To park roses include cultivated dog-roses and their various varieties, forms and species. This group of plants has received such a name due to its appearance and application in landscape design . Correctly grown park roses are large bushes with abundant flowering.
Caring for park roses
Planting and caring for park roses do not require much knowledge and skills. So, you can plant shrubs in groups, alone or in the form of hedges near the curbs.
And the additional advantage of the plant in addition to its beauty and decorativeness, is that the park roses tolerate the winter well and without special shelter. You can limit yourself as a winter shelter with a 20-cm layer of spruce, a film and a small layer of peat.
Pruning of park roses
Care for park roses is mainly in their shaping pruning, which is usually done in the autumn, that is - for the winter. In this case, bushes in the first and second years of planting are practically not in need of formation. Pruning applies only to cases when it is necessary to remove dry, weak branches. Faded roses can not be removed, because of them, in most cases, beautiful large fruits are formed.
Cut the bushes with a sharp pruner, and immediately cut the sections with garden or simple oil paint. If the branch is too thick, you can cut it. Do not forget that the bush of a garden rose is very prickly, therefore it is necessary to process it in gloves and a tarpaulin apron.
Those shoots that were left after pruning should be slightly shortened, leaving on each of 5-7 kidneys. Nearly 6 annual young shoots are left for stubble species of roses, and if they are few, then you can leave several two-year-old shoots.
Rejuvenation of the bush
To rejuvenate the bush, it is subjected to total pruning, almost to the very bottom. This leads to an active growth of young shoots. Apply this technique and in the case of severe damage to plants frost. If the stems are badly affected by frost, they are cut to the ground, forming a bush of several old branches.
The old branches begin to be cut in early August. At the same time, the amount of mineral and organic fertilizer is increased.
Pruning of garden roses is necessary to achieve abundant flowering in the next year, but also in order to form a beautiful crown and strong shoots.
Reproduction of a park rose
Plant a park rose with shoots that are shortened beforehand, and also crop roots. Plant shoots best in the early spring, in the prepared soil. Preparing it begins in the autumn and consists in digging to a depth of up to half a meter, applying a large amount of mineral fertilizers and ash ash.
If you decide to plant in the fall, then you have to sketch over the hillocks 25-30 cm above the planted seedlings to protect them from the cold. That the plant is better adopted, it is recommended to moisten the roots in a solution of clay and mullein (1: 3), and also 1 dissolved heteroauxin tablet should be poured into the solution.
It is best to plant park roses separately, in spacious holes, in which the entire root system will fit well.
The best place for planting
An ideal place for breeding of park roses is well-lit and ventilated areas. In the full shadow of planting shrubs are simply contraindicated, because there they can become infected with diseases and freeze in winter.
It is also not recommended to plant them close to trees, as their roots can not get enough moisture and nutrients from the soil. Especially undesirable is the neighborhood with birches, ash trees, maples and elms.