How to properly care for a home rose. Proper care of a room rose after purchase

Tell me how to properly care for a rose purchased in a pot? They gave me a dwarf rose for my birthday, but I don't really do flowers. I am afraid that this beauty will not disappear with my meager experience in floriculture.

V recent times Queen garden flowers expands its domain, and today you will not surprise anyone with blooming roses on the windowsills. Small compact bushes, covered with charming delicate roses, feel quite comfortable in apartment conditions if you give them a little attention.

What is the correct care for a purchased rose in a pot? After acquiring a beauty, you need to pay attention to the following points:

• conduct a thorough examination of the bush and assess its general condition;
• transplant the rose into nutrient soil, changing the pot if necessary.

Preparing the rose for "home living"

After bringing a flower home from the store, you should inspect it well for pests so as not to put the rest of your pets at risk of infection. In addition, remove all dry leaves and faded buds. If the flowering has already ended completely, it will not be superfluous to immediately trim the bush, leaving up to 5 buds on each shoot.

To prevent and protect against harmful insects, treat the rose with Fitoverm and Previkur.

After inspection and processing, the bush must be left alone for two weeks - during this time it adapts to the home climate.

Transplanting a flower

At the end of the adaptation period, you can start transplanting the purchased one. Most often, in flower shops, plants are in temporary pots with shipping soil, plus they are still fed with fertilizers all the time to continue flowering. A flower brought home must be transplanted into fresh nutrient soil.

Ready-made soil mixture can be bought in the store immediately when buying a rose, or you can make it yourself by mixing:

• in equal parts of humus and sod;
• adding 0.5 parts of sand.

It is better to choose a flowerpot for a rose in the form of a cone extended upward. You should not take too large dishes - it is enough if there is a distance of 3 cm between the walls of the pot and the bush (in big pot the earth will dry out and sour for a long time).

Carefully remove the bush, free it from the old soil, smooth out the twisted roots and place in a growth stimulant solution for 10 minutes. Plant the treated rose in a new flowerpot, covering it with fresh soil.

In order for the bush to transfer the transplant better, cover it with a cap for a week. Ventilate periodically.

Further care of the rose

After a week, the cap can be removed and the rose can be taken care of as usual, namely:

• water after the topsoil has dried:
• once every two weeks, feed with a mineral complex (the first fertilization can be done no earlier than a month after transplanting the purchased flower);
• regularly remove dry flowers, shorten shoots every spring to stimulate branching and flowering.

Video on how to care for a room rose after purchase

Indoor roses able to make healthy competition fresh cut flowers. With proper care, they will delight the hostess with flowering every year. In this article, you will learn how to care for a room rose and what difficulties you may encounter.

Indoor roses will delight with flowering every year.

Miniature roses sold in shops are mainly sourced from Holland. They are overfed with fertilizers and growth stimulants, so you need to try to make the adaptation successful. Plants are finicky and require special wintering conditions for re-flowering.

Outwardly, low-growing roses are similar to their garden counterparts, but have more small leaves and flowers. The bushes reach a height of 35-45 cm. To date, several hundred varieties of miniature roses have been bred. At home, not only miniature, but also hybrid tea, remontant, ground cover and Bengal varieties are grown.

Indoor rose care

Room rose care varies between cold and warm months. For lush bloom the plant needs a dormant period, for normal growth - enough light and feeding. Immediately after purchase, when decorative roses adapt to new conditions, they are transplanted into a new pot with fresh soil. If this is not done, the plant, accustomed to frequent feeding and stimulation, may begin to turn yellow and wither.

Flower transplant

So, the transplant is the first thing to do. To do this, choose a pot that will be slightly larger than the current one. If you are preparing the mixture yourself, take 1 part garden soil, 2 parts each humus and peat, and some coarse sand. If not, ready-made soil for roses will do.

A drainage layer is laid at the bottom of the pot. The earth in a pot with a rose is moistened with water, after which the lump is carefully removed so as not to damage the root system. It is better to replant home roses using the transshipment method. Place the removed earthen lump in a new pot, and cover the free space with fresh soil.

