These mysterious lilac roses
In my small rose garden, I grow exclusively roses with an unusual color. Until recently, the main attraction of the flower garden was the black rose. Now I am eager to buy a lilac rose. Tell me, what popular varieties are there with this color of flowers?
Lilac roses are a vast group of plants, which includes a wide variety of types of roses, ranging from hybrid tea, and ending with the same numerous group as shrabs. Flowers have one feature in common - they have a color that is not typical for roses. Unlike the usual red, white, yellow or pink colors, these roses have a lilac color. They are also called blue or purple, depending on the predominant shade.
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How did unusual roses appear?
The original color of the inflorescences was achieved as a result of selection, so all lilac roses are definitely hybrids. It is said that this color is based on a special gene that stains pansies.
When growing roses it must be borne in mind that in the sun they lose their rich color. The most optimal place for landing will be the area that falls into partial shade after lunch.
Popular representatives of lilac roses
Among the flowers with such an amazing coloring, there are both new varieties, bred after 2000, and older ones, known since the end of the 18th century. So, the most famous representatives of lilac roses are varieties:
- Blue Nile... A hybrid tea bush with an average height of about 1 m. The shoots are strongly studded, the flower is very large (up to 20 cm in diameter), in most cases it is located alone on the shoot, sometimes 3 roses are included in the inflorescence. Long flowering, accompanied by a strong aroma. After full opening of the bud, the color becomes lighter.
- Rhapsody in Blue... Fragrant, profusely blooming rose-scrub grows over 1 m in height. The inflorescences are lush, yellow stamens are clearly visible in the center of the flowers. At the beginning of flowering, roses are deep purple in color, then they acquire a gray-lilac color. The color is also influenced by weather conditions.
- Cardinal de Richelieu... Tall bush, single flowering, but long (more than a month). Roses of medium size, fragrant, deep purple, arranged in three in one inflorescence, sometimes in a single quantity.
- Novalis... Floribunda rose, grows as a dense bush about 80 cm high. Blooms 2-3 times during the season. The buds are large, very stuffed, forming lush, but small inflorescences, while there are several of them on one branch. The color is pale lilac.
- Orion... A compact, low bush (no more than 30 cm in height) from the group of spray roses, abundantly strewn with medium-sized double flowers of a delicate lilac color.