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Park roses at all times are the decoration of any garden. The beauty and aristocracy of flowers amazes even the most fastidious skeptics. Varietal diversity allows you to create a variety of flower arrangements in the rose garden.
The height of such plants is not more than 1,5 meters. Flowering begins before everyone else, somewhere around June 15 and lasts for a month. Autumn plants are no less attractive due to the brightness of the leaves and fruits. But in order for park roses to please the eye in summer, leaving in the fall and preparing for winter is the most important event that needs to be done wisely. This will be discussed.
Features of the autumn vegetation
Novice rose growers often make mistakes by planting the first plants on the site. The main mistake is that they do not specially prepare roses for the winter, they believe that the plant is able to prepare itself for the winter and withstand any cold. Of course, in the south this may be true, but in the zone of risky farming, where roses are increasingly grown, this attitude is detrimental to park roses.
The reason lies in the fact that roses obtained by selection are currently cultivated. They cannot stop growing on their own even at low temperatures. Probably, many gardeners have noticed that rose bushes stand under the snow with leaves and buds.
As you understand, in the middle latitudes of Our Country, such natural disasters are the norm. So, you need to make an effort and make our park beauty fall asleep. What needs to be done for this, what activities will have to be carried out, we will talk about this later.
Preparing park roses for winter
Experienced gardeners do not wait for the onset of autumn, but begin to prepare park rose bushes for winter at the end of summer.
Additional fertilizing
In spring and early summer, the main nutrition of park roses was fertilizers containing nitrogen to stimulate the formation of new shoots and their growth. At the end of July, such fertilizing with nitrogen, saltpeter and manure is stopped, since one of the conditions for preparing park rose bushes for winter is the ripening of shoots. Therefore, in August, plants are fed with fertilizers containing potassium and fluorine.
We offer you recipes for autumn dressings for park roses. The ingredients are dissolved in 10 liters of water. This solution is enough to feed plants on 4 square meters. It is possible to carry out not only root top dressing, but also spraying of plants with the indicated compositions.
Recipe 1
For the first feeding (in August) during autumn care and preparation of park roses:
- 25 grams of superphosphate;
- 2,5 grams of boric acid;
- 10 grams of potassium sulfate.
Recipe 2
In early September, we will slightly change the composition of the top dressing, take:
- superphosphate – 15 grams;
- potassium monophosphate – 15 grams.
Features of watering
With proper care, in early September, it is necessary to stop watering park rose bushes. If this is not done, the plants will continue growing without thinking about the upcoming rest. Unfortunately, weather conditions often interfere, as this is the time of rains. Therefore, between the bushes, experienced gardeners spread the film at an angle so that water does not fall under the plants. You can put arcs and cover with the same film.
Features of trimming
In order for park roses to feel the approach of winter, leaves are specially cut off on them. This is a mandatory procedure. Although on large rose gardens it is not always possible to completely remove the leaves. But leaves with signs of disease must be cut off in any case in order to avoid an outbreak of disease after opening roses in the spring.
When the temperature drops to zero, park roses are pruned. Cut out unripened, damaged shoots. You need to shorten the bush by about 30% of the height. Particular attention is paid to small-flowered varieties. Places where there were inflorescences are removed from them, that is, the tips are cut off by no more than 10 cm. As for tall roses, they are cut off very strongly.
In autumn, in order not to stimulate the vegetation, do not cut long stems with flowers. New shoots that have appeared must be constantly pinched, as they weaken the park rose and do not allow existing shoots to ripen. In the pruned state, roses become more resistant to lower temperatures.
If roses have released buds in autumn (this happens in warm weather), then they need to be removed. But do not cut, but simply break and leave on the bush. In this case, the formation of new buds will stop, as well as the growth of unwanted side shoots.
Whitewashing and spraying
Another event related to caring for plants in preparation for winter is whitewashing stems. They are coated with special compounds that can be purchased at the store. Although such a composition is prepared at home. You will need white water-based paint and honey chloride. For whitewashing use a paint brush. The solution is rubbed into the bark to close cracks and wounds. Whitewash height up to 30 cm.
To destroy possible pathogens and insects, rose bushes, when preparing in winter, should be sprayed with a solution of ferrous sulfate or Bordeaux mixture. When processing, you need to capture all the shoots, stems and soil around the rose bushes.
Hilling
After feeding, pruning and processing of park roses for the winter, you need to take care of protecting the root system. The soil under the bushes is mulched, and then spud. As mulch, you can use peat, humus, compost. The height of the mound above the roots should be at least 30 cm. Please note that backfilling is carried out along the perimeter of the root system.
Covering roses for the winter
In park and standard roses, the trunks are usually rigid, it is difficult to bend them down. But the conditions of central Our Country do not allow the use of vertical shelter of rose bushes due to winds and frosts alternating with thaws.
Bending down the roses is done gradually so as not to break the stem. For the operation to be successful, it is necessary to dig up the roots on one side and tilt the plant. So that they do not return to a vertical position again, the trunks are fixed with staples or tie the branches, pressing them down with any materials at hand.
The host of the channel talks in detail about the autumn preparation of roses for winter, be sure to watch this video to the end:
Conclusion
As you can see, caring for park roses during the autumn preparation for wintering involves a large number of events. They take a lot of time. But you can’t do without it if you seriously decide to start growing roses. Only the right actions will allow the plants to survive the harsh winter. But in spring, park roses will thank you with beautiful and fragrant flowers.