Seat selection

Indoor roses need good lighting. The best option for them there will be southern or southeastern windows, but the plants need to be shaded from direct sunlight. With a lack of light, miniature roses do not develop well, so you should take care of the lighting.

Roses love bright light and Fresh air.

Indoor rose loves fresh air, so in warm weather it can be kept on the balcony or near open window... The bush needs space, so do not unnecessarily clutter up the windowsill. To form a beautiful bush, the rose needs to be turned in different directions towards the light.

In the warm months, the flower needs a temperature of 25 degrees, during the dormant period (from October to February) it is reduced to 5-8 degrees. In spring, with the beginning of active growth, the temperature rise should be gradual.

Watering frequency

Indoor roses love high humidity. In the hot months in the evening, it is recommended to spray them with boiled water at room temperature or put the pots on a tray with damp pebbles / expanded clay. The earth lump should be constantly moistened, but the soil should not be poured or overdried.

Watering frequency varies with the growing season, but the topsoil should always dry out. On hot days, caring for a rose includes frequent watering, and in autumn and winter they are reduced. It is also impossible to stop watering completely, otherwise the rose will shed its leaves.

Excess water is always drained from the sump. At the same time, watering methods alternate. Once watered at the root, the second - add water to the pan until it is absorbed into the soil. The water should be settled, not cold.

Top dressing

In the spring, when the home rose is actively growing, as well as during the flowering period, top dressing is applied once a week. On cloudy and cold days, roses do not absorb fertilizers well. There is no need to fertilize diseased plants or those that have recently been transplanted. For roses, both organic and mineral complexes are suitable. There is no need to feed the plants in autumn and winter.

Top dressing is needed during the period of active growth and budding.

Wintering and pruning

Roses at home, like garden roses, require a cool winter. At the end of summer, the frequency of fertilizing is reduced and watering is reduced. Each branch is cut in September so that 4-5 dormant buds remain on it - this causes lush growth and flowering in spring. Leaves are left. Weak and thin shoots are removed.

If you missed winter pruning, be sure to do it in the spring. In this state, the roses are sent for the winter. V cold period they are watered every 3-4 days and kept in a room with a temperature of 6 degrees. If this is not possible, let miniature roses winter on the windowsill at a temperature of 10-14 degrees.

Spring awakening begins in February. To do this, the rose is often watered and kept at a higher temperature - 15-20 ° C. In the spring, pruning is repeated according to the same principle as in the fall.

Pruning miniature roses.

Miniature roses in the open field

Indoor roses feel good in open ground, but require shelter for the winter. To plant them in the garden, you need to choose a place that is well lit and protected from the winds. Roses grow well in almost any garden soil, but best of all - on loams with low acidity.

During the summer, flowers are looked after in the same way as at home, and from the second half of summer they begin to prepare for winter. To do this, remove nitrogen fertilization, and in August-September, potassium-phosphorus is introduced, inhibiting the growth of shoots. At the beginning of autumn, pinching / pruning of shoots is carried out, watering and loosening of the soil are reduced.

After the first frost on the rose in the garden, all leaves are cut off, starting from the bottom, young unripe shoots are removed. They dig up the earth under the bushes and huddle under the root. When the soil freezes a little, the rose is covered with spruce branches or dry foliage. The layer thickness must be at least 10 cm.

During the thaw period, the shelter can be removed for ventilation so that rot does not develop. With the onset of constant warm days, the shelter is removed, pruning is carried out. Then they begin to care for the flowers in the usual way.

Bushes can be planted in open ground.

Flowering period

Indoor rose blooms usually in spring and summer, but often in stores you can find plants blooming in winter period... This is achieved by introducing stimulant medications, but at home, the rose will return to its normal cycle. Blooming roses need to be watered and fertilized more often at least once a week. Small flowers of some varieties do not smell, while others, on the contrary, are fragrant. Flowers usually do not provoke an allergic reaction.

Why does not a rose bloom

You may never see rose flowers due to care errors. The most common is the absence of a dormant period. Roses may not bloom due to lack of lighting, lack of nutrients in soil, growing in unsuitable soil. In a pot of the wrong size, a plant may also not bloom for a long time. In a small one it will be cramped, in a large root system will master the earthen lump.

