Ground cover roses blooming all summer for the Moscow region

The first documentary evidence of cultivated roses came down to us from the territory of modern Turkey, they were obtained during excavations in Uru of the tombs of the kings of Chaldea. They said that the Sumerian king Saragon was the first to bring rose bushes from a military campaign to the city of Uru. Presumably, it was from there that the rose was taken to Greece and the island of Crete, and from there it was dispersed throughout the Western world.

Ground cover roses were isolated from the shrub group only in the mid-80s of the twentieth century. This was due to the fact that in the wake of the increased popularity of ground cover plants, the demand for creeping flowering shrubs also increased. And if in the 70s individual new varieties of these roses were brought to the market annually, then in the 80s their real boom began.

Variety history and main characteristics

Groundcover roses emerged from the crossing of climbing and wrinkled roses. Due to the nature of branching, they are not defined as a separate type in specialized catalogs. Most of the varieties bred can shoot up to one and a half meters in length. Spread with a uniform carpet over the entire available surface or will stick to the base of the bush.

The color scheme is quite multifaceted - white, pink, crimson, burgundy, orange, yellow colors. They can grow in a single version, or in whole clusters. The size of the flower is 2-6cm. Flowering period: from the end of May to the first frost. Distinguish between frost-resistant varieties and thermophilic, which is important to consider when selecting for your site.

They are unpretentious in care, but soils with neutral acidity are best suited. Lighting is partial shade to avoid burnout. If it is not possible to provide no more than 4 hours of direct sunlight by natural means, then it is better to place roses in the ground at an angle (alpine slides).

Apply fertilizers during planting (compost), in small portions during the flowering period (mineral fertilizers diluted with water). Watering is only necessary at high temperatures.

The greatest danger to the plant is aphid and fungi. When they appear, it is worth treating the rose with fungicides, insecticides, and removing the affected branches.

Applications

The structure of the root system allows the plant to be used not only as a decorative plant, but also to strengthen the slopes. Can also be used as:

• blooming lawn;
• the basics of an alpine slide;
• curb plant;
• an accent in the design of a flower bed, gazebo, steps (when planting in a pot or on a dais).

The features of plants allow you to combine them with each other when decorating flower beds or with other plants:

• cereal grasses (miscanthus, millet) can become neighbors;
• lilies;
• lavender;
• cloves;
• sagebrush.

Experts do not recommend using a groundcover rose as a houseplant in small houses: the smell of a flower is quite strong and stable, the plant needs a large area for development, a lot of light.

Moscow region roses: description of the top 10 most unpretentious and winter-hardy varieties

Amadeus

Climbing rose variety. Deep red flowers. The size of the buds is average, on each branch there are several inflorescences at once. A big plus of the variety is that the bushes are spreading and tall. With good care, the shoots can reach a height of 3.5 meters. Blooms profusely from early spring to late autumn. Most often, Amadeus is used by gardeners to decorate the site.It is planted next to a fence, along a gazebo or other structures. The powerful bushes of this plant will not only cover unsightly buildings with their shoots, but will delight you with bright red flowers all season.

Florentina

It blooms in the same way as Amadeus, with red buds. It is a neat and decorative rose variety most often used for cutting. The plant is also tall - up to two meters. It is recommended to cut and shape the bushes as often as possible, then they become more lush and give more inflorescences. Florentina's flowers are very large, their diameter reaches ten centimeters. They tolerate winters well not only in the Moscow region, but also in the more northern regions of the country.

Rose Florentina

Gloria Day

Another popular variety that has already become a classic. It is widely distributed not only in Russia, but also in other countries of the world. This variety attracts attention with its light aroma and unusually beautiful buds. They are terry, have a transition from pale pink to light yellow, they also have a crimson edging on the tips of the petals. This hybrid tea rose is probably the best option for gardens in the metropolitan area.

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Floribunda rose. A striking feature of this variety is that the freshly blossomed buds have a pale white color, and after a few days their color gradually changes and becomes a rich red tone.

Note! These flowers almost do not emit any scent. They perfectly withstand cold weather and are not afraid of a drop in temperature in spring and autumn.

Rhapsody in blue

Compared to the above, it is a relatively young variety. Appeared on sale in 2002 and has already won the sympathy of gardeners due to its abundant flowering. The buds themselves, which are blue in color, deserve special attention. However, the middle of the flowers is white. The variety belongs to the group of scrubs.

