A flower grower who wants to decorate the front part of his garden with a curling rose cannot remain indifferent to the flower with the symbolic name Rose Parade. A delightful bush with large buds will become a bright accent of any design decision.
Rosa Parade
Rosa Parade belongs to the Floribund class. It was bred in the United States in 1953 by the agricultural company Boerner. To create the variety, New Dawn and World's Fair roses were used.
Rose Parade in Inflorescences
The bush of the climbing rose Parade belongs to the clyming group and is able to delight owners with large dark pink or reddish-cherry buds for most of the summer. The flowers bloom slowly, in diameter reach 10 cm, each has about 30 densely-spread petals. Their almost neon color becomes saturated towards the center and brightens along the edges. The name of the rose corresponds to the holiday atmosphere that these gorgeous flowers give.
Important! The buds collected in the inflorescences with their weight bend down the delicate shoots down, so the rose is required to support. There are several flowering waves at the Parade per season, and the noble aroma is similar to the smell of classic varieties.
A bush grows up to 4 m high, up to 2 m wide. It belongs to the group of klimmers - "climbing" roses. Small glossy green leaves densely cover thin shoots. The advantages of the variety are:
- resistance to diseases and pests;
- good tolerance of return frosts;
- unpretentiousness in leaving and to soil quality;
- relatively small size of the bush;
- simple reproduction;
- magnificent repairing flowering, light aroma (reminiscent of bergamot).
The disadvantages include:
- instability to excessive soil moisture;
- fragility of shoots;
- pallor due to sunburn;
- the need for shelter for the winter.
Rosa Parade is one of the most beautiful weaving roses used by designers to create unrivaled compositions. In the garden, the bush can "stand out" solo, it is combined with other ornamental plants in a combined flower bed. Neighbors for roses are often determined by the principle of contrasting the color of buds, leaves. She will make an excellent company, for example, lilac clematis, white jasmine bushes. Sometimes these roses are grown as a cut variety. Rose Parade can grow in a room. This home culture is called Parade Mix.
Rose Parade in the design of the garden
Rose parade has an amazing ability to quickly braid any foundation. Because of this, it is often used to frame arches, walls of buildings, columns. It can be grown without support in the form of a lush bush.
Growing a flower, how to plant in open ground
In open ground, for example, in a garden in the country, a Parade rose is planted in spring and autumn, this is especially true for central Russia. This is best done in May, when the soil warms up to a temperature of 10-12ºС. October is suitable for autumn landing.
Rosa Parade is a photophilous bush. When growing in the shade, the plant produces long shoots with single small flowers. When landing near a wall, a distance (at least 40 cm) must be maintained for better air circulation. Otherwise, the leaves will not dry out after rain and the likelihood of a fungal infection will increase.
Of the soils, loose loam is most suitable for the seedling, however, the plant will also develop on clay and sandy soil. The planting hole should be at least 50 cm. Roses do not tolerate acidic soils. Neutralization with lime, furnace ash or chalk is required.
Soil selection
It is important to exclude waterlogging of the landing site. Ground water in the area of bush planting should lie no closer than 1.5 m in depth, otherwise the roots will rot.
It is advisable to prepare the soil for planting in the fall, and to plant a rose in the spring. For this, the site must be dug up. Sandy soil is diluted with clay (10 kg / 1 m2) and humus (3-4 kg / m2), and clay and sand are added with peat (20 kg of sand + 3-4 kg of peat per 1 m2).
Important! You can not make peat in the soil immediately before planting. This process is carried out in advance (for 5-6 months).
The future underground part of the seedling is shortened to 30 cm, damaged branches and roots are removed, the sections are covered with ash. Copper sulfate disinfection and Kornevin treatment are desirable.
When landing you need:
- dig the soil, make fertilizers in it;
- moisten the roots of seedlings. To do this, put them in water for half an hour. You can add root stimulants (root, epin);
- put the root of the bush in the hole, spread it;
- fill the hole with soil and ram it;
- water the bush;
- cut the shoots. 15 cm long is enough for flowering.
In the case of a close occurrence of groundwater, a stone is placed at the bottom of the landing hole so that the roots of the plant develop horizontally.
Disembarkation
Plant care
The rose is not demanding on moisture, so it is enough to water the bush once every 7 days. Watering rules are as follows:
- one-time watering of one plant should be 15 liters, with strong heat, you can increase to 20 liters of water. Excess moisture provokes a fungus, and its lack is a poor development of the plant;
- it is desirable to water it with warm water, ideally rain;
- additional moisture conservation contributes to the creation of a roller around the bush, as well as mulching;
- after a couple of days, the soil is loosened for normal air access;
- after flowering is completed, watering is reduced, and with the onset of cold weather it is stopped (preparation for winter).