Room rose problems

If a domestic rose is weakened, it is attacked by pests and diseases. Usually their appearance provokes improper care- lack of light, dry air, excessive watering. Miniature rose is susceptible to fungal diseases, more often it affects it powdery mildew... Most annoying pest spider mite.

Fungal diseases

Leaf spot.

• Powdery mildew is accompanied by a white bloom on the leaves, which gradually develops on the stems and buds. It is caused by excess fertilizers and dry air in the room. At the first symptoms, you need to remove the infected parts of the plant, and if it is severely affected, cut it at the root. The remaining shoots must be treated with "Fundazol", and repeat several times.
• Leaf spot occurs due to high humidity and high temperatures, too dense soil, dense planting of roses. Small brown spots appear on the leaves, which subsequently increase, leading to the death of parts of the rose. The affected areas need to be urgently removed, the plant should be treated with a copper-containing preparation or sulfur. Until the flower is healed, it must not be sprayed. plain water but can be treated with antifungal soap.

Viral diseases

• Bacterial cancer is a disease whose viruses, even after the death of a plant, continue to live in the soil for several years. It manifests itself as round depressed spots or bumps on the stems and roots. The affected areas should be soaked in solution for a few minutes. copper sulfate and only then destroy. The soil from an infected plant should not be thrown into the garden or vegetable garden, so as not to infect healthy areas.
• Jaundice in a rose is provoked by cicadas and flies. In young leaves, veins turn yellow, the plate brightens and deforms. The affected areas need to be cut and burned, and if the rose is severely affected, destroy it completely.
• The wilting virus leads to the fact that the leaves become narrow, the buds are not tied, the bush gradually dries up. Control measures are the same as for jaundice.
• Infectious burn. Spots appear on the stems, dry in the center. They gradually increase, leading to the death of the shoots. If the stain has just appeared, you can try to clean it off with a knife and treat the cut with Rannet. When the stem is severely affected, it is cut off at the base.

Pests

Most dangerous pest room rose - spider mite. It multiplies actively in dry air, usually infecting the plant in autumn and winter. To prevent its occurrence, the rose is often sprayed and bathed. Ticks settle on the underside of leaves, similar to small dots of red or dark brown color, you can see cobwebs on the plant.

To combat it, use garlic or tobacco infusion, in extreme measures - chemicals"Aktellik", "Neoron", "Arrow". The plant is sprayed with the prepared solution, the soil is shed. The processing is carried out 3 times with an interval of a week.

Reproduction

Miniature roses are propagated by cuttings. To do this, in the spring, cut off the stem with 4-5 active buds (cuttings left after pruning are suitable, you can try to root it after the autumn). On a branch with a sharp disinfected knife, a cut is made at an angle of 45 degrees. The lower thorns and leaves are removed, the rest are shortened.

To stimulate root growth, cuttings can be soaked in a solution of Kornevin or Heteroauxin. You can root in water or soil. For rooting in water, the cutting is placed in boiled water, it is advisable to choose a container made of dark glass. When the roots appear, it is transplanted into the soil.

The cuttings of the rose have taken root.

Rooting in soil allows the sprout to quickly adapt to constant growing conditions. The soil is taken the same as for adult roses, you can use peat tablet... The stalk is buried with the lower bud into the ground, watered a little and covered with a transparent bag, glass or jar on top. It is periodically removed for ventilation. The success of rooting is judged by the cuttings that have moved into growth.

One more interesting way- rooting cuttings in a transparent bag filled with moist soil or sphagnum moss. Cuttings are placed in the bag, hung on the window, moisture is maintained inside due to condensation. After a month, roots appear and mini-roses are transplanted into pots.

You can buy potted roses at any garden store or greenhouse. The price depends on the variety, the splendor of the bush, starts at 1100 rubles. When choosing a flower in a store, pay attention to the stems - they should be green, without dark spots... The leaves are dark green and firm. Indoor roses are beautiful but capricious flowers. If you can find with them mutual language, then on the windowsill you can organize a whole front garden.

