Climbing roses - care and planting of a plant
How exquisite climbing roses look on fences. Caring for a plant is not an easy process, requiring a certain amount of time and effort. But no difficulties can keep florists from planting a climbing rose on their site.
Popular varieties of climbing roses
Before purchasing the planting material for this flower, you need to have information about its varieties. Depending on the species, the care and planting of the climbing rose may differ. Some varieties are quite unpretentious to soil, watering and fertilizers. Others are the other way around.
The most common varieties of climbing roses:
- "Flammentant" - a species that tolerates cold weather well;
- "Dortmund" - the growth of the bush reaches two meters, blooms with bright red flowers on a dark green background of leaves;
- "Heidelberg" - hardy and unpretentious, blooms with large scarlet blossoms;
- "New Down" - the height of the bush can be six meters. The color of the buds is light pink, resistant to diseases;
- "Climbing Minehaha" - blooms pink in the last month of spring, the height of the bush can reach four meters;
- "Dorothy Perkins" - the buds of this variety are not large (up to three centimeters in diameter), the plant has bright green leaves.
When is a climbing rose planting and how to prepare the soil?
Growing a climbing rose begins with planting it. It is worth purchasing planting material in advance, choosing a site and preparing the soil.
Climbing roses are planted in spring or autumn.
Previously, a piece of land must be dug to the depth of a bayonet shovel. Add peat, lime and humus in equal proportions to the soil. Planting a climbing rose begins with digging holes. The pits should be half a meter by half a meter. Wells should be well spilled with water.
It is better to put a mixture of manure (2.5 kilograms), clay (5 kilograms) and phosphorobacterin tablets (2 pieces) on the bottom. The compound must be thoroughly mixed until smooth.
Planting a climbing rose
Sections on the roots are treated with ash, and on the shoots - with garden pitch. This is done in order to protect the climbing rose from infections and to speed up the healing process. After planting, the seedling should be covered with earth for a successful wintering. Between young bushes, you need to leave a distance of about a meter and a half.
When placing a seedling in a planting hole, it is worth carefully spreading the roots of the plant. Falling asleep the soil, you need to tamp it so that voids do not form. If there are gaps between the roots, there is a risk of frost damage.
When planting a weaving rose near the fences or the walls of the house, you need to leave a distance between them about half a meter.
Climbing rose care
The basic rules for caring for a climbing rose are:
- trimming;
- top dressing;
- watering;
- shelter in winter.
It is especially important to monitor young fallow trees, they need to be regularly watered and fertilized with useful minerals. Weed and loosen the root plot of land as it is contaminated with weeds.
Already in the middle of autumn, you need to start preparing for the winter period. On any September day, weak shoots are selected and cut off. Scourges of climbing roses will independently begin to fall to the ground (a little later they are covered).After a couple of weeks, the branches of the plant will get used to the horizontal position. At this time, the lashes need to be collected in bunches, consisting of three to four pieces, and treated with a solution of copper sulfate.
When the air temperature drops below five degrees, it is worth cutting off all the leaves, and covering the bare branches.
Shelter for the winter
Caring for a climbing rose also consists in properly covering it for the winter. In the place where the lashes of the plant lay, you need to dig small depressions. At their bottom, fold the fallen leaves, place the whips of the rose there and cover it on top with the same material. A film or roofing material is also laid on the natural shelter. In the spring, the plant will need to be opened.
Proper care of the climbing rose is not possible without the pruning process. In the spring, weak and damaged shoots should be identified on the bush. Such branches must be removed.
In the summer, already faded lashes are cut off, in this way the bush rejuvenates and forms new shoots.
What and how to feed
If you know how to care for a climbing rose, then you can grow a beautiful bush with abundant flowering. The plant is demanding for feeding, during the growth period, you need to fertilize the flower more than five times. The introduction of mineral and organic substances will positively affect the development of the rose. It is desirable to alternate them. During the flowering period, the plant is not fed.
Climbing roses are drought-resistant flowers, waterlogging of the soil for them can lead to death. There is also a great risk of being exposed to various diseases. Therefore, the plant is not watered often, about once every seven days.
Disease and pest control
Some of the most common diseases in climbing roses are:
- bark cancer;
- powdery mildew.
If they are not treated, the plant will quickly die. Powdery mildew is removed using Bordeaux liquid. With this tool, it is worth spraying the bushes at least three times within two weeks.
The fight against bark cancer is difficult, so it is better to take preventive measures. For example, timely shelter and release from it. If the plant has undergone a disease, then you need to cut off the damaged area of the rose. It should definitely be burned.
The pests of the climbing beauty are:
- aphid;
- spider mite.
To detect parasites, you need to carefully examine the bush. If such are present, then it is worth urgently starting to deal with them.
The safest method of protection against aphids and spider mites is to spray the bush with decoctions of nettle and horsetail. But in the case of a strong defeat of the rose, you need to resort to the help of insecticides.
The most popular decoration gazebos, fences, walls are climbing roses. A photo against the background of this plant is an indescribable beauty that any gardener can grow.
Yes, climbing roses during flowering are an indescribable beauty. I have been growing these plants for several years. Judging by the description in the article, these are roses of the varieties "Dortmund" or "Heidelberg". They are not whimsical, they bloom with large red flowers and the bush is practically covered with them. Very nice. Once I bought one bush, and then I spread and planted a lot from it. In the fall, I take young shoots, bend them to the ground and sprinkle them abundantly with soil. In the spring, sprouts appear in this place. I cut the main branch, and dig up the young bush and replant. Very simple.