Musk roses are not so common because of medium-sized semi-double flowers and do not look so luxurious against the background of classic roses. However, when used correctly, they will show their best side.
Musk rose - what is it
Musk rose is a class of roses that combines several hybrids. The rich smell combines the aroma of honey, cloves and fruits. In a musky rose, the aroma does not come from the petals, but from the stamens, and the smell is heard even at a great distance.
Short description, characteristic
Musk varieties bloom profusely, most often under the flowers you can not even see the leaves. The second flowering is more magnificent than the first, the flowers are semi-double or non-double. The rest period between blossoms is short, so most varieties can be called continuously flowering.
Rosa Ballerina is distinguished by pale pink buds
Important! Flowers bloom at the same time, and not in turn, as in traditional roses.
Advantages and disadvantages
Of the positive qualities of musky roses, the following are distinguished:
- plentiful lush flowering;
- unpretentiousness;
- resistance to many diseases;
- frost resistance;
- durability.
Among the shortcomings, only the nondescript appearance of inflorescences can be distinguished. In the cultivation and care problems are not observed.
Use in landscape design
The shrubs of musky roses grow to large sizes, and their shoots carefully drop down. Therefore, even alone the plant will look noble. On a large area of the lawn, you can plant several shrubs of the same variety, for example, roses of the Ballerina variety. They look good on retaining walls.
Some varieties can be used as climbing, and professional flower growers often plant roses on weeping plants.
Important! The most popular use case in design is a combination with perennial flowering plants or as a background for annuals.
Varieties of Musk Roses
In appearance, the representatives of musky are very different.
Ballerina (Ballerina)
Height and diameter of the rose. Ballerina 1.5 m, flowering abundant and long, the shoots are resistant to disease. The plant is characterized by a large number of simple flowers, the flowering of which lasts until late autumn. The color of the petals of the groundcover rose is ballerina pink with dark edges, inside is a white eye. The variety is shade tolerant.
There is an opinion that the park rose Ballerina should be attributed to the Schrab class, whose representatives are semi-planar and have powerful tall shrubs.
Ballerina rose
Mozart
The maximum height of the bush is 3 meters, the leaves are small, can be used as a climbing. The flowers are white-pink, cherry or violet at the edges, the center is white, over time, the petals fade to almost a white hue. Each brush has 20-50 non-double fragrant flowers.
Important! A feature of the variety is its high resistance to disease.
Grade Mozart
Paxpax
The bush is sprawling, shoots grow up to 4m, with which you can wrap around the supports. A distinctive feature is the elongated white buds on the elongated pedicels. The flowers are semi-double, wheat stamens are visible inside. Under favorable conditions, up to 30 flowers can grow in a cyst.
Rose PaxPax
Cornelia
The shrub is not high, reaches a height of 1.2 m, but thanks to the branchy shoots it has a fountain-like shape. The shoots grow in length to 1.75 m, they are covered with velvet flowers of a red-crimson color, spherical inflorescences.
Rosa Cornelia
Rose lance
Rosa Lensa has several varieties and can have white, yellow or pink petals. The shoots are long, weaving. The buds are actively developing and blooming luxuriantly throughout the season, racemes are racemose.
Rose lance
Other varieties
You can decorate the garden with other equally popular and beautiful varieties from the encyclopedia:
- Felicia;
- Buff Beauty;
- Bouquet Parfait;
- Neige dEte;
- Alden Biesen;
- Bukavu;
- Dinky;
- Havenly Pink;
- Schwerin;
- Moonlight.
Growing a flower, how to plant in open ground
For successful cultivation, you need to know how and when to plant a shrub and how to properly care for it.
In what form is landing
To preserve varietal features, seedlings purchased in specialized stores are used. Even self-harvested seeds do not guarantee a hybrid musky rose.
What time is the landing
Planting roses is carried out in the warm season, when there is no threat of frost. It can be both spring and autumn. Planting in the summer is possible if the plant has a closed root system.
Location selection
Musk rose hybrids love well-lit places. The sun's rays should not fall on the plant all the time, in the afternoon it is desirable that the place is shaded. If possible, the bush is planted on a hill.
How to prepare the soil and flower for planting
Landing pit should stand for several weeks. A pit is excavated with a diameter and a depth of 1.5 m, drainage and a compost layer are laid. For 1 bush, 1 bucket of sand, 2 buckets of peat, 3 buckets of leafy soil are taken. If there is no extra time, the bottom is simply rammed to avoid shrinkage of the bush.
