Flowers of Dutch selection are more popular than ever. Experienced gardeners prefer to buy Dutch roses for their plots. It is worthwhile to understand what their advantages and disadvantages are.
Dutch roses - features of the variety
Netherlands breeders have been cultivating varietal crops for 2 centuries. Experienced laboratories are working to create new hybrids that will be resistant to diseases and changing climatic conditions. The properties of seed innovations are tested at test sites.
Dutch roses in landscape design
Interesting! The Dutch have been breeding roses for over 200 years.
Advantages and disadvantages of Dutch roses
Roses from Holland have several advantages over Russian selection, for which gardeners and landscape designers love them:
- Preservation of varietal properties for many years. The tree is not capricious and gives lush flowering subject to the rules of care.
- The appearance of the plant corresponds to the characteristics of the hybrid.
- Bushes are characterized by long flowering.
- Good ability to store planting material, resistance to diseases and pests, undemanding to the composition of the soil.
There is only one drawback of European selection roses - high cost. New varieties are more expensive. The reason is that amateurs are chasing news and are ready to overpay.
Landscape design application
Since ancient times, roses have been used to decorate the landscape. Holland provided decorators with lush and long flowering plants. Lush shrubs are used in single plantings and in crop groups. An overabundance of bright color spots can adversely affect the beautiful appearance of the site.
The best varieties of Dutch varieties
Among the variety of hydrides, there are popular varieties used as a gift that a woman will appreciate. Roses are easy to grow on the site. They are pleasant to admire during the entire flowering period.
Grand Prix (Rose Grand Prix)
The Grand Prix was launched 100 years ago and is a classic of the garden, for which it received such a name. Large flower with a diameter of up to 13 cm of a rich wine tint with velvety petals. In the southern regions, the bush can grow up to 1.5 meters. When cut, the bouquets cost up to 2 weeks. Rosa Holland has a long flowering. Blooming buds are replaced with new ones.
What does a Grand Prix rose look like?
Freedom (Freedom)
A variety with a single bud in the shape of a glass. When opened, it reaches 11 cm in width. The color of the petals is richly burgundy. The height of the branches during greenhouse cultivation can reach 120 cm. Due to the spectacular shape of the flower, Freedom is often used in mono-bouquets.
Hybrid Tea Grade Mohana
Repeated flowering bush up to 100 cm high. Yellow and red-coated flowers open up to 8 cm wide. A bud of the correct conical shape with twisted petals. The hybrid is resistant to winter frosts up to 20 ℃ below zero. Little susceptible to disease.
Mohan's Rose Bud
High Magic (High Magic)
The color gradient is from bright yellow in the middle to burgundy to the edge of the petals. One flower on the stem, tightly knocked down, has the shape of a glass, diameter - up to 6 cm. The flowering degree is medium. Resistance to powdery mildew and frost is high.
Elite Variety Vendela (Vendela)
The hybrid variety is represented by a compact shrub 80 cm high. The ivory buds will especially please Madame. The shape of the bud is half-open with an elongated center, a diameter of 10 cm. The weakness of the disease obscures the beauty of the shade.
Lovely Lidia
On a compact bush of 50 × 70 cm, hats of bright purple roses flaunt. Flowering takes place in the summer. The variety belongs to the group of floribunda. It can be grown in soil or a pot. The size of the bud is not large - only 4 cm.
Interesting to know! The floribunda group is distinguished by lush flowering in comparison with hybrid tea species of roses.
Avalanche
Compact bush up to 80 cm tall with single stems. On them are white flowers with a light green tint along the edge of the petals. Buds depending on the stage of opening of the petals can be from 8 to 13 cm in diameter. The variety is frost-resistant, abundant flowering in the middle lane continues until frost.
Variety of roses Avalanche
Penny Lane
A variety of climbing roses. The bush part reaches 2.5 m in width and 4 m in height. The flowers are pale beige with a pink undertones, diameter up to 11 cm. The plant is frost-resistant, tolerates cold up to -26 ℃. Flowering is plentiful and long.
El Toro
El Toro are scarlet flowers with fringed petals, similar to the skirt of a Spanish dancer. The stems are not long - up to 50 cm. Thanks to the curly shape of the bud, the bouquet looks magnificent even with small sizes.
Bouquet of roses El Toro
Ilios
Bright yellow roses of continuous flowering with fringed petals. The height of the bush is up to 70 cm, the size of the bud is 8 cm. The advantage of the hybrid is its high resistance to late blight, a pleasant unobtrusive aroma, the absence of thorns, and long flowering to the shape of a cup. The bud never opens. During flowering, it has a half-open appearance.
Chiri
The hybrid is attractive in saturated raspberry color of a half-opened flower with twisted petals. Small diameter buds look great in bouquets with contrasting white shades. The bush is compact, the height of the branches is 40-90cm.
How Dutch roses are grown, especially planting
Roses from the Netherlands are grown in different climatic zones. In the north, planting is recommended in greenhouses or greenhouses. Planting material is placed in the spring in sunny areas with fertilized soil.
Care requirements, measures to ensure conditions
Dutch roses are disease resistant. Flowers can often be found in wedding bouquets and as decoration of ceremonial halls.
Watering rules and humidity
Roses do not like waterlogging. With high humidity, it is necessary to skip watering, let the soil dry. But it is impossible to arrange a drought, without sufficient moisture in the soil, the flowers will crumble.
Proper watering of rose bushes is the key to their longevity
Important! Watering rose bushes should be carried out according to the recommendations. The plant negatively tolerates an excess of moisture.
Top dressing and soil quality
Earth should be neutral or weak acidity. If necessary, the soil is deoxidized with sand. Top dressing is done from a solution of manure or humus.
Pruning and transplanting
Periodically carry out decorative and preventive pruning. To shape the bush, unnecessary stems are removed. When thinning shrubs, sick and old branches are trimmed. The pruning procedure can begin after the growing season, when the sap flow has already ended.
The rose is transplanted if it is planted in the wrong place or when the landscape design of the site changes. They dig a tree along with a lump of earth and plant it in a prepared hole. It is best to perform the procedure in the fall.
Features wintering Dutch varieties
For the winter, roses are sheltered regardless of the climatic zone. As shelter, the paws of conifers, burlap, and dense spanbond are used. Bushes are insulated after autumn pruning before frost.
Shelter of roses for the winter
Propagation of Dutch roses
Propagated by cuttings. To do this, during flowering, cut the stem diagonally. A pencil-wide branch is divided into segments with 3 buds. The leaves are cut in half and put the cuttings in water with a root for several hours.
In a small pot with nutrient soil, stems are planted and covered with a film. After a few weeks, young leaves appear from the kidneys. Seedlings should grow indoors all winter. In the spring they are planted in soil or a greenhouse.
Pest and Rose Control
The main enemies of roses are spider mites and aphids. To protect plants from pests, leaflets are periodically treated with insecticides. Treatment with fungicidal preparations and prophylactic pruning of bushes will help to avoid decay of the tree and damage by late blight.
The plant looks great against the background of evergreen shrubs of summer cottages. A bright spot enlivens the monotony. The tallest and most beautiful plant allows you to play in contrast, making Dutch roses incredibly attractive. Several shtambov with different shades from each other enhance the effect of visual perception.
