Rose Juliet is a unique species that has been bred with great expense and tremendous work. Today she delights everyone who sees her. A beautiful flower of a gentle peach color - the embodiment of girlish innocence and purity.
History of creation
Rose of David Austin Juliet is an English peony variety, bred in 2005. It got its name in honor of the main heroine of the tragic story of William Shakespeare - Juliet.
Variety Rose Sweet Juliet
Among all garden roses, the bush rose Juliet has the lightest aroma, but despite this, it is most often used to create an atmosphere for special romantic occasions, especially if the flower has not yet opened to the end. One has only to look at the cup-shaped flowering, and Juliet will become a favorite forever.
Important! Rose Juliet is considered the most expensive ever made in the world. 15 years of effort and about 16 million dollars were invested in the process of its development. It was released in Chelsea in 2006 and had an exorbitant initial price. Now a seedling can be bought much cheaper.
Description
Description of the shape of inflorescences deserves special attention:
- Warm, apricot bud color with 40 petals,
- After complete opening, the flower looks like a peony.
- The aroma is very close to tea rose, but hardly perceptible.
- Flowering repeated during the period.
- If you want to get large buds, pruning is necessary at the time of vegetation.
Bushes with dense shoots, strong, up to 80 cm in height.
Advantages and disadvantages
Pros:
- Abundant, lush, colorful flowering several times during the period,
- Resistance to frost and disease,
- Subtle, not artsy aroma.
The disadvantages include the fact that this variety will eclipse all the plants in the garden, standing out for its unprecedented beauty and sophisticated appearance.
Use in landscape design
A delightful beauty often adorns flowerbeds, borders, terraces and gazebos. With the help of colorful inflorescences, hedges, a vertical rose garden are decorated, artificial fountains are decorated, and compositions for a wedding celebration are created. With this bouquet, the bride does not need to use perfume.
David Austin Variety Rosary
A rose can be combined both with other plants, undersized, and with inanimate objects. She will give cosiness and beauty to a personal plot.
Growing
Rose Juliet is grown simply. Landing can be done independently, the main thing is to know all the conditions and rules.
Planting is best done in the form of a seedling, because the seeds, if they sprout, will no longer have all the features of the mother plant.
Optimal time and place
The best landing site will be the southern side of the territory, where there is a fence and a house adjoining nearby. By time, you can choose April or September.
Note! If the soil is well fertilized, and the shrub receives the necessary care and sunlight, then the plant will actively grow for 15 years. After rooting it must be tied to a support.
Flower and soil preparation
The seedling a day before planting needs to be prepared: slightly cut the root system and put in water for 24 hours.
A hole is dug in a necessary place to a depth and width of about 50 cm. Compost and humus are laid at the bottom, and after that a layer of soil. Moisturized with water. If the planting will take place in spring, then in the fall, before wintering, the soil should be fertilized.
Step by Step Procedure
After the seedling and soil are prepared, you can plant:
- The seedling is carefully immersed in the pit, the roots are necessarily straightened.
- The soil is sprinkled and tamped a little.
Important! Earth cannot be dense. Air and moisture should pass easily through it. Therefore, the soil must be loosened, drainage constantly.
- Lightly watered. As with any rose, stagnation of moisture in the earth culture is dangerous.
Correct landing in the spring in the open ground
Care Issues
After planting, the rose needs full care throughout the season. It is necessary to water it in a timely manner, loosen the soil and introduce top dressing.
Watering and humidity
Watering should not be plentiful, but it is also impossible to allow the soil to dry out. As a rule, it is carried out once every 2-3 days, in the summer - more often. The plant does not need spraying.
Top dressing and soil
The soil must be loosened without fail, otherwise the root system will not be able to receive all the necessary trace elements and moisture.
With the onset of spring and until July, top dressing is introduced 2 times a month, in rare cases - 3 times. The last time the introduction of fertilizer takes place in August.
Pruning and transplanting
After planting in the first year, all the buds must be removed from the shrub so that the roots develop better, and all the energy goes into their growth.
Those shrubs that have reached a year or more are cut in half, and younger shrubs in the spring and before wintering.
In the summer, pruning of broken, diseased branches is allowed. The device must be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate. Subsequently, pruning is necessary only to shape the shrub. Transplantation is carried out 2-3 years after planting in open ground.
Wintering
In severe climatic conditions (below 15 degrees), it is necessary to cover the bush before wintering:
- The base of the plant is sprinkled with soil and crushed,
- Stalks are laid on prepared boards,
- A heater is sprinkled on top.
Bloom
Flowering at the rose begins in June and lasts until the beginning of September. It is repeated.
Lush inflorescences of rose Juliet
Periods of activity and rest
During the period of activity, buds are tied and bloom at the beginning of summer. All buds open simultaneously, but slowly.
After flowering in late August and early September, the inflorescences are removed, and the shrub prepares for wintering.
Care during and after flowering
After wintering, pruning is carried out for more abundant flowering. Top dressing is introduced up to the end of August 2 times a month. In the period of setting buds - nitrogen, after - phosphorus-potassium. After the buds have faded, you do not need to top dress.
Why does not bloom
If the bush has ceased to please with lush flowers, then most likely it does not receive enough sunlight or is affected by the disease.
In this case, a transplant is carried out in a more optimally lit place. If the roots of the bush are affected by a fungal disease, then the plant is destroyed.
Breeding
Propagated by cuttings or seed method.
The process of grafting in autumn
Reproduction by seed is a laborious process that requires certain care and growing conditions. Therefore, it is used only by experienced growers.
Step-by-step grafting process:
- Cuttings are trimmed when they have open buds - in the summer.
- It is best to prune in the morning when the branches are full of moisture.
- The knife must be sharp and treated with a disinfectant.
- Having chosen suitable strong, strong shoots, it is necessary to perform the lower cut immediately below the kidney, and the upper one 2 cm higher.
- Remove the leaves by a third, so that more moisture is preserved.
- Then put in a special container with water so that the stalk begins to take root. Cover the top with a plastic lid and be sure to ventilate daily. Capacity should not stand in the shade.
Additional Information. If desired, for a day you can put the cuttings in the "Kornevin", then the roots will appear even earlier.
- After the cuttings are rooted, they can be planted in open ground.
Diseases and Pests
The plant is very resistant to disease, but can sometimes be attacked by powdery mildew and black spotting. In such cases, in the spring, the shrub should be sprayed with Fitosporin (7 ml per 1 liter of water). Affected leaves and branches must be removed and burned.
Of the pests, aphids, insects and caterpillars can be distinguished. It is necessary to deal with them by biological methods (this is treatment with a solution of laundry soap or specialized solutions), you can also plant protective plants (for example, marigolds) that will repel insects.
Fungal foliage diseases
Juliet is the most fashionable of all roses, ideal for weddings or weddings. Today it can be bought from almost every grower and grown on your garden plot.