Rose Super Dorothy

A variety that was bred in the German nursery Hetzel. In the climate of Moscow, roses bloom twice a season. The first bloom in May-June, and the second time the buds appear in August-September. It blooms very profusely. At the same time, during the break, he also pleases with flowers, although there are not so many of them. Flowering continues throughout the season. The buds are pale pink. Refers to a variety of ground cover roses.

Pierre de Ronsard

French variety. It belongs to the climbing types of roses and is excellent for growing in Central Russia. A special plus of this species is that the shoots do not have thorns, which is highly appreciated by gardeners. The flowers themselves are beautiful - light cream in color, have the shape of glasses. Well suited for decorating gazebos, verandas and other buildings. They are also planted next to an unsightly fence.

Rose Pierre de Ronsard

Golden Wings

Well suited for those who want to make the color scheme of rose bushes in their rose garden more variegated. This type of rose blooms with yellow buds, the middle of which has an orange tint. Bushes grow tall - up to one and a half meters. The inflorescences themselves are very large. Golden Wings winters well in the Moscow region.

Baltimore Belle

Perhaps the most unpretentious variety for the cold regions of Russia. It grows and blooms well in Moscow and its environs. Time-tested that in the capital region it can winter even without shelter, as it can withstand frosts down to -30 degrees. However, the flowers of Baltimore Belle are not large, pink, double. The variety belongs to climbing roses.

Erinnerung an Brod

Another frost-resistant variety that can winter without shelter, as it also tolerates air temperature drops to 35 degrees below zero well. It blooms with double flowers that have a purple-lilac hue. With proper pruning and shaping, the bushes give several buds in inflorescences - up to 10 pieces. A good climbing variety for growing in the Moscow region.

Shrub roses for the Moscow region varieties.Popular ones include Alexandra Kent, Crown Princess Margaret, Claire Austin (standard) and the famous William Shakespeare. They all have different colors and complement each other perfectly.

Varieties and planting in the Moscow region

Ground cover roses blooming all summer for the Moscow region the following are suitable:

1. White and pink kashion;
2. white swoni;
3. bright red fiona;
4. red faerie dance;
5. yellow sled rose.

All of these varieties are frost-hardy enough for any area. German varieties of larisa, popsicle, jazz tolerate well both cold and heat, and prolonged precipitation.

Particular attention should be paid to the soil where the plant is planned to be planted. A rose can always bloom, but for intensive growth and flowering it will need help. Given the peculiarities of soils in the North of the Moscow Region, before planting, the soil should not only be fertilized (mullein), but also reduced acidity (ash, chalk, dolomite flour, slaked lime). In the southern part of the Moscow region, one should not lower the acidity, but increase the nutritional value of the soil. For such purposes, peat, mullein, compost are suitable.

The best time to plant roses will be April (after the snow has completely melted) or October (before the frost begins). It is better to cover a new sprout for the winter in order to avoid freezing of an immature plant. Repeaters no longer need special measures to protect them from the cold.

When choosing a planting site, keep in mind that places that are heavily shaded by trees or fences, as well as swampy areas, an area too often blown by cold winds, are not suitable for roses.

The hole for planting a plant should be at least 20 cm deep. If the soil is too clogged, then the depth should be increased and drainage from sand, expanded clay, crushed stone should be laid. Compost is brought in. Before planting, the root shoots are shortened. The plant is immersed in a hole in such a way that 4-5 cm of the stem above the root also went into the ground. Water abundantly, cover with earth and trample.

Features of the

The best roses for the Moscow region must meet special requirements, namely, be frost-resistant, since the climate in this region does not please with warmth. Spring comes late, and winter begins early, so the flowers must have time to collect foliage, inflorescences. It is equally important to consider how the plant survives severe frosts. Most of the roses grown in the southern regions of the country would not be able to survive the winter or they would have to be covered additionally, otherwise the bushes would simply die.

It is the plant's endurance that is preferred when planting. After many studies, it was found that Canadian and English non-covering varieties are best suited for the Moscow region.

