Rose is one of the most beloved flowers among florists and gardeners. This ornamental plant has a good appearance during its flowering. Breeders on the basis of research firms around the world are successfully breeding new varieties of this culture. They are distinguished by the shape of the buds, color, bush height and resistance to cold and disease.
Rosa Terracotta (Terracotta, Chocolate Prince, Chocolate Prince, SIMchoca, SIMchoka)
Rosa Terracotta belongs to a separate group of hybrid varieties of grandiflora, but its flowering intensity is more suitable for the type of floribunda. Terracotta rose is a fairly young variety. Her appearance in florist circles dates back to 1994. The breeding was done by French breeders. To date, the plant is popular in more than 60 countries, both for cutting and in the design of landscape design.
Rosa Terracotta belongs to the tea-hybrid varieties of grandiflora
Description and characteristics of the variety
The name of the flower is easy to guess about its color. The bud is quite large. It has a classic shape with a high center and terry petals of a brick shade, which can be more than 50. The opening of the flower head reaches 14 cm in diameter. Single buds, without aroma. The bush is straight, tall. It grows to 1 m in height. There are not many thorns. Has dense glossy foliage. It blooms for a long time and is plentiful. Shades of flowering from bright orange to a shade of cinnamon with dark edges of the petals.
It's important to know! Rose scrub Terracotta easily tolerates frosty winters.
Advantages and disadvantages
According to gardeners, there are practically no flaws in the rose. But there are a number of advantages. Namely:
- bright colors, large buds and a powerful stem;
- long flowering;
- frost resistance and strong immunity to diseases;
Use in landscape design
Experienced florists and novice gardeners use the terracotta rose variety not only to design a country flower bed. This culture can easily decorate the entrance to the front garden, the curb at the facade of the house. It is used to decorate parks and squares. Hedges with rose bushes look fresh and picturesque. Favorably look against the background of deciduous, coniferous and grassy crops. Often included in the design of sculptural ensembles, fountains, monuments. Well complement wood-artisan compositions.
Rosa Terracotta is used to decorate parks and squares, front gardens and house facades
Outdoor flower cultivation
Before planting roses, you must necessarily determine how much space this crop will occupy. It is worth considering how it will grow in height and width. You can draw a symbolic diagram of the future flower garden. This will help the successful compilation of landscaping.
Planting methods and flower propagation
The desire of gardeners to have a large number of roses in their area makes them learn different methods of propagation of these plants. There are several of them:
- Seeds This method is rarely used. The process is long and has little chance of success.
- Budding. The method of vaccinating the culture to the scion.
- Layering. In an adult plant, an incision is made in its lower part. The place of the cut is fixed in the ground, and the upper part is near the support. After rooting, they are shared with the parent bush.
- Cuttings. The method of separation of a small germ. Its germination with further planting.
- Planting finished seedlings.
Additional Information! Propagation by layering, cuttings or budding is carried out after the complete cessation of flowering, closer to the end of summer.
There are several ways to propagate a rose.
Landing time
The optimal time for planting seedlings in open ground is the end of April, the beginning of May. Earth must be warmed up. In the fall, planting of the tea-hybrid rose Terracotta is also allowed. But before the onset of the first frost. The flower must have time to grow the root system.
Location selection
Roses are photophilous cultures. But with prolonged exposure to the sun, their flowering becomes shorter. There is a risk of burns to the leaf and bud. Therefore, it is recommended to give roses to places where the sun shines only until noon. It is also necessary to ensure that there is no stagnation of rainwater and the close availability of groundwater. Good air circulation is welcome.
Preparing the soil and seedling for planting
For proper plant growth, one third of the root is cut off from the seedling. The seedling itself is soaked in water for the night. The soil should be loose, good air and moisture. If the soil is clayey, it is first enriched with compost, peat and sand. When sandy soil, add manure and humus. The optimal soil for planting is considered to be - slightly acidic, with a pH of up to 7.
Planting Terracotta roses step by step
Rosa Park Terracotta landed in several stages:
- Preparation of seedlings in the planting in the form of treatment with a stimulator of root growth.
- Prepare a pit for planting with a 10 cm layer of drainage.
- The introduction of organic fertilizer into the soil to a depth of 10 cm.
- A mound of garden land with a 10 cm dome.
- Burying a seedling in the ground 3 cm from the vaccine.
- Watering.
- Mulching.
Plant care
For favorable growth and abundant flowering, the plant must be properly looked after.
Watering rules and humidity
Timely watering is one of the main conditions for plant life. Water the rose with warm water 2 times a week. For each bush up to 20 liters. Toward the end of summer, the intensity of moistening is gradually reduced, with the advent of autumn - stop watering altogether.
It's important to know! Saving water when watering will lead to a halt in flower growth and poor flowering.
Timely watering is the key to abundant flowering roses
Top dressing and soil quality
Feeding roses Meyan Terracotta is carried out in the spring months with nitrogen fertilizers. In the summer, potash and phosphorus should prevail.
Pruning and transplanting
Pruning bushes can be:
- short, which is made in the summer in order to remove faded buds;
- medium, in which 7 buds are left on the shoot for the early development of flowers;
- strong to rejuvenate the plant;
Bushes pruned before wintering. They are thinned and cut off by sick or damaged shoots.
Features of wintering a flower
With the onset of frost, you need to take care of the wintering of rose bushes. To do this, the plant after pruning spud with earth and covered with spruce branches. With the help of supports, insulation and film make winter shelter for flowers.
With the advent of cold weather, you need to take care of the wintering of rose bushes
Flowering roses
The rose of grandiflora Terracotta has a lush and abundant flowering, as befits a scrub plant.
Period of activity and rest
It blooms continuously throughout the season. Gives 3-4 waves of flowering. The dormant period begins after the last bud withers. As a rule, this happens by mid-autumn.
Care during and after flowering
The main care during flowering is considered to be watering, top dressing and pruning of faded buds. The noble perennial inherited the rich color of brick tones and a light pleasant aroma.
What to do if it does not bloom
It happens that a Terracotta rose refuses to produce buds. There are a number of reasons for this:
- plant of the first year of planting, or already old;
- excessive pruning of shoots;
- non-compliance with the irrigation regime;
- bush overgrowth with weeds;
- bacterial burn of stems after wintering;
In time, the identified reason will help eliminate the problem of the lack of flowering of the French beauty.
Diseases and Pests
A decorative perennial from France is resistant to disease, but sometimes such troubles also happen. Usually it is powdery mildew and aphids. If powdery mildew is suspected, the plant is sprayed with a solution of baking soda, or with insecticides from gardening stores.
Aphids are the scourge of all kinds of roses. To overcome it, roses are sprayed with soapy water or a decoction of wormwood. If this method turns out to be ineffective, then synthetic poisons of the Aktara type are used.
Terracotta roses will decorate not only the garden, but also city apartments
The ornamental perennial lush plant of the rose Terracotta can become the highlight of the greenhouse and will decorate any personal plot. Subject to the rules of agricultural technology, the flower will delight the whole season with beauty and aroma. Even standing on the windowsill, flowers of a terracotta hue will add a touch of French charm to the design of an apartment or house.
