Rose Excelsa - variety description
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Rose Excelsa is a beautiful plant that is often used in landscape design. This variety is grown by many gardeners. The key advantage of the culture is unpretentious care. The rose of this variety can be grown even in infertile soil. It will bloom not only in a well-lit place, but also in the shade.
Rose Excelsa (Red Dorothy Perkin) - what is this variety
This is a fairly old variety that was bred at the beginning of the 20th century by the American breeder Michael Walsh. The culture is often referred to as Red Dorothy Petkin. It is known under this name in the USA and some other countries.
This variety is characterized by lush and abundant flowering.
If the climbing rose Excelsa is grown, the description of the plant is of great importance. This is one of the most unpretentious crops. It can be grown even in poor soil or in the shade. However, these are far from all the advantages of the variety.
This culture is characterized by a very abundant flowering. When the buds open, the foliage is practically invisible. 4-10 buds can appear on each shoot. Fully blossoming flowers reach 3.5-5.5 cm in diameter.
The plant is characterized by rapid growth. It is characterized by flexible and long stems. Liana can grow up to 3.5-4 m.The culture reaches 1.8-2.1 m in diameter.
The plant is characterized by oval, slightly elongated leaves that have dark tips. They have a dark green color and glossy sheen. The flowers are small and have a flattened base. Each bud has a dense double texture and includes 85 petals.
Flowers form racemose inflorescences. They contain 55-58 buds. Their petals are pale pink in color. After blooming, the flowers exude a delicate aroma with a slight hint of vanilla.
The hybrid can curl. It is also grown as a standard or ground cover variety. Most often, the culture is placed along small fences or near high and strong supports.
The culture is distinguished by tall and powerful bushes
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The key advantages of the Excels climbing rose are the following:
- one-time profuse flowering;
- high resistance to disease;
- excellent frost resistance;
- dense double buds of a pale pink hue.
The key disadvantages of the variety include:
- many thorns on the branches;
- the risk of bud burnout;
- the need to remove wilted buds.
This variety is often used for vertical gardening. The culture is perfect for decorating balconies, gazebos, arches. It is used to decorate pergolas, supports, obelisks. The flowering culture on the trunk looks especially attractive.
Improved version of Super Excels: differences
The breeders managed to develop an improved version of the crop. It is the Super Excels rose. This variety is characterized by resistance to all pathologies. However, the main advantage of a perennial is re-flowering.
The height of the climbing rose bushes Super Excels is 1.9-2.1 m. The flowers are not more than 4 cm in diameter. They form large racemose inflorescences.The buds appear alternately. For the first time, the Super Excelsa will bloom more abundantly.
Growing a flower, how to plant it in open ground
To succeed in growing a crop, it needs to be provided with adequate and quality care. First of all, you need to properly carry out planting work.
Excelsa is a hybrid variety that is recommended to be propagated by seedlings. They can be obtained by cutting or rooting cuttings. It is also permissible to purchase ready-made bushes. The seed propagation method is considered laborious and does not give the desired results.
The rose is propagated by seedlings
May or the first half of June is considered a great time to plant a crop. Thanks to this choice, the plant will have time to adapt to new conditions. Also, planting can be done in the fall. However, in harsh climates, a young bush may not survive the winter.
Choosing a location, preparing a seedling
For the plant to develop normally, it needs a dry and light area. Swampy terrain is not suitable for culture.
In this case, you should not plant a rose in an area with excessive lighting. Exposure to the bright sun causes the petals to burn out.
For planting a plant, you need a loose soil that allows air and moisture to pass through well. It can be enriched with humus and mineral fertilizers. It is recommended to immerse the plant in water a day before planting. Then you need to cut the lashes by 15-30 cm. Sprinkle the cut areas with chopped charcoal.
Planting procedure step by step
The beds should be done in advance. To plant a crop, it is worth doing the following:
- Dig grooves at 60 cm intervals.
- Place drainage on the bottom and sprinkle it with soil.
- Dip the rose into the groove and spread the roots.
- Sprinkle with earth and compact the soil.
- Water the plant with water.
Plant care
The culture is considered to be very unpretentious. However, like other flowering plants, it needs quality care.
- Watering rules and humidity
The climbing rose is able to withstand even a long drought. Therefore, you should not water it too much. In normal dry weather, it is enough to moisten the soil once a week.
Water the rose in moderation
- Top dressing and soil quality
Fertilizers need to be applied from 2 years of culture life. At the end of the first summer, potash remedies are certainly used. In the next season, organic matter is alternated with mineral products. In the third year, only organic formulations are required.
- Pruning and replanting
You need to prune the plant in spring and autumn. In the first case, it is worth getting rid of dry and broken branches. In the fall, it is recommended to shorten the lashes a little and shape the crown.
- Features of wintering a flower
In the fall, you need to remove dry branches and leaves. Pull the remaining lashes with a rope and lay them on a bed of spruce branches. Cover the top with dry foliage and non-woven fabric.
Blooming rose
The culture is distinguished by lush and abundant flowering - this allows it to be used for decorative purposes.
The plant begins to bloom at the end of June. In this case, the buds are formed on the shoots of the last year. The buds appear within a month. Then comes a period of rest.
During the flowering period, the bushes need to be cleaned of wilted flowers. After the end of this time, it is worth removing all wilted inflorescences.
With adequate care, the rose blooms profusely
What to do if it does not bloom, possible reasons
The lack of flowering can be due to such factors:
- poor quality planting material;
- wrong choice of landing site;
- placement of lashes in a vertical plane.
Flower propagation
The culture is propagated by cuttings and layering.Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages.
For cultivation, green cuttings are suitable, which must be harvested in the summer. If you plan to use semi-lignified shoots, they are cut in the fall.
To propagate a culture, planting material must be taken from the middle of the shoot. It is placed in greenhouses or boxes filled with soil and sprayed with warm water. After 2-3 weeks, the plants take root.
Diseases, pests and ways to control them
The culture can suffer from the development of powdery mildew or bacterial cancer. To save the bush, you need to cut and destroy the affected fragments. The remaining parts should be treated with copper sulfate.
Of the pests, the bushes suffer from aphids. In simple cases, a soap solution is sufficient; in difficult situations, insecticides are used.
This rose has many advantages. It is actively used in landscape design. To achieve abundant flowering, full care is required.
