Rosa Morsdag (Morsdag) is a miniature terry flower with a bright saturated color from the ground cover group. The variety was bred in 1949 in Holland. It includes three varieties that differ only in color.
History of creation
Before that, Morsdag flowers grew in China, from where they were brought to Europe in the 19th century. From these times the first description of miniature beautiful roses appeared. In the first half of the 20th century. the usual Morsdag flowers were created. Florists from the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland were engaged in selection.
For your information! Morsdag is a variety that was obtained as a result of crossing low-growing species with the Echo rose.
Polyanthus Rose Red Morsdag
Features
The shape of the buds is spherical, the size of one is from 4 to 5 cm. The bush is small, plentifully flowering. Its width is 40-50 cm, height up to 75 cm. The foliage is green, shiny. Rose re-blooming, tolerates partial shade. Leaves of small caliber, glossy dark green elongated. Flowers are distinguished by good self-cleaning. The plant grows wider.
The aroma of flowers is light, unobtrusive, persistent. Long flowering, occurs twice a year. The classic polyanthus rose has a raspberry red hue of the petals. One inflorescence has up to 15 small buds. The shape of the flowers at Morsdag visually resembles the flowering of a peony.
Like all flowers, Morsdag roses have positive and negative qualities.
Advantages and disadvantages
Pluses of the plant:
- profuse flowering and light, rich aroma;
- intensive growth throughout the growing season;
- strong immunity to diseases, pests;
- unpretentiousness, growth in different types of soil.
Rosa Morsdag Pink
Rosa ground cover Morsdag has also disadvantages:
- the flower needs shelter, since it is not frost-resistant in the northern, middle lane;
- small bud size;
- fast fading colors.
Morsdag flowers will be an excellent decoration of flower beds, borders. They can be grown in a mixborder or container. Suitable for public flower beds, gardens and home gardens. Often involved in landscape design for landscaping parks, as a decoration of municipal flower beds.
Note! There are several types of Morsdag varieties: classic red rose, Pink and Orange.
Varieties
Breeders bred three types of Morsdag varieties: this is the classic Red rose, with pink flowering Pink and the red-orange Orange Morsdag.
- Morsdag Red (it also appears in some sources as the Rood Morsdag rose) - a polyanthus rose with small double flowers of a deep red hue. The buds are spherical, on their hands 5-20 pcs. Spherical flowers open until withering. This is because the petals are strongly bent inward. The foliage is small, shiny. Flowering is plentiful from the beginning of summer until the first frost.
- Morsdag Pink is a polyanthus rose with numerous inflorescences, which consist of 6-10 buds. The view is almost odorless. It has good resistance to rain and most diseases.
- Orange Morsdag rose is a polyanthus rose with spherical semi-double flowers of a bright orange hue.
Morsdag flowers will become an adornment of any personal plot.
Rose Orange Morsdag
Flower growing
To Red Morsdag quickly grew and bloomed, the bush needs to be planted in a sunny area or in partial shade, where there is no draft and cold wind. Seedlings are planted at a distance of 25 cm from each other in the spring. Density 9 pcs. on 1 m². Planting depth 5 cm. Ore Morsdag needs normal moist soil. In winter, the bush is covered in a very cold area, in the summer it is closed from the scorching sun. The plant is frost-resistant, copes with temperatures up to −29 ° С.
Plant care
In the summer, the flower needs to be fed. For successful cultivation, use different options for mixtures:
- sterile flower soil mixture for roses with perlite in a ratio of 1: 2;
- the top layer of garden soil - 40%, perlite - 30%, compost - 30%;
- mineral fertilizers of slow action.
Superphosphate can be added to the mixtures: 0.25 cup for a large flowerpot or 1 tbsp. spoon for a small capacity. A thick layer of drainage is necessarily laid out at the bottom.
Depending on where the flowers grow, the frequency of watering varies. Flowers in containers are watered once or twice a day in the summer in hot weather. But excessive overmoistening should not be allowed.
Important! Container roses need to be transplanted once every three years. This must be done, as salts accumulate in the soil. When transplanting, they look at the roots, if necessary, prune them.
Top Morsdag Flower Care Tips:
- watering once a week, more often in summer;
- as fertilizing take a special fertilizer for roses. It is better to feed plants in the spring, in June, until active flowering;
- old bushes can be pruned in autumn and early spring. It is important not to damage the young bushes, this can affect the entire growth of the plant. Old dry branches are subject to removal; chipped ones prevent the growth of young shoots;
- specialized pesticides are purchased to control pests.
Morsdag unpretentious to care, needs minimal attention and almost ordinary soil.
Bloom
The Orange Morsdag rose and other varieties bloom twice a year. The first flowering is more plentiful, fluffy. The first flowers appear in late May. With proper care, the buds are stored from spring to late fall. Long flowering, buds bloom in inflorescences of 5-15 small buds.
Flowering Morsdag
Flower propagation
The plant propagates by green cuttings. This is the easiest and most common way. Sequencing:
- Cuttings with kidneys are cut 10 cm long, the lower cut is done at an angle.
- The cut stalk is placed in the ground so that it is rooted.
- The planted cuttings are abundantly watered, covered with a film or other warm material.
- In summer, in hot weather, the cuttings are opened, additionally sprayed with water.
Note! When leaves appear on the cuttings and buds open, these are the main signs that rooting in the soil has occurred.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
The miniature rose Morsdag has medium resistance to black spotting and powdery mildew. Not afraid of rain. For prevention, it is recommended to periodically treat the plant with fungicides.
Blooming Pink Morsdag
Roses of the Morsdag variety are beautiful miniature flowers that will become an adornment of any personal plot, flowerbed, park. They are unpretentious, grow in different types of soil. Represented by several species, the most popular: Classical Red, soft pink Pink and rich orange Orange.