Flower care rules

Groundcover roses, although they have many similarities with higher varieties, but grow better if you use rules suitable only for them:

1. Plant outdoors with small spaces between bushes. On a square meter, you can fit up to five copies of the bushes, which will make the carpet of them impenetrable.
2. In hot weather, the bushes are poured with settled water until 7 am or after 9 pm. The petals do not fade, and the plant itself does not lose water through evaporation.
3. Roses are friends not only with neighbors of other species, but also with other dwarf roses. The combination of bushes of white, orange, pink and burgundy colors will look more advantageous on a flower bed than a monochromatic composition.
4. Do not be lazy: in the first months after planting, watch out for the appearance of weeds near the bushes. If you remove them, loosen the soil, then after a short period of time the flower will displace unwanted guests on its own.
5. Fallen leaves in the garden should not be thrown away or burned. The best use is to cover roses with them in late autumn and for the whole winter. In the spring, it is better to collect the remnants of the leaves, put them in a heap, where they can easily turn into compost - fertilizer for any plant.
6. The desire to have beautiful flowers for a longer time entails excessive feeding of the plant.Remember that 2-3 dressings per season are enough for roses. The latter is usually held in August. Neglecting this rule can lead to freezing of the flower, because it will not have time to enter a state of calm before frost.

The application of all the rules in practice will also depend on what role ground cover roses play on the site.

Testimonials

Slavina Lilia, Volokolamsk
I always choose ground cover roses very carefully because of the difficult climate. I chose several varieties with different shades of buds. I definitely feed them so that they endure the winter well. I cover it with non-woven material, spruce branches. All survive, bloom incomparably. It is very pleasant to look at the site.

Oleg Zadirov, Novoshakhtinsk

They gave me a ground cover rose. I have never grown such flowers. I liked it very much. Elementary care. Braided an unsightly area in the garden, now it looks better than a flower bed. I don't cover the plant for the winter - our winters are warm. I feed it 3-4 times over the summer, water it as the soil dries out. Blooms before the onset of frost.

Variants of use in the decor of the site

Regardless of the size of the gardening site, it is usually divided into different zones: barbecue cooking, playground, flower garden, paths, rose garden, pool, coniferous plantations... Groundcover roses work well for separation with an interesting color note.... Densely planted, they turn into a real hedge, which, however, can be crossed.

Wicker containers with a well-groomed rose bush can be placed around the perimeter of the garden bench, at the entrance to the house, or on the terrace. In this case, caring for flowers will be simplified (no weeds, you do not need to bend for pruning), in addition, the bushes themselves will look more neat.

To create a multi-level composition of roses of different varieties, use long pots. The most preferred form in this case would be a step flower garden. The pots can be placed on real steps, or similarly placed on a small slope.

Ground cover roses will also become a colored basis for a climbing rose arch: where there are no flowers from a tall neighbor, low-growing varieties will give them. Here you should carefully approach the combination of colors: plants with different flowers (blue and yellow) and approximately the same shades will also look good.

Group of ground cover roses, their description and purpose in landscaping

Wrinkled rose - the founder of the selection of ground cover varieties

At the beginning of the 20th century, Japanese specialists drew attention to the peculiarities of the growth wrinkled rose (R. rugosa), which covered large areas with its whips.

Around the same time, European gardeners were using climbing Vihura rose (R. wichurana) its shoots were spread on the ground. In 1919, as a result of crossing the wrinkled rose and the Vihura rose, a variety appeared, which is considered the starting point in the classification of ground cover roses - it was "Max Graf" (Moss Graf).

The popularity of this group in gardening reached its greatest heyday by the 70s of the last century, when ground cover varieties began to be widely used:

• To strengthen the slopes,

  
  Ground cover roses are planted not only for beauty, they strengthen the soil on the slopes

• On retaining walls
• As an alternative to flower beds,
• We entered the composition of rocky structures,
• Replaced decorative flowering lawns.

Their popularity is due to their relatively unpretentious care, disease resistance and a variety of flower colors.

Tip # 1... Note! In the international classification of roses, the group of ground cover roses is not singled out as a separate type. Often, the mechanism of origin of a variety or hybrid has such a complex path that it is ranked in the category whose properties are manifested with the greatest prevalence.

What kind of “companions” are suitable for cohabitation?

