Rose Aspirin: variety description, cultivation, care and reproduction, reviews with photos

Rose Aspirin is one of the most beautiful ornamental plant varieties. It is versatile and has a lot of advantages, due to which it has become widespread. These flowers become a real decoration of the garden plot. Many gardeners choose this variety for its vitality, resistance to weathering and a number of other advantages.

Variety selection

Floribunda in translation means "abundantly blooming". At the beginning of the 20th century, the first hybrid variety with such a name was bred in Denmark. He absorbed the best qualities of mother varieties.

A group of decorative and exquisite roses bred from the first hybrid received a similar name. It also includes Aspirin roses.

The group also includes other species with similar varietal characteristics:

• plenty of flowers;
• disease resistance;
• good winter hardiness;
• shade tolerance.

View Aspirin belongs to the ground cover varieties. These roses are often grown as a bush, but in some cases as a standard tree.

Different from other varieties

Rose Aspirin is different from other varieties. Like other varieties of the Floribunda group, it has a constant, rather than undulating flowering. Flowers are able to change color depending on the ambient temperature (from white to pink). In addition, these roses do not produce wild shoots.

Advantages and disadvantages: is it worth growing on the site

Aspirin variety has a number of obvious advantages and almost no disadvantages. Among the positive qualities, gardeners note the following:

1. Compact.
2. Frost resistance.
3. Continuous long flowering.
4. High decorative bushes.
5. Relatively easy care.
6. Resistant to diseases and pests.

Minor problems with loosening the soil around the bush can be attributed to the minuses. It will be difficult because of its cover with shoots. In general, such a plant is a good choice for a gardener.

Pros of using in landscape design

Due to the compactness of the bushes and the beauty of the flowers, plants are used in landscape design. Plants look good both in a small summer cottage and in larger areas. Roses can be planted in groups or singly.

Due to the fact that the plant can form a cover of shoots, this variety is often planted in places where rocky areas need to be decorated. Roses are used to decorate borders, paths, in the form of hedges.

Biological nuances

The biological characteristics of the variety are the parameters of the plant, as well as its ability to resist diseases and pests, winter hardiness of the species, unpretentiousness in care. These indicators ultimately determine the popularity of the variety.

Bush size

The bush is compact, its size is from 50 to 80 cm. It is the same in height. Leaves are glossy dark green. The bush is completely covered with them.

Buds and blooms

Each flower has 45-50 petals. In one inflorescence, 10-12 small buds are collected. The size of each of them is 4-5 cm in diameter.Rose Aspirin blooms from June to October. This happens in all buds at the same time. At the very beginning of flowering, the middle of the flower is pink, and the flower itself is snow-white. They are also able to change color when the temperature drops - in this case, they turn pink completely.

The plant has the ability to self-purify. Petals fall from the flower before they completely darken and dry. Therefore, the bushes have a neat appearance, they do not have shriveled or rotten flowers. After discarding faded flowers, new ones appear on the branches.

Fragrance

Roses of this variety have a light pleasant aroma. Even with abundant flowering, the smell will not be cloying and intrusive.

Winter hardiness and disease resistance

The variety tolerates temperature drops down to -27 degrees, which is why it has become widespread in central Russia. Even in frosty winters, a light shelter is enough for the plant.Aspirin roses have high disease resistance. In rare cases, bushes may be affected by the fungus.

Crop growing conditions

Following some simple rules, the gardener will eventually get a he althy plant, ready for abundant flowering. The variety is good because it does not require any specific care efforts. Starting from the 2nd year of growth in open ground, the bushes do not need weeding, since the lower shoots are lowered to the ground. They form a natural cover and inhibit the growth of weeds.

Temperature and humidity

Cold air can stagnate in the lowlands. If you plant roses in such a place, they will hurt and grow poorly. It is preferable to plant rose seedlings on a small hill, where there is good air circulation.

Illumination

Rose aspirin prefers areas with good lighting, but it will also grow well in shaded areas. If the plant lacks light, then the buds become pink.

Required soil composition

Perfectly such plants grow on chernozem soil and on loam. The best place to grow roses is on a slight rise. In this case, water will not stagnate in the soil. Groundwater must flow at a distance of 1 m from the surface.

Slightly acidic soil (pH should be between 6 and 6.5) is good for planting. Excessive acidity is not suitable. In this case, the earth is limed or sprinkled with wood ash.

If desired, the gardener can additionally prepare the soil for planting such roses. The mixture consists of the following components:

• fertile soil;
• sand;
• turf;
• peat;
• sand;
• humus.

All components are taken in equal quantities, except for fertile soil. It should be twice as much.

How to plant a rose on the plot

Planting such a plant in a summer cottage is easy. It is enough to choose the appropriate method of reproduction, the landing site, taking into account the necessary conditions, and prepare the soil.