Admit it, who has never received or bought a rose in a pot on their own at least once? And what happened next? Despite all your worries - watering, feeding, spraying, dancing with tambourines, the plant began to wither before our eyes: the leaves turned black and fell off; many buds have fallen off without opening; flowers withered and crumbled. For some more time your rose fought for life, releasing weak lifeless shoots, and then gave up and quietly left ... It's sad, insulting. It's a pity. But this is exactly what was originally intended.

What, you say, is not even worth trying?

It is worth it, it is still worth it.

The fact is that potted roses are essentially bouquets in pots. Yes, they are pleasing to the eye on the shelves in the store and a couple of days after purchase. But they are not at all meant to "live forever." Leaving the humid, warm and brightly lit greenhouse, where the forcing was carried out, these roses are experiencing severe stress, which, alas, can no longer always recover.

However, not everything is so sad. If you are seriously ready to tackle roses, reprogramming them for duty life at home, and then perhaps in the garden, if you agree to devote to it Special attention, no offense to the rest of the plants, if you like roses - you can go shopping right now.


So, pick a rose

First of all, let's pay attention to the stems. They should be strong, green, with smooth, intact bark. The leaves are definitely disease-free. Flowers and buds. There are options here. If most of the buds have not yet opened, then the plant has not yet spent all its energy on flowering: it has a better chance of successfully adapting to your conditions. If the flowers are already withering, and the foliage does not fall off and looks fresh, this is also good sign- in front of you is a plant with a good margin of safety: flowering in extreme conditions (namely, such conditions on the store shelf) did not exhaust it too much. Of course, you always want to take the most luxuriantly blooming bush. Buying a rose, perhaps, is exactly the case. We choose not a potato, but a flower. In general, buy the one that "looks at you."

Sometimes in stores there are very tiny roses in 5-centimeter pots, which have flowers that are almost larger than these same pots. I just want to ask - what's the catch? The catch is that these roses will not remain such babies. Adult miniature roses of modern varieties grow up to 25-30 cm. Varieties of previous generations can reach a height of 40-45 cm. Height of adult patio roses is 40-50 cm.

The purchase, of course, needs to be well packed and delivered home safe and sound.

Do not forget to buy the land for replanting together with the rose. Please note that it is better to take a special earth - for roses. The nutritional value of ordinary peat soils for roses is insufficient. It is better to choose a mixture that contains humus. Or purchase a separate bag of humus, so that you can later mix it with peat soil.


Playing on your pitch

After the purchase, if you have chosen a rose not as a short-lived bouquet, you will not have to admire it for long: a day or two, but the most correct and correct thing is to remove all flowers and buds from the plant immediately. At the same time, shorten the shoots by about half and cut off the leaves - depending on their condition, all or almost all, leaving only the most dense ones. What for? And then, to give the plant the opportunity to save energy and begin to adapt to the conditions of your home.

When buying, you probably noticed that sometimes not one plant sits in a pot, but several. Do I need to plant them in different pots when transplanting? At first glance, it seems that together they look better - the bush is thicker, stronger, more decorative. But do not expect that they will bloom several times more abundantly. Interfering with each other, they will fight for a place in the sun: bloom worse, get sick more often, form many blind shoots, etc. It would be better and more correct to plant the plants in different pots.

Strongly intertwined rose roots separate well under running water. It is better to wash off all the old soil from the roots. If the roots are badly damaged, treat them with a rooting stimulant. The capacity for one plant should not greatly exceed the volume of the pot in which you bought the whole "bouquet". The roots should quickly master the entire earthen ball, so that in the future your beauty will not have problems.

The soil in which they have to live is very important for roses. It should be as nutritious as possible. It is good to take garden soil and compost, mix them in equal amounts and add to the finished "Rose" peat mixture. Humus fertilizer will not be superfluous here.

After transplanting, spray the rose with a solution of a supporting drug - "Epin", "Zircon", "Krezacin", and be sure to cover, creating a mini-greenhouse, with a bag, jar or plastic bottle... If there is a greenhouse, place the plant there. The shelter should not be completely sealed, ventilate the greenhouse 1-2 times a day so that conditions are not created for the development of bacterial and fungal diseases. If, nevertheless, the mold suddenly starts, treat the plant and soil with a fungicide solution (for example, "Fitosporin").