When choosing partners for ground cover roses, it is necessary to take into account the compatibility of the color range, the flowering period, as well as the shape, texture and color of the foliage of the plants. It is also worth paying attention to the conditions for growing companions for the aristocrat of the garden landscape - they should be light and heat-loving, similar to roses. Beautiful ensembles with carpet roses of any shades and varieties are created by lavender, daylily, geranium. The queen of the garden looks harmoniously with a variety of herbs and cereals - rosemary, fennel, thyme, fescue, sage, garlic, onions. Creeping roses are perfectly combined with primroses, viols, geykhers, hosts. But the most expressive will be the combination of rose bushes with plants-owners of silvery leaves - carnation, wormwood, santolina.

Traditional companions of a rose in a mixborder and in a flower bed:

• for the lower tier - cuff, bell, iris;
• for the middle tier - delphinium, foxglove, dahlias;
• as an accent - clematis, bulbous primroses, lilies.

One of the most romantic couples is between rose and clematis, especially the purple-flowered Clematis viticella and Clematis integrifolia. The combination of roses with herbs will avoid overloading the rose garden and dilute the planting of flowers with neutral green tones. Airy grasses planted in the foreground of the flower garden will give it a romantic mood and form a lush border for a ground cover rose. Planting tall grasses such as miscanthus, millet, and reed grass in the background of the rose garden will create a beneficial backdrop for roses and add depth to the floral arrangement.

The material on the creation of multi-tiered flower beds will also be useful:

Harmonious blowing is formed when planting red ground cover roses together with lavender

Creeping roses can be successfully included in the composition of an alpine slide

The choice of ground cover roses, taking into account frost resistance

Ground cover varieties are the most unpretentious compared to other types of roses. One of the important qualities is the ability to withstand the lowest temperature for roses in winter. Gardeners celebrate new varieties of the German collection, bred relatively recently, at the beginning of the XXI century:

• Popsicle - Eskimo (2006) - with coppery yellow flowers,
• Stadt Rum - Stadt Rom (2007) - flowering color - pearl white,
• Candia Madiland - Candia Me> The variety "Sunny Rose" literally means "sunny rose", changes the color of the flowers depending on the lighting and the duration of flowering. In the floor of the shade, the shade is lighter, in the bright sun - rich yellow
• Larissa - Larissa (2008) - the variety is distinguished by a huge number of small pink flowers, because of which leaves are not visible.

• Lavender Maidiland - Lavender Meidiland (2008) - flowers of a pink-lilac shade, collected in small brushes.
• Jazz - Jazz (2008) - the color of the flowers changes during flowering from pale yellow to amber-orange.

Often unpretentious varieties successfully cope with the unfavorable influence of weather conditions, not only in winter, but at any time of the year. They cope with the heat relatively well in summer and are better than other types of long rains.

Useful tricks

Experienced gardeners simplify the process of growing roses with the following tricks:

1. mulch the soil with the bark of coniferous trees or juniper. Such mulch, in addition to the usual functions of retaining moisture, preventing overheating of the soil and protecting against weeds, will not allow pests to develop;
2. the distance between the bushes is chosen for reasons of not only aesthetics, but also the convenience of servicing each plant. Depending on the variety, it is 30-100 cm;
3. before planting, the roots of the seedling are dipped in a mixture of clay talker and mullein in a 2: 1 ratio. In consistency, it resembles sour cream;
4. in the process of planting, pouring the soil into the hole, it is watered layer by layer - then there will be no voids;
5. so that there are more flowers on the shoot of a climbing rose, it is placed on a support as close as possible to a horizontal position. This stimulates the appearance of lateral shoots - they give flowers;
6. "Blind" shoots (do not give flowers) are laid on the ground and pinned: this leads to the appearance of flower buds;
7. to bend a thick shoot, they undermine it on one side;
8. so that the roses overwinter well, the last pruning is done no later than August;
9. to prevent the spread of weeds, frame the rose garden with plastic tape.

For a garter, experienced rose lovers use aluminum wire instead of ropes: you don't have to waste time tying knots - just hook the hook onto the support.

For the winter, the bushes are covered all together with one piece of covering material, and not one by one: this way the plants tolerate winter much better.

It is also important to have a high-quality tool, a sprayer, and an automatic irrigation system (the drip method is the most economical). The hands of the grower must be protected with suede gloves - their thorns do not pierce.

