Among the many varieties of roses, a hybrid tea, which was named by the breeders in honor of the Faust author, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's rose, earned a special love among gardeners. This delicate plant is covered with bright red buds. It is unpretentious in care and has a number of other advantages of breeding, which will be discussed later.
Rosa Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Rosa Goethe received in the course of selection development in 2004. The honor of creating a new variety belongs to German breeders. The trade brand that was engaged in the popularization of the variety among the population and of course its sale is Rosen Tantau.
Different stages of flowering
Short description, characteristic
The considered variety of roses differs from all others in the presence of:
- large raspberry-red cup-shaped buds (up to 15 cm in diameter);
- bushy petals (from 95 to 100 in each bud);
- pleasant smell (from the rose comes a sweet aroma, a mixture of honey and anise).
Blossoms alone, the leaves are large, elastic, dark green. Rose bushes are powerful, but small, with a regular haircut, they look compact and do not take up much space on the flower bed - no more than 1.2 meters wide and 1 meter high.
Important! During flowering, the shade of the buds changes. Initially, the petals are red with an admixture of raspberry, and after 1-2 days - pink with a slight touch of purple, so the flower in the picture and from the description of the variety may not coincide with reality.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The advantages of the variety include:
- resistance to adverse weather conditions: buds and leaves withstand heavy rainfall and do not lose their attractive appearance;
- blooms for a very long time - all summer and part of autumn;
- ability to bloom repeatedly;
- winter hardiness: if in winter the air temperature does not drop below -23 ° C, you don’t even have to cover the flower;
- resistance to many diseases and pests.
If the rose is not properly looked after (private watering, the wrong place to plant), it does not develop. The buds are formed, but never opened.
Use in landscape design
Rosa Johann Wolfgang is often used by landscape designers to create amazing compositions. The bush is easy to give the desired shape, pink color goes well with white, blue and red.
Saplings of this variety can be of different shades, in some more red, in others burgundy, raspberry or light pink. This allows you to plant nearby plants of the same variety and not worry about organizing special care for each bush. This variety is used to create hedges.
Rose bush
Growing a flower, how to plant in open ground
Rosa Johann Wolfgang Goethe prefers well-lit plots of land, inaccessible to groundwater and well ventilated.
In what form is landing
Most often, planting is carried out in the form of seedlings. It is not easy to get the seeds of roses of this variety.
What time is the landing
Landing times vary by region. In the south it can be late autumn, but in the north it is spring, as a fragile plant can die even if it creates greenhouse conditions for the winter.
Location selection
It is impossible to plant a plant directly to where scorching sunlight. It can get burns and lose attractiveness. It is necessary to pick up a not too shaded and dry area in the garden.
How to prepare the soil and flower for planting
Rosa Goethe prefers black soil and loamy soil. In the latter case, you will have to constantly use organic fertilizers. Groundwater should be located no closer than 1 meter from the root system. This variety of roses loves not too acidic soils, with an acidity level of approximately pH 6.0 -6.5. If the soil is not acidic enough, they use peat or manure (they fertilize the land in the fall).
Important! To reduce the level of acidity, the earth is sprinkled with ash or lime.
Landing procedure step by step
To plant a flower in the soil you will need:
- shovel or chopper;
- a bucket of water;
- fertilizer: humus, compost;
- peat for mulching;
- drainage: gravel, crushed stone, river pebbles;
- gloves, because a rose has many thorns.
First, dig a hole up to 0.6 meters deep. Its bottom is prepared in this way:
- cover with drainage (10 cm no less);
- fertilizer is laid on top of the drainage, creating a layer another 10 cm in size (manure is mixed with black soil);
- fertilizer is covered with a 10 cm layer of earth.
When everything is ready, the rose is abundantly watered and taken out of the container in which it had previously grown. The plant is lowered roots down for 10-15 minutes in a mixture of warm water and clay soil. The roots are straightened and lowered into the hole so that the root neck is located 3 cm below the top layer of the earth. This situation stimulates the growth of the additional stem higher than the place of vaccination.
Landing is carried out together. One person holds the bush at the right height, and the second fills the hole with earth. The hole filled with earth is tamped and watered, trying to ensure that the water does not go somewhere to the side, but goes under the roots. To do this, a small mound of earth is made around the hole. 5 liters of water is enough for watering.
Important! After 10-15 minutes after watering, the land usually sags, so you don’t need to rush to remove the tool immediately after planting, you may have to add more soil and compact it. Lands within a radius of 30-50 cm around the Wolfgang Goethe rose are mulched with peat.