Compared to other varieties of climbing roses, Parade is demanding on fertilizer. It is advisable to fertilize the bush once every 10-20 days.
After the end of the period of winter "hibernation" ammonium nitrate is introduced into the soil (1 tbsp.spoon under the bush, then water). This top dressing is repeated after 2 weeks. With the beginning of budding, the rose is fertilized with complex nitrogen-containing mixtures. Before flowering, the bush should be "fed" with organic matter (infusion of mullein (1:10) at the rate of 3-5 liters per bush). The first flowering wave should end with top dressing in the form of complex phosphorus-potassium fertilizers without nitrogen. Before wintering, the plant is poured with superphosphate (30 g per 1 sq. M).
"Wintering"
The above scheme does not apply to the plant of the first year. During this period, the climbing rose Parade practically does not need to be fed. If fertilizers were introduced into the planting hole, then until August you should not worry about the plant.
You need to trim the bush regularly. Two trimmings are carried out: in the spring and in the fall. Spring sanitary - consists in cutting off frozen branches to the first kidney. This is done with a sharp secateurs at an angle of 45º. Three- and four-year-old shoots are removed completely. The shoots of this year and the past are left for 3-7 pieces, of which they form a bush.
In summer, faded buds are removed - this is the stimulation of growth and flowering. The shoots coming from the root should be cut so that the bush does not lose its species characteristics. As the stems develop, they are tied to a support.
Important! The rule of pruning a rose bush: the amount of cut mass of branches should not be greater than the remaining.
The bush is protected from winter frosts. To do this, they remove it from the support on a pillow of dry grass and spud it with earth to a height of 30 cm. Before that, they cut off all the foliage.
Important! The tops of the lashes during winter shelter should not touch the ground.
They cover the plant with a layer of leaves, grass. For additional protection, spanbond or lutrasil is used. Some gardeners make a "roof" out of a drawer, a thick layer of spruce branches.
You can build a shelter bush directly on the support. For this, the bush is covered with spruce branches and wrapped on top with non-woven material. In spring, it is very important not to miss the moment and open the rose on time, otherwise it will rot.
Flowering roses
The parade rose begins to bloom in the second year of life. This is a delightful process that delivers truly aesthetic pleasure. The rose throws out thick-bloomed flowers with many petals.
For full flowering, it is desirable to maximize the illumination of the plant in the morning and partial shade in the afternoon. During watering, it is important to ensure that water does not fall on the leaves and buds.
Fact! Every year more and more flowers grow on the bush. The Parade has several flowering waves per season. Each subsequent “colors” the flowers in an increasingly dark, saturated color. The period of active flowering lasts from June to autumn.
The absence of flowers in a rose may be due to the following reasons:
- Incorrect lighting in the area where the bush grows. Light is necessary for the rose at least 8 hours a day;
- inadequate pruning of the bush. Strongly shortened shoots compensate for the lack of greenery by the absence of flowering. Poorly removed root shoots can also jam the bush;
- the plant is weakened due to illness or improper watering;
- overfeeding. Inexperienced gardeners recommend weekly dressing the plant, this is a mistake. This approach does not stimulate flowering, but rather - the bush grows green mass and produces only 1-2 buds per season.
Flower propagation
Hybrid seeds are not a breeding material, as do not convey the quality of the original plant. Propagate the rose Parade:
- layering;
- cuttings.
Cuttings are cut from a lignified shoot before flowering. Such a site should contain three living kidneys. For rooting, cuttings are instilled into the ground or put into water. After the roots appear, the young plant is ready for planting in a permanent place.
Reproduction of the Parade by layering is the best option. It is held in late spring or early summer.
Lay propagation
Here is a description of the propagation of climbing roses Parade by layering. Necessary:
- to press to the ground a flexible young shoot;
- make a hole 30 cm from the apex;
- bend this shoot, incise the place of inflection and lower it into the hole;
- fill the hole with earth;
- send the top of the shoot vertically upwards.
Important! After rooting (in autumn), the shoot can be separated from the original plant.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Rose is affected:
- black spotting;
- powdery mildew;
- gray rot;
- rose cicada;
- thrips;
- cancer of the cortex;
- spider mite.
Treatment with fungicides (Gumistar, Fitosporin-M), correct, timely pruning of the plant allows you to overcome black spotting, powdery mildew, gray rot and rust. Pest control is carried out using insecticides (Karbofos, Golden Spark, Confidor).
The plant is highly resistant to black spotting and powdery mildew. These diseases affect the bush extremely rarely.
Rosa Parade is today considered the best in its group due to its beauty and other positive qualities. Its cultivation is possible even for beginner gardeners.
