The Danish rose breeder crossed a tea-hybrid and a polyanth rose and, as a result, a new species that inherited all the properties of the parents was called floribunda, which means "abundantly flowering." Blooms floribunda almost continuously, large inflorescences surprise her with a wide range of colors and unforgettable aroma. Flowers in her inflorescence are simple, semi-double and double. There are a lot of floribunda varieties, all of them are different in color, for example, a rose of a floribunda basil can be white, and pink, and red, and orange. Grow these roses along garden paths, create from them curbs and internal low hedges, and some grow even at home.
Planting a rose floribunda
Plant floribundu, as well as other types of roses, in spring or autumn. To grow a rose floribunda is better to choose a sunny and sheltered from the wind place. If you have heavy clay soil on the site, then before planting roses you have to make compost and sand. And if the soil is sandy, then humus and clay are introduced. In order to plant a rose, pits of 40x40x40 cm size are poured with water, and then a mixture of soil and humus is poured into the hill. Before planting, the roots of the seedlings must be lowered for 30 minutes into the liquid nutrient mixture. Seedling of a rose floribunda is placed in a pit so that the place of inoculation was 1-2 cm above the soil level. Then the roots are sprinkled with soil, and mulch from above with peat or humus.
Care for a rose floribunda
Care for a rose floribunda is simple. The plant has good winter hardiness, as well as resistance to pests and diseases. The soil under the plants must be constantly loosened and mulched. In the description of care for a rose floribunda, the pruning of a plant takes a special place. Crop the floribunda roses two times during the season: in spring and summer. The main pruning is spring, during which a shrub is formed, pruning 10-15 cm shoots. Spring pruning is produced immediately after wintering or after planting. Summer pruning a rose floribunda increases the duration of its flowering. In autumn it is impossible to cut roses, it will weaken the bush before wintering. Weak and poorly developed plants must be cut more strongly than strong and strong.
For the winter, floribunda roses need to be sheltered. Before the shelter it is necessary to cut off buds, unseen shoots, flowers and leaves and sprinkle bushes with Bordeaux liquid. All fallen leaves and cut off shoots must be burned. Before the onset of stable frosts, the bases of roses should be covered with earth or peat by 20-25 cm.
For the prevention of fungal diseases even before the bud budding or during the vegetative period, rose bush floribunda is treated with copper sulfate, Bordeaux fluid. If there is a spotting, the fall of leaves and buds, it is necessary to spray the bushes and the soil under them with special chemical preparations. And if you notice the aphids, a spider mite or a leaf-litter, you need to spray the bushes with an insecticide. A good effect gives settling in the rose garden of insect predators.
During the whole summer, roses should be regularly watered and fed. Under one bush it is necessary to pour out not less than one bucket of water. During the growth period, two fertilizing is done with a solution of Mullein or Nitrogen fertilizer. The last top dressing should be done in late August with phosphorus-potassium fertilizer. Before the beginning of fertilizing around the bushes make grooves and well spills them with water. Then add liquid fertilizer and a little more watered, then covered with earth.
There is almost no garden area wherever the queen of the garden grows - a rose. This delightful flower enlivens with its bright colors any flower garden, and the fragrant aroma of a rose will not leave anyone indifferent.