Rosa Explorer is a beautiful dark red culture that has excellent decorative properties. Therefore, it is actively used in landscape design. The plant can be grown in different conditions, because it is unpretentious.
Rosa Explorer (Explorer) - what kind of variety
For the first time, culture began to be grown in the second half of the 20th century. At the same time, agricultural technology was controlled by Felicia Seyd. Particular attention was paid to cuttings that could be grown in harsh climatic conditions.
Beautiful buds are characteristic of this variety.
Rose Explorer includes more than 20 varieties of culture that differ in description. This category also includes climbing bushes and scrubs.
It is worth considering that not all varieties are resistant to frost. But in any case, their parameters significantly exceed roses of European origin. Each subspecies differs in aroma and attracts attention.
For reference! The best option is the Rose Hot Explorer. This is a variety of Canadian breeding. Rosa Hot Explorer has bright inflorescences of saturated red or pink color.
Rosa Pink Explorer is often used to decorate personal plots.
Its indisputable advantages include the following:
- stamina of flowers - they easily adapt to harsh climatic conditions;
- high immunity - the plant is resistant to diseases and parasites;
- abundant and prolonged flowering - it is characterized by pronounced remontance.
Roses Explorer are strong immunity
Use in landscape design
The rose of this variety is highly decorative. Therefore, it is often used to design garden plots. This culture is perfect for decorating hedges, arches and arbors.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The indisputable advantages of culture include the following:
- resistance to adverse climate;
- high resistance to pathogens of fungal infections;
- long and lush flowering.
Important!Rose variety Explorer has its drawbacks. Compared to European varieties, it looks more modest and significantly inferior to them in aroma.
Growing a flower, how to plant in open ground
To succeed in growing a crop, it is necessary to provide it with full and high-quality care.
For the propagation of roses, ready-made seedlings should be used. They can be bought in nurseries or made independently by cuttings.
The ideal time for planting a plant is spring. In this case, the flower will have enough time for rooting. Also, the plant can be planted in September or October. It is important that at least several weeks remain before frost.
Location selection, flower preparation
The plant is best planted in elevated areas that have reliable protection from the wind. Too high a location of groundwater can cause root rot.
Before planting, the soil must be dug up and organics added. It should be quite loose and have good drainage.
Important!Before planting, seedlings must be soaked in water for 12-24 hours. Then you should cut the shoots and sprinkle with charcoal.
Landing procedure step by step
To carry out the landing, do the following:
- Make indentations 70 cm in size.
- Add ash, compost, humus.
- Place drainage at the bottom and sprinkle with earth.
- Put the seedling in the recess and carefully spread the root system.
- Sprinkle a hole in the ground.
- Pour the seat with warm water.
When planting a rose in the winter, it is recommended to cover it with hay. With the advent of heat, young and strong shoots will form.
Roses should be propagated by seedlings
Plant care
Despite the unpretentiousness, the plant needs some attention. In order for the culture to remain healthy, it needs quality care.
- Watering rules and humidity
This crop is resistant to drought. However, in hot weather, you need to water it once a week. After 2 days, the soil should be loosened.
- Top dressing and soil quality
The plant needs soil with neutral acidity. Humus and wood ash can be added to the soil.
For lush flowering, it is worth adding minerals with nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
- Pruning and transplanting
To rejuvenate the bushes, pruning is carried out 1 time in 2-3 years. It is necessary to remove the old shoots.
Compact bushes do not need forming pruning.
In the absence of the need to transplant bushes is not required.
Attention! If for some reason you have to move the flower, then you need to use the transshipment method.
- Features of wintering a flower
In winter, the bush should be spudded and covered with a mulching layer. Branches need to be bent to the ground and covered with non-woven material. In winter, sprinkle the soil with snow, and in March proceed to airing.
Flowering roses
The culture is characterized by undulating flowering. During this period, beautiful single buds appear on the bushes.
Flowering culture begins much earlier than many varietal roses. The first wave falls in mid-May. After flowering is complete, a dormant period begins.
During the flowering period, it is worthwhile to remove wilted buds in time. This will help maintain a decorative culture. Between the waves of flowering, you can make complex fertilizers.
With proper care, the rose blooms beautifully
What to do if it does not bloom, possible causes
The reasons for the lack of flowering are such factors:
- age of culture;
- wrong choice of landing place;
- violation of cropping rules;
- root growth;
- illnesses.
It is advisable to analyze the conditions of detention, normalize care and a rose bush will delight the owner with flowering.
Flower propagation
The easiest way to propagate the culture is by cuttings. This simple and proven method gives excellent results.
Cuttings are harvested in summer or autumn. In this case, the bush should not be in the flowering stage.
For the procurement of planting material, it is worth choosing viable branches. The size of the cuttings should be 20 cm. All leaves, with the exception of the top 2, should be removed from the segments. Then place the cuttings in the grooves with an interval of 40 cm. They should be covered with a greenhouse.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
The plant may be affected by sawfly larvae, caterpillars and rosaceae. Pests slow down the development of bushes and negatively affect their flowering. To cope with parasites, apply Karbofos or Rogor.
To avoid the development of fungal infections, Bordeaux fluid can be used. When they appear, fungicides are used.
Such roses are very decorative and help create many interesting compositions. To achieve magnificent flowering, they need to provide quality care.