It is necessary to accustom the plant to existence without a greenhouse gradually and only when it will be seen that the plant has taken root and started to grow. Remove the shelter gradually, but keep an eye on the humidity of the air - this is very important for the health of your rose.

It so happens that some bushes during transplantation suffered more than others and, despite Taken measures appear weak and depressed. Support them by repeating the plant antidepressant treatment.


How to create optimal conditions

You have already understood that the humidity of the air means a lot to roses. Try to add sufficient light level, moderate air temperature, regular watering and feeding to high humidity, and your rose will certainly thank you. abundant flowering.

For normal flowering, roses need at least 16-18 hours of daylight. During the day, they should receive at least a little sunlight (the window sill - except for the northern one), and in the evening they need to be supplemented. It is better to buy special lamps for plants, but lamps can also be used daylight.

The best way to keep your roses healthy is to plant them in the garden for the summer. If you wish, you can try and leave them there for permanent residence, covering them for the winter according to all the rules.

The "narrow" moment of keeping roses at home is winter. In winter heat in the apartment encourages roses to grow, but the darkness outside the window leads to the formation of weak elongated shoots. Dry air depletes the plant and promotes spider mites. Find a light cool (no higher than 15-18 ° C) windowsill for wintering your rose, exclude drafts, and get a special lamp - and next spring your rose will be better than all its girlfriends.

A rose that lives in a pot needs to be fertilized more often than one growing in the ground. You can, of course, fill the soil with long-acting fertilizer, but it is easier and wiser to water it with a weak nutrient solution at least once a week. Very good foliar feeding on the sheet, so the fertilizer goes directly to its intended purpose.


Enemy number one

The most malicious violator of the peace of the rose owner and the most common reason for the death of roses in apartments is a spider mite. Multiplying at a tremendous rate in favorable conditions, it sucks out all the juices from the rose, leaving pale silvery-gray areas of dead tissue on the leaves, braids the leaves and stems with a thin, barely noticeable cobweb, destroys young buds and simply oppresses the plant.

It's best not to let him into your house at all. But if he nevertheless appeared, the fight against spider mites should be started immediately.

Most The best way- water. If you spray the rose with water every morning (leaves on top and always on the bottom), you can sleep peacefully. Hold high humidity air, the spider mite does not like dampness, multiplying where it is warm and dry. Give your roses a nice warm shower once a week.

However, everyone has a violation of the regime. water treatments, then it is worth resorting to drastic measures. Modern market preparations for controlling pests on plants offers a lot of acaricides. Pay attention to "Actellik", "Fitoverm", "Aktara" and other drugs. Two or three treatments will be enough until the next big invasion. For advanced florists, I can recommend Sunmight, Apollo and Nissoran. You can and should do with them with one treatment.


The passion for growing roses originated in Britain during Victorian times. According to legend, D. Hole decided to found the National Rose Society in 1876 after attending a rose exhibition organized by the Nottingham miners. Once upon a time, a rose in a buttonhole was an obligatory part of a business suit for a clerk from the City of London and the head of any railway station. It would seem that an ordinary gardener, in whose garden there are only a few rose bushes, cannot be compared with brilliant breeders. However, in the 1970s, the train driver was able to bring a rose in a tiny greenhouse on his site, which won gold medal at an exhibition in Rome!

For any home flower collector, growing is a challenge. Because it is quite difficult to make this wonderful flower feel good. As beautiful as this queen of flowers, she is also capricious. But with due perseverance and adherence to a clear schedule of palace ceremonies, the rose usually remains satisfied and pleases with the flowering of a delicate color.

If the soil composition was purchased in a store, then it should be supplemented with deciduous humus and rotted manure in equal parts.

The recipe for self-preparation of the mixture:

• deciduous humus - 1 part
• sod land - 1 part
• garden land - part 1
• sand - 1 part
• high peat - 1 part
• or hydrogel

The container should have a good drainage layer and a drain pan excess water... Rose does not like to keep her feet cold and damp, so the excess liquid should be removed two hours after watering. The edge of the pot should be equal to the crown of the flower, this will serve as a sign that the ideal volume has been found. When transplanting, you can not dramatically increase the size of the pot.