Differences in care from other types of roses. The most undemanding varieties

Of all types of roses, ground cover representatives are distinguished by their unpretentious care. Many varieties are resistant to summer heat and rain. As a rule, they hibernate without shelter. The latest generation roses are resistant to typical fungal diseases. Such modern varieties have similar properties:

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The beauty and fragrance that roses fill the garden with certainly justifies the labor involved in growing them. But for some novice gardeners, this process seems too troublesome.

Their experienced colleagues assure that this is only at first: over time, actions become more and more refined and rational, so that even the owner of a huge rose garden of 400 bushes has a lot of free time.

Lyudmila! Thank you! I have already prepared a place for ground cover roses. Therefore, I need complete information in order to choose the right variety and number of plants. It just so happened that the fence between us and the neighbors was made inferior, if only it was. (This is to my comment on how to make a cheap fence) Because that territory was not yet ours. We called her the word "backs". They just planted potatoes there. And the neighbor's geese regularly spoiled the plantings. Then most of it was replaced with a more decent fence, and five meters remained nightmarish. I planted maiden grapes under the fence. It has grown so much that it closed the ugly fence, moved to a fence perpendicular to it, separating a small section from a large section, and on the other side turned it onto the fence and the wall of Omshanik. That is, a beautiful green fence in the form of the letter P has turned out, with the crossbar strongly elongated. Staple shape. In the middle of the plot, grass was removed and lupines and something else were planted in the middle. Now I don’t remember how many years ago. This beauty delighted me for a long time. And then the lupins froze out in the winter with little snow, so the area of ​​the flower bed turned out to be empty. It occurred to me that it was time to plant beautiful shrubs and leave the green grass. Well, let there be a few seasonal color spots against the background of vine leaves and tree trees. Turkish carnation curtain, rudbeckia bush, a circle of tulips in the spring. On the wall of Omshanik, small-flowered clematis is woven over the grapes. And underneath is a fern, which has already begun to multiply. It was so last year. Everything suited me. Especially clematis. But another catalog came from Miroleeva.And there again ground cover roses are offered. But other than the year before last, Nozomi was gone. And then I got carried away! Want! Exactly in that place! After all, the place is intimate, there is a toilet. A concrete path leads to it, it is all in flowers that hang on one side of the fence, and on the other, they grow, standing on their own. Well, how is a toilet without ground cover roses decoration? No way ... And the place is convenient, there is enough snow in almost any winter to shelter roses. But tall plants are not needed, just those that spread over the surface are needed, they spread like a carpet. The main thing is that my choice is not rich. I will buy what the cattery Miroleeva offers. They use the word "creeping" in the description of their varieties. Maybe try to grow New Down in this form? I sketched out according to your advice. The box is in a greenhouse and in another greenhouse. I don’t have an old umbrella. My husband made me a mini-name. Here she is.

She has open windows on top on both sides for ventilation. I also asked my neighbor, at the request of my husband, for several branches of her park rose with bright red flowers. I also cut the cuttings. I'm waiting.

Category: "Questions and Answers"

Question number 1. Can ground cover roses be used in bouquets?

The unpretentiousness of "Knock out" to growing conditions and resistance to adverse influences, is considered unsurpassed among all existing varieties of roses.

Not worth it, most varieties are not suitable for cutting. On the bushes, flowers replace each other all summer, autumn frosts are often met, but in bouquets they quickly fade.

Question number 2... What is the difference between ground cover roses and climbing roses?

Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish one from the other by external data. That is why ground cover varieties have not yet been singled out as a separate type. Some hybrids are referred to by the creators as climbing roses because of the same length of shoots, about 1 m. Erect ground cover roses are often found in the "Shrubs" section.

Cultivation agrotechnics: care and protection

Ground cover roses are considered unpretentious. They are rarely affected by diseases and are able to forgive some mistakes in care. The most important thing is to water them regularly and fertilize them as needed.

Watering roses should be done in the morning or when the sun does not shine directly on the bushes. If you neglect this rule, then the water that gets on the leaves will cause them to burn. For the same reason, it is impossible to spray and feed roses in the open sun. As for the regularity of watering, both overflow and underflow are equally destructive for roses. Focus on the condition of the soil. It is necessary to water the roses when the top layer of the earth dries out by 3-4 cm. In the fall, watering is reduced, gradually transferring the plants to a dormant period.

