Bright roses always attract special attention: in the store, and at home, and on the site. Today we will talk about a tea-hybrid rose of the Wow variety (Wow HT rose), because its flowers are really juicy, interesting, attracting attention. Next will be a detailed description of the plant, some features and growing rules.
General information
Rose Wow is part of a group of modern garden roses (approved in 1976 by the World Federation of Rose Growing Societies). The species was bred from Holland in 2007. Now there are numerous varieties, colors and shades of Wow roses.
Bushes grow up to a meter in height and up to 70 cm wide. Sometimes there are even more. Leaflets are dark green, glossy, egg-shaped with pronounced veins up to 10 cm. The stalks are long, straight. There are spikes.
Rose wow
Usually on peduncles is from 1 to 4 flowers. Color varies from coral to dark scarlet. It depends on the conditions created, climate, terrain.
The advantages of this type:
- Unearthly beauty. The flower simply captivates with its appearance and aroma (although it is not very strong).
- Resistant to weather conditions: it does not succumb to either the hot sun, or frost (up to -15 degrees), or a strong wind.
- Resistant to disease and pests.
There are no particularly noticeable shortcomings. Some flower lovers indicate that the plant should be regularly looked after. However, such a definition can be given to almost all beautiful colors.
In general, Wow breeders bred tea-hybrid roses for commercial purposes, but they are also often used in landscape design as a decoration.
Flowers are grown on the site in various places: along the house, in the flower bed, at the entrance to the estate, etc. The rose bush fits perfectly anywhere. Therefore, gardeners usually plant in the place where beautiful sprouts can often contemplate.
Bush roses wow on the plot
Flower growing
Typically, roses are planted in the ground with seedlings to a depth of 10-15 cm. The rose can be planted in the ground, both in autumn and spring. However, it must be remembered that the soil must be warmed up, which means that spring should be late (end of April-beginning of May), and autumn is vice versa early (until mid / end of October), that is, Indian summer.
Important! If the cold comes sooner than 18-20 days after planting, then the Wow rose may simply die, because it still does not have time to grow stronger in the soil.
The landing site should be calm, sunny and spacious. At the same time, there should be no stagnation of air, and the shadow can be useful in especially hot and dry weather.
Earth needs to be nourished with minerals for better growth.
You need to take garden soil (they often take dug up soil from a hole in which a rose will be planted), sand, compost and peat. In proportion, this is 2: 2: 3: 1.
Superphosphate and ash are sometimes added in proportions of 1: 5-10 per 1 m², if the soil is very poor.
Important! The soil must be slightly acidic (pH 5.5-6.5), otherwise the plant will die.
If the pH is lower than this, then you can add coniferous litter, sawdust, leaf compost, manure or sphagnum moss. This is rare. But the situation with the fact that you need to reduce the amount of acidity comes across more often. In this case, it is worth adding dolomite flour 200-500 g or lime 200 g. However, you need to do this very carefully, otherwise you will then have to increase the acidity and the soil will be too full of various trace elements.
Before planting in the soil, it will be useful to saturate the seedlings with water. This will take about 5-6 hours of time. After trimming rotten, weak roots and can be planted.
Landing procedure step by step
- Dig a hole about 80 cm deep. This is necessary because roses have long roots that require nutrients.
- Put drainage at the bottom, for example, from sand and gravel. However, if the soil is already saturated with sand, then you can do without this stage.
- Cover the soil with a mixture.
- To plant seedlings at a distance of 10-15 cm from the surface, gently spreading the roots.
- To fill up with the earth.
- To water.
- Mulch.
Plant care
Rosa Wow requires weekly watering. It is necessary to ensure that the land is not both over-dried and constantly wet.
In colder times, the amount of watering can be reduced to 1 time in 2 weeks. It will be useful to mulch the soil with humus after watering, but this is not necessary.
Important! You need to fertilize throughout the season, because otherwise the plant will be slower and worse to develop. Therefore, it is necessary to feed the bushes with the help of mineral fertilizers containing phosphorus, potassium and magnesium.
