Rose Peach Avalanche - variety description
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Peach Avalange is a rose with unusually beautiful, delicate, creamy flowers. The central petals of the inflorescence can be pinkish, and the outer ones are greenish. The richness of the color range depends on the temperature regime: the higher the temperature, the brighter the sun, the lighter the petals will be. Most appreciate the Pete Avalanche rose for its tenacity when cut. They can stand in fresh water for more than 14 days. And as part of flower arrangements, this variety looks just gorgeous and sophisticated.
Rose Peach Avalanche - what is this variety
Peach Avalanche was bred by L. Wurn, a Dutch breeder in 2004. This hybrid tea rose attracted the attention of connoisseurs from Holland in 2007, after which it began to be widely distributed.
Brief description and characteristics
Rose Peach Avalange has light apricot petals of medium terry. This is a classic hybrid tea rose: high center, single flowers on the shoots. The foliage is bright green, the bush grows vertically, reaching 1 m in height. The stem can grow up to 60 cm.
Peach Avalanche has pink roses in the center and a slight shade of green around the edges. The flower bud grows up to 13 cm in diameter. This variety is resistant to diseases and low temperatures.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Rose Peach Avalange has a number of advantages:
- has large buds;
- emerald-colored petals;
- stored for a long time after cutting;
- frost resistant.
The disadvantage of this variety is its thorough care.
Use in landscape design
Peach Avalanche - Roses that will transform any area. They look great both in single planting and in the neighborhood with other flowers. They are often used to create hedges.
Growing a flower: how to plant it in open ground
The Avalanche rose is planted with seedlings and cuttings.
This variety of roses requires constant maintenance. The plant feels comfortable, begins to form only in favorable temperature conditions.
You can plant a flower in open ground after the ground has warmed up well and evenly. Late April - early May is the best time for planting. The bush takes root faster, starts to sprout up new shoots faster.
Seat selection
When choosing a place for planting a plant, you should pay attention to an area with diffused lighting, well ventilated, but without drafts. It is better if the sun's rays hit the rose bushes only in the morning and evening hours. It is also worth avoiding lowlands, places where melt water accumulates, and high groundwater tables.
How to prepare the soil and flower for planting
Drained soil with moderate moisture is the best place for rose bushes. The acidity should not exceed a pH of 5.6 to 7.3. Before planting, you should prepare a mixture of two parts of fertile soil, three parts of humus, two parts of river sand and one part of peat.
Each hole should be with expanded clay drainage, with small stones and gravel.
Before planting, it is important to inspect all seedlings, remove weak and damaged parts, and cut long shoots of the plant. The height norm for a seedling is 35 cm.
Planting procedure step by step
Step-by-step instruction:
- Immerse the seedlings in water for a couple of hours.
- Dig a hole about 50 cm deep.
- At the bottom, make drainage from gravel, small stones and expanded clay.
- Dip the bush into the hole and cover with earth, tamp a little around the edges.
- Sprinkle with plenty of water.
- After the soil dries up, it must be mulched.
- Dig a furrow around the plant for irrigation.
After the first flowering, buds that appeared before July should be removed. This is necessary for the plant to grow stronger and be as prepared as possible for the winter frosts.
Plant care
The growth and formation of rose bushes depend on properly organized watering. With a lack of moisture, the Peach rose changes the color of its foliage, yellowness appears. An excess of moisture leads to decay of the root system. On hot summer days, it is better to water the plant with warm water. This will not stress the plant. Weather conditions are directly related to the regularity and volume of watering the rose. In dry summers, it is recommended to water each bush up to twice a week for 20 liters. On rainy days, on the contrary, it is necessary to cover the plant so that the bushes are not constantly wet. In the fall, watering should be stopped.
Top dressing and soil quality
Avalange hybrid tea roses are recommended to be fed during flowering and active growth. It can be nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizers. They should be applied alternately with organics.
During the formation of buds, the bushes should be fed with complex fertilizers.
Pruning and replanting
For intensive formation of bushes, it is recommended to prune, giving them the desired decorative shape. Removing weak branches improves the nutrition of young shoots. More air enters them, you can avoid infection with various fungal infections.
Autumn is the time to remove all wilted buds, rotten leaves and weak shoots from the rose bush. These manipulations will better prepare the bush for winter.
It is better to replant the plant in spring or autumn. The bush should be dug out of the ground together with a lump on the roots, transferred to a new place. So the flower adapts better to new conditions.
Features of wintering a flower
For a successful wintering of a plant, a number of recommendations should be followed. First, stop feeding the bushes with the onset of autumn. Second, cut off all the flower heads after the petals have fallen off. Thirdly, to huddle the bushes before the first cold weather.
At the end of September, you need to pinch the upper shoots. You can shorten them thoroughly in October. It is necessary to cover a flower for wintering with spruce branches, you can also cover it with gravel.
Blooming rose
During active flowering, roses delight with their lush flowering bushes with large peach buds, thinning an almost imperceptible aroma.
The description of the Peach Avalanche rose is so touching that, having seen this plant live, it is simply impossible to take your eyes off it. It is so charming and beautiful.
The plant pleases with its flowering from the end of May until the first frost. In order for the bush to bloom as luxuriantly as the first time, it should be fed with potassium and phosphorus.
Care during and after flowering
After the end of the first wave of flowering, wilted buds should be cut off. With a strong growth of the rose, excess branches can be removed only in the fall. During flowering, the bush needs fertilization.
What to do if it does not bloom
Reasons for the absence of inflorescences in a rose:
- wrong landing site;
- incorrect pruning;
- inadequate care;
- depressed root growth;
- bacterial burns;
- natural aging process.
Flower propagation
It is recommended to propagate the Peach Avalange rose by cuttings or layering. The first method allows you to get healthy and fast-growing shoots. Cuttings can even be taken from a bouquet. The procedure is carried out in the fall.
Detailed description:
- Cut the cuttings and process them in a heteroauxin solution.
- Dig a hole about 30 cm deep.
- Fill the hole with soil 2/3.
- Plant the cuttings at an angle of 45 °, deepen 2/3.
- Drizzle with warm water.
- Cover the cuttings by creating a mini greenhouse with a plastic container, not forgetting about the ventilation holes.
Diseases, pests and ways to control them
Rosa Peach Avalandj is attacked by spider mites, leafworms, aphids, and bear. To combat them, insecticides are used. Affected shoots and leaves should be removed.
Powdery mildew and black spot also threaten rose bushes. Peach Avalange roses have medium resistance to fungal infections. The best means of fighting these diseases are chemicals. They affect the aboveground part of the plants, eliminating the disease.
A hybrid tea rose of the Peach Avalanj variety has conquered many flower growers and landscape designers. Despite the need for careful care, gardeners still plant these shrubs with delicate buds in their plots. It is the Peach rose that makes them unique and graceful. But not every amateur rose grower is able to grow such a treasure on his site.