For more abundant flowering and increased immunity, ground cover roses are regularly fed. In the spring, at the stage of growing the bush, fertilizing with fertilizers with a high nitrogen content is carried out. The simplest and most effective is to use ammonium nitrate (the N content reaches 34%). Nitrogen contributes to the growth of green mass, the formation of healthy, rich foliage. At the beginning of rose budding, nitrogen fertilizer is changed to a phosphorus-potassium composition. At this time, mineral fertilizing with such fertilizers as "Kemira-Lux", "Agricola for Blossoming", etc. is effective. They should be used according to the manufacturer's instructions, at a frequency of about 1-2 times a week.

The exuberant flowering of ground cover roses is possible only if the rules of agricultural technology are observed

In mid-August, feeding is reduced, in the fall, it is stopped altogether. By this time, the ground cover rose must stop growing in order to endure the winter cold without loss.

Many varieties of ground cover roses, especially undersized ones, are able to winter without special shelter - under a layer of snow. In winters with little snow and harshness, one should not rely on such a natural "fur coat".It is best to cover the lashes of ground cover roses with spruce branches or build a wire frame and throw lutrasil over it. The air gap above the roses will reliably protect them from the winter weather.

Diseases and pests

Combination with other plants

Rose is a good neighbor. When selecting a mixborder, design and agricultural requirements are taken into account:

• color compatibility,
• duration and sequence of flowering,
• color, shape and texture of leaves,
• component plants should be also light-loving, like the garden beauty, the ground cover rose.

All these requirements are met: geranium, primrose, wormwood, rosemary, lavender, fescue, hosta, liliaceae, heuchera, viola, cloves, santolin. Beautiful ensembles come from a combination with ornamental grasses and cereals. This expressive combination goes well with each other.

Roses in landscape design

Landscaping with roses will fit into any area that is bathed in sun for at least 6 hours a day. The rose garden is considered an independent composition that can become the basis of landscape design. It can be a flower bed, vertical, in the form of an alpine slide or a large-scale flower garden, "cut" into several sections with cobbled paths. In addition to evergreens, shrubs and flowers, architectural forms and various buildings are used.

The layout most often includes:

• fountain;
• pool;
• a miniature copy of a natural reservoir;
• arches;
• sculptures;
• trellis;
• gazebos;
• pergolas;
• small architectural forms.

The interior decoration of the courtyard is the pride of the hostess.
In order not to get lost among the roses in the garden design, they are interspersed with green spaces. Any varieties can be used for a rose garden, but you should not plant them all together. The dacha looks great with two or three varieties of roses. The combination of several types allows you to achieve the desired decorative effect. There is no need to demonstrate the entire assortment of varieties here. Your task is to create a colorful flower garden in the landscape.

An interestingly decorated flower garden makes up 80% of a successful landscape design.

Varieties that bloom all summer

When we look at the description of varieties of roses, then often in the column "bloom" we can read that they bloom once, repeatedly and constantly. Let's take a closer look at this issue.

• With a single flowering, everything is clear - roses have bloomed once, even for a long time and abundantly, in the future we can see only single random buds on their bushes.
• Constantly blooming - also seems to be understandable. These roses should bloom all season.
• Re-flowering varieties are those in which the first wave of flowering, after a short break, is followed by a second wave, sometimes even more abundant than the previous one. With good care, the roses of this group sometimes bloom continuously until the very frost.

But for some reason, not always constantly and repeatedly flowering varieties fulfill their obligations.Often, after the first lush wave of flowering, only single pathetic buds appear on the bushes, and rather small ones.

Comment! This is only our wine - roses are very fond of "eating", having used up all the accumulated nutrients for an abundant first flowering, they simply cannot continue to form buds without our help.

So read again how to properly care for roses - there should be 7 (!) Dressings, and not counting the foliar ones. Only those who have rich, fertile soils can neglect this rule, and even then they should not cancel feeding, but only reduce their amount.

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Pruning

Groundcover roses don't need regular pruning like other types. If circumcision is carried out, then it is insignificant, mainly sanitary and rejuvenating.

What it is? The fact is that in the spring on the bush you can see frozen, diseased, damaged or weak shoots that have lost their decorative effect. They need to be removed in the spring for the seedling to look good. This is called sanitary pruning. Every 4-5 years, the bush grows old, becomes thick, takes on a careless appearance, and is more affected by diseases due to poor air circulation.