Plant care
Rose johann wolfgang von goethe does not require much care. They look after her, as well as any plant - periodically watered, sheared, fertilized.
Watering rules and humidity
Water the flower as the top soil layer dries. In hot weather, it is best to do this daily in the evenings. For hydration enough 2-3 liters of water per 1 bush. It is watered with exclusively warm, settled water, it is better to do this with a watering can or a mug with a special recess so that the water does not go sideways, leaving the roots dry.
Top dressing and soil quality
They feed 2 times a year - in spring and summer. Before the formation of buds, nitrogen is introduced into the soil, and before summer flowering - phosphorus and potassium.
Pruning and transplanting
Cut bushes in the spring during the appearance of the first buds. The size of the cut depends on the task. So, if it is planned to rejuvenate the old bush, or if too young a plant needs to be prevented from blooming, then the bushes cut off 2-4 buds from the ground. To stimulate abundant early flowering and give beauty to the bush, it is pruned at the level of 6-7 buds.
In summer, bushes can also be pruned, but in this case the goal is different. A gardener removes stems with blooming flowers, giving room for new ones.
Plants are transplanted in the spring, during the transplantation, a little pruning can be done. This will speed up the rooting process.
Features of wintering a flower
For the winter, they cover the rose with spruce paws or make something like a hut made of branches and old rags thrown over them over the stem. If severe frosts are not expected, the plants do not cover. This variety is adapted to frost, the rose will definitely not die from freezing the soil.
Flowering roses
This variety blooms all summer and part of autumn. On young plants, there can be no more than 2-3 buds, but the bushes of adult roses are completely hung with flowers.
Period of activity and rest
The first kidneys swell at the end of March. In April-May in the southern regions young leaves are already visible on the rose. It blooms in summer. The last buds usually wither in September. Since October, the rose begins to prepare for the winter period. At this time, dried leaves are removed, buds are pruned, and if necessary, the bushes are covered with coniferous branches.
Care during and after flowering
During flowering, it is enough to water the rose regularly. Toward the end of August, the number of irrigations is reduced to 1 per week, and in September they are not watered at all or watered 1-2 times a month. Withered buds cut.
Important! If the rose is only planted in the soil and is already trying to bloom, then this should be prevented. The buds that have appeared are cut off and only at the end of August 1 bud is left on each young bush, which will ensure abundant blooming of the rose for the next year.
What to do if it does not bloom - possible reasons
If the rose does not bloom, you must:
- transplant her to a new place;
- fertilize the soil;
- check if the watering is plentiful enough;
- buy special drugs to stimulate growth and flowering.
The reason for the lack of flowers on the bush is looking for improper care or an unsuitable place for planting. Perhaps the plant became sick, frozen in winter, or its roots dried out due to lack of watering in spring (in the south it is better to water a rose from May).
Flower propagation
This variety propagates by cuttings.
Cuttings
When breeding is done
The plant can be propagated both in spring and in autumn. The main rule is not to cut the stems from the bushes that are now blooming. Ideally, cuttings are obtained from roses that have already faded or are just preparing for the second wave of flowering.
Detailed description
Stems are cut from a 2-3-year-old bush, with a dyne up to 20 cm, after which they are placed in warm water at room temperature for 2-3 days. At the end of the allotted period, the cuttings are transplanted into boxes with earth and covered with a film on top. Once a day the film is removed and the branches are watered. Young plants are planted in the soil after the appearance of buds on the cuttings, and then leaves.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Most often, Rosa Goethe suffers from such problems:
Powdery mildew
- powdery mildew: an unpleasant white coating appears on the leaves, they shrink and subsequently dry out;
- rust: it affects the buds that have not yet opened and the root of the neck; the plant does not receive the nutrients it needs; it ceases to bloom;
- black spotting: the appearance of black spots on the leaves;
- gray rot.
Damaged parts of plants are removed in all cases, roses are sprayed with insecticides, the soil is mulched regularly, all weeds are pulled out with the root and they are destroyed away from the rosary. Pests of the rose are almost not dangerous, but garden mites or thrips can pass from other garden plants to rose bushes. Insecticides are also used to combat them.
Needs regular watering in summer
Rose johann wolfgang von goethe rose can be considered the decoration of any garden. It blooms all summer, is not capricious, exudes a pleasant aroma that other varieties cannot boast of. Each gardener will be pleased to grow a flower in his flowerbed.
