Any rose can deliver true pleasure and charm with its appearance, and even a park one - all the more. The chic bush richly covered with inflorescences cannot but attract eyes and not cause a feeling of delight. Moreover, the flowers are frost-resistant, unpretentious, bloom for a very long time and are suitable for use in any purpose. The rose John Franklin also belongs to them, which has long won the hearts of our gardeners.
Plant description
This variety has already gained wide distribution in our country. He is distinguished by special beauty, flowers of bright red color. At the same time, the semi-double heads, on which the delicate pointed petals are located, the number of which can be about 25 pieces, draw the main attention. Rosa John Franklin due to this feature is often compared with cloves, but at the same time it has a characteristic delicate aroma, which under ordinary conditions is hardly perceptible. Some even attribute this to flaws, but connoisseurs of delicate notes and mild aromas of rose Canadian rose John Franklin will certainly appeal.
This variety forms flowers of three to seven pieces in one large brush. Leaves have a rounded shape and rich green color. At the same time, a healthy glossy shine is characteristic in the first place. The bush itself is erect and rather dense. Blooming in the season almost does not stop, the flowers are constantly replacing each other. Rosa John Franklin Parkland has a head diameter of about six centimeters.
Disease resistance
Rose is quite resistant to environmental influences and typical diseases. The plant does not require special winter shelter, it is enough for it to grow up and a thick layer of snow. If the temperature in winter in your region drops below -40 ° C, then the shoots can freeze to the line of snow cover. Recovery occurs rather quickly, new cuttings will necessarily grow from the root.
Rosa John Franklin, reviews of which has been an opportunity to judge the advantages and disadvantages of a variety for more than a year, has an average resistance to powdery mildew disease. Although initially breeders declared a rather high resistance to various pests and diseases, the practice of gardeners and their reviews indicated that this level reaches the average and in some cases exceeds it.
Breeding methods
Rosa John Franklin, a photo of which can be seen in this article, is capable of propagating both by vaccination and by cuttings. In the second method, strong roots are formed very quickly, so the plant is not afraid of the cold. Seedlings are planted in the ground for the winter, sprinkling it with earth at 20-25 cm at the very base of the bush. The survival rate in the first method of reproduction is quite high. Which of them you give preference to does not matter much, and this depends primarily on the skills you have.
Choosing a place to plant a rose
Rosa John Franklin prefers sunny places to land. In this case, in the summer, she will delight her hosts with continuous flowering. This beauty loves humus soil, with good air permeability, loamy, slightly acidic. Also, the soil should have a fairly good moisture capacity. If you observe some conditions of agricultural technology, the bushes will turn out to be lush, bright, with beautiful inflorescences, which will invariably attract enthusiastic looks.
Care Tips
Rosa John Franklin does not require any special treatment. All the same recommendations can be applied to it as to other varieties of roses. It is certainly worth carrying out regular dressing, to which the plant responds with gratitude. In the summer, as a rule, produce sanitary cutting of the bush. For the winter, its base is covered with a compost layer or an earth cushion is made for it. If the care is sufficiently caring, then the flower will please you with full-season flowering by large enough inflorescences.
If the plant is young, then do not let it bloom very early. In the first season, it is better to remove the buds until the very beginning of August. In August, they leave only a couple of inflorescences on the shoots and provide an opportunity to start fruiting. Next season, this bush will please already plentiful flowering. You can also do your favorite darling forming pruning in the spring, if you do not want to later receive a sprawling bush. But experts recommend anti-aging pruning only once every few years. This allows you to get rid of old lignified branches, prone to peeling of the bark. You also need to periodically get rid of weak internal or ugly located and damaged shoots.
Landscaping Tips
Since the rose John Franklin is a park, it will look great in group plantings. It can be combined both with green spaces (thuja, kohiya, etc.), and with other types of flowers. At the same time, a rose is a long-term basis of a flower garden, and it is from it that it is worth starting from a further combination.
With this variety of roses, you can perfectly decorate your French garden, Victorian landscape, country. The John Franklin rose will look great in a single landing in the middle of a green lawn, as well as in the design of the mixborder. How and where you decide to place it is only a matter of your imagination and possibilities. One can only say with confidence that the rose is the real queen of your garden, and the Canadian rose, without a doubt, deserves a central place in your flower garden.