What are polyanthus roses?
Polyanthus roses are a hybrid variety obtained from crossing two types of roses - Chinese tea and dwarf Japanese. The first seedlings appeared at the end of the 19th century thanks to the Frenchman Jean Baptiste Guillot and have not lost their popularity since then. What is so special about polyanthus roses that flower growers love them so much?
Features of the variety
Translated from Greek, the name of the variety means "multi-flowered", and this is the whole point. Small, on average 50 cm in height, bushes, with the beginning of the flowering period, are abundantly covered with small roses, and one inflorescence can have up to 50 flowers. Small roses have a maximum diameter of 6 cm, their color range is not very large, but quite bright, like Chinese roses. And the rich green color of a dense deciduous mass, polyanthus roses were taken from Japanese varieties.
A feature of the variety is not only abundant, but also very long flowering. Starting from mid-June, inflorescences appear on all young shoots, and this beauty does not stop until late autumn.
Unlike most varieties, polyanthus roses practically do not have thorns on the shoots.
This variety of rose bushes has another advantage - even in harsh winter conditions with high frosts, roses tolerate wintering well in the presence of shelter. And if the plants freeze, they quickly recover and start new shoots from the root. In addition, roses:
- resistant to fungal diseases;
- able to grow in too wet soil;
- have good survival rate, especially when rooting by cuttings.
Varieties of polyanthus roses
To decorate flower beds and borders, flower growers most often use the following varieties of polyanthus roses:
- Holstein. It has the largest flowers up to 10 cm in diameter, slightly pointed at the edges. Raspberry roses with 10 petals form a large inflorescence of 15 flowers. The bush grows quickly and can reach 80 cm.
- Orange triumph. The maximum height of the bush is from 60 to 90 cm. The inflorescence includes up to 50 double red roses with an orange tint. The flowers themselves grow up to 5 cm in diameter. It tolerates sharp climatic changes.
- Angel wings. It has pale pink flowers and is of two types: with double and simple roses. Has a persistent aroma, undersized (30 cm), leaves - with a glossy shine.
- Borger King. Small roses (5 cm in diameter) form large inflorescences, which include about 40 flowers. The petals are colored deep red with a white base, the bowls are slightly double. The variety blooms until September and has an increased winter hardiness.
- Dagmar Spath... The flowers are lush, 7 cm in diameter, snow-white in color. Unopened buds have a pinkish tint at the edges. The bush is medium-sized, 70 cm high, with large leaves.
- Manou Meilend... The most hardy variety of this species with deep pink flowers. They have a spherical crown and a strong aroma.