Dutch roses - varieties, cultivation features
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Flowers of the Dutch selection are more popular than ever. Experienced gardeners prefer to buy Dutch roses for their plots. It is worth figuring out what their advantages and disadvantages are.
Dutch roses - features of the variety
Breeders in the Netherlands have been improving varietal crops for 2 centuries. Experienced laboratories are working to create new hybrids that will be resistant to disease and changeable climatic conditions. The properties of seed novelties are tested in test plots.
Dutch roses in landscape design
Advantages and disadvantages of Dutch roses
Roses from Holland have a number of advantages over Russian breeding, for which summer residents and landscape designers love them:
- Preservation of varietal properties for many years. The tree is not capricious and gives a lush flowering, subject to the rules of care.
- The appearance of the plant corresponds to the characteristics of the hybrid.
- The bushes are distinguished by long flowering.
- Good storage capacity of planting material, resistance to diseases and pests, undemanding to the composition of the soil.
There is only one drawback of European selection roses - high cost. New varieties are more expensive. The reason is that amateurs are chasing new products and are willing to overpay.
Application in landscape design
Roses have been used in landscape decoration since ancient times. Holland has provided decorators with plants that bloom lush and long. Lush shrubs are used in single plantings and in crop groups. An overabundance of bright color spots can negatively affect the beautiful appearance of the site.
The best varieties of Dutch varieties
Among the variety of hydrides, there are popular varieties that are used as a gift that a woman will appreciate. Roses are easy to grow on the site. It is pleasant to admire them during the entire flowering period.
Grand Prix (Rose Grand Prix)
The Grand Prix was withdrawn 100 years ago and is a classic of the garden, for which it received such a name. A large flower up to 13 cm in diameter, a rich wine shade with velvety petals. In the southern regions, the bush can grow up to 1.5 meters. Cut bouquets last up to 2 weeks. Rose Holland has a long flowering. Fading buds are replaced with new ones.
What does a Grand Prix rose look like?
Freedom
Variety with a single glass-shaped bud. When unfolded it reaches 11 cm in width. The color of the petals is deep burgundy. The height of branches during greenhouse cultivation can reach 120 cm. Due to the spectacular flower shape, Freedom is often used in mono-bouquets.
Mohana hybrid tea
Re-flowering shrub up to 100 cm high. Yellow flowers with red dusting open up to 8 cm wide. The bud has a regular conical shape with twisted petals. The hybrid is resistant to winter frosts up to 20 ℃ below zero. Little susceptible to disease.
Mohan rosebud
High Magic
Gradient colors - from bright yellow in the middle to burgundy to the edge of the petals. The flower is one on the stem, tightly knit, has the shape of a glass, the diameter is up to 6 cm. The degree of flowering is medium. Resistance to powdery mildew and frost - high.
Elite variety Vendela
The hybrid variety is represented by a compact shrub 80 cm high. The ivory-colored buds will especially delight Madame. The shape of the bud is half-open with an elongated center, a diameter of 10 cm. The beauty of the shade is overshadowed by a weak resistance to diseases.
Lovely Lidia
On a compact bush 50 × 70 cm, caps of bright lilac roses flaunt. Flowering takes place in summer. The variety belongs to the floribunda group. It can be grown in soil or pot. The size of the bud is not large - only 4 cm.
Avalanche
A compact shrub up to 80 cm high with single stems. They have white flowers with a light green tint along the edge of the petals. Buds, depending on the stage of opening of the petals, can be from 8 to 13 cm in diameter. The variety is frost-resistant, abundant flowering in the middle lane continues until frost.
Avalanche rose variety
Penny Lane
A kind of climbing rose. The bush part reaches 2.5 m in width and 4 m in height. The flowers are pale beige with a pink undertone, up to 11 cm in diameter. The plant is frost-resistant, tolerates cold up to -26 ℃. Flowering is profuse and long lasting.
El Toro
El Toro are scarlet flowers with fringed petals, similar to the skirt of a Spanish dancer. The stems are not long - up to 50 cm. Due to the curly shape of the bud, the bouquet looks magnificent even at small sizes.
Bouquet of roses El Toro
Ilios
Bright yellow roses of continuous flowering with fringed petals. The height of the bush is up to 70 cm, the size of the bud is 8 cm. The advantage of the hybrid is high resistance to late blight, pleasant unobtrusive aroma, no thorns, long flowering up to the shape of a cup. The bud never opens. During flowering, it has a half-open appearance.
Chiri
The hybrid is attractive with a rich crimson color of a half-open flower with twisted petals. Small buds look great in bouquets with contrasting white shades. The bush is compact, the height of the branches is 40-90cm.
How Dutch roses are grown, planting features
Roses from the Netherlands are grown in different climatic zones. In the north, planting is recommended in greenhouses or greenhouses. Planting material is placed in the spring in sunny areas with fertilized soil.
Care requirements, measures to ensure conditions
Dutch roses are disease resistant. Flowers can often be found in wedding bouquets and as decorations for ceremonial halls.
Watering rules and humidity
Roses do not like waterlogging. With high humidity, it is necessary to skip watering, let the soil dry out. But it is impossible to arrange a drought, without sufficient moisture in the soil, the flowers will crumble.
Proper watering of rose bushes is a guarantee of their longevity
Top dressing and soil quality
The soil should be neutral or weak acidity. If necessary, the soil is deoxidized with sand. Top dressing is made from a solution of manure or humus.
Pruning and replanting
Decorative and preventive pruning is periodically carried out. To shape the bush, unnecessary stems are removed. When thinning the shrub, diseased and old branches are cut off. The pruning procedure can be started after the growing season, when the sap flow has already ended.
A rose is transplanted if it is planted in the wrong place or when the landscape design of the site changes. The tree is dug up together with a lump of earth and planted in a prepared hole. It is best to carry out the procedure in the fall.
Features of wintering Dutch varieties
For the winter, roses are covered, regardless of the climatic zone. As a shelter, the legs of conifers, burlap, dense spunbond are used. The bushes are insulated after the autumn pruning before the onset of frost.
Shelter roses for the winter
Reproduction of Dutch roses
Propagated by cuttings. To do this, during flowering, the stem is cut diagonally. A pencil-wide branch is divided into segments with 3 buds. The leaves are cut in half and the cuttings are placed in water with a root former for several hours.
Stems are planted in a small pot with nutritious soil and covered with foil. After a few weeks, young leaves appear from the buds. Saplings should grow indoors throughout the winter. In the spring, they are planted in the ground or greenhouse.
Pest and disease control of roses
The main enemies of roses are spider mites and aphids. To protect plants from pests, the leaves are periodically treated with insecticides. Treatment with fungicidal preparations and preventive pruning of bushes will help to avoid tree decay and late blight.
The plant looks great against the background of evergreen shrubs of summer cottages. A bright spot enlivens the monotony. The tallest and most beautiful plant allows to play in contrast, making the Dutch roses incredibly attractive. Several boles with different shades enhance the effect of visual perception.
