Roses are a bright and elegant decoration of any garden or park. Thanks to these magnificent exquisite colors, any, even the wildest corner of nature will become the way you want to see it: beautiful or solemn, cheerful or romantic, tender or provocative.
Almost any design chosen and any mood of its owner will suit unusually charming and enchanting climbing roses of Santana variety. They will take a worthy "royal" place in your garden or front garden.
What are the features of the Santana rose variety? Care, pruning and protection from pests is elementary and simple. But still they have their little secrets.
What kind? Let's find out. But first, let's try to get to know better the garden queen herself - the climbing rose Santana.
What makes this view remarkable
With its appearance and flowering method, the plant has won many admirers among landscape designers and amateur gardeners. Here is a general description of Santana's climbing rose:
- The flowers of the plant are juicy bright red and have a delicate velvety surface.
- The buds collected in inflorescences of three to seven units completely cover the branches on which they are evenly and harmoniously arranged.
- An open bud can reach ten centimeters in diameter.
- The aroma of inflorescences is pleasant, but not perceptible.
- The flowering of buds is long and constant (several times per season).
- The height of the bush usually ranges from two to three meters.
- The branches of the rose are strong and resilient.
- The plant is almost not susceptible to various pests and diseases, tolerates both sunlight and rainy weather.
Thanks to the above qualities, the climbing rose Santana is light and not troublesome to care for. It can be landed on almost any household plot. With its bright appearance, delicate aroma and unpretentiousness in flowering, it will delight even the most demanding gardener.
What are the conditions for planting and care?
Santana climbing rose: preparing for planting seedlings
Shrub saplings should have several mature tree stems. It is important to ensure that their cortex and root system are not damaged or damaged.
Before planting the shoots directly into the ground, it is important to remove leaves and damaged branches from them, as well as disinfect with a three percent solution of copper sulfate and soak for a day in water.
However, this is not all preparations. It is very important to decide when and where to start planting Santana's climbing roses. To do this, consider the following principles:
- Planting a plant is desirable in the warm season.
- The area reserved for flowers should be large, bright, well-ventilated, without drafts and dampness.
As you can see, it is best to plant a bush in April-May or September-October, and this can be done from the south side of some high place.
Make holes
Before planting seedlings, it is important to dig a few holes fifty centimeters wide and about thirty centimeters deep. Ten liters of manure should be poured into each well and then filled with water.
The next morning our holes are ready.
If planted in the fall, each bush will need to be tumbled down with a small amount of leaves, grass and earth, so that the young shoots are prepared for winter frosts.
What else should be done immediately after planting seedlings in the ground?
First pruning
The primary pruning of the rose bush is the complete removal of the upper part of the plant (over twenty centimeters). This is necessary to enhance the growth of the bush, as well as to eliminate the immoderate density of the stems.
Watering
Further care for the climbing rose Santana will require minimal effort and expense, as it will not take much time and money. What does shrub care include?
First of all, regular watering. Rose irrigation should be done once every seven days. If the weather is wet and rainy, then watering can be much less common, but if the summer is arid and high air temperatures, then water procedures can be carried out much more often.
Make-up
As for fertilizers, roses should be fed no more than once or twice a year. It is important not to overdo it, since excessive feeding is harmful as well as its complete absence.
How can I fertilize the climbing roses of Santana? The same as other Rosehips.
First of all, these are mineral fertilizers that should be applied under the roots. How are they useful? Nitrogen improves the deciduous cover of the shrub and contributes to an increase in shoots. Phosphorus accelerates plant growth and is responsible for the quantity and quality of buds. Potassium reduces the likelihood of diseases, and also contributes to the intensity of color shades. Sugars protect stems from abundant moisture and winter freezing.
The fertilizers listed above can be purchased at any specialized store in the form of dry mixes or ready-made solutions.
Foliar top dressing in the form of spraying shrubs includes the above nutrients, as well as sodium humate, superphosphate, wood ash, sodium sulfate, etc.
When using liquid fertilizers, it is important to follow these rules:
- dilute the recharge should be in accordance with the attached instructions;
- Feeding is best done in the evening, when there is no rain;
- during spraying, each leaf should be moistened with solution on both sides.
Organic fertilizers are just as important and useful for roses as mineral ones. They include: manure or litter, peat or grass humus, etc.
It is important to remember that before applying organic fertilizers should be diluted in water or made from them infusion, and only then pour under each bush as a good recharge.
It is best to fertilize roses in the spring (after the shrubs are free from winter shelters) and in the summer (after the first and second flowering of buds).
Watering and feeding Santana is very important. But it is equally important to trim it. Why is this so necessary?
Shrub pruning
If pruning is not performed, the plant will develop worse, become more susceptible to disease, and cease to bloom with bright, plentiful buds. In addition, pruning roses will help them look more aesthetically pleasing and attractive. What needs to be done for this?
The first thing to keep in mind is thinning the bush in spring. For this purpose, almost all young branches are cut, leaving only five to seven new shoots on the bush.
The main stems should be removed every three years, just when their formation is complete and the aging and dying process begins.
In the fall, pruning Santana's roses is the removal of the highest shoots. However, this must be done very carefully: the knife must be sharpened sharply, and its blade is well disinfected. The slice should be treated with garden var.
To observe the growth and development of roses, it is necessary not only to properly care for the plant, but also to monitor the state of its health. What should I look for?
Possible diseases
It is very important to regularly and carefully examine each shrub in order to identify the disease in time and begin treatment as soon as possible.
If the roots of Santana begin to be covered with obscure tubercles and growths, then most likely the rose has undergone bacterial cancer. In this case, the affected areas should be immediately eliminated, and the cleaned root should be sprayed with a solution of copper sulfate.
If you find white deposits on the leaves and branches of the shrub, accompanied by sparse flowering and general weakness of the plant, then roses are likely to be affected by a serious disease - powdery mildew. For the treatment of Santana, it is very important to remove and burn the affected processes in a timely manner, and spray the plant itself with copper sulfate.
It happens that instead of white spots, black ones are detected. This may indicate another dangerous ailment - black spotting. In this case, the affected areas also need to be disposed of, and the plant itself should be fed with mineral fertilizers in the form of potassium and phosphorus.
Grade Reviews
Santana is a very common variety that is in great demand among domestic gardeners. This is due to the beautiful lush flowering and bright color of the bush, as well as its unpretentiousness and pain resistance.
However, many note that this species has its drawbacks. First of all, it is a muffled, barely perceptible aroma, as well as heat loving and low frost resistance.
Be that as it may, experienced gardeners are very fond of using weaving shrubs in various kinds of landscape projects. In accordance with reviews of the climbing rose of Santana, it can be used to decorate arches and arbors, external walls of houses and roofs.
The article gives photos of how to use the plant in garden design. As you can see, a lot depends on your desire and imagination, since Santana roses are a very beautiful and supple look of weaving flowers.