Many women simply adore these flowers with delicate petals and a dizzying aroma. And for some people, love of roses is so strong that they even begin to grow these beautiful flowers.
But, now the cold is not far off, but how to keep bushes of garden roses in winter, especially if it is a climbing rose? After all, these beauties are the most difficult to pack for the winter, and it's not so much the general capriciousness of the flower as in the rather large volume of the bushes themselves. Or maybe someone just decided to start growing roses, but the trouble is, they did not have time to plant the cuttings, and the flowers wonder how good they are? Do not worry about cuttings of roses you can save in winter, and how to do it read below.
How to keep a climbing rose in the winter?
Everyone knows that it is necessary to cover roses at the onset of cold weather, but this concept is quite stretchable. The optimal time for sheltering these beauties comes when we expect a temperature of -10 or -12oC. Do not forget that most of the cold snaps occur at night, so we take good care of weather forecasts.
Over time, shelter has been determined, now we turn to the process itself. To begin with, the climbing rose is removed from the support and cleaned of the leaves. Next is pruning. Stamp roses are cut off at 30-50 cm, while in a climbing rose they look at the number of shoots. If there are more than 10-12, then you need to remove all the old shoots, that is, those that are more than 3 years old, and also need to remove the weakest. If the bush is young and no shoots, then leave it as it is, in the spring it will be clear which shoots need pruning. Next, the bushes are tied with a rope, better than kapron, the threads of natural fibers have the ability to store water, and shoots can rot. We put the associated bushes on a prepared place (the ground covered with one layer of lapnika) and fixed using wooden stakes. Attention: be careful when laying bushes. First, it must be done before the frost, otherwise the stems become brittle and they are easier to damage. And, secondly, if the whips are very long, then bend them with great care in a few steps, first slightly bending them in the direction that is opposite to the bend of the shoots at the base. If you do not, then you risk breaking the bushes in the bend.
And then there are two ways to save roses for the winter: they can either be closed with lapnik and covered with plastic wrap, and use the air-dry method of shelter. The first method is easier, but if you grow lenticular roses on your site, it will be difficult to press them to the ground without damaging the shoots. Yes, and all the growers recognize that the best way to cover roses, it's air-dry. In this case, over the bushes make houses of boards, such that the roses can be easily bent, not causing them to break. And then the wooden canopies are covered with polyethylene and pressed tightly to the ground. To open the same canopies should be gradually, first lifting a little polyethylene, for ventilation.
How to keep cuttings of roses in winter?
There are times when there is not enough time to root already cut cuttings, and what to do, do not throw them away? In no case - say the experienced flower growers. Such cuttings can be remarkably preserved in winter in the ground, and planted in the spring. So, you need a hole in the ground, cotton cloth and, in fact, cuttings themselves. We lay the bottom of the hole with a cloth,
Someone will say: "How much trouble with these roses!", And will be right - attention to these flowers really takes a lot. But true connoisseurs of roses, will find such efforts a small payment for the opportunity to enjoy the beauty and delicious aroma of these charming representatives of the flora.