The conditions for the well-being of a blooming rose are systematic watering and regular feeding during the active phase of rose growth:

1. Watering. For the southern beauty, regularity of watering is very important. The liquid should be slightly warm, and must be filtered. You should especially carefully monitor the water temperature and the frequency of watering during the flowering period. As soon as buds begin to form on the bushes, then watering procedures should be increased in frequency. And as soon as young sticky greens appear, even more water is needed. But with the onset of the sleep and rest phase, watering is reduced. Attention! Do not allow waterlogging or drying out of the earthen coma of the rose. This has an extremely negative effect on her condition.
2. Loosening after watering. Important procedure... First, it opens up air access to the roots. Secondly, it allows you to understand whether additional moisture is required or not.
3. Top dressing. As soon as the awakening phase begins, the beauty will require a full-fledged diet in nutrition. Balanced food will allow the rose to grow actively, decorate the room with long flowering and gain strength for a long active phase. Top dressing is required to be applied approximately once every 10 days. Fit and liquid formulations, and dry mixes. It is only important to correctly distribute and dose the necessary organic matter and bush. An infusion of cow or goat manure will be of particular benefit to the plant. Only cow dung should be overheated for about a year before application, while goat manure can be used fresh. Compositions with phosphorus and potassium will not be superfluous. But it is worth noting that with the approach of autumn, feeding should be reduced, and from October it should be stopped altogether in order to allow the plant to calmly digest and assimilate all the useful summer procedures and vitamins.

Pruning a rose is not only giving the flower crown a graceful shape, but also treating the plant in order to avoid the formation of pest shelters among old and dead branches.

Types of trimming:

• sanitary pruning - helps to get rid of old, weak and dead branches
• anti-aging pruning - done once every few years and its purpose is to free the bush from too thick "hair"
• formative pruning - helps to maintain decorative view roses
• restraining pruning - allows you to keep the bush at the desired height
• stimulating pruning - done before flowering, so that more nutrition gets to the buds

Pruning is best done after the roses start to wake up, but before budding. Summer August pruning is required only for strenuous flowering bushes... After the procedure, it is best to keep the rose in a room with a temperature regime of 10 C, this will allow the flower to wake up slowly and form new branches in place of the old ones.

If a rose has just "arrived" in new house then it is necessary to give her time to adapt. For several weeks, the flower should get used to the new conditions and only after that it is worth starting to manipulate the pruning. In principle, the pruning process is not difficult, but if in doubt, you can refer the flower to florists, and they will show you how to correctly cut and remove unnecessary material.

This point is worth focusing on:

• If a room rose was purchased in a store, then before replanting it, the roots should be immersed in a biofungicide solution, however, this should be done even if the rose is transferred from the garden to the house.
• The rose is taken out completely with an earthen lump, and in this state is placed in a solution of biofungicide.
• The rose requires good drainage in the pot.
• To avoid the appearance of air pockets, the rose should either be shed well after transplanting, or it should be carefully stitched with a wooden stick along the edges (stitching means pushing the ground inward along the edge of the coma).
• In places of the formed voids, it is necessary to fill up the earth.
• The first week after transplanting, the soil can settle and compact, so that the roots do not bare, you should carefully monitor the condition of the earth cover and fill up the soil to the right amount if necessary.
• The transplanted plant is placed in the shade for a day, and the water is no longer topped up and the plant is not sprayed.
• The next day, it is worth taking the plant to its habitat for a couple of hours, and then returning it to the shade.
• So the rose should get used to the new place for two days, and then finally get over.

Annual transplant:

• It is better to replant in early spring.
• The pot should not be much larger than it used to be.
• The earth must be fresh.

