is at rest, it does not need to be fertilized, but during the growing season, about five dressings are carried out.
Pruning is an important step in the proper care of the Santana rose. It must be carried out at a certain time and in accordance with a special technique.
Pruned so that the bush is decorative and has a beautiful shape, grows well and blooms thickly. Also, this process helps to avoid diseases and maintain the ideal appearance of the rose. If you do not prune, then the vines will grow chaotic, shapeless and will look more like ugliness and thickets than a shrub decorating the garden. To give the correct shape, pruning is carried out asymmetrically and on curved branches.
In order to thin out the bush a little, young shoots are cut off. Leave last year's branches. Flowers will not appear on new and young ones. On them, only the edge is carefully removed, on which there are no kidneys.
Despite the fact that the Santana variety blooms several times a year, the shoots are removed in the fourth year, because after three years the flowers are already withering on the branches.
Annual shoots are left, but no more than 7 pieces.
You can carry out the pruning process before wintering. In order for the shrub to survive the cold season well, the longest shoots are removed from it. This procedure is carried out with a well-sharpened knife with disinfected steel. The cut site must be treated with a special viscous substance that does not dissolve in water and is intended for the treatment of "wounds".
In order to grow the Santana rose does not require a lot of effort, energy consumption and time, but how beautiful this shrub is in aesthetic terms. It is not difficult to create a luxurious blooming garden with your own hands.
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