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Climbing roses can decorate any park, suburban area, garden. Most often, these flowers are grown in regions where the climate is mild, warm. But in recent years, more and more often rose bushes are grown in the Moscow region, and even flower growers in Siberia are not far behind.
The value of roses with flexible shoots growing up to three meters is widely used in vertical gardening. Landscape designers decorate them with arches, arbors, walls of houses. There are many varieties of roses, the question arises before flower growers how to propagate a climbing rose. We will try to talk about possible ways.
A few words about climbing roses
Types
Among the large number of varietal varieties of pink climbing bushes, two types are distinguished:
- Multi-flowered roses stand out by blooming up to 20 buds at the same time. They are small in size, about 2,5 cm, there is practically no smell.
- Large-flowered roses are similar to hybrid tea varieties. They bloom for a long time, opening new buds one after another. Inflorescence with ten buds. These flowers have an intoxicatingly fragrant aroma.
The most popular varieties
- Pletisy variety “Dortmund” can be planted anywhere. Blooms all warm season;
- “climber” attracts with high resistance to diseases, its vitality. Shoots can reach four meters, which is convenient for creating any flower arrangement.
- Rambler has a long flowering period, has large double flowers. Shoots are high, powerful. This climbing variety is suitable for creating bright hedges.
- Height “New Down” up to two meters. The shoots are slightly curved, so it is convenient to hang them on supports. Flowering is plentiful.
- Grade “Cordesa” – a novice among climbing relatives. Flowering is stormy, long.
Methods of reproduction
Many novice flower growers are interested in propagating climbing roses with their own hands. Professionals are able to propagate rose bushes, which include climbing varieties, in different ways:
- grafting;
- layering;
- budding;
- seeds.
Each method of reproduction has its own characteristics and difficulties, which are not always amenable to those who are just starting to breed these amazing plants. The simplest, giving a greater percentage of survival – the propagation of climbing roses by cuttings, root offspring and layering.
Cutting
Cuttings of climbing varieties are a fairly common method; they can be propagated in the following ways:
- Rooting in soil, water;
- Rooting in a bag, potatoes.
Cutting preparation
For propagation of a climbing rose by cuttings, the planting material is cut before the shoot blooms. This is usually done in the spring. At this time, the cutting will take root faster. The middle part is separated from the shoot, on which there should be three live buds. The bottom is cut at an angle of 45 degrees, at the top – 90 degrees. The leaf on top is shortened by more than half. Everything is clearly shown in the photo.
Rooting in water
To get a healthy climbing rose, the stalk must be placed in boiled water. The cutting needs a shady place, so the sun can burn the planting material. Water is changed every other day.
As a rule, the root system will form in about a month. The stalk can be planted in a permanent place.
Rooting in the ground
Reproduction of a climbing rose is possible by rooting cuttings immediately in the soil. To prevent decay, coarse-grained sand is poured under the planting material. It must be scalded with boiling water to kill harmful microorganisms. After abundant watering from above, the planting is covered with a jar of glass. The jar can be painted over with a white water-based emulsion or thrown over with a white cloth.
The container is placed on a well-lit window, but not in the sun. Cuttings take root well at temperatures from + 23 to + 25 degrees. The “greenhouse” is lifted from time to time for ventilation.
Roses in potatoes?
There is nothing surprising in the propagation of climbing roses in young potatoes, no. This is a long-tried and reliable way that any beginner can handle.
What does a potato give to a cutting during reproduction:
- maintaining a constant moist environment;
- the future rose feeds on the carbohydrates and starch contained in the root crop.
Before propagating roses with cuttings planted in a potato, a trench is dug at least 15 cm deep. The bottom is covered with sand with a layer of 5 centimeters. The stalk should be up to 20 cm. Thorns and leaves are removed from it. Eyes are cut out from the potato to deprive it of vegetation, and the cuttings are inserted with a sharp end. Live “capacity” is laid out at a distance of 15 cm.
Planting must be protected from wind and sun at first, therefore, when propagating a climbing rose, shelter is required. They can serve as an ordinary glass jar or a piece of tin.
You can open the garden with roses after 14 days to accustom the plants to the climate. After another 14 days, the rose fully opens.
In a cellophane bag
Cuttings to obtain a new rose bush are first moistened with aloe juice, planted in a pot, spilled with warm water. After that, they put it in a large bag, tie it up and hang it in front of the window. The bag creates high humidity, fog. As a rule, rooting occurs after 30 days. It remains only to land the planting material in the ground. Cuttings root best in spring.
About the propagation of climbing roses by cuttings:
Other methods of reproduction
Layers
In the spring, when the lashes have already come to life, you can take one of them aside, lay it in a prepared groove and dig in with fertile soil. To keep the whip firmly and not “jump” up, the shoot is pinned. The top of the shoot is taken out and tied to a peg.
From one rose bush, you can get many new plants if, during propagation, the shoot of a climbing rose is pinned several times, leaving one bud on the surface. How to do the job correctly is shown in the photo.
Care is carried out in the usual way, the main thing is not to dry out the soil under the plant. A viable root system will develop during the warm season. Layers are separated from the mother bush and planted in a permanent place.
Already in the first year, by the end of summer, buds may appear on the rose bush. They need to be cut off so that the climbing rose obtained from layering does not waste energy on flowering.
Root offspring
Root offspring produce healthy rose bushes. The main thing is not to make a mistake. As a rule, roses are grafted onto wild rose hips. The offspring must move away from the maternal root system.
Budding
This method of propagation of climbing roses is possible for specialists or flower growers with extensive experience. On the trunk, in a place closer to the ground, a cut is made that looks like the letter T. A kidney of the desired variety is inserted into it. With this reproduction, the new climbing rose uses the root system of the mother bush.
If a person does not have specific skills, a mistake can be made, which will lead not only to the death of the scion, but also to the death of the rose bush, on which the eye (bud) was transplanted.
To summarize
Growing rose bushes in different ways is an exciting experience. Having received a new plant with their own hands once, flower growers can no longer stop. Thanks to this world, there are new varieties of amazing roses with different colors and unique aroma.