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Florists and gardeners are most often involved in growing rose bushes, as these flowers are highly decorative, especially during abundant flowering. And breeders from rose-growing companies in different countries of the world are constantly developing new varieties that differ from each other in size, shape and color of buds, height and shape of bushes, as well as resistance to diseases and resistance to frost.
There is also a separate group of rose bushes Grandiflora, these flowers were obtained by breeders by crossing varieties of hybrid tea and floribunda.
Rose Terracotta
Rosa Terracotta belongs to hybrid tea varieties, but in terms of flowering intensity it can rather be attributed to the Floribunda type. But experts say that Terracota rose in all its qualities is a flower from the group of grandiflora.
The history of the creation of the Terracotta variety
Rose Grandiflora Terracotta was bred by French breeders from Meilland in 1994. This company is engaged in the development of new varieties of roses and the further sale of seedlings. Currently, about 75% of the company's revenues come from the export of flower seedlings to 63 countries.
The Floribunda Terracotta rose was bred for cutting, but this flowering perennial is also used in landscape design, as its bright buds will noticeably revive any flower bed.
Rose Terracotta
Characteristics and features of the variety
The large-flowered variety of roses Terracotta is a shrub of medium height with erect shoots, the height of which can reach 0.70-0.8 m, and the volume of the bushes is about 0.65 m.
The blossoming buds are large, can be up to 12-15 cm in diameter, and the flowers themselves are densely double, each of which can contain from 40 to 65 petals. These large-flowered shrubs during the flowering period are immediately noticeable among other flowers in the flower bed. The flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences, but the stems are so strong and powerful that they practically do not bend under the weight of the blossoming buds.
Terracotta rose is distinguished by high resistance to fungal diseases and medium resistance to frost.
These are the main characteristics of the Terracotta rose.
Agricultural technology of cultivation
Roses like Grandiflora are very fond of illuminated areas, so for Terracotta you need to find a place where it will have enough light. The soil should be well fertilized, with light acidity, good air and moisture permeability.
But the direct rays of the sun at noon have a bad effect on the condition of this variety, so it is better to plant it where the shrub will be protected from the hot sun during the day.
Light acid soil
After planting, further caring for the shrub consists in observing the irrigation regime, constant loosening and mulching, removing weeds and applying additional fertilizing (at least three times per season). The first time this perennial is fed in the spring, when young leaves begin to appear on the shoots. The next dressing is applied during the appearance of the first buds. The third time, the roses should be fertilized after the last flowers have faded. And the last time fertilizers are applied before young shoots begin to woody.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety compared to others
The benefits of this flowering shrub include:
- large buds of bright colors;
- abundant flowering throughout the season;
- high resistance to most diseases.
Despite the fact that this variety is relatively young, thanks to the beauty of the blossoming flowers and the high decorativeness of flowering bushes, the Terracotta rose has managed to fall in love with many growers not only in France, but also in many European countries.
