Rules for planting and caring for a tea rose at home
Some growers are engaged in growing tea roses. This flower differs from others in its pleasant aroma and long flowering. Before planting such a plant, you should familiarize yourself with the features of planting and caring for a tea rose.
Description and characteristics of the plant
Before caring for planted roses, you need to understand their features and description.
The distinguishing characteristics of the tea rose are its thick stem and huge flower buds. There are different varieties of the plant, but the most common are tall varieties that can reach two meters. They have huge flowers that have over fifty petals. They are often pink in color, but the color depends on the variety grown.
Home detention conditions
To properly grow a tea rose, you need to determine the optimal conditions for its maintenance.
Temperature and lighting
When growing flowers, be sure to pay attention to temperature and lighting. Planted seedlings will feel comfortable at temperatures from 12 to 20 degrees above zero. It is best to grow roses in a sunny place. In shaded areas, the plant sometimes grows less well and wilts quickly.
Watering and feeding
Roses, like other plants, need watering and feeding. They do not need to be watered very often, as the soil should not be waterlogged. A large amount of moisture negatively affects growth and contributes to the development of root rot.
You need to feed the plants once per season. In this case, organic and mineral dressings are used.
Adjustment period
After acquiring the flower, they leave it alone for a while and do not touch it. This is necessary so that he can adapt well to the new conditions. It is recommended to keep the flower in the most suitable conditions during the entire adaptation period. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the temperature and organize artificial lighting.
Seasonal Care Features
Roses need to be cared for all year round, and therefore you need to determine the seasonal features of care in advance.
Winter
In winter, you need to think about how to protect plants from low temperatures. It is recommended to install special fastening dowels around the roses, to which you can attach plastic wrap. It can only be removed after freezing is complete. Watering and feeding roses in winter is contraindicated.
Spring
After winter frosts, when the air and soil are well warmed up, shoots grow on the bushes. To stimulate their growth and development, more nitrogen fertilizers are added to the soil. Watering roses also begins in the spring. It is enough to moisten the soil 2-3 times a week with water heated to room temperature.
You cannot use cold water.
Summer
In the summer, young flower buds begin to form on the planted seedlings, which will bloom in the future. It is during this period that the plant needs a lot of fertilization. To stimulate the flowering of the rose, it is necessary to add more phosphorus fertilizers and potassium fertilizers to the soil. The introduction of fertilizer mixtures can be carried out separately or combined with watering.
Autumn
In autumn, it is necessary to abandon the watering of the bushes so that a lot of water does not accumulate in the ground. A large accumulation of liquid will negatively affect the future growth of seedlings. Also, flower growers do not advise cutting shoots in the fall. However, it is necessary to remove the leaves instead. Especially if they show signs of developing the disease.
Hardening
In order for a planted rose bush to tolerate temperature changes well, it is necessary to harden it. However, it is necessary to do this in the spring, when the air temperature reaches at least 10-12 degrees Celsius. Containers with roses are taken out on the windowsill or on the balcony. At first they are out for a few minutes, but gradually the time in the fresh air increases.
Breeding methods
There are three main methods of selecting a tea rose that you should be familiar with.
Cuttings
The easiest method of propagating flowers is considered to be the use of cuttings. Most often, this method is used in the first half of summer, when you can cut herbaceous cuttings. They are cut in such a way that their length is not less than eight centimeters. The cut cuttings are placed in water for 20-30 hours so that they take root. Then, when the cuttings are rooted, they can be planted in the ground.
Faucets
Some growers do not want to plant rose cuttings and therefore decide to use offsets. To do this, you will need to choose the healthiest shoot on the bush and cut it carefully. In this case, the incision should be located in the eye area. Then it is sprinkled with soil so that several buds remain on the surface.
Divide the bush
If you don't like the first two methods, you can use the bush division. This procedure is carried out in the first half of autumn, until it is cold outside. To begin with, the bush must be carefully dug up and divided into 2-3 parts. In addition, each of them must have a full root system and buds. Plants are planted as ordinary seedlings.
How to transplant a flower correctly
People who decide to start growing roses are interested in planting them in a new place. The transplant is carried out in several stages:
- Dig a hole. To begin with, a hole is dug with a depth of 30-35 centimeters.
- Creation of drains. At the bottom of the dug hole, sand or fine gravel with a top coating is laid out.
- Planting. A seedling is placed in the created hole and sprinkled with soil.
Features of care in the garden
It is best to deal with several aspects of care in advance.
