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You can easily decorate any summer cottage with the help of climbing roses, which cover arches, hedges and walls with bright flowers and greenery. With the help of weaving flowers, you can disguise unsightly buildings, divide the site into zones, ennoble the wall of the house or a rickety fence.
Most varieties of weaving roses perfectly tolerate frosty winters, which means that they can be freely grown in dachas, which the owners visit only in the warm season. The frost resistance of decorative flowers does not mean that the bushes do not need shelter at all – a lot depends on the region, as well as on the variety of weaving varieties. We will talk about this in the article.
What are permanent bloom roses
In addition to frost resistance, climbing roses can boast of the constancy of their flowering. What does it say? All varieties of such flowers are divided into two large categories:
- growing on old shoots;
- annually producing young stems.
As a rule, flowers that grow on last year’s shoots, are long-flowering. The bushes of these roses are covered with flowers for more than a month, sometimes the flowering period lasts the entire summer season. In the conditions of a short summer, such roses can be considered constantly blooming, because with the onset of heat they are covered with buds and finish their fragrant flowering only with the onset of cold weather.
A huge plus of these varieties is that they all tolerate cold well. In regions with relatively small winter frosts, flower bushes can not be covered – they will winter well and so.
But in the central, and especially in the northern part of the country, it is better to cover the whips of flowers. Do this when the temperature drops below -5 degrees. First, the shoots are tied together, then laid on a bed of natural materials: dry leaves, spruce branches or wooden boards. Then a frame is constructed from the wire and the roses are wrapped with plastic wrap.
In the new season, the shelter is removed, and the roses bloom again all summer until the onset of autumn frosts.
Those varieties of roses that annually give young shoots are called remontant. This means that flowering bushes can be repeated several times in one season. For most of Our Country, this huge plus of remontant varieties goes unnoticed, since in the conditions of the local climate they bloom again no earlier than September. And at this time, as a rule, it is already raining, a strong wind is blowing, and the air temperature tends to zero.
But re-blooming weaving flowers can (and should) be pruned annually. This fact makes it easier to shelter the bushes for the winter, because now there is no need to roll up the long lashes of bushes covered with thorns. The winter hardiness of remontant roses is somewhat worse than those that bloom only once a summer. However, under reliable shelter, such varieties will tolerate even severe frosts quite tolerably.
It turns out that in the climatic zone of most of Our Country, both varieties of weaving roses will be constantly flowering – most of the season the bushes will be covered with bright flowers.
Varieties of climbing roses of constant flowering
There is another category according to which climbing roses are divided. In this case, the division is not related to how winter-hardy this or that variety is (after all, to some extent, all climbing roses can be called winter-hardy).
The principle of division into groups is associated with the appearance of flowers and the length of their lashes.
Semi-climbing roses
This group consists of the most unpretentious varieties, which, at first glance, resemble rose hips. The whips of such roses are powerful and long, with many prickly thorns. These flowers just belong to the first category – those that grow on old shoots.
The trunks of semi-weaving roses become stiff over time, so they must initially be placed correctly on the supports – then it will not work to correct the location of the shoots.
Powerful bushes are covered with abundant shiny foliage. Some gardeners do not like this, but dense greenery does not spoil the appearance of the bush, because the inflorescences are also painted in fairly saturated colors, they are clearly visible.
But the advantages of semi-climbing varieties are undeniable:
- they perfectly tolerate even severe frosts;
- very rarely get sick;
- take root well during transplantation or reproduction;
- can be grown in any part of the garden;
- do not require complex care.
«Flame Dance»
This variety is considered the most reliable for the conditions of the climate; most summer cottages and country estates are decorated with such roses. The shoots of flowers are strong and long, the inflorescences themselves are also large (up to 8 cm in diameter), semi-double, saturated scarlet color.
Roses bloom all season. Flowers exude a barely perceptible aroma inherent only to them. What a bush of such a rose looks like is shown in the photo below.
