It is common to call park roses all kinds and varieties of cultivated dog rose. They got this name because of their landscape decorative appearance and the use of parks and squares in the gardening.
With proper care, park roses form strong, strong bushes that abundantly bloom and bear fruit. They can be planted alone, in groups, in the form of hedges and curbs.
How to prepare park roses for the winter?
Another important property of park roses, in addition to their high decorativeness, is the ability to hibernate without special cover. In general, of all varieties of roses, it is the park ones that are the most winter-hardy. Most of them do not require shelter at all, or it can be minimal.
If you are not sure which exactly type of park roses grows on your site, it is better to prepare them for the winter. Shelter at least will save their roots from excessive moisture and create a favorable microclimate for the trunk. A protective layer of kraft paper, sackcloth or lutrasil will protect the plant from temperature changes, which provoke the freezing of branches.
Is park roses trimmed for the winter?
In principle, park roses are perfectly manageable and without annual pruning, but with time the flowers grow smaller and the flowering becomes less spectacular. To stimulate the formation of new radical growths and to renew old and diseased shoots, in autumn park roses are subjected to a small forming pruning.
How to trim park roses for the winter: before wintering, all strong growths shorten the centimeters by 5-10. Rather, it resembles pinching, which is designed to stimulate the formation of lateral flowering shoots in the next year. Simultaneously, when pruning, the source of infection is removed at the tops of shoots, often affected by powdery mildew.
How to cover the park roses for the winter?
Preparation of park roses for the winter begins in August. You need to stop loosening the soil and watering the bushes. Before the onset of the first frosts, one should bite bushes on 15-20 cm with peat or loose earth.
A good option for sheltering park roses is spruce lapnik, which should be covered with a film from above and sprinkled with peat or earth. But the most reliable method of shelter is dry. To do this, along the bushes, it is necessary to install wooden supports or boxes, on top of which boards or boards are laid flat, and to protect them from snow, they are additionally covered with tar. The ends of the beds are first left open, but with the onset of frost, they are also closed. Board and tol keep the soil in the bushes dry.