How to propagate
There are 4 main ways of reproduction of this plant:
- Seeds. It is best to use seeds purchased from a specialized store, because the seed collected on your own is not able to maintain varietal characteristics and you will get a flower that is completely different from the desired one. After purchase, the seeds should be soaked in hydrogen peroxide for 30 minutes. This will promote better germination and better mold protection. Then they are placed on cotton pads, which are slightly moistened with water, and taken to a cool place. When the first shoots appear, they are transplanted into peat pots and sprinkled with mulch. With full light and humidity, after two months the first buds will appear, and after 6 weeks they will begin to bloom. It is allowed during this time to sometimes make mineral fertilizers. When spring comes, the seedlings are moved into open ground.
- Layers. In the spring, the shoot is incised above the bud and placed in a groove with a small layer of humus and covered with earth. The upper part is left above the ground level and fixed at several points. Watering is carried out regularly and after a year in the spring they are separated from the main shrub to be planted in open ground.
- Cuttings. For this method, both flowering stems and those that have already faded are used. They are cut in the last month of summer. At the bottom, the shoot is cut under the kidney at an angle of 45 degrees, and at the top, high above the kidney, with a straight cut. The resulting specimen must have at least two internodes. The length of the stem should be cut in half and all the leaves underneath removed. For planting the cuttings, a soil mixture of sand and earth is used. The stalk is inserted 1 centimeter deep and covered with a container with a neck. The seedling needs moisture and light. You don't need to remove the cover to water properly.
- Vaccination. A T-shaped incision is made on the neck of the rosehip root and a rose stalk is placed in it. This place is qualitatively fixed with a film, and in the spring it is removed.
The specifics of cultivation and agrotechnical recommendations
"Casino" is distinguished by undemanding care, frost resistance, high immunity to fungal diseases. Ideal for growing in many regions of Russia, including those with difficult climatic conditions.
Climber grows well in open sunny areas, but experts recommend providing for the possibility of shading at midday to protect the petals from burns. Given the large size of the bush, when planting, it is advisable to avoid close proximity to trees and tall shrubs. The plant requires an area of about 2 m2; in group plantings, the distance between the bushes should be at least 1 m.When placing a seedling near a wall, it is necessary to retreat from it 50-60 cm.
"Casino" is ideal for creating vertical forms, organically combined with conifers
For the variety, fertile chernozems or loams are preferred, light, air-permeable, with a weak degree of acidity and deep groundwater.
Despite its high drought resistance, the plant needs regular abundant watering (20-30 liters, depending on the age of the bush and the presence of precipitation), which does not affect the leaves and stems. For him, regular fertilization in spring and in the second half of summer is mandatory, to stimulate repeated abundant flowering. It is also advisable to feed the leaves with preparations containing copper, boron, manganese and other trace elements.
The bush needs periodic pruning. In spring, frost-damaged whips are removed, wilted buds are cut in summer, and thinned in autumn to avoid thickening and facilitate preparation for wintering.Anti-aging pruning is recommended every 3 years. recommended as a preventive measure.
The variety is considered resistant to powdery mildew and black spot, but to prevent fungal diseases, it is advised to treat the rose with fungicides twice a year.
Frost resistance "Casino" allows in the southern regions to get by with high hilling of adult bushes. For a safe wintering in more severe climatic conditions, the plant needs a mandatory shelter from a frame with a special non-woven material. If it is difficult to remove the lashes from the support or to bend the shoots to the ground, they can be tied and wrapped in several layers of spunbond. This rose even tolerates Siberian winters quite well in the presence of a thick snow cover.
Landscape designers and hobby gardeners appreciate the Casino for its wide variety of uses. The variety is used to decorate buildings and gazebos, arches and columns, decorate fences, and form hedges. Plants are planted in groups or singly, for example, as the centerpiece of a flower bed composition.
"Casino" looks great in combination with climbers of other shades, and in flower bed compositions - with various ground cover and evergreens
Description of the rose "Don Juan"
Of course, all roses are good, and to say which one is better is a thankless task.
But the variety "Don Juan", in addition to beauty and all its other positive qualities, grows well in our conditions, and even in a harsh climate, which has earned our close attention.
Appearance and features of the variety
Rose "Don Juan" (Don Juan) was registered in 1958 by the Italian company "Malandrone". It belongs to the large-flowered climbing roses or climbers blooming on the shoots of this year.
