Every owner of a garden or summer cottage wants his territory to look beautiful. To do this, you can arrange lush and bright flower beds. However, to make them truly pleasing to the eye, you need to choose the appropriate plants. In this case, the best option would be a bush rose - planting and caring for this flower in open ground is not too difficult. And if everything is done correctly, then very soon the flower garden will delight you with bright and lush roses. It is important to comply with all plant care requirements.
What kind of variety is this, characteristics of the plant
Shrub roses have been known since ancient times. They were grown by the Greeks and Romans to decorate the area near their homes. The plant belongs to the Rosehip family and is distinguished by its beauty with fairly simple care. Thanks to this, it is popular as a decoration for a summer house or private home.
Shrub rose
Key Features
The plant has a varied appearance. Moreover, this applies not only to colors, but also to the shape and size of the crown. Depending on the type, it can be very lush or consist of several branches. The same applies to the growth of a rose bush. Some varieties can reach a height of up to 3 meters, others barely reach 50 cm. The branches of each plant are divided into main and annual, which grow again every spring.
Additional Information. Depending on the species, the peduncle can be from 15 to 100 cm in height.
As for the buds, they can have more than 100 petals. The main flower sometimes grows up to 20 cm in diameter. Roses grow either singly or in inflorescences. Their shades vary depending on the variety. At present, probably, only the variety with bright blue buds has not yet been bred. However, species have appeared in which the flowers change color depending on the time of year.
Some varieties of bush roses resemble wild roses in their appearance, others bloom only once, and then become just a green decoration for the area. Other varieties delight gardeners with bright flowers every year.
The main advantages of flowers:
- High frost resistance compared to other types of roses.
- Unpretentious in care.
- With the help of bush roses you can create chic green hedges.
However, they also have disadvantages. The main ones are:
- It is necessary to prune the bushes every year.
- Although the plant has high frost resistance, it needs to be prepared for winter. And the large size of the bush makes it difficult to wrap up before cold weather.
By winter we will have to create three-dimensional structures
Hybrid tea roses
Classic roses are the most beautiful. They have very large flowers (10–13 cm in size), very remarkable, regular in shape, with a cone-shaped core, and are solitary in arrangement. The height of the bush is about 90 cm.
Hybrid tea roses have a strong aroma. The colors are varied, there are even shades close to blue. The color and shine of the leaves also varies. Hybrid tea roses can be grown either as a bush or as a standard tree. These roses are the most demanding. To get such beauty, you need to try.
At the same time, tea roses have their own characteristics: they do not bloom again, the flowers are located quite rarely on the bush. Therefore, it is better to admire such roses up close and complement them with other flowering plants, which will take on the main role during the period when roses are not blooming.
Garden growing technology
Planting and caring for a bush rose is not a very difficult task, but it can cause some difficulties for a beginner. In order to grow a bush rose in your garden, it is important to know the basics of technology. Although the plant is very unpretentious, to use it as a home decoration or to create bouquets, you must adhere to certain rules.
Park rose: planting and care in open ground
To do everything correctly, the plant must be grown in the following sequence.
Choosing a landing site
The first thing you need to pay attention to is choosing a place on the site where you can plant the seedlings. In this regard, the rose is quite selective, so everything must be done correctly.
It is not recommended to plant a flower in lowlands, since in winter snow can accumulate there, which, when melted, can harm the root system. The flower also needs to be protected from drafts. To do this, it is better to grow it next to the wall of some building. Therefore, an excellent place would be a shaded area that is illuminated by the sun only in the morning.
Soil preparation
The correct choice of soil is an important condition for growing roses. Planting in depleted soil is not recommended. It is better to enrich it with mineral compounds in advance.
When digging a hole, it is necessary to remove all large stones, branches and roots. Do not grow flowers in waterlogged soil. In this case, it is worth organizing drainage and saving the root system from rotting.
Planting a seedling
It is necessary to plant seedlings in holes that are not too deep. It is better to line the bottom of the hole with a drainage layer 10 cm thick. To fill the rest of the volume, it is recommended to use compost and chernozem. This will allow the plant to grow and develop faster.
When planting, the roots need to be carefully straightened, and at the end the surface of the earth should be compacted a little.
Watering and fertilizing
Immediately after planting, the seedling must be watered thoroughly. If the process is carried out in the summer, then it is advisable to shade the seedlings for the first time. As for fertilizing, phosphorus fertilizers are allowed, which have a positive effect on the growth of the bush.
Important! Potash fertilizers can be applied closer to autumn in August.
This will prepare the plant for winter.
Rules for planting in open ground
It is best to open the season for planting bush roses in early autumn. At the same time, you should not buy seedlings in advance; it is better to find them right before planting. You need to choose the strongest and healthiest specimens.