It is sad when a pet gets sick or is attacked by pests. To avoid the death of the enemy plant, you need to know by sight and recognize in time:

1. Spotting, can be seen by the formation of dark spots on the foliage. It is impossible to ignore the disease, it is easier to immediately throw out the rose. Preparations containing sulfur or copper help. Yellow roses are especially susceptible.
2. Powdery mildew. White bloom on the leaves from the outside signals that trouble has occurred. The damaged areas need to be urgently removed and burned or thrown into the garbage chute. Next, the pot and the rose are treated with Fundazol.
3. Bacterial cancer. It is the most viral and most devastating disease for rose bushes. The affected areas must not only be removed, but also disinfected. Cut off shoots are dipped in a solution of copper sulfate for a couple of minutes. Infected parts should not be thrown into the soil, the disease is dangerous and grows rapidly.
4. Spider mite. This pest appears if the air in the room is too dry.

Lush rose bushes are absolutely a dream come true, but in order for the aromas of roses to float at home, you need to try a little and give the Queen the honors she deserves.

More information can be found in the video:

What they want to enjoy their bloom and in own apartment, not just in the garden. For such true connoisseurs, there are potted roses. These roses begin to bloom earlier than their garden relatives, and end flowering later - due to the fact that a favorable microclimate can be created for a rose in a pot.

Roses in pots begin to bloom already in May-June, and in stores they are sold in bloom all year round... When you purchase a potted rose, carefully consider it - the number of blossoming flowers should be small, but there should be a lot of unblown buds. Pay attention to the leaves - they should be a juicy healthy green color, without any spots and damage.

Caring for roses in pots

Before being sold, roses are grown in greenhouses, where the temperature is maintained at 15-18 ° C. That is why the first time after the purchase, it is important to keep approximately the same temperature regime to make it easier for the flower to acclimatize. That's why the best time to buy a rose in a pot- it is the cold season, from autumn to spring, and the most optimal time is February, March. During these months, it is easiest to provide a slightly lower temperature for the rose at home.

The rose is usually kept on glazed balcony... You can later bring it into the apartment, but you should avoid location near batteries and heating devices.

If you bought a rose in a pot specifically to decorate the composition on the terrace or in the garden with it, also do not rush to expose the plant to the air in the spring. You need to wait for the moment when the threat of frost passes - flowering plant will not stand subzero temperatures.

Although roses require coolness, the place for them should not be darkened. After all roses are very light-requiring.

Since roses are sold in small pots, and it is not recommended to replant the plant until the end of flowering, regularly check soil moisture(in small containers the soil dries up very quickly). Since it is important to observe the golden mean in this, water a little, but often - so as not to overmoisten, but also not to dry out the soil.

From mid-May, it is recommended to bring the potted roses to fresh air. This will allow them to gain strength and strengthen their immunity. Besides, the rose in the pot - wonderful decoration garden. It will complement any floral arrangement. If you do not have a garden, then the rose will have a great "summer vacation" and on the balcony - you can even transplant it into.

Every two weeks from March to August, potted roses fertilize- use liquid dressings for indoor flowers, adding half the dosage indicated on the package to the water for irrigation. Withered flowers need to be cut regularly - the cut is made under the first pair of leaves, which is under the flower.

After the onset of cold weather (in October), roses in pots are brought into the room. From October to March, roses are at rest and the ideal temperature for them is 10-12 degrees. After the end of the dormant period, the rose is pruned and transplanted, and soon it begins to bloom.

If you have planted a rose in the garden (be sure to first find out if this variety of a potted rose can winter in your climatic conditions), you will need to, and then cover.

If you bought in early spring blooming rose in a pot, then at first she will delight you in the apartment. After flowering, cut the plant 1/3 back and transplant into a larger pot. When the frost is over, expose the plant to fresh air - in the garden or open balcony... The rose should give new shoots and bloom again.

How to grow a rose in a pot

Although there is no problem nowadays to buy a blooming potted rose - these flowers are very popular and can be found in any flower shop - some prefer to grow a flower on their own, or from seeds.

Grow a rose from seed- it's a rather complicated matter, but how interesting it is to do it yourself!

Rose seeds take a very long time to germinate. They are planted either before winter in ordinary containers with light permeable soil (you can plant in a pot with houseplant, and after the emergence of sprouts - plant them). Or they plant seeds in February under glass and keep them at a temperature of 3-5 ° C. The depth of planting seeds is 0.5 cm. In both cases, the seeds should sprout in late spring and early summer. Before planting, the seeds are soaked for 2 weeks at 15-20 ° C.