Decorate the garden with a climbing Elf rose and discover the features of growing it.

Rosa Elf is an incredibly beautiful wicker decorative flower with original greenish-white roses. You can decorate a flower bed with a plant or make a hedge out of it.

The inflorescences look very impressive and unusual. Thanks to this, they attract the looks of passers-by with their appearance. This plant is actively planted in the garden, so it plays with new colors. In care, the bushes are not picky, as they quickly adapt to new conditions and resist common diseases.

Description

The bush at the Elfe rose is vigorous, its height is 280 cm. Shoots can reach 3 m. Terry flowers, their diameter reaches 14 cm, they are densely double. Each bud forms 57 petals. Along the edges, the color of them is ivory, which flows smoothly into pale green to the base. Roses have an original and bewitching aroma of fruit.

If you create favorable conditions for the plant, then during mass flowering one peduncle will simultaneously eject 5 flowers in an umbrella inflorescence. The sheet plate is large, bright green and glossy.

Photo

Below you will find a photo of a delightful rose.

History of occurrence

The Elf rose variety was obtained by the German company Tantau in 2000. It is the modern Large-Flowered Climber Garden Rose (LCI).

Breeders were able to develop a plant with an exquisite combination of external beauty and sophisticated aroma.

What is the difference from the rest of the species?

The peculiarity of the Elf climbing rose in its resistance to powdery mildew and black spotting. The plant also tolerates rain, after which there are no dark inclusions on the surface of leaves and petals.

Bloom

When does it happen?

Flowering begins in early June and lasts all summer, continuously. In mid-July, there may be a slight decline, but then the rose will begin to form buds again. The flowers are large and double, the buds are dense, and when opened, the petals are bent outward.

Care before and after

Before flowering, fertilizers containing potassium must be applied.. They will contribute to the formation of new buds and extend the flowering period. To apply such dressings 5 ​​times during the growing season. Also, before flowering and during it, you need to increase watering.

After the plant has flowered, withered buds are removed from it, cease to fertilize and reduce watering.

What to do if it does not bloom?

In order for the Elf climbing rose to delight with its lush and long flowering, the following recommendations must be observed:

1. Correctly choose a landing site and soil.
2. Water and fertilize regularly.
3. Trim in a timely manner, avoiding bush thickening.
4. To carry out prevention against diseases and pests.

Step-by-step care instructions

• Choosing a landing place. Elf climbing rose must be planted in a well-lit place, without drafts and direct sunlight.
• The soil. Light, nutritious soil with a neutral pH is suitable for roses. When planting a plant, it is necessary to mix the earth removed from the pit with such components in equal proportions:
  1. sand;
  2. humus;
  3. superphosphate.
• Landing. Landing measures must be carried out in autumn and spring, observing the following procedure:
  1. At the selected place, dig in the recesses 50x50 cm.
  2. Fill the pit with nutritious soil and pour water on it.
  3. Set the Elf rose seedling and add soil until it reaches the root neck.
  4. Trim the aerial part of the plant so that 20 cm remains from the ground.
  5. If you plant several bushes, then a distance of 0.5 m should be observed between them.
• Temperature. Rosa Elf fully grows and curls at a temperature of 23-25 ​​degrees, and at -5 degrees it is necessary to take care of shelter for the winter.
• Watering. Rosa Elf needs regular but moderate watering. Perform it as the soil dries up, but in the period of budding to irrigate the earth more often.
• Top dressing. In the first year of growth, young bushes do not require top dressing - they have enough nutrition from the soil, which was introduced during planting. You need to use top dressing from the second year. Do it in the spring to extend the growing season. Fertilizing is completed in August.

  Organics are used for top dressing: mullein infusion, slurry or special fertilizer intended for roses. Bush, which is already 3 years old, must be fed with mineral compounds. In the spring, 100-120 g of the composition are sent under each plant. The following feeding is carried out at the end of flowering.

• Pruning. Rosa Elf grows rapidly and reaches the required length in a short time. You need to trim every year, observing the following measures:
  1. In the first year after planting, all damaged and dry shoots are removed.
  2. In the second year, young lateral shoots are cut, which should not reach 4 eyes. To get a beautiful bush, you need to remove all dry branches from it.
  3. Pruning a bush rejuvenates it; if it is done in a timely manner, the plant will always be beautiful and well-groomed.
• Plant garter. Tripods can be made with your own hands if you bring down wooden beams about 2.5-3 m long. Arches look spectacular in the role of a support.

  If you plant 2 bushes on both sides, then by the end of the second year, curly lashes with spectacular inflorescences will completely braid them.

• Transfer. The process of bush transplantation must be performed in the spring, observing the following procedure:
  1. Prepare a planting hole by removing all weed roots. Put drainage at the bottom, fill the recess with fertile soil and wait 2-3 weeks for the earth to settle a little.
  2. Dig a rose bush, shake the soil from the roots and put it in a hole.
  3. Sprinkle with earth to the root of the neck, tamp and pour with standing water.
• Preparation for winter. To prepare a rose for the cold, you must:
  1. Remove the weaving rose from its supports and lay its whips on the ground.
  2. Lay spruce branches on top, the layer should be at least 15 cm.
  3. Cover the spruce top with ruberoid.
  4. It is necessary to shelter the bushes when the temperature drops to - 5 degrees. it is not recommended to warm before, otherwise they will ripen and begin to rot.

How to propagate?

Elf roses can be propagated by seeds and cuttings.

Seeds

Procedure:

1. Put the planting material in a sieve, and then lower it into a bowl with hydrogen peroxide for 30 minutes.
2. Moisten cotton pads in the solution and place seeds on them.
3. Place cotton swabs in a plastic bag and then in the refrigerator.
4. From time to time, the seeds will need to be ventilated or cotton pads replaced.
5. After 1.5 months, the sprouts can be transferred to peat pots.

Cuttings

This breeding method gives 100% results. Procedure:

1. Cut the cuttings in mid-June.
2. The segment must have a minimum of 2 internodes.
3. The lower section is done under the kidney at an angle of 45 degrees. The upper section is made straight and away from the kidney.
4. Handle the cuttings with a preparation to stimulate growth and wait 2 hours.
5. Plant in prepared soil, cover with a cropped plastic bottle to create a greenhouse effect.
6. When the leaves begin to appear, the bottle is removed, and the cuttings are planted in a permanent place.

Diseases and Pests

Despite the fact that the Elf rose resists some diseases, in the absence of proper care it can be affected by bark cancer and powdery mildew:

• Powdery mildew develops in too hot and humid weather. It is characterized by the presence of large white spots on a leaf plate. Because of this, the flower begins to grow and may die. For treatment, a solution of Bordeaux fluid is used.
• Bark cancer. This disease stains the bark in a bright brown color. If the disease is not timely eliminated, then the shoots blacken and die. For treatment, the affected parts of the plant are removed and burned.

Of the pests, the Elf rose can be affected by:

1. aphid;
2. spider mite.

To combat them, it is necessary to apply systemic insecticides: Aktara, Confidor.

Rosa Elf is an ornamental plant with delicate flowers.emit a pleasant aroma. The peculiarity of the variety is long-term flowering and unpretentiousness in care, due to which even a beginner can create an original flowerbed.

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