The Queen of Flowers does not lose her leading position in the world of floriculture and floristry, bewitching with natural beauty and aroma. Today, there are many diverse species and varieties of such a charming plant, among which stands out Aqua rose, cultivated in various climatic conditions.
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Hybrid Tea Rose Variety Description
The hybrid tea rose Aqua is the result of the work of the Dutch breeding institute, which successfully crossed the remodeling and tea look. The variety is characterized by medium-sized bushes consisting of upright strong shoots on which there are practically no thorns. The beginning of flowering, when the goblet buds open, turning into large flowers with a characteristic pink and purple color, falls at the beginning of summer. The phase continues until the onset of cold weather. Flowers can be either single or collected in small inflorescences.
Choosing Healthy Seedlings When Purchasing
Having decided to plant a rose, you need to choose high-quality seedlings. To do this, you should know several important nuances. Planting stock goes on sale with open and closed root systems. In the first case, the following are important:
- The state of the roots - the seedling should have a well-developed root system, consisting of large and small roots.
- Stems - at least 2 green shoots with a pencil thickness should leave the place of vaccination. The kidneys should be at rest.
If a rose is sold in a container in the store, then it is necessary to examine directly the bush and the earthen lump, which should look integrally with the roots - evidence that the seedling was not replanted before the sale itself.
Planting Aqua roses in open ground
Landing work can be carried out both in autumn and spring. A more important point is the choice of the site, which should be sunny and protected from the wind. Rosa needs fertile soil. To improve fertility, it is recommended to pre-prepare the territory by making peat and compost for digging.
During direct planting in the ground:
- On the prepared site, digging holes with sizes corresponding to the root system of seedlings are dug.
- The distance between the holes is maintained at 80 cm, and between the rows - 2 m.
- Planting material with pre-soaked roots is lowered into the recess.
- The pits are filled up so that the root neck rises 5 cm above the ground.
- The soil under the planted bushes is watered and mulched. Https: //youtu.be/wQ2tA71rY6Q
How to care for flowers
A rose without spikes Aqua stands out for stamina. But even she can not do without the attention of the grower.
Watering
Rosa Aqua needs moderate watering. The signal for a new portion of water that needs to be poured directly under the root is the drying of the surface soil layer to a depth of 5 cm. The optimal watering time is early morning.
Caution! Systematic overflows or droplets of water on the shoots, and especially buds, can trigger the development of fungal diseases.
Soil treatment
After rainfall or watering, it is recommended to periodically loosen the trunks. The depth should not exceed 5 cm, which will not damage the root system of the plant. To prevent excessive evaporation of moisture and increase the time interval between loosening, you can resort to mulching, covering the soil under the bushes with compost.
Top dressing
To ensure abundant and prolonged flowering, as well as strengthen the immunity of the flower, fertilizing should be carried out regularly using organic and mineral fertilizers:
- In the spring, to quickly restore and build up green mass, the bushes are fed with ammonium nitrate, diluted in water for irrigation.
- In the summer, nitrogen is introduced in an accessible form using organics, which is necessarily supplemented with phosphorus-potassium mineral complexes.
- In the autumn, it is enough to limit the use of superphosphate and potassium salt to wet soil. Https: //youtu.be/P2hXK2MNaTo
Advice! In order not to burn the roots of the rose with concentrated agrochemicals in granules, the application should be carried out after preliminary wetting of the plants.
Pruning
The first spring after planting, forming pruning is carried out, the purpose of which is to form lush bushes of the correct form. Each stalk is cut to 15 cm in height. In autumn, all flowering shoots are shortened and non-lignified are removed. In the following years, sanitary pruning is carried out every spring, during which patients who are frozen, frozen and growing inside the stems are removed. At the end of the growing season, pruning is carried out to a height of 20 cm strong and removal of non-lignified, non-flowering shoots.
Protection against diseases and pests
A blooming beauty in rainy summer conditions can be affected by such fungal diseases as rust, powdery mildew and gray rot. At the first sign, it is necessary to remove the affected shoots and treat the bushes with fungicide. If the rose was attacked by aphids, moths, leaflets or spider mites, then one of the fungicidal preparations will come to the rescue.
Preparation for winter
So that the Aqua rose successfully wintered, on the eve of the cold weather, pre-cut and bare bushes take cover: the root neck is dug up with earth, and the shoots are wrapped in several layers with non-woven material.
Aqua Rose Propagation
The Aqua rose variety is best propagated by autumn cuttings, when cuttings from semi-lignified shoots with 4 buds are buried in a prepared trench at an angle. Landings are covered with bottles, under which they hibernate.In the spring, the plants that have taken root are treated routinely.
Use in landscape design
Abundantly flowering rose bushes are widely used for decorating various garden areas.:
- near the gazebo;
- to decorate the front of the house and the main entrance;
- as a tapeworm on the background of a smooth green lawn;
- to create flowering compositions in combination with other shrubs.
Rosa Aqua is a steady and hardy flower with an exquisite aroma and the absence of thorns. And subject to simple rules, growing the queen of flowers will not cause any difficulties.
