Plant profile
- Botanical name: Rosa spec.
- Family: rose plants
- Growth: Strong, stiff shoots with pronounced spines that strive upwards.
- Height: 3 to 10 meters
- Main flowering time: depending on the variety
- Leaf: Heart-shaped, serrated, serrate, strong dark green.
- Flower: unfilled or double
- Flower color: yellow, orange, pink, red, white
- Fruit: Inedible rose hips
particularities
You can tell from the brevity of our plant profile: The one There is no climbing rose. These roses have been grown for over 150 years, which has resulted in an enormous variety.
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There are varieties with magnificent flowers up to ten centimeters in size and romantic-looking variants in which the small flowers sit on umbels that swing gently in the summer wind.
origin
Originally, wild roses grew in China, the Middle East, and Europe. The first gardens with roses were created in China 5,000 years ago. However, they were not cultivated here because of their beauty and the bewitching scent, but were a sought-after food.
Location and care
Climbing roses need an airy location, at least half the day in the sun, where the air can circulate freely. This prevents leaf diseases like that mildew before.
Substrate
The climbers prefer humus-rich garden soil. This should also be well-drained, deep and nutritious.
care
Climbing roses are spreading climbers that neither have adherent roots nor can they wrap around climbing aids on their own. They grow tightly upright and would fall over without additional support. Therefore, attach them to the trellis by securing the climbers with raffia, clips or loosely attached cable ties.
Do not just let the growth run free, but direct the shoots horizontally or in a fan-shaped manner. As a result, the beauties striving upwards do not bald in the lower area.
Watering and fertilizing
Make sure there is sufficient moisture during the summer months. Always water so that the foliage is not wetted.
It is fertilized at the beginning of the shoot in April and a second time in June, after the main flowering. Use a special one Rose fertilizer(€ 11.49 at Amazon *) in the dosage specified by the manufacturer. This contains all the nutrients that climbing roses need for healthy growth.
Diseases and pests
Like all roses, climbing roses are also a bit sensitive in this regard. You occasionally suffer from:
- Powdery mildew,
- Gray mold,
- Leaf spot disease,
- Rust,
- Star soot.
There are also a number of pests such as aphids, sawfly or the rose gall wasp that prefer to settle on the climbing beauties.
You can fight diseases and pests with commercially available preparations. You can use natural enemies to protect against vermin in the ecological garden Predatory mites or Predatory bugs insert.
Tips
By pruning the climbing roses, you encourage the formation of new flowers and a beautiful growth. Shorten the newly formed side shoots to two to five eyes once a year. Always cut at an angle about five millimeters above an outwardly growing bud.
