Rose Sim Salabim (Simsalabim) - description of the hybrid tea variety
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The variegated floribunda rose surprises with its color and color combination. The Sim Salabim rose bush wins the hearts of amateur flower growers. In cultivation, the pink hybrid is unpretentious, resistant to fungal diseases.
Rose Sim Salabim (Simsalabim) - what is this variety, history of creation
A hybrid of a remontant and a tea rose was obtained in Germany. The Simsalabim rose was first described by the hybridizer Kordes.
Brief description, characteristic
The shrub grows up to 1 m in height, compact, not spreading. The foliage is dark green, along the edges of the leaves have small notches. Long bloom from June to November. The flower has a goblet shape up to 10 cm in diameter. The petals open in a spiral, there are about 25 of them in one flower. The color is yellow with burgundy stains, stripes, splashes. The aroma is light.
Amazing floribunda rose color
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The advantages of the variety are beautiful flowering and a combination of flowers on the petals. The rose blooms for a long time, it is resistant to frost and fungal diseases.
The disadvantage of the variety is possible reversion. When the flower returns to the state of an ordinary rose or is completely reborn into a rose hip. Hybrids are grown for no more than five years.
Use in landscape design
Bright Sim Salabim is always in the spotlight, even when used in group plantings. It is difficult to pass by such beauty. The height of the bush allows her to decorate the background of mixborders. Looks great in rose gardens and as solitary plantings.
Blooming rose Sim Salabim
Growing a flower, how to plant it in open ground
Planting and the first 30 days of grooming play a decisive role in the future existence of the rose bush. This point should be given maximum attention.
In what form is the landing
Hybrid varieties are most often sold as grafted seedlings. The planting material must be healthy in appearance, without mechanical or painful damage. It is better to buy seedlings bred in the same region where they will be planted.
What time is the boarding
You can plant young bushes from March to October. Spring is considered the optimal time for planting.
Location selection
The rose perfectly tolerates partial shade for several hours throughout the day. The hybrid is afraid of through cold winds and groundwater. This should be taken into account in the first place when choosing a place of growth.
How to prepare the soil and flower for planting
The soil should be loose and nutritious. A good combination would be a mixture of:
- humus;
- clay;
- river sand;
- peat.
For nutrition, you should add bone meal and superphosphate. You can increase the survival rate of a young bush by treating its roots with a clay talker 30 minutes before planting.
Planting procedure step by step
When the soil and seedling are ready, you can start planting it:
- The planting hole is dug to fit the size of the seedling root system. The depth should be twice as long as the roots.
- The bottom of the pit is filled with 10 cm of drainage.
- A layer of compost is laid on top of the drainage layer.
- The prepared mixture of earth is poured in a slide.
- The seedling is installed so that the grafting site is deepened by 5-7 cm.
- From above it is covered with soil mixture.
Deepening the seedling for proper growth
Further, the rose is abundantly watered and mulched with sawdust or peat. After planting for 2 years, the young bush feeds completely from the planting pit. No additional feeding is needed.
Plant care
Hybrid roses are even easier to care for than regular roses. Hybrids are much more resistant to disease and damage.
Watering rules and humidity
Already from mid-spring, the rose needs regular watering. Once a week is enough. In hot periods of summer, watering is needed up to 3 times a week. A young bush will be fed with 10 liters of water in one watering. But an adult needs at least 30 liters. In the fall, the bushes are flooded profusely to prepare a warm cushion for the winter. After the first frost, watering stops completely.
To retain moisture under the rose bush, it is mulched. Peat, spruce needles, peat, humus are suitable as mulch.
Top dressing and soil quality
Every spring, the rose is fed with nitrogen-containing fertilizer. This will increase the green part. From the beginning of flowering, the rose needs the support of potassium and phosphorus. These constituents support the bloom and brightness of the buds.
Pruning and replanting
Each grower decides for himself when it is more convenient for him to cut the bushes thoroughly - in autumn or spring. In any case, one of the scraps should be preventive. When damaged shoots or branches that clog the plant are removed. The main pruning consists in cutting off all branches up to 3-4 buds. The length of the branch after pruning should be more than 10 cm. During the flowering season, it is necessary to cut off the wilted buds together with the top.
The scheme of the correct pruning of roses
The climbing rose Sim Salabim is pruned so that 3-5 one-year and two-year shoots remain for the next season.
Features of wintering a flower
The Sim Salabim variety is frost-resistant, but weather conditions can lead to many diseases. With the onset of stable frosts below +7 ℃, the flower must be prepared for wintering:
- dig in the ground;
- cover with spruce branches;
- cover the bush with snow.
Insulation and protection of the bush
Such an organization of wintering for a plant will keep its branches intact until spring.
Blooming rose
The enchanting rose bloom is a combination of two contrasting colors. Sim Salabim blooms profusely from early June to autumn.
A period of activity and rest
The active growth period begins in the spring, when sap flow begins in the branches of the rose. Already in June, the rose throws out the first buds. After the cessation of flowering, in the middle of autumn, the growth of the flower stops, and it goes into a dormant period.
Care during and after flowering
During flowering, it is important to saturate the bush with moisture and nutrition. Regular pruning of dull flowers encourages the release of new buds. After flowering, you need to properly prepare the bush for winter.
What to do if it does not bloom, possible reasons
If the Simsalabim rose does not release buds, you need to pay attention to the following reasons:
- correct pruning of the bush;
- lack of sufficient nutrition for flowering;
- irregular watering;
- disease or pest infestation.
When proper care is restored, the rose will bloom.
Flower propagation
The easiest way to propagate Sim Salabim is by cuttings. There are also more complex and laborious methods - propagation by grafting or seeds.
When is it produced
You can cut a rose from the beginning of June to the end of July. Grafting of cuttings is also carried out during this period. Seeds should be planted after harvesting.
Detailed description
There should be two slices on the handle. The lower one is oblique, the upper one is straight.There should be three buds on the handle. Reproduction of a rose by cuttings step by step:
- The lower leaves are removed completely, the upper half.
- The cutting is planted at an angle.
- The nursery is covered with foil or glass.
For the cutting, regular watering, loosening and complementary foods are needed. For the winter, the nursery is well insulated.
Diseases, pests and ways to control them
Every spring, the rose must be treated with special substances against diseases and parasites. Such prevention will ensure a quiet life for the grower and the rose bush.
Floribunda roses are wonderful flowers. The variety Sim Salabim fascinates with its beauty. The incredible bud structure requires attention and care. Caring for a rose is not difficult at all.
