Roses of the Climbers group are very popular in creating unique picturesque compositions in garden plots and in places of rest. Gorgeous, abundantly blooming whips allow you to transform even the most ordinary-looking corners. Rosa Antik is perfectly suited for these purposes, which is why it has been very popular among gardeners around the world for more than 30 years.
Description and characteristics of the variety
Thanks to its varietal characteristics, climbing rose Antike is rightfully considered to be one of the best rose-climbers on the market today. This variety was bred by German breeders of the Cordes company in 1988 on the basis of the English park variety Grand Hotel and presented at exhibitions as Antique, Antike 89, KORdalen.
Roses Antique
Bushes of a growing culture, densely growing, reach a height of 2-3 meters and a width of up to 200 cm. The root system is powerful, penetrating deep into the soil.
The lashes are straight and quite flexible, but stiff, covered with medium sized spikes. Large dense foliage has a dark green color and glossy shine.
Flowering is plentiful, long and repeated. On shoots 3-5 inflorescences are formed. The buds are large, cup-shaped. Flowers, consisting of 70-80 rounded petals, fully blossomed, reach 12-13 cm in diameter.
The edges of the petals, bending outward, create the effect of lace. The color of the flowers is smoothly passing from creamy white in the middle to rich crimson closer to the tips of the petals. The aroma is light and delicate, with fruity notes.
According to the description, the climbing rose Antik 89 prefers fertile soils in which moisture does not accumulate.
For reference! This rose tolerates both rainy and hot weather equally well, without crumbling and preserving decorative qualities.
It has resistance to fungi and winter resistance. Even after very cold winters it quickly recovers.
The minuses of the variety include the slow growth of shoots, which is why you can see the plant in all its glory only 3-4 years after planting in open ground.
Antik can be considered the best choice for vertical gardening, it will decorate any wall or fence. However, due to the thickness of the shoots and their rigidity, it is not suitable for creating arched structures. To give the bush the desired shape, the branches are hung on a support in the form of a fan, directing them vertically and horizontally. Periodic pruning of shoots allows you to grow the Antike 89 rose with a scrub.
Antique in landscape design
Flower growing
Most suitable for Kleimbers are sites open from the south, south-east or south-west side, in which daylight hours last at least 6 hours.
The soil should be fertile, loose, optimally - loam with a slightly acid reaction. Antique can not be transplanted too often, so as not to expose the roots to injury. Landing is carried out in the spring, in April, or in the fall, when there are several weeks in stock before frosts.
The process is as follows:
- In the selected place, the soil is dug. If the soil at the landing site is not suitable, then it is better to completely replace it, making the hole 2 times deeper.
- Prepare a hole with a depth of 0.5 meters.
- When planting in clay soil, a drainage layer of 15-20 cm is formed, with sandy soil - up to 10 cm of clay soil is poured.
- Inspect the seedling, shorten the roots, removing completely non-viable.
- The roots spread inside the pit and fall asleep with earth.
- The plant is abundantly watered and added to the settled soil.
- The area around the bush is mulched.
Important! Kleimbers should be planted at a distance of half a meter from the intended support, so that the roots have enough space for growth.
Plant care
Climbing roses are quite unpretentious. Young plants of the first year of life should be watered often, but from the second season the number of irrigations is reduced, making them more plentiful. Feeding roses is carried out 4-5 times during the growing season, using organic fertilizers and minerals.
Pruning is carried out in the spring, cutting dried lashes to ground level. The optimal ratio of branches is 3-7 main and 1-3 young shoots of the last year. The lashes are shortened by a third, and the side shoots are shortened to the 3rd kidney.
Antique Rose bushes grown in cold regions are recommended to be sheltered for the winter. To do this, lay the whips on a substrate of straw, covering with non-woven material in 2 layers. In spring, the shelter is removed gradually, allowing the plant to get used to the open sunlight.
Shelter of roses for the winter
Flowering roses
Climbing rose Antique - re-blooming. The first lush and saturated flowering, subject to the conditions of proper pruning, is followed by a second.
The flowers of the second wave are no less bright than the first. Buds continue to form until the autumn frosts. The flowering of the first year may not be too lush, but with proper care, the rose will become more attractive from year to year.
Note! So that the flowering does not stop, and the reappearing buds are not inferior to the first in brightness and size, do not forget to remove the wilted inflorescences.
Flower propagation
The propagation of rose-climbers can be carried out in four different ways: sowing seeds, planting layering, rooting cuttings and grafting on dogrose. At the same time, grafting is much simpler and gives better results.
For this:
- in the period from June to August, cuttings with 2 internodes or more are cut from flowering or flowering shoots (the lower cut is under the kidney at an angle of 45 °, the upper cut is straight, at a distance of 5 cm from the bud);
- the lower leaves are cut off from the handle, the upper ones are cut to the middle;
- cuttings are buried 1 cm in sand or a mixture of sand and earth in a suitable illuminated area, protected from direct sunlight;
- each stalk is covered with a glass jar;
- watering is carried out without removing the cans as the soil dries.
By the winter period, cuttings are unlikely to have time to take root well, therefore, in the autumn they are carefully dug up and stored for storage in a cool room, sprinkling the roots with moist sand. You can leave cuttings for the winter in the ground, only very well insulated.
After winter, seedlings are taken out of the storehouse and planted in a greenhouse. It is allowed to open them only after a month, having previously little accustomed to the sun's rays and open air. A transfer to a permanent place can be carried out only in the following spring.
Propagation of roses by cuttings
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Spider mite, aphid, leaflet, thrips, rosacea sawfly - a list of the most active parasites in relation to the Antik 89 rose. You can get rid of them with insecticides or folk remedies (for example, soap solution or tobacco infusion).
Among the diseases, the most dangerous can be considered gray rot and powdery mildew. Irrigation of a plant with a solution of iron sulfate (3%), copper sulfate (2%) or Bordeaux liquid (3%) helps to cope with them.
Of course, growing Antik roses will require a certain amount of time and effort. But compliance with the above recommendations will greatly simplify the matter and allow you to admire the abundant flowering of this variety with a fabulous color.
