In each garden there should be a main element that I would like to approach and look closer, to breathe in the aroma of delicate flowers. Rose Maria Theresa may well become such an element. She is very beautiful in group plantings, combined with cereals, gives a gentle and sensual accent to the garden or summer cottage.
Grade description
Maria Theresia rose is a variety of abundantly flowering shrubs that are also called Floribunda. The species was bred in Germany as a result of crossing polyanthose roses with hybrid tea relatively recently.
Variety Maria Theresa
Roses of this variety grow no higher than 80 cm in height, the bush grows 50 cm wide. The flowers open with a bowl. The buds are divided into four parts and resemble the inflorescences of peonies. They open gradually and have a delicate pearl pink color, located three to five on the inflorescence. It contrasts with the saturated green color of the leaves. The bush is suitable for cutting bouquets, it looks elegant and elegant.
The advantages of this variety are continuous and long flowering, immunity to various fungal diseases, frost resistance and excellent tolerance of rain.
Also, the variety has disadvantages:
- long period of shedding of buds - up to 10 days;
- tendency to excessive growth - some bushes can reach 100 cm;
- deformed branches often grow.
Despite the shortcomings, many gardeners liked this variety.
Landing
Planting Roses Maria Theresa is carried out in the spring and only seedlings. They should be planted in March-April, when the earth begins to warm up. In frozen soil, the root system does not take root, and there is a likelihood of death of the bush.
Important! It is better to plant a bush with an assistant: one holds a seedling, the other falls asleep with earth.
Site selection and soil preparation
In order to choose a place for planting this variety, you just need to look from the window and determine where it will look better. This variety of roses should delight the eye. It is suitable for landscaping a country or personal plot. The well-groomed hedge of shrubs looks perfect. It is suitable for the central figure in the flowerbed, for the rock garden.
The place should be sufficiently lit, high without stagnant groundwater. The place should be well ventilated, but drafts should not be allowed. The soil for Maria Theresa can be neutral or slightly acidic.
Landing process
Before planting, you need to soak the roots in a solution of water and clay for ten minutes. First, a pit is excavated, with a depth of about 60 cm and a width slightly larger than the rhizome. Such dimensions are necessary so that the root system is spaciously located in the ground.
Landing
Drainage is placed at the bottom of the hole - pebbles, gravel, fragments of brick. Then fertilizer or rotted manure is filled up. Then a sapling is installed in the hole, the roots are straightened and carefully covered with soil. The root neck should be 3 cm below ground level.
Important! Landing around the base completes the planting, watering and mulching with peat.
Rose care
In care, the rose of Floribunda Maria Theresa is not complicated. The shrub loves moisture, so you should water it every week.
Top dressing
Immediately after the rose is planted, you need to carry out the first fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizer. The second time it is fed when buds appear, potash fertilizers are used, and superphosphate is used just before flowering.
Pruning
Pruning is mandatory for this variety of roses. It allows you to form a neat bush and lays the next flowering. Removing extra shoots must be done in the spring, before the kidneys wake up. Summer pruning involves cutting off faded buds, as it takes a lot of energy to ripen the fruit.
In autumn, it is necessary to inspect the rose bush, remove the overgrown branches, remove the shoots with signs of fungal diseases. Pruning can also rejuvenate the rose bush. To do this, on the branches you need to leave 2-4 buds from the ground. For early flowering, a moderate removal of 5-7 buds from the base should be carried out.
In the first year, you need to remove all the buds that will be tied on the bush, with the exception of three pieces. If you leave one or two buds, let them bloom and wait for the fruit, this will stimulate Teresa to abundantly lay buds and subsequent abundant flowering. The buds are removed before the beginning of August.
Important! Flowering in the first year greatly weakens the plant, which is why this technology is used.
Wintering
Shelter roses for the winter after -7 ° C. It is believed that to this temperature roses calmly tolerate cold without shelter. Before covering the rose, it is necessary to mulch it. Sheltering is suitable, you can also spud and close with fir spruce branches. The entire structure should be higher than the bush of centimeters by 20. The shelter is fixed with wire, or any convenient material.
Bloom
In the encyclopedia, the Floribunda rose Maria Theresa is described as a highly branching shrub with continuous flowering. It begins in June and ends in October. Throughout the summer, buds appear on it. The bush is covered with inflorescences of 5-9 colors and becomes completely pink. According to gardeners' descriptions, the Mariatheresia rose blooms in the same style as the Topala rose.
Peony buds
Delicate pink buds create a pleasant contrast with emerald foliage. When the rose reaches the peak of flowering, for a long time it becomes the main element and key figure of the summer cottage. The bush attracts attention and captivates with a light pleasant aroma.
Why does not bloom and what to do
If the bush does not bloom, then several reasons can be considered:
- near growing shrubs;
- malnutrition;
- erroneous irrigation system.
One reason is the inconvenient neighborhood. It happens that plants begin to oppress each other if planted too close. Therefore, before planting, it is necessary to take into account and calculate the growth of nearby shrubs and trees.
Important! Nutrition also plays an important role for Maria Theresa, therefore, if the rose is in no hurry to gather color, then you need to reconsider the feeding system.
Breeding
Rosa Floribunda Maria Theresa propagates in the traditional way - cuttings. It can be carried out in the spring, summer and even in the fall. For cuttings choose green shoots. The thickness of the stem should not be more than 5 mm, height - 15 cm. The slice is carried out at an angle of 45 ° and immersed in a stimulating solution. It can be various preparations, for example, "Kornevin."
Cuttings
At least 3 buds should remain on the cuttings. Cuttings are planted in the ground and arrange greenhouses. The planting depth is about 3 cm. Further, the care of the cuttings is usual - periodic ventilation and watering. After a month, they begin to conduct hardening and eventually the greenhouses are removed.
Diseases and ways to deal with them
This variety is resistant to many diseases, however, periodically it is worthwhile to carry out prevention. Spraying the bush from microbes and fungi with fungicides is worth at least three times per season. Prevention of many diseases - harvesting fallen leaves, pruning dry and old shoots.
From fungal infections Bordeaux liquid or copper sulfate will help. Organic methods can also be used - an infusion of garlic, onions, and tobacco. If, however, the disease has begun, then triple treatment with fungicides will help with a two-week break.
In order to decorate a garden or summer cottage plot and place a “queen of flowers” on a flower garden, only one moment is enough - desire. If it is available, then even an inexperienced gardener will be able to organize a gorgeous flower garden in the garden that will be crowned with a beautiful rose.