Important! On the day of planting, an earthen slide is made at the bottom of the pit, on which a seedling is set with spread roots. The stamp is immersed in the ground a few centimeters.
Landing procedure step by step
Musk rose seedlings are planted as follows:
- Preparing a landing pit.
- Watering is carried out.
- A seedling is set.
- The pit is covered with garden soil.
- Watering again.
- The stalk is swollen, mulch from humus or mowed grass is laid.
Plant care
Rose health is supported by regular weeding, loosening of the soil, top dressing and pruning. In the first year of life, buds are removed from the plant; in August, 2 flowers are left on each shoot.
Watering rules and humidity
During the growing season, the soil should be constantly moist. In the absence of precipitation, watering is carried out 2 times a week.
Top dressing and soil quality
The rose grows well in ordinary garden soil, but responds to fertile soil with more lush flowering.
Fertilizer application:
- Early spring - a mixture of 1 tbsp. spoon of ammonium nitrate per 10 liters of water.
- After two weeks - a mixture of ammonium nitrate or urea in the same proportion.
- The beginning of budding - 1 tbsp. spoon of calcium nitrate in 10 liters of water.
- After 10 days, dissolved mineral fertilizer with trace elements.
- The growing season - every two weeks the introduction of organic and mineral fertilizers.
- The end of August - 1 tbsp. spoon of superphosphate per 10 liters of water and 1 tbsp. spoon of potassium sulfate in 10 liters of water.
Nitrogen and mineral fertilizers are supported by the introduction of albumin in the soil in the amount of 1 tbsp. spoon per 10 liters of water or infusion of a barn in a proportion of 1:10. Less commonly used is infusion of chicken manure in a proportion of 1:20 or infusion of fermented grass.
Pruning and transplanting
Nutmeg rose requires only sanitary pruning. This is due to the fact that the buds are formed on the branches of the second and third order, which are formed on old shoots.
Important! Throughout the season, faded brushes are removed.
Features of wintering a flower
For winter, an air-dry shelter is made. The stem is covered with 30 cm sand, the shoots are covered with spruce branches, the foliage is trimmed, the bushes are treated with 300 g of iron sulfate per 10 liters of water. A frame with a stretched insulation and a plastic film is installed.
Without shelter, a rose can tolerate temperatures up to -7 ° C.
Flowering roses
Inflorescences are formed on biennial and more adult shoots.
The most magnificent flowering is observed during the second wave, when lateral ones appear on the basal shoots, which also bloom.
The rest period is from several days to several weeks, depending on the variety.
Rosa Ballerina blooms very magnificent
Care during and after flowering
During budding and flowering, the Ballerina rose, like other varieties, needs potassium. A mixture of 1 cup of wood ash in 1 bucket of water or 30 g of potassium sulfate also in a bucket of water is applied to the soil.
For magnificent flowering will also require a solution of 1 tbsp. tablespoons of calcium nitrate in 10 liters of water.
Important! In early summer, 80 g of superphosphate is introduced under the bush.
What to do if it does not bloom, possible causes
The rose does not bloom with a lack of sunlight, watering and top dressing. You can achieve flowering most often by changing the conditions of care.
Flower propagation
At home, the rose propagates by cuttings, layering, dividing the bush. Experienced flower growers plant a rose on the wild rose.
When produced
Cuttings are harvested after the first flowering. The mature shoots of mature trees are used.
Detailed description of the breeding process
Cuttings are cut up to 8 cm long, the lower leaves are cut. Cuttings are soaked for 20 hours in a root growth stimulator, then washed with running water and planted in soil with sod-humus soil and a layer of sand with peat.
Cuttings are planted at an angle of 45 °, a greenhouse is made of glass or film.
For propagation by layering, the lower one bends to the soil, and the middle is sprinkled with earth. When the rose takes root, it can be separated from the mother plant.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Musk roses have good immunity and rarely get sick. When powdery mildew appears, the plant is treated with fungicide. If caterpillars or aphids are found, insecticides are used.
Not all growers managed to appreciate the musky rose. However, its lush flowering and captivating sweet aroma of musk will not leave indifferent the owners and guests of the house, so you should spend time and pay attention to it.
