Rose Salita (Salita) - characteristics and features of the bush
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Scarlet roses attract attention with their brilliance. They become a bright accent in the garden. Climbing bushes of an orange-red palette are used for vertical gardening of the territory. One of these crops is the Salita rose, information on the cultivation of which is provided below.
What is this grade
A rose called Salita was bred by German specialists in 1987. In Germany, it is valued for its scarlet flowers associated with tongues of flame.
Description, characteristic
The bushes reach a height of 2.5-3 meters. The crown spreads up to 1.5 meters wide. The shoots are powerful; leaves are large, glossy. An inflorescence of 2-5 flowers grows on the stem. Their diameter reaches 8-9 centimeters.
Rose Salita
The petals, of which there may be about 40 per bud, are colored scarlet. A light fruity aroma emanates from the bushes during the flowering period. The buds bloom throughout the season almost without interruption.
Shoots grow slowly. The bushes are unpretentious to care for, frost-resistant. The culture's resistance to disease and pest attacks is average.
Advantages and disadvantages
The positive qualities of the Salita rose include the following characteristics:
- unpretentious care;
- flowering continuity;
- beautiful appearance;
- the ability to use cut flowers;
- frost resistance.
The disadvantages include only the slow growth of shoots, especially in areas with a cool climate.
Use in landscape design
Due to its long shoots, the plant is suitable for vertical gardening of the site. The culture is planted near the gazebo, and farm buildings are decorated with it. Shoots are allowed along an arch or pergola.
The rose can be planted singly against the background of the lawn, combined with conifers. A combination of Salita and alyssum, verbena, phlox will look beautiful. In the flower gallery, you can pick up plants that are suitable for the composition.
Rosa Salita in landscape design
Growing
Saplings are purchased from reliable sellers. Bushes grown nearby will take root best. Therefore, it makes no sense to order seedlings through the online store.
In what form is the landing
Well-developed rose bushes are planted in the ground. The best age for seedlings is 1-2 years. The older the plants, the worse they tolerate transplanting. The branches should not have dents, stains, or other signs of disease.
What time is the boarding
In the southern regions, this variety is planted in spring, April or May. Also, the crop can be planted in the fall, during October. In the northern regions, planting begins in the spring, after the onset of stable heat. Then the bushes have time to take root well before the onset of cold weather.
Location selection
Rose is a thermophilic plant. But she does not tolerate direct sunlight on the buds.The petals begin to fade, the plant loses its decorative appearance. Therefore, it is better to plant it in a well-lit place, but shaded for a few hot hours.
How to prepare the soil and flower for planting
The rose prefers to grow in fertile soil. The soil should not be too heavy, but it should not allow moisture to pass through too quickly. Therefore, for weighting, a mixture of turf and clay is used, for relief - peat, compost, sand.
Too long roots and shoots are pruned. The root system is placed in a bucket of water for several hours. For disinfection, you can add several crystals of potassium permanganate there.
The rose is planted in such a way that the root collar is not too deep
Planting procedure step by step
A rose is planted on the site as follows:
- Dig a hole measuring 60 × 60 × 60 centimeters.
- A drainage layer is laid out on the bottom.
- Then a 10-centimeter layer of rotted manure is poured.
- Pour out fertile soil.
- A seedling is placed in the middle, covered with soil.
The rose is watered abundantly, the root circle is covered with mulch.
Plant care
Caring for roses consists in timely watering, feeding, loosening the soil, mulching the root circle. Faded buds are cut off.
Watering rules and humidity
The amount of watering depends on the weather conditions. Rose reacts poorly to both lack and excess of moisture at the roots. Water the bushes after the top layer of the soil has dried. About 25 liters of water are poured under each plant.
To preserve moisture in the soil, the root circle is mulched. For this, peat, tree bark, compost are used. If there is a sufficient amount of rainfall during the summer, additional watering is not performed.
After watering, the soil under the roses is mulched with peat or compost
Top dressing and soil quality
The more fertile the soil, the higher the bushes will be, the brighter the inflorescences. Therefore, in early spring, the rose is fed with nitrogen, for example, urea. After 2 weeks, use ammonium nitrate.
At the stage of budding, a complex mineral fertilizer is introduced into the soil. The same composition is used after flowering. Potassium is used in late autumn, which contributes to the successful wintering of plants.
Pruning and replanting
Throughout the season, cut dry shoots broken from gusts of wind. Branches older than 4 years are cut completely to the root. Young branches in the spring are shortened to 5 buds.
Faded buds are cut off. This increases the decorative effect of the rose, and also promotes its long flowering. The cuttings remaining after pruning can be used to propagate the rose. The culture is transplanted to the site in spring or autumn.
Features of wintering a flower
In the middle of autumn, the bushes are watered abundantly with water. In warm regions, the Solita rose does not need shelter. The root circle must be mulched, covered with spruce branches. In the northern regions, the lashes are bent to the ground, a frame is erected around them, which is covered with agrofibre.
Blooming rose
Salita rose forms buds with a diameter of 8-9 centimeters. The flower petals are colored orange-red.
Salita rose inflorescence
A period of activity and rest
The rose blooms in late May or early June. Buds are formed not only at the tops of the shoots, but also along their entire length. Flowering lasts until mid-September.
Care during and after flowering
During the flowering period, roses are watered abundantly, the soil is loosened under the bushes. The buds that begin to dry are cut off. After flowering, the bushes are fed with potassium.
What to do if it does not bloom, possible reasons
In the year of planting, flowering may not occur, since the bushes are still too young for this. Buds may not form on older shoots. Therefore, all branches over 4 years old are cut at the root.
Flowering may not occur when roses are affected by diseases and pests. For prophylaxis in the spring, the bushes are treated with insectofungicides.
Reproduction
On the site, a gardener can breed a rose by grafting, seeds, cuttings or layering. The first method can only be performed by experienced specialists. Seed propagation is used by breeders to develop new varieties.
When is it produced
In late spring or early summer, they start grafting roses. The easiest way to propagate the climbing rose Salita is by layering. Long lashes will allow you to easily complete the procedure. Breeding begins in the summer.
Description
The process of reproduction by layering is performed as follows:
- Longitudinal grooves are dug out to a depth of about 10 centimeters.
- Shoots are cleaned from leaves, placed in prepared recesses.
- Water abundantly.
- Fall asleep with earth.
After some time, young shoots will appear from the layers. When they grow up, they are transplanted to a permanent place.
Another popular way to propagate roses is by cuttings. To do this, the shoots are cut into fragments about 15 centimeters long. Each stalk must contain at least 3 live buds. The lower leaves are removed completely, the upper ones are slightly pruned.
For reproduction, the shoot is cut into fragments about 15 centimeters long
The cuttings are dipped in a rooting-promoting powder. Then they are planted in the ground, watered, covered with glass jars. When young plants begin to develop from the cuttings, the covering material is removed.
Diseases, pests and ways to control them
Rose Salita has good immunity, but under unfavorable growing conditions, it can be affected by fungal diseases. This can be avoided by thinning the crown, preventing waterlogging of the soil, removing plant residues from the root circle in autumn.
For prevention and treatment, antifungal drugs are used. Aphids and spider mites can take a fancy to the rose. Insecticides are used against harmful insects.
Salita is a climbing rose variety that is easy to grow in the garden. It is unpretentious in care, frost-resistant. It needs to be watered, fed, cut off the faded buds on time. With the correct implementation of agrotechnical measures, the flowering of a rose can be admired from late May to mid-September.
