Rose Eddy Mitchell - description of the variety
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The rose is the noblest and most beautiful flower in the world. There are many varieties and varieties of this beautiful plant. One of them has the beautiful name Eddie Mitchell. But the main features of the variety are different.
Rose Eddy Mitchell (Eddy Mitchell) - what kind of variety, history of creation
Rose Eddie Mitchell is a hybrid variety based on tea and remontant roses. It has a similarity to the Grand Amore and Grandiflora roses. The variety is quite young, bred in France in 2008. Named after French singer and actor Eddie Mitchell.
The main features of the plant
Rose Eddie Mitchell: description, characteristics
The petals of the flower are painted in a noble burgundy color on the inside, and on the outside the petals resemble gold.
Flowers of this variety are relatively large, their diameter reaches up to 12 centimeters. During flowering, the rose emits a delicate and soft scent. About three buds can be located on one stem. Also, the stems are strewn with bright green leaves.
A rose bush can grow up to 50 centimeters high and up to 40 centimeters wide.
Before flowering, the rosebud is in the shape of a glass. During flowering, it opens up, revealing the middle. The petals are brown during flowering.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Among the advantages of a rose of this variety, in addition to its extraordinary beauty, practicality can be distinguished. It consists in the fact that the Mitchell rose is not afraid of either rain or winter and is excellent at fighting various diseases and pests.
Use in landscape design
This rose will be able to take its place of honor and decorate any landscape design, it can be either a small garden or a huge greenhouse.
Growing in a flower bed
Growing a flower: how to plant it in open ground
Eddy Mitchell is a rose that can be planted by both an experienced gardener and a beginner. But for this you need to know some subtleties.
Planting a Rose Eddie Mitchell
In what form is the landing
Planting in the ground is carried out by seedlings. You can buy a seedling in a store or order it online. In order for a seedling to start, it needs proper care.
What time is the boarding
The seedlings are planted in mid-spring, most often in April. The main criterion for choosing the time for landing is the air temperature over 10 degrees.
Location selection
To admire the beauty of this wonderful plant, a rose hybrid is planted near windows or in flower beds near the house. When choosing a place, it is worth considering that this variety does not like direct rays of the sun. Under the scorching rays, the petals of the plant will wither, fall off and it will die. It is also undesirable to plant roses in a place where the soil is too moist.
How to prepare the soil and flower for planting
The soil for planting the Eddie Mitchell variety must be fertile. If it is clay, then you need to apply fertilizer in the form of peat, humus, or compost. If the soil is sandy, then clay with fertilizers is added to it. In terms of acidity, the earth should be slightly acidic, increase the acidity with the help of manure, and lower it with the addition of ash.
Saplings
Planting procedure step by step
When the place for the rose is selected, the soil is prepared, then you can proceed to planting:
- You need to dig a hole about 50 centimeters deep.
- Next, a layer of a mixture of gravel, stone and crushed stone should be poured into the hole.
- Also add a layer of fertilizer.
- You need to sprinkle everything with soil.
- Water the insufficiently moistened soil.
- Then immerse the seedling there.
- Sprinkle with earth, compacting the soil a little.
- And water the seedling.
Plant care
When a seedling is planted, in order for it to start safely, you need to follow the rules of care.
Watering rules and humidity
The rose needs mandatory watering, especially when the weather is hot outside. In summer, watering is done twice a week with water at room temperature. In the fall, the bush can be watered less often or not watered at all, depending on the weather.
Top dressing and soil quality
Eddie Mitchell's rose dressing depends on the season. In spring and summer, the plant is fed with such organic fertilizers as: phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen. And at the beginning of autumn, a rose can be fertilized simply with manure.
Pruning and replanting
Pruning is done to achieve two goals:
- the formation of the aesthetic appearance of the bush;
- for lush flowering.
There are three types of pruning, they depend on in what period of the year it is carried out:
- in the summer, the removal of faded parts is carried out, this is called weak pruning;
- in the spring, pruning is carried out in order to rejuvenate the bush and reduce the number of buds to 4 pieces - this is a strong pruning;
- also in the spring pruning is carried out for abundant flowering, during which 7 buds are left, and it is called medium pruning.
Features of wintering a flower
When the temperature on the thermometer has dropped below 7 degrees, it's time to prepare the rose for winter. The first stage is hilling, this is done mainly with humus or compost. Further, the stems are covered with spruce branches, a frame is tinkered on top and insulation for a rose is pulled over it.
Wintering
Blooming rose
Eddie Mitchell's rose can be classified as a plant that blooms again.
A period of activity and rest
The rose blooms in the summer and ends in mid-autumn.
Care during and after flowering
Care during flowering is standard, watering, weeding and fertilizing. After flowering, the buds that have faded are usually cut off.
Rose Blossom Eddie Mitchell
What to do if it does not bloom, possible reasons
Rose Eddie Mitchell may not bloom with improper care and during illness. In order to resume flowering, you need to understand the reason and take measures to resume flowering.
Flower propagation
Reproduction of Eddie Mitchell is done by cuttings.
When is it produced
The grafting procedure is carried out in the spring.
Detailed description
For cuttings, a pruner and a means for better plant growth are useful.
Sequence of actions for grafting:
- Find healthy shoots.
- Shoots are cut so that about five buds remain on them.
- Clean the bottom of the cutting from the leaves.
- The cut of the cutting is lubricated with a special agent for better growth.
- The cutting is planted in the ground and watered.
Cuttings
Diseases, pests and ways to control them
Eddie Mitchell roses, like other species, love to spoil insects such as aphids, ticks and earwigs. So that they do not lead the plant to death, the flower is treated with insecticides.
Eddie Mitchell
Rose Eddie Mitchell is a wonderful variety that, with proper care, will bloom and radiate the most delicate aroma, similar to French perfume.
