Rose New Fashion - characteristics of floribunda
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Hybrid tea roses are perhaps the most popular and demanded on the market. The New Fashion variety stands out from the representatives of this group. It is appreciated both among professionals of landscape design and floristry, and among summer residents.
Rose New Fashion: what is this variety
This variety appeared at the very beginning of the 2000s thanks to the work of French breeders from NIRP International. In a little less than 20 years of its presence on the market, this variety has received a large number of awards.
Brief description of the variety
The New Fashion rose has large flowers, characterized by a very showy color. They can be up to 12 cm in diameter. One flower consists of approximately 42 curved petals. Inside they are red, outside they are golden or white-cream.
This variety is characterized by single double inflorescences. The buds are dense, in the shape of a glass.
The average height of a rose bush of this variety is 110 cm. In diameter, it reaches about half a meter. Such a bush looks very compact and neat.
Shoots are characterized by:
- upright bush;
- power;
- weak tendency to branching;
- a small number of thorns.
The leaves of these bushes are glossy emerald in color.
The advantages of this variety:
- abundant and long flowering;
- beautiful appearance;
- resistance of the variety to rain;
- resistance to powdery mildew and black spot;
- high level of frost resistance.
Disadvantages of the New Fashion variety:
- the hybrid is quite picky about care;
- the cost of seeds is relatively high.
Use in landscape design
Hybrid tea New Fashion rose is used in the following cases:
- landscaping of the park, square, garden, personal plot, flower garden, rose garden;
- placement in a flower bed, in a mixborder, a rabatka;
- planting on the sides of the alley;
- hedge decoration;
- for bouquets.
You can combine this rose with annual plants (fragrant levkoy, verbena, cosmea). As a perennial neighbor, hydrangea is suitable for this rose. From the point of view of landscape design, a good option is a background created by thujas, junipers and spruces. If you use a rose for a hedge, pair it nicely with boxwood.
To give an exotic character to the site, this variety can be planted along with a fern.
Growing a flower
The New Fashion variety needs to be planted in warm and bright places where there are no drafts. Do not allow the plant to be directly exposed to the scorching rays of the sun in order to avoid serious burns.
The process of planting bushes
These bushes are planted in the ground in the form of seedlings.
The landing site must be carefully chosen. As noted, it must be protected from direct sunlight. Also, it should not be blown by the wind.
It is also important to choose a suitable soil. It should be fertile, slightly acidic and light, and also breathable.
Before planting seedlings in the ground, it must be fertilized with humus, peat or sand.
Algorithm of how the floribunda Fashion rose is planted:
- Dig a hole 0.6 m deep.
- Place a 0.1 m high drainage layer at the bottom of the pit (for this purpose, crushed stone or fine gravel can be used).
- Pour fermented manure or compost into the pit (the height of this layer should also be 0.1 m).
- Add garden soil.
- Before planting a seedling in the ground, place it in a growth stimulator for a day.
- Remove damaged and too long roots.
- Place the seedling in the ground so that its root collar is 3 cm deeper than ground level.
- Spread out the root system.
- Cover the seedling with soil.
- Compact the soil.
- Watering.
Plant care
Plants of this variety require constant care, regardless of their age and stage of development.
They require the implementation of the following agrotechnical measures:
- watering;
- pruning;
- top dressing;
- preparation for winter (shelter).
Watering
New Fashion hybrid tea rose requires abundant watering. To do this, you need to use warm water. Watering one bush usually requires 17 liters of water. Watering should be done once a week, if the weather is hot, then the number of waterings per week should be increased to two.
Fertilizer
Top dressing is done twice a year. In the spring, it is best to apply nitrogen fertilizers, in the fall, phosphorus and potash. These bushes also respond well to the introduction of organic matter.
Pruning
In the first year of the life of the bush, it should not be allowed to bloom. With the onset of August, you should leave 1-2 buds on each of the stems so that the fruits have time to ripen on them. Such a measure will provide the plant with an easier wintering and subsequent abundant flowering.
Pruning should be done in the spring with the appearance of the first buds. You need to cut it in such a way that six buds remain on each shoot. This option will allow not only to ensure abundant flowering, but also contribute to the correct formation of the bush. If the bushes are old, then it is better to leave 3-4 buds on each shoot.
In the fall, you need to make sanitary pruning by removing dry and injured branches. Bushes need to be thinned out.
When cold weather sets in, rose bushes need to be covered. They are cut off. The hilling of the bush is carried out at its base. For this, garden soil or humus is used. The distances between the bushes are covered with spruce branches. They are also placed on the plants themselves.
Blooming rose
Blooming of New Fashion rose is very long. The bushes are able to be in the active flowering phase all summer long. When disembarking in April, flowers can be observed already in May. The dormant period begins with an autumn cold snap.
Subject to all standard agrotechnical measures, the rose of this variety blooms profusely. A significant action to stimulate the formation of new buds is the removal of already faded ones.
Reasons why a rose may not bloom:
- wrong landing site;
- incorrectly made cropping;
- poor care (including unbalanced feeding);
- oppression by root shoots;
- damage by bacterial burn;
- aging.
If the rose does not bloom, then you need to do the following:
- get rid of unhealthy shoots;
- carry out stimulating pruning;
- feed the plant with potassium, humates and trace elements.
Reproduction of roses
For propagation of hybrid tea varieties of roses, including New Fashion roses, it is customary to use cuttings. This procedure is performed in early summer. To do this, you need to select shoots of medium thickness. Moreover, it must be semi-lignified.
Its top should be cut off. Cuttings are cut from the middle, while each of them should have two internodes and several leaves. An oblique lower cut is made under the kidney, the upper cut is straight and 0.7 cm higher than the upper kidney.
This procedure is worth doing when the cuttings are full of moisture. They are treated with root roots and planted in a greenhouse. The soil is processed using potassium permanganate. They need to be planted almost horizontally.
After a month, the humidity level must be gradually reduced. Any buds that appear should be removed. For the winter, young plants are sheltered or transplanted into pots, which should be kept in the basement.
Diseases and pests and how to deal with them
This variety is rarely sick. In general, it is resistant to powdery mildew and black spot. May be exposed to bark cancer. Bordeaux liquid is used to combat this disease.
Spider mites and aphids can damage the plant. They need to be fought with the help of horsetail and nettle infusion.
The New Fashion variety is one of the most beautiful tea hybrids. It blooms profusely and for a long time, looks very impressive and aesthetically pleasing and is rightfully loved by both professionals and novice landscape designers.