Disembarkation dates

In areas where the winter is cold, young seedlings should be planted in the spring so that they have time to get stronger and adapt to winter. This should be done when the soil is warmed up to + 12 degrees. In regions with a warm climate, the plant is successfully planted in the fall.

Technological process of planting operations

Landing is as follows:

1. Preparing 50X50 cm wells
2. Drainage is poured on the bottom (gravel, crushed stone).
3. Place the prepared soil mixture.
4. Moisturize the earth.
5. After the water has soaked in, carefully place the seedling. The root neck should be 2-3 cm in the ground.
6. Sprinkle the roots with earth.
7. Water the soil again.
8. The earth is lightly tamped down.

Before planting, you need to dip the roots of plants in water for better rooting in the soil.

Flower care

Aspirin roses require intensive care during the growth of young seedlings. In the future, there will be less trouble with the plant.

Irrigation and fertilization

Water roses as the topsoil dries out. It is preferable to do this in the morning or in the evening to avoid the evaporation of water in direct sunlight. Over-watering can cause root rot.

During the growing season, the bushes need to be fed at least 4 times. First, this is done in the spring before the buds appear. You can use any product for flowering plants.

They must contain:

1. Nitrogen.
2. Potassium.
3. Phosphorus.

It is important that the ratio is 1:1:2.

• The second time roses are fed 30 days after the first.
• The third time the bushes are fertilized immediately after the first flowering. The drugs use the same.
• The last time this is done just before wintering, when the plant has faded completely. In this case, fertilizers with a high potassium content are used. This will stimulate the growth of new shoots next spring.

Removing faded inflorescences

The peculiarity of this variety is that the plant discards withered petals before they darken and dry. After flowering is complete, the peduncle is cut off to form a new one.

Shaping cut

The main pruning is carried out in the spring, removing damaged branches. The goal of the autumn procedure is to shorten the height of the bush and eliminate the affected shoots, if any. You need to cut it by 10-12 cm. Once every 4-5 years, a large-scale pruning of Aspirin roses is carried out in order to rejuvenate the bushes. To do this, remove the oldest stems.

Loosening and mulching the soil

Before placing the seedling in open ground, loosen the soil well. In the future, the grown plant will cover the ground with strong shoots, forming a kind of carpet, and it will become more difficult to remove breaking weeds. You can treat the ground around the bush with suitable chemicals. Mulching the soil with peat, hay, sawdust will be needed only at first, while the plant is gaining strength.

Disease and pest control

With high disease resistance, Aspirin roses can still be affected by powdery mildew or black spot.This usually happens if the conditions of care were violated during the growth period of the plant. A good remedy is Fitosporin. It is used to prevent and treat diseases.

Aspirin roses are rarely attacked by insects. If this happens, then the plants are treated with such insecticides:

1. Fitoverm.
2. Actellik.
3. Inta-Vir.
4. Bitoxibacillin.

Shelter for the winter

In areas where the winter is cold, rose bushes should be covered with spruce branches. Some gardeners claim that in warmer regions, snow cover will be sufficient.

However, despite the frost resistance, the bushes are still better to cover.

Methods of propagating roses

A common way to propagate shrub and climbing roses is to propagate by layering. It is used when the plant has strong shoots.

You can also use the method of dividing the bush. This procedure is carried out in the spring, when the soil has completely thawed. Usually it is the end of April. A strong bush is dug up and divided into parts with secateurs so that each of them has roots and several strong shoots.

Floribunda roses are often propagated by cuttings. Choose a strong young shoot, cutting it near the leaf bud. Root growth stimulants are used. After their appearance, the shoot is transplanted into the ground.

Main Growing Mistakes

The mistake of inexperienced summer residents is surface watering. Watering the plant under the root is difficult due to sprawling shoots, so gardeners often water from a hose directly onto a bush. On sunny days, this can cause burns on the bushes.

For proper watering, you need to make a groove around the perimeter around the bush and bring water in there.If roses grow in a group, then such grooves are made along the hedge. In autumn, the amount of water when watering roses is halved. Aspirin is an exception. It must be watered abundantly until the very end of flowering.

Reviews of gardeners about the aspirin variety

Svetlana Vasilievna, 52 years old, Astrakhan

I planted aspirin roses at my dacha. Plants delight with lush flowering. They made a beautiful hedge, which is beautiful thanks to the green dense foliage. And during the flowering period, it delights everyone.

Mikhail Romanovich, 57, Ryazan

My wife and I planted Aspirin roses on the plot for the first time 3 years ago. Roses have taken root well, they bloom constantly in the summer, they look very beautiful. The flowers are not very large, but there are a lot of them and looking at such bushes is a real pleasure. It blooms from early summer until almost frost.

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