Seat selection
Roses should be planted in a suitable place. Experienced growers recommend planting them in areas that are reliably protected from strong gusts of wind. They should also be well lit with sunlight, as they will grow and bloom less well in shady areas.
Priming
Before planting a tea rose, you should familiarize yourself with the soil that is best suited for it. Florists recommend planting plants in slightly acidic loamy soils. In addition, they must be fertilized beforehand with organic and mineral fertilizers so that the planted shrubs grow better.
Climatic requirements
The tea rose has no special climatic requirements. However, it grows best in southern regions where sunny weather prevails. It is contraindicated to plant roses in regions with a cold climate, since they will not grow in such conditions.
Water and fertilize
In order for the seedlings to grow well, it is enough to water them once every ten days. In this case, you should use warm, clean water. In summer, watering is increased to twice a week.
When top dressing, it is better to use complex fertilizers, which contain components such as phosphorus, magnesium and potassium.
Size
It is recommended to prune the rose bush three times per season. The first pruning is done in mid-spring. Dried twigs without buds are removed from the bushes. The next time they are pruned in early summer, until flowering begins.
The third time the seedlings are pruned in the fall to prepare them for winter.
Disease and pest control
The tea rose, like most other flowers, suffers from pests and diseases.To protect the planted plants, it is necessary to spray them with "Fundazol" and other fungicidal solutions.
Graft
Many gardeners plant the tea rose in the gooseberry. For this, a small vertical incision is made on the rootstock and on the scion with a sharp, disinfected knife. The plants are then carefully tied together and wrapped in tape.
Shelter for the winter
So that the planted bushes do not die, you need to cover them for the winter. First, they are carefully bent to the floor surface and fixed in this position. Then the base of the stem is sprinkled with compost, peat or ordinary earth. After that, the seedlings are covered with a layer of fallen dry leaves and branches.
Popular varieties
There are twelve popular varieties that are often grown by flower growers.
Rosemary kernel
It is a beautiful rose with vibrant petals. Features of this variety are considered its compactness, since the bushes do not exceed 15-20 centimeters. Harkness rosemary petals can be dyed different colors. The most common are pink, orange and peach.
Blue Moon
It is a hybrid variety that was bred in the seventies of the 19th century.
The characteristics of Blue Moon are as follows:
- three-meter long eyelashes;
- a large amount of foliage;
- disease resistance;
- pleasant aroma.
Parade
Those interested in large plants can plant at the Parade site. This variety has large double inflorescences, which are painted in a bright pink color. They can sometimes have a slight reddish tint. The plant blooms twice a season.
Flammentanz
To decorate the garden with bright red flowers, you can plant Flammentanz. It is a compact variety whose bushes rarely exceed forty centimeters. A distinctive feature of such a rose is that it blooms for a month and a half.
Duchess of Brabant
This is a very beautiful plant that has pink petals with a delicate red tint. The variety is popular with florists and gardeners, as it can be used to decorate any suburban area or flower grower.
Elina
A feature of this flower is its undulating flowering period, due to which the inflorescences bloom several times per season. Elina's advantages include her resistance to common diseases and temperature extremes.
strawberry hill
This variety is considered the most aromatic, as it has a pleasant sweet aroma. Strawberry Hill petals are pinkish. The bush grows up to one and a half meters, so it needs to be tied to supports.
Mary Rose
The variety has pink flowers that bloom in the first half of summer. In addition, they have a brighter color on the outside than on the inside. A seedling grows up to two meters, which is why it will need to be tied to a support. Growing Mary Rose is not necessary in the sun, since the flower grows in the shade.
lady of megginch
The variety has large inflorescences, each of which has five small flowers. The petals are crimson and have a slight pinkish tint. The Lady of Megginch's flowers smell very good, so their fragrance can fill the whole garden.
geoff hamilton
A large bush whose stems are dotted with flower buds. They appear at the end of spring and fade only after a cold snap. Each flower has a light pink color, which fades to white in summer.
sweet gemione
It is a wide and spreading plant that can reach one meter. It blooms pink in early June.
Glory of Dijon
A plant with cup-shaped buds, the diameter of which reaches ten centimeters. The petals of the buds are arranged unevenly in several rows. They are colored yellow.
Additional tips and tricks
There are several tips to help you take good care of your tea rose:
- bushes should be cut regularly so that they do not grow;
- you need to use warm water for watering;
- all flowers should be covered for the winter so that they do not die from frost.
Conclusion
The tea rose is considered a popular flower and is often cultivated by flower growers. Before planting it, you need to familiarize yourself with the features of caring for such a plant.