Plants will not get worse if organic fertilizers are used. When the bush begins to grow abundantly, it is necessary to add a nitrogen mixture to the soil. To do this, take 10 grams of urea, 10 liters of water and 20 grams of saltpeter, mix and fertilize.
If the gardener does not want or has no time to make top dressing on his own, then you can just buy it. In this case, you need to take fertilizer for flowering.
Beautiful bouquet of roses wow
Pruning and transplanting
Pruning should be carried out in the first year of life, leaving 2-3 buds per bush. When the shoots grow back up, it will be necessary to cut another 5-6 buds.
During the period of active growth, pruning can be carried out, thereby stimulating the growth of strong shoots. When the cold comes, it is necessary to cut the flowers completely: shoots, leaves, buds.
It is also important to harvest weeds and irrigate the ground so that roses do not interfere with development.
Features of wintering a flower
You can not cover the plant immediately after pruning - give a little time so that it acclimatizes.
Although the flower is frost-resistant, but when the temperature reaches -5, it needs to be covered. Sprout sprouts with soil or peat and cover with spruce branches.
In the case of a harsh winter, roses can be insulated with frames and polyethylene materials.
Wintering roses
Flowering roses
Usually the Wow rose blooms in the summer: from June to August. Sometimes they begin to bloom in late May, and end in late September. But this is more an exception than a rule.
The buds are tall (up to 10 cm) and bloom quite slowly (up to two weeks). Also flower diameters can be up to 14 cm in size.
Attention! After pruning the flowers, they do not fade for about 10-12 days, which is why they are popular with florists.
During budding and flowering plants need to increase the amount of fertilizer: instead of 10 grams of urea, take 40-50 grams, 25 grams of nitrate and add 15 grams of potassium in 10 liters of water. Watering does not need to be reduced, it can even be increased if necessary.
Also at this time, the plant may be more sensitive to weather changes, diseases and pests, so if there are any negative changes, you need to immediately eliminate them so that the flower does not die at all.
When the buds fade, the plant should be fertilized again, because it has weakened. It is important to increase the amount of potassium, but to reduce the mass of the nitrogen mixture. Watering save or slightly reduce.
What to do if it does not bloom? The reason for the lack of flowering is commonplace - the flower simply does not have enough minerals or water. In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to the conditions of growth and care. If you do not catch on time, then during the season the rose may not bloom. However, if everything is done correctly, then the next season will please with abundant flowering.
Flower propagation
The easiest way to propagate roses is cuttings. Thus, a large amount of planting material is obtained. The procedure is carried out when there are kidneys, that is, in late spring - early summer.
Potted cuttings
It is necessary to cut off a strong shoot, then divide it into cuttings. Each segment should have a kidney and a leaf. Approximate size up to 10 cm.
After you need to dry the cuttings a little (enough 60-80 minutes). For one hundred percent confidence that the rose will take root and will develop correctly, you can add nutrients to stimulate root growth.
While the plant is drying, there is time to prepare the pots and the soil mixture for the sprouts. The soil composition described above does not change. When everything is ready, cuttings can be planted in the ground.
note! Constant humidity is necessary for cuttings. Usually it is created using a plastic film.
When the plants get stronger, they can be transplanted to the site.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Roses rarely get sick or are exposed to pests. However, if this happens, you need to eliminate the source as soon as possible.
If it is aphid, black spotting or powdery mildew, then poison with Intra-Vir or Actellik. If it is rotting of the roots, then either bring out a new cuttings, or cut off the rotten parts of the root, transplant the plant and carefully care for it until it gets stronger. If the leaves began to dry, then add water and minerals.
Rose Dark Wow
Many different roses are grown in the rose garden, but every gardener should have at least one wow variety of roses, because they actually create a wow effect! The most popular roses are Dark Wow and Red Wow, but every flower lover can choose a variety that he likes. Let these charming roses require attention, but growing them is a pleasure!