The plant forms a powerful bush with erect shoots up to 2-2.5 meters long. In some cases, under especially favorable conditions, the branches can reach 3 meters or more. If they are not bred on a vertical support, after a couple of years, a sprawling tall bush about 2 meters wide will form. A feature of the variety is that the old shoots have a two-color color - they are painted red and brown, which only adds decorative effect.
The flowers of the climbing rose "Don Juan" are cupped, medium double, with 35 petals. They have a delicate aroma, are painted in dark purple or red, reach a size of 10-12 cm. The inflorescences consist of 3-5 flowers and cover the bush throughout the season.
It is noteworthy that the variety "Don Juan" blooms profusely, and continuously throughout the season, and not repeatedly, when one wave of flowering after a short time is replaced by another, and then only rare buds appear before frost. Although for climbers, re-flowering is the rule, but such a long and long-lasting one is a rarity even for them.
The description of the variety is completed by matte dark green leathery leaves.
Variety resistance
No matter how beautiful roses are, they often get sick, which gives the owners a lot of trouble. All the imperfections on climbing roses are especially noticeable - a bush formed on a trellis or around a support cannot hide anywhere leaves touched by the disease, or petals blackened after rain. In addition, we can not fear for wintering only in the southern regions.
A completely different story with the variety "Don Juan". This rose has shown itself to be extremely resistant for almost six decades.
Don Juan is distinguished by its exceptional resistance to black spot and powdery mildew. This rose is also not prone to getting wet - its flowers do not deteriorate in the rain, the buds open, the petals do not turn black and do not rot. But for many excellent varieties, prolonged inclement weather is a real disaster.
We have already spoken about winter hardiness - it is beyond praise. And although the rose still needs to be covered for the winter and it can freeze, the variety recovers very quickly.An old bush, even thoroughly frozen in a particularly harsh winter, which has several living buds, is capable of giving an increase of about one and a half meters in a year and blooming.
It is interesting: Rose Empress Farah - description and cultivation of the variety
Diseases, pests and ways to control them
List of major diseases and methods of dealing with them:
- powdery mildew. The first symptoms appear in heat and dry weather. Flowers, especially those growing along fences, are covered with a white bloom. In the course of the struggle, any copper-containing preparations will help. It is also worth taking as a rule that it is not recommended to plant this variety on the northern sides of fences or garden houses;
- due to high humidity, cool nights, morning dew, the crop can be affected by rot, which appears on the foliage as black spots. There is no cure. It remains to dig a bush and burn it so as not to infect the rest of the plantings on the site.
Note! With the right planting and care, you can achieve an unsurpassed result and admire roses throughout the season. These are very beautiful flowers that carry a charge of positive energy.
The main thing is to carefully choose a seedling so as not to run into a fake.
Formation of the Don Juan rose bush
As mentioned earlier, the climbing rose Don Juan knocks out the buds on the shoots formed in the current season.
To get more lush bloom, it is important to promote their growth. To do this, annual shoots are cut by about a third from the fall.
By the way, those branches that did not have time to ripen are subject to mandatory removal. The fact is that it is they who are most often damaged by the winter cold and become a target for various diseases and pests.
When planting near low (up to 1.5 m) supports, it is recommended to form the plant in the form of a fan, when the shoots evenly diverge from the base of the bush. They can grow arbitrarily near gazebos, arches and other tall buildings. The main condition is the presence of a support that the rose can grab onto.
Rules for care and cultivation in the garden
To get a beautiful weaving bush as in the photo, you just need to create all the necessary conditions. There are no special rules for caring for "Sympathy", all recommendations are practically the same as for other varieties similar to it.
Watering
The rose of this variety is quite moisture resistant, so it is enough to water it once every 7 days. It is better to take water for it settled, it is not necessary to additionally humidify the air.
Top dressing
Mandatory organic fertilizers are quite replaceable with mineral salts, including potassium salt and superphosphate. If such feeding is carried out in full, then for two years more fertilization will not be needed.
Loosening, mulching
Loosening the soil around the bush is carried out every time after watering, while eliminating weeds. After planting the plant, when constant warm weather is established in the spring, it is necessary to carry out mulching, for which peat, leaf humus and straw are used.
Pinching, pinching, pruning
As the bush develops, it needs to be cut and shaped into a certain shape. It is impossible for all the stems to be directed upwards, in this situation only the upper buds will ripen, and the bush will seem without flowers. To organize the correct flowering, the side shoots are laid out horizontally and tied up, so that the bush is given the desired shape.
Transfer
It is carried out as the bush grows, if it has captured a lot of space, or if you need to swap it with another plant.