It is worth systematically thinning the bush by pruning thick and thin shoots. Therefore, after this period, ground cover roses should be cut shortly or rejuvenated in order to induce the development of young branches. It should also be remembered that this sort of "queens" develops in a special way, that is, young stems grow upward at its base, and old ones hang in arcs to the ground, like some kind of fountain. If you do not nail the ground cover branches horizontally to the ground with staples or hooks, then with this form, flowering will be observed at its ends and vice versa.

After planting, it is recommended to prune roots, tops and all long shoots so that they branch out better. Planted ground cover roses can bloom in the same year. When flowering, the plant is depleted, as it spends a lot of energy, so it is advisable to remove the first buds or flowering shoots so that the seedling has the strength to develop well. So only strong basal last year's lashes will remain.

In the summer, if necessary (so that the petals are not lying around), you can cut off the faded flowers (although the ground cover group has such a feature as cleaning - self-cleaning from the petals). In autumn, all branches of ground cover roses must be shortened (2-3 buds, about 10-14 cm), weak and diseased shoots and leaves must be cut out in order to prevent or the development of fungal diseases. Cutting should be done at an angle of 450, so that the cut is 0.5 cm from the kidney (be careful not to damage it). When pruning, the bud should be to the side, and not to the middle, because a young branch grows at the base of the bush, so it will not cross the seedling and it will not thicken.

It is advisable to lubricate all sections with garden var.So, the pruning of ground cover bushes consists in periodically thinning the middle to maintain a good, balanced shape, growth and air circulation, rejuvenating the shoots and sanitizing the removal of damaged branches.

When flowering, the plant is depleted, as it spends a lot of energy, so it is advisable to remove the first buds or flowering shoots so that the seedling has the strength to develop well. So only strong basal last year's lashes will remain.

In the summer, if necessary (so that the petals are not lying around), you can cut off the faded flowers (although the ground cover group has such a feature as cleaning - self-cleaning from the petals).

In autumn, all branches of ground cover roses must be shortened (2-3 buds, about 10-14 cm), weak and diseased shoots and leaves must be cut out in order to prevent or the development of fungal diseases. Cutting should be done at an angle of 450, so that the cut is 0.5 cm from the kidney (be careful not to damage it). When pruning, the bud should be to the side, and not to the middle, because a young branch grows at the base of the bush, so it will not cross the seedling and it will not thicken. It is advisable to lubricate all sections with garden var.

So, the pruning of ground cover bushes consists in periodically thinning the middle to maintain a good, balanced shape, growth and air circulation, rejuvenating the shoots and sanitizing the removal of damaged branches.

Basic landing rules

In order for ground cover roses to please with their beauty, it is necessary to take into account the following rules when planting:

1. You need to choose the right landing site. The area set aside for the bush should be well lit by the sun, especially in the morning. The lowlands will not be able to provide the seedlings with normal lighting.
2. Make sure the substrate is suitable for this flower crop. The rose will feel better on slightly sour chernozem soil. If the soil does not meet the required parameters, it must be adapted using special solutions.
3. Make sure that the groundwater is far enough away. Excess moisture can be removed with drainage.
4. Check if there is sufficient area for the variety. For normal plant growth, a spacious area is needed.

Shelter for the winter

Our climate (middle zone) is characterized by severe or moderately severe winters. Representatives of the ground cover group of roses perfectly tolerate frosts under the snow, they may even not shed their leaves until spring. Recently, however, weather conditions have been unstable; the temperature can fluctuate within a day from plus to minus. Therefore, the possibility of freezing increases not only for roses, but also for trees. Therefore, for a warning, you should make an easy shelter
roses
(geotextile, agrofilm, etc.).

Reproduction

Reproduction of ground cover roses by layering.

Groundcover roses are propagated by green cuttings and layering. The easiest way is to make layers. To do this, in the spring, press one or more shoots to the ground, fix them with wire hooks and dig in. The crown of the shoot should remain on the surface.

Keep the soil moist throughout the summer. No more care for the layering is required. Leave the layers to overwinter with the mother plant, so it will be more reliable. Separate the young plants the following spring and plant them in their permanent location.