«Bobbie Jame»
This variety will appeal to lovers of the exotic – the aroma of flowers resembles the smell of tropical fruits. A bush with very powerful shoots – it needs a solid, strong support.
But building a support is far from all that a gardener has to do for these flowers. The variety is quite capricious, requires constant care, the bushes will even have to be sheltered from heavy rain, as large flowers will be saturated with moisture and may break off.
Poorly tolerates a rose of this variety and frost, you need to cover the bushes very carefully. Another nuance is that beautiful, brightly colored inflorescences are very attractive to insect pests, so you will often have to use insecticides or nettle decoction.
«Laguna»
The inflorescences of this rose are very spectacular, they bloom with lavender-colored brushes. The texture of the petals is velvety, the flowers are lush, very decorative. The bush exudes a very strong and pleasant aroma.
The variety is resistant to diseases and pests, but it is absolutely not frost-resistant – it needs to be covered every winter.
Small-flowered climbing varieties
This group includes varieties with long and very flexible lashes. They grow every season, and in the fall the lashes of such bushes are simply cut. The length of the stems of small-flowered roses can be very different – from 2 to 16 meters. This fact must be taken into account when building a support for bushes.
The shoots are decorated with small flowers of very juicy shades, the diameter of the inflorescences usually does not exceed 5 cm.
«Super Excelsa»
The bushes of this variety are full of red roses of a very rich shade, in some ways it resembles the color of fuchsia. The bushes are quite compact, they do not grow much in width. Therefore, these flowers are convenient to use to decorate trees or arches, combining them with other varieties.
The flowers are small, only up to 4 cm in diameter, but very voluminous and bright. They do not like the inflorescences of the scorching rays of the sun – under its influence, the flowers simply burn out. Therefore, it is better to plant bushes in partial shade.
The variety is quite unpretentious, tolerates heat and cold well, can resist pests and diseases.
«Super Dorothy»
Flowers of this variety are able to bloom until autumn frosts, and even in autumn they will be just as bright and fragrant.
The downside is considered to be a rather late flowering of roses, the buds bloom only at the end of spring. Shoots can grow up to three meters in length, the width of one bush is about a meter.
Basically, the inflorescences are painted in a bright crimson hue, but some varieties of the variety may have flowers of other tones.
Large-flowered climbing varieties
These are, indeed, the most spectacular varieties of weaving roses – the inflorescences are very large, terry, with a strong sweet aroma. The only disadvantage of such varieties can be considered their poor resistance to low temperatures – large-flowered roses will not withstand severe frosts, they must be covered.
«Santana»
A distinctive feature of the variety is the deep red color of the inflorescences, which is so bright that it does not fade even under the scorching rays of the sun. The first flowers reach a diameter of 10 cm, with time the inflorescences become smaller, but still remain quite large and decorative.
The rose is very unpretentious, able to grow on the ground with any composition, gets used to different climatic conditions.
«Polka»
These are delicate flowers, painted in apricot or pale coral. They are also very large, collected in inflorescences, up to 30 cm in diameter. The bush is not very tall – the length of the lashes can reach only two meters. Such a rose is suitable for small hedges and small arches.
Polka bushes bloom constantly – all summer new buds appear on the shoots. The bush does not get sick, tolerates heat well, but frost is contraindicated for flowers, so the bushes need to be insulated for the winter. The flower is shown in the photo below.
Results
Winter-hardy varieties of climbing and blooming roses all summer are not a myth, they really exist. But in the harsh climate of Our Country, all the advantages of such colors are not so bright, “blurred”. Early autumn makes the bushes shed their buds and prepare for wintering, and frosts up to 30-35 degrees can withstand very rare plant species, and decorative fragile roses are definitely not among them.
therefore growing climbing varieties on your site, you need to be prepared for the fact that you have to build a winter shelter for them. Otherwise, the precious bush can be lost.
