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Rosa Midsummer is a perennial compact plant with abundant flowering on last year’s stems and shoots of the current season. The culture is frost-resistant, photophilous, varietal qualities are fully revealed in a temperate climate, in the south it is grown in partial shade.
History of breeding
The floribunda group includes numerous varieties created by hybridization of polyanthus, nutmeg and hybrid tea roses. All representatives are distinguished by abundant flowering, frost resistance and high resistance to infections. Rosa Midsummer, belongs to the floribunda group, a variety created in 2007 on the basis of the Tantau nursery in Germany. The variety is compact, not growing more than 1 m. The English breeder David Austin has moved beyond the standard Midsummer size and created a climbing variety. The hybrid retained all external and biological features, but became much taller.
Description of the climbing rose floribunda Midsummer and characteristics
The branched English Midsummer rose from the floribunda variety inherited abundant flowering of large flowers, and strong long stems from the hybrid tea representative.
What the Midsummer variety looks like:
- It grows in the form of a compact bush with a diameter within 60 cm. The stems are numerous, their length ranges from 1,5 to 1,8 m, this is a medium-sized representative of the species. Shoots are stiff, branched, intensely leafy, flexible. Stems brown with a brown tint.
- The first buds open in the second half of June on the shoots of the previous year, the cycle lasts until August. Then two weeks pass and the second wave of budding begins on the stems of the current season. Flowers on the bushes appear before frost.
- The leaves cover the rose bush abundantly. They are arranged in sets of 3. on petioles of medium length. The shape of the leaf plates is round, oblong, pointed at the top. The leaves are leathery, dark green, the surface is glossy, the edges are even.
- The buds are collected in simple paniculate inflorescences of 4–9 pieces, single ones are found, but rarely. Floribunda midsummer double type rose, orange-red. The central part of the flower can be light burgundy with a yellow tint, the outer petals are darker, the lower part is orange.
- The root system is deepened up to 50 cm.
The name Midsummer (midsummer) rose received during the main flowering
Climbing floribunda has a good indicator of frost resistance, tolerates temperatures down to -27 0C. Needs shelter in regions with more severe winters. If the shoots are damaged, the plant quickly recovers at the beginning of the season, if the root freezes, it gets sick and lags behind in development.
The drought resistance of the Midsummer variety of floribunda is high; it reacts more calmly to the lack of moisture than to waterlogged soils. In regions with a temperate climate, a rose is placed in an open place; in the south, periodic shading is recommended so that Midsummer floribunda is not under the bright sun at noon. If placed incorrectly, the flowers lose turgor, wilt and wither, burns are possible on the leaves.
Midsummer floribunda roses do not tolerate the effects of the north wind. A plot for culture is taken away protected from drafts, near the wall of a building or a solid fence. You can place a rose near trees, but they should not create a permanent shadow.
The soil must be enriched with minerals and organic matter. It must be well aerated. A prerequisite for growth is drainage. Do not plant a floribunda rose in wetlands, in ravines where rainwater accumulates.
The growth rate of the floribunda rose is slow. In one place, without transplants, the bush grows for more than 12 years.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
A feature of the Midsummer variety is that it forms climbing stems only in the central part. Their number is not more than 1/3 of the total number of shoots. Lateral branches do not exceed 1 m, so the lower part is denser in terms of budding. Climbing floribunda is popular with gardeners because of the following advantages:
- unusual coloring of chameleon rose petals. In cloudy weather, red color prevails, in sunny weather – orange;
- perennial plant blooms without a transplant for many years;
- the bush is compact;
- the flowering period is long due to the repeated cycle;
- good indicator of frost resistance;
- floribunda rose is undemanding to watering;
- standard for culture agricultural technology.
The disadvantages of the variety include poor tolerance of direct sunlight, waterlogging of the soil. With prolonged rains, the flowers freeze and lose their decorative effect. Constant feeding is needed.
Methods of reproduction
The climbing Midsummer variety is not propagated by seeds. This rose is a hybrid representative of the floribunda group, therefore it does not produce material that retains varietal characteristics. It is possible to grow seedlings from seeds, but they will not remotely resemble the parent plant.
Only with vegetative propagation can the appearance of the Midsummer rose, which meets the varietal characteristics, be preserved.
Cuttings are obtained from green stems and woody, their rooting is the same
From last year’s shoots, material is cut after the completion of the first wave of flowering, from young ones – in the fall.
To obtain layering in the spring, the last stem in the bush is bent to the ground, fixed and covered with soil. For the winter, layering is insulated. In the spring (after germination of sprouts), they are cut and seated.
Cultivation and care
A rose is planted on the site in spring or autumn, work at the end of the season is more preferable. The plant enters a dormant phase and adapts more easily to a new place. The pit is drained and the bottom is covered with a fertile substrate with the addition of complex mineral fertilizers. The rose is placed so that the grafting site is deepened by 5–8 cm.
The subsequent agricultural technology of floribunda Midsummer consists of the following activities:
- So that a sufficient amount of oxygen enters the root, the soil is loosened as it is compacted.
- Be sure to remove weeds.
- When watering, precipitation is taken into account. The culture needs 30 liters of water per week.
- Floribunda Midsummer loses its decorative effect if it lacks nutrition. The rose responds well to organics. Fertilizer is applied in spring, during budding, flowering and before wintering. From mineral means, nitrogen is used at the beginning of the season. In the middle of summer, potassium and phosphate are added.
In autumn, the rose is removed from the support, the old stems are cut off, leaving only the shoots of the current year. Carry out moisture-charging watering, cover with mulch. In regions with risky farming, arcs are installed near the rose and covered with insulating material.
Pests and diseases
The main threat to floribunda Midsummer is black spot and powdery mildew. In the fight against fungal infection, “Fitosporin” is effective.
Of the pests on the Midsummer variety, they parasitize:
- Aphid. When it is detected, sections of the crown with the main accumulation of pests are cut off. The whole bush is treated with “Confidor”.
- Spider mite. You can rarely find it on a floribunda rose, they get rid of it with Agravertin.
- Rose leaflet. In the season of active spread of the pest, it can cause the death of the plant. From it apply “Iskra”.
As a preventive measure in the spring, when the leaves bloom, the Midsummer rose is treated with colloidal sulfur.
Application in landscape design
Climbing floribunda Midsummer is recommended to be placed near the support. It can be a variety of structures in the form of arches, columns, pyramids, tapestries. The fixing element can be a fence or a wall of a building with a mesh attached to it. The rose is used for vertical gardening:
- decorate gazebos;
- delimit garden zones, growing near wide trellises;
- make out fences, residential buildings;
- create arches.
An unpretentious plant with a bright color can decorate any corner of the site:
- Roses and heather are combined not only in color, but also in biological requirements.
- The composition, created on the contrast of colors, will help to decorate the arched structure.
- The rose can be used to tamp a hedge.
- Wooden trellises with weaving roses will allow you to divide the site into zones.
- Floribunda Midsummer can be used to decorate the walls of a building.
Conclusion
Rosa Midsummer is a representative of the large-flowered floribunda group. Due to its high frost resistance, the climbing variety is grown in the Central and Middle lane, in the Urals, in Siberia. Drought resistance allows the variety to be cultivated in the subtropical zone. The plant is used for vertical gardening in gardens and home gardens.
Reviews with photos about climbing rose floribunda Midsummer
The flowers quickly wither and droop, I do not have time to cut, the petals are prone to fading
