Minerva - a beautiful representative of roses, part of the floribund group, will become a worthy decoration of the site. The article will talk about growing and caring for an unusual plant.
Rosa Minerva
The variety is re-blooming, resembling double flowers. Bud 8 cm with 20-39 petals. Bush is upright 60 cm wide, maximum height 80 cm. Color purple with dark lilac or blue notes. Golden stamens in the inflorescence are visible. The leaves are large, matte. The smell is strong with sweet notes.
Flower
Bred in 2010 by crossing the varieties Sharons Love and Marie-Louise Velge in Belgium. The authorship belongs to breeder Martin Wisser. The unique Minerva rose is named after a machine manufacturing company.
It is interesting! This variety of roses in the West is sold for charity in collaboration with "Minerva Lions".
Pros:
- bright aroma;
- unique coloring;
- long-term storage after cutting;
- disease resistance;
- tolerates the bright sun.
Minuses:
- sharp spikes;
- does not tolerate prolonged rains and prolonged heat.
Rosa Minerva is great for decorating the garden.
Rose bush Minerva
Flower growing
Like any hybrid, Minerva will not grow from a seed. For seedlings, ready-made seedlings or a dug bush are used. Landing is carried out approximately in April or when warming the earth to 10-12 ° C.
The area should be selected taking into account access to sunlight and ventilation. He is calm about the neighborhood with other cultures. The proximity to juniper is excluded - it can infect the rose bush with rust.
Additional Information! At the landing site, partial shade after lunch is needed. Regular drafts will also adversely affect.
Before the bush is planted, make sure that the land is suitable. It should be loose, nutritious and have neutral acidity. Landing in clay soil is not excluded. In this case, drainage is done, after which the nutrient mixture is added and the earth is filled up.
Last year’s planting material with a trimmed stem and leaves is used as a suitable seedling. It adapts to the soil and blooms faster than young. The seedling is cleaned of soil and placed in a vessel with liquid for 30-120 minutes, so that the root and grafting are in the water.
Additional Information! To fully guarantee the health of the seedling, you can soak it in a solution of Kornevin or Heteroauxin.
Step-by-step instructions for planting a rose:
- Dig the soil thoroughly.
- The size of the pit depends on the root. It should be located freely, without crowding and bends.
- At the bottom are fertilizer: humus or manure.
- The plant is installed in the hole, spud and watered abundantly.
Planting a seedling in a pit
Important! The rose grafting should be located at least 3 cm below the ground. This will save the seedling from hypothermia and germination of shoots of another variety.
Plant care
Rosa Minerva tolerates moderate humidity. Water it as necessary. In the period of prolonged rains, a canopy is built to prevent excess moisture. It is recommended to mulch the soil. This protects against weeds and stagnation of moisture.
Depending on the structure of the soil, top dressing is carried out 1-2 times a month with organic and mineral fertilizers.
Pruning and transplanting is done in the spring to activate flowering and shape the bush itself.
Minerva has good frost resistance up to -23 ° C. If the temperature drops below, insulation is necessary. The bush is covered with moss or sawdust. Sticking stalks are sprinkled with peat, earth.
Flowering roses
Rose Minerva refers to re-flowering plants. Activity can be traced from the beginning of summer to September. In some regions, it does not stop blooming until the first frost. In greenhouse conditions, blooms all year round. In winter, the bush "falls asleep" and is gaining strength.
For productive flowering, in the second half of summer, fertilizers based on phosphorus and potassium are used, and the soil is regularly loosened. After flowering, old, spoiled shoots and future seedlings are separated from the bush.
Rosa Minerva in the evening
The rose of the Minerva variety, despite the description of the quality of the seedling, may not bloom for the following reasons:
- seedling is not a year old;
- not warmed air or sudden temperature changes;
- bad light;
- root damage;
- not enough fertilizer;
- moisture stagnation;
- early landing.
After diagnosing, it is necessary to eliminate the cause of inhibition of flowering. Most likely, you need a transplant or pruning a bush.
Flower propagation
The procedure is performed in late summer, early fall. The signal is the process of falling petals and leaves.
Floribunda Minerva propagated by cuttings. That is, for the purpose of reproduction, part of the stem is separated from the bush. The only condition is that the stalk should be in the stage of numbness. Next, from the rosehip, stock is grown. This is a special plant to which you can grow a bud or root from another flower. A seal is formed at the junction called a grafting.
The seedling is spudded with earth and placed in a bag. It is stored at 0-2 ° C in a dark place. This will strengthen the vaccine, and hybrid planting material will gain strength before landing.
Additional Information! One of the parents will grow out of a simple cuttings, and the stock will allow a hybrid to form.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Despite immunity to pests and diseases, the bush can get black spotting. Copper solutions and soil treatment with fungicides will help to get rid. Sometimes circumcision of the affected areas is required.
If the plant is often exposed to stagnation of moisture, drainage and cutting of rotten leaves and buds will help.
Black spotting
Among pests, the aphid is the most dangerous. To combat it, specialized drugs are used, which can be bought at any gardening store.
Rosa Minerva can become a real gardener pride. Leaving does not require unnecessary costs and efforts. The bush has good immunity and medium resistance to moisture and frost.
