Rose flower: description, popular varieties and cultivation

rose flower it pleases not the first year, with its beauty and grace of many representatives of the fair sex. For a long time, men with the help of this flower expressed their sympathy and feelings for women. Despite all the attractiveness and advantages of this plant, its cultivation is quite troublesome. Let's get acquainted with the basic rules of planting and caring for this wonderful plant.

Content

• Features of the structure of the plant
• Description of popular varieties of roses
• Breeding method
• Care Tips

Features of the structure of the plant

The rose has long been compared to the standard of earthly beauty and sophistication. The plant acquired special features due to the combination of delicate petals with pointed thorns. Botanists attribute this plant to the multicolored family, and the genus Rosehip, since most of the signs of its structure are similar to this plant. By the kind of life form rose flower similar to branched bush, the upper skin of which has a number of thorns.

The plant has rather beautifully arranged flowers of various colors, including a combination of several colors.

The rose's dark green leaves conceal its sharp thorns and accentuate the opulence of its fragrant flowers. Since ancient times, people have associated such a feeling as love with a rose. There are many romantic stories and legends about this. According to one of them, the appearance of roses on Earth is associated with the activities of the goddess Flora, who greatly loved and sighs for the Cupid. According to legend, through the efforts of Flora, a flower appears, which symbolizes the joyful and sad expression of her feelings. Our rose has become such a flower.

As soon as the goddess in love saw the created rose, she remembered her lover and she wanted to name the flower after him. But she did not have time to fully give the name of her beloved, but only uttered "grew". Since that time, a plant created on the basis of unrequited love has been called a rose.

The first who decided to grow this plant were the inhabitants of Ancient Rome.

It was this country that first began to glorify the rose and its beauty back in the fifth century. At first, the rose was planted exclusively in gardens with herbs or medicinal plants, celebrating and using its properties. As an ornamental plant, the rose began to be planted much later.

Description of popular varieties of roses

The best varieties of roses, according to gardeners and breeders, are the following:

• The Flamentants variety is similar to a climbing type of roses, three meters in height, with an eight centimeter diameter of double flowers in appearance. Bright red flowers are located in inflorescences, a maximum of seven pieces. The plant emits a faint aroma. The flowering of this variety is quite abundant, but only once during the season. Plants are winter-hardy, unpretentious in care and resistant to damage by fungal organisms. It is advisable to cover the bushes of this variety for the winter.
• Roses Patio is a small group of varietal plants that are small in size, reaching about 30 centimeters. Very often, these plants are used for growing at home... Flowering begins in the first decade of summer and ends in late autumn. When winter comes, the plants of this variety need rest, which can be created by providing an air temperature of about ten degrees above zero.Dry air is detrimental to the plant, as well as high temperatures with insufficient lighting.
• Plants of the Orange Morsdag variety are low ground cover roses, about 50 centimeters high. The flowers of this plant have a diameter of about 5 centimeters. Continuous flowering lasts from the beginning of summer and lasts almost all autumn. Roses this variety does not like heavy rains, as they can lead to the appearance of a decay process. Another disadvantage of Orange Morsdag rose bushes is their instability to attack by numerous fungal diseases.
• Pauls Scarlet Clymer roses look like plants with bright red flowers that have a diameter of about 7 centimeters. The flowers are combined into small inflorescences that appear in June. Roses of this variety bloom several times throughout the season. The plant reaches a height of about 1.5 meters. Shoots have a significant thickness, which does not allow the plant to lodge under the influence of environmental conditions.
• New Dawn is a climbing rose bushes, reaching a height of about two meters. The arched type of plant shoots does not bear dark green leaves. The double flowers of the plant have a diameter equal to seven centimeters, collected in inflorescences. The color of the flowers is pink, and by the aroma they emit they resemble apples. Flowering begins from the first days and continues until the late autumn month. The variety is not affected by most fungal organisms.
• An iceberg is a plant that grows to a height of about one meter. The climbing bushes of this plant bear double flowers, forming inflorescences of white color and a light aroma. Flowering continues throughout the summer months and ends in late autumn. It is not affected by the main types of fungal organisms. Suitable for creating a hedge or garden decoration.

Breeding method

The simplest and most common way to propagate roses is grafting... Lignified cuttings are cut to a length of about 10 centimeters, with buds on them. It is desirable to make the lower cut at an angle. Then the cuttings are placed in the soil for rooting.

To speed up this process, you can first place the cuttings in water, where a little growth stimulant is added.

Rooted cuttings planted in the soil are watered abundantly and covered with film or other materials. In hot weather, it is advisable to open the cuttings and additionally spray with water. As soon as the buds begin to open on the cuttings and leaves appear, we can confidently talk about rooting. cuttings in the soil.

Care Tips

Compliance with certain conditions will help you grow any kind of roses:

• Watering planted bushes should be done at least once a week, and in dry weather, this event should be carried out as often as possible.
• As feeding rose bushes should use special types fertilizersthat are sold in specialized stores. It is advisable to fertilize in spring and early summer, before the period of active flowering, which requires a large amount of nutrient compounds.
• You can prune old rose bushes in the fall and early spring. When carrying out this event, it is important not to damage the young bushes, as this will affect the growth of the entire plant. Remove old and dry branches that shade the plant and interfere with the growth of young ones.
• Each variety of roses has its own types. pests... To deal with them, it is worth using special drugswhich can be purchased from specialized stores. It is worth paying close attention to the condition of the rose bushes, and when the slightest fungal infection appears, it is necessary to treat the plant. Otherwise, the disease can lead to his death.

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