Tantau roses are not a kind of flower culture that represents any one group. This is the name of the world-famous rose nursery. In 1906, the famous breeder Mathias Tantau created it in Germany.

Today it is the largest German company with a long history. She grows various types and varieties of roses. Among them are:

  • bush;
  • climbing;
  • tea-hybrid;
  • floribunda roses;
  • miniature.

Today the Rosen Tantau company exports its floral products to different countries of the world. All Tantau roses are of high quality and are very popular among gardeners.

Rose Tantau

The best roses of Tantau

The number of types of roses is so huge that it is impossible to list them all. Here are the most famous varieties:

  • Aphrodite. A hybrid tea culture, it is distinguished by its high resistance to diseases. Shrub form, compact, its height (80 cm). The flowers are pale pink (diameter 12 cm). Blooms in June. Blooms again in August.
  • Watercolor. Hybrid tea variety. The flowers are large (size 12 cm). They have yellow, pink, peach colors. The plant blooms throughout the summer.
  • Albert Durer. Hybrid tea. It was created in 2002. The height of the bush (90 cm). The flowers are lush, double (size 10 - 12 cm). The middle of the flowers have salmon shades, pink tones towards the bottom. Their smell is sweet-fruity.
  • Aspirin. Rose is floribunda. Leafy bush (height 80 cm). The flowers are snow-white, medium double (diameter 7 cm). Abundant flowering, long lasting. Good disease resistance.

Rose Tantau Aspirin

  • Baroque. Climbing variety. The height of the bushes is 2 meters. The flowers are densely double, lush, peach-pink (their size is 12 cm). The plant has good frost resistance.
  • Baroness Gutenberg. Rose Floribunda Stephanie. The flowers are medium double, cupped. The centers are painted in pale pink tones. They become almost white towards the end of flowering. The plant is characterized by good resistance to cold weather and diseases.
  • Barcarole. Hybrid tea type of rose. The buds are large, goblet, black-red. The flowers are thick, double. Blooms all summer.
  • Gazebo. Variety - scrub. Shrub type of plant. Its height (100 - 120 cm.). The flowers are large (their diameter is 14 cm), densely double, painted in salmon shades. The rose is characterized by abundant, long flowering.
  • Camelot. Climbing look. Plant height (3 m.). The flowers are delicate, pink-lilac (sizes 5 - 10 cm). They have a strong citrus aroma.
  • Duftwolke. A hybrid tea variety was created in 1967. Shrub 70 cm high. Flowers are large, medium double, (their diameter is 12 cm). Bloom in early summer.
  • Summer Lady. The hybrid tea culture is highly resistant to disease. The height of the bushes (120 cm). The flowers are large, pale pink (size 12 cm). A very popular plant.
  • Lavinia. Climbing, re-flowering culture. The flowers are large, medium (their diameter is 8 cm), cupped. They are painted in rich pink shades, have coral tints. Collected flowers in small, slightly drooping brushes (3 - 5 pcs.). The buds have a delicate, sweet scent. Floribunda roses bloom in early summer.

general characteristics

Almost all Tantau roses are characterized by high cold resistance and winter hardiness. In central Russia, the Moscow region, they winter well under shelters. Some specimens tolerate the harsh climatic conditions of the northern regions well.

Roses of Tantau

Tantau saplings take root perfectly, grow quickly, develop.Plants are highly resistant to diseases such as powdery mildew, rot, black spot, rust.

Almost all Tantau roses have a repetitive flowering pattern. Moreover, most varieties bloom profusely, lasting almost until the very frost.

Hybrid tea roses

Note! Roses are distinguished by good resistance to adverse weather conditions, precipitation. The buds do not fade in the sun. Petals do not fall from rain.

Almost all Tantau plants were grafted onto modern species of rose hips without additional root growth. Thus, rose seedlings have strong, developed roots. The shoots of the bushes are powerful, covered with a wax coating.

Growing conditions

They choose places for planting Tantau roses, depending on the varieties. Some prefer sunny, well-lit areas, others like partial shade. In any case, the sites must be reliably protected from winds and drafts.

Orange roses

Important! Tantau roses do not tolerate high humidity. It is necessary to avoid lowlands, as well as places with a close occurrence of groundwater.

Plants prefer light, fertile, breathable, loose, neutral or slightly acidic soil (loam).

Training

Usually Tantau mix roses grow on one flower bed for a lifetime. Therefore, you need to prepare the ground. Lay the topsoil separately.

Climber roses

Note! If roses are planted along the paths, they dig trenches instead of a pit.

They mix the dug earth with rotted manure (6-10 kg, you can take horse manure), wood ash (300-500 gr.). If the soil is heavy, add sand (1 part to 3 parts of soil with manure).

Plants are planted, leaving a space of at least 1 meter between them.

Most often, the shoots of purchased plants are covered with a wax film. It is necessary to remove it by dipping the seedlings into cold water.

24 hours before planting, the rose roots are immersed in the stimulating solution. Use Kornevin, Heteroauskin, Epin. Then the seedlings are cut by 1/3.

Prepare a place for planting in autumn or spring (2-3 weeks before the start of work).

Landing

Dig a pit 60 cm deep and 60 cm wide. Fill the hole (2/3) with prepared soil (slide).

Note! The roots of the acquired seedlings are usually surrounded by a nutritious soil fixed with a net. When they are immersed in the solution, the mesh is not removed.

Set us in the middle of the hole, the seedling along with the mesh, cover it with the remaining earth, compact it. Water the bush, spud.

Important! Deepen the vaccination site below ground level by 6-7 centimeters.

Care

3 weeks after the mix rose bushes have been planted, it is necessary to shake off the spilled soil from the plants. A rather high roller should be made of it around the seedlings at a distance of 10 cm.

Then water the plants abundantly. They take settled water. The bushes are irrigated regularly, avoiding waterlogging. Puddles should not form next to the seedlings.

Then water the plants abundantly.

Watered adult specimens 2 times / month. Increase watering in hot, dry weather and during flowering. All watering activities are carried out in the evening after sunset.

Pruning roses, as well as further care for the Tantau rose, depends on the varieties. Throughout the season, plants are systematically weeded from weeds, loosened up the earth, mulched with peat or dry humus.

In temperate climates as well as cold areas, it is necessary to cover roses for the winter. Usually, the lower parts of the plants are covered with earth or sprinkled with foliage, hay, mulch. The branches are bent, covered with spruce branches, wrapped in non-woven material, on top with a film.

Tantau roses are in great demand. They are loved by gardeners and florists all over the world. Flowers are planted in parks, squares, gardens, summer cottages, as hedges. They decorate trellises, arches, gazebos, and other buildings. Bouquets and compositions are made from them. They give roses for various celebrations and just beloved women.