Climbing rose - planting and care in open ground in spring
After purchasing the bushes, you need to choose the right place for growing. It should be sufficiently lit and not exposed to drafts. In addition, it is important to pay attention to the quality of the soil. The more nutritious it is, the more magnificent the plant will be.
Important! In the spring, stores usually sell what they did not purchase in the fall. These rose seedlings are not very good.
It is important to place the plant in the right place
Landing Features
Before planting a flower, it must be prepared. To do this, the roots are trimmed and the shoots are shortened with a sharp tool. After this, a hole is prepared for planting. Its depth should be 10 cm greater than the length of the root system.
When the flower is planted, you need to make a circular roller around it. This will help distribute the water evenly during watering. If you plan to grow several bushes, then it is important to correctly determine the distance between them. Depending on the variety, it can be from 100 to 200 cm.
climbing roses
These are incredibly beautiful roses. They look so luxurious not only because of their beautiful flowers and abundant blooms, but also because they are vertical. By itself, such a rose will not curl; it needs to be helped by periodically tying the shoots to a support.
There are roses that bloom very profusely once a season. They are usually small-flowered with a racemose arrangement of flowers. Such roses produce a large number of thin shoots and are more difficult to prune. And there are varieties that bloom not so luxuriantly, but for a longer period of time, constantly forming new and new buds. These roses are large-flowered, and they are spectacular due to the size of the flowers. They have thicker shoots and are not so tangled.
Contrary to popular belief, the climbing rose is not very demanding; the main thing is to insulate it well for the winter. To do this, it must be removed from the support and placed in a shelter. This, in fact, is the whole difficulty: it is difficult to remove the rose from the support.
How to care for a bush rose
Heuchera: planting and care in open ground
Growing bush roses is very easy. This can be done both in open ground and in a pot at home. However, to get a lush plant, it is important to remember the basic rules for caring for it:
- Watering. The flower is not very moisture-loving, so it is recommended to water it only if the top layer of soil dries out. It is better to use the drip method of moisturizing.
- Fertilizer. It is necessary to make four feedings - in the spring during active growth, during budding, after the flowering period, before preparing for wintering.
- Transfer. The plant needs to be replanted if it has grown too much. It is better to do this in late spring or early autumn. In general, propagation is carried out according to the same system as planting a seedling. The plant must be transplanted into a new hole with fresh substrate.
- Trimming. In summer, it is better to carry out this procedure only for sanitary purposes. In autumn, pruning is done in preparation for wintering - all old, diseased and dried shoots are removed.
The principle of autumn pruning
Best neighbors for roses
Not all plants go well with roses, since roses are very elegant and have a special texture. Flowers planted next to roses should highlight their beauty, serve as a background that suits the style, and in no case argue with the queen of the garden.
Here are some plants that can be a worthy addition to roses in compositions, flower beds, mixborders: delphinium, foxglove, bluebell, mallow (rose rose), Italian aster, purple sedum, rudbeckia, paniculata phlox, giant onion, daylily, Turkish carnation, cosmos, cuff, woolly chick; You can plant gypsophila at some distance.
Reproduction methods
The following methods are used to propagate bush roses:
- dividing the bush;
- cuttings;
- layering;
- offspring;
- vaccinations.
Important! The cutting method is the most reliable. The cuttings are very easy to prepare and grow in open ground.
Rose cuttings
Preparing for winter
In the Moscow region and similar regions, roses endure winter relatively calmly. However, preparatory measures need to be carried out in the Urals and Siberia. To do this, it is necessary to cut off all weak and diseased shoots and treat them with garden varnish. On the remaining stems, you need to pick off all the leaves and treat them with Bordeaux mixture. When the temperature reaches -8 °C, the bush must be protected with any covering material, on top of which a film is laid.
The bush rose is one of the most unpretentious plants with which you can decorate your garden. However, it is important to follow the rules for planting and caring for the plant.
Preparing roses for winter
Roses must be covered for the winter. There are many different ways to do this, but not all of them are equally good, since the rose is also very afraid of getting warm.
Rose needs a warm “house” for the winter, but with good air exchange. In principle, the type of house is the same for climbing roses and for all others. The best option is a wooden box plus two layers of dense spunbond on top. Such a shelter is both warm and breathable.
Instead of a wooden box, you can use a garden construction set placed crosswise, stretch two layers of dense spunbond onto it, and put plastic film on top.
They don’t do anything with ordinary bush roses, but the climbing rose must first be removed from the support (this is the most difficult thing - it is noticeably prickly). Therefore, it is better to purchase a flexible special support for it, which can be removed from the main support (arches, arbors) and placed together with the rose. Then cut the shoots by 1/3, roll them into a ring and place them in a “house” on a layer of sawdust or a sheet of foam underneath.
