Rose Ebb Tide (Ebb Tide or Purple Eden) - planting and care
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A luxurious decoration of any summer cottage is the Ebb Tide rose, also known as Weksmopur, Purple Eden, Ebb Tide. The amazing purple flowers transform the garden into a stunning place of elegant beauty and spontaneous naturalness. The best part is that the variety is quite easy to care for and feels comfortable in the Russian climate.
Brief description and history of the variety
Ebb Tide is a rose that appeared thanks to the works of US breeders in 2001. It is a representative of floribunda - spray roses with a bouquet type of flowering. Distinctive features of the plant are as follows:
- The bush is upright, of average height - up to 0.8 meters.
- Leaves are rich green, glossy.
- The flowers are purple-violet, with a light unobtrusive aroma. In this, the Ebb Tide variety surpasses many floribundas, which are characterized by a lack of smell.
- Flower diameter - 10-12 cm. Collected in racemose inflorescences of 4-6 flowers.
Ebb Tide's purple rose flowers will be a real decoration for any garden
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main advantages are:
- Beautiful lush double flowers.
- Blooming in two waves.
- The absence of thorns greatly facilitates maintenance.
A serious disadvantage is insufficient frost resistance. The southern beauty may not survive even a moderately cold winter in the middle lane.
Use in landscape design
The bushes, lavishly decorated with purple tassels with lush buds, are good on their own. In addition, they are in perfect harmony with evergreen conifers, silvery wormwood, barberries. A very effective landscape composition can be created by planting single Abb Tide bushes on the lawn grass.
Abb Tide bushes look very neat
Growing a flower
Rose Purple Eden is demanding in choosing a landing site. For normal development and lush flowering, she needs a bright area, but with a slight partial shade. Direct sunlight will cause not only burnout of flowers, but also burns on the leaves. Planting is most often carried out by cuttings, both purchased and obtained from their own bushes. Seed breeding is the prerogative of breeders experimenting with new varieties.
Pick up time and place
This floribund variety prefers light loams, it is picky about the quality of the soil, the cutting will not take root in poor soil. Therefore, before planting, the selected area is improved by feeding bone and dolomite flour. It is important to provide the plant with protection from drafts.
Both spring and autumn planting is allowed. In the first case, the planting of cuttings in the ground is carried out from the end of April to the end of May, when the danger of frost has passed. For an autumn planting, you need to be in time before mid-October.
How to prepare the soil and flower for planting
For planting, you need to choose strong seedlings without damage to the bark and a well-developed root system. A minimum of two strong processes is required. The diameter of the root collar is 6-8 mm.A day before planting, the roots are immersed in cold clean water, rotten roots are removed. The length of the main roots is 20 cm, the rest is removed with a sharp pruner.
The preparation of the holes for the Ebb Tide planting is done in advance. The width of the pit is 60 cm, the depth depends on the place of inoculation: after planting, it should be deepened by 4-8 cm. The first layer is drainage, it is made up of crushed stone, small pebbles, broken brick. Then place fertile soil - garden soil, mixed with manure, compost, with the addition of phosphate fertilizers.
Competent preparation is the key to lush, long flowering
Planting procedure step by step
The sequence of actions for planting a floribunda rose Ebb Tide is as follows:
- Lower the seedling into the center of the hole, straighten the roots.
- Fill the hole with soil. Tamp. In this case, the root collar should be 3-5 cm above the soil.
- Water the bushes carefully, but abundantly.
- Mulch with straw, peat.
In the first 2 weeks, the bushes are shaded, after this period, the covering material can be removed.
Plant care
In order for the Purple Eden rose to delight with lush flowering, you need to provide the bushes with proper care.
Watering rules
For normal growth, the bushes need regular but moderate watering. Each plant needs 20 liters of settled water, irrigation is carried out in the morning or in the evening, it is strictly forbidden to do this during the day. To reduce moisture evaporation, the trunk circle is closed with organic mulch.
Top dressing and soil quality
The plant responds gratefully to spring organic fertilizing (manure or droppings in a diluted form, otherwise you can burn the roots). At the budding stage, fertilization with a potassium-phosphorus complex will be useful.
The soil needs to be breathable, lightweight. To maintain the concentration of nutrients in it, weeds are regularly removed.
Pruning bushes
Ebb Tide's rejuvenating pruning is carried out in the spring, 4-5 of the strongest shoots are preserved, all old and diseased branches are cut off. In the fall, re-pruning is carried out, the purpose of which is to prepare for wintering.
Features of wintering a flower
In order for the Ebb Tide rose to survive the winter frosts, it is important to properly prepare it. First of all, the bushes are cut off, then they are spud, the height of the earthen layer is 20-30 cm. Further, the plantings are covered with spruce branches, you can also use a film, agrofibre stretched over the frame. After snow falls, it is thrown over the bushes for additional protection.
Beautiful flowers will delight the eye of the gardener only with a responsible attitude to care.
Blooming rose
According to the description, the Ash Eden rose blooms from the second half of June to early September. The variety belongs to re-flowering, so lush, elegant purple flowers will delight the gardener's eye for a long time.
Care during and after flowering
To prolong flowering, it is necessary to increase watering, in addition, feeding with complexes intended for floribunda has a beneficial effect. After the first wave of flowering, the bushes are fertilized with mineral compounds. In the fall, the number of irrigations is reduced, and the use of nitrogen-containing dressings is unacceptable.
What to do if it does not bloom, possible reasons
The lack of flowering may be due to an incorrectly chosen planting site, a violation of the care technology. Diseases and insect pests are also a problem. In these cases, the rose is transplanted to a suitable place, the conditions for its cultivation are improved.
Ebb Tide rose bloom is a real fairy tale, the rose garden is transformed
Flower propagation
The most popular breeding option for the Ebb Tide standard rose is cuttings. Cuttings 7-8 cm long are prepared, the lower cut is cut at an angle of 45 degrees.For their rooting, holes are prepared 15 cm in diameter, the distance between the holes is from 25 cm. Having planted the cuttings, you should create a greenhouse, covering them with a film.
The rose garden is transplanted only after 3 years. Before wintering, cuttings, like adult roses, are covered.
Rose blooms
Diseases, pests and ways to control them
The main diseases are powdery mildew, spotting, and rust. Of the pests, damage can be caused by a rosy sawfly, rosy aphid, and bronze.
To protect the plants 2-3 times during the summer they are treated with fungicides ("Fufanon", "Inta-Vir").
These are the features of the charming Ebb Tide variety, which will become a real bright accent in any landscape composition. The only difficulty in growing it is the risk that the bushes will not survive the winter; otherwise, working with a rose will be a real pleasure.
