The success of a rose variety depends largely on the shade of the petals. Confirmation of this - a hybrid tea rose with the intriguing Indian name Ashram. This flower with delicate colors is very popular in Russia, becoming the decoration of many garden plots.
Variety Description and History
Ashram, bred by German breeders in 1998, belongs to the hybrid tea group. The name of this rose is directly related to its color, which has the meaning of holiness in India. In ancient times, in this eastern country, "ashrams" were called the cloisters of hermits and sages, who, according to tradition, prescribed to wear yellow-orange robes.
Ashram Rose Flower
Ashram bushes rarely grow more than 70 cm in height. They have strong, dense straight stems, large leaves, slightly elongated, saturated green color. The buds are lush, with tight-fitting petals. When blooming, flowers can reach 9-16 cm in diameter, thanks to the bending petals, they acquire the effect of lace.
The color of Ashram hybrid tea rose can vary from peach-orange to copper-brick shades with all possible midtones, approaching a pink color by the time of withering. Flowers can be single or collected in inflorescences of 3-5 pieces, not fading for a long time in the cut. The fragrance is gentle and light.
The advantages of the variety include:
- excellent decorative qualities;
- relative unpretentiousness and frost resistance;
- flowering time;
- repeated flowering with proper care.
Additional Information! As for the shortcomings, they can be attributed to fear of rain and waterlogging, not too high resistance to fungal diseases.
Rosa Ashram harmoniously fits into any landscape style. Its flowering favorably emphasizes the emerald green lawn or contrasting colors of other perennials. It goes well with decorative conifers and cereals in mixborders. Suitable for flower beds and hedges.
Ashram in landscape design
Flower growing
A favorable place for growing the Ashram rose variety will be a well-lit sun, an elevated area with ample air circulation. This arrangement will prevent the appearance of diseases and insect pests on the plant.
Step-by-step landing description:
- After choosing a landing site, prepare a pit 60 cm deep.
- Cover the bottom of the pit with a drainage layer of 10 cm.
- Fill fertile soil mixed with organic fertilizers.
- Lower the roots of the seedling into a hole and carefully place on a hill of land.
- Fill the roots with earth, deepening the root neck by 5 cm.
- Seat the landing site.
- Pour a ring of earth around the seedling.
- Pour about 1-2 buckets of not cold water under the bush.
- The earth circle is covered with mulch.
Seedlings are transferred to open ground when the temperature of the earth reaches 12-15 degrees Celsius. On 1sq.m place up to 4-5 plants. The soil is selected loamy, loose, light, nutritious, with slightly acid ph. If the soil does not meet these requirements, then it can be improved by adding humus, vermicompost, compost, peat.
Additional Information! Problems with unsuitable soil on the site can be avoided by growing the Ashram in a container and placing it for the summer period in a convenient corner of the garden. In winter, the container is cleaned.
Plant care
The cultivar needs the most ordinary care: timely watering, weeding, fertilizing with fertilizers, loosening and mulching the soil under the bush, autumn and spring pruning of the bush, removal of faded inflorescences.
Watering is required regular, but moderate, since Ashram is a rose that does not tolerate waterlogging. With the advent of spring, plants are fed with nitrogen fertilizers, in the summer - phosphorus-potash, contributing to abundant flowering.
Caring for the Rose Ashram
Spring pruning of bushes overwintering in the open field consists in removing dry, frozen shoots and shortening the stems. Preparing the plant for winter, the branches are pruned a little. In the first year, it is recommended to remove all buds formed before the end of summer so that the bush has the opportunity to grow stronger. With the advent of August, it is allowed to leave 1-2 flowers on each shoot so that the plant wintes better and prepares for the lush flowering of the next year.
Important! In autumn, rose bushes are spud with dry soil and covered with spruce spruce branches.
Flowering roses
Hybrid Rose Ashram belongs to the re-flowering varieties. Flowering can begin from the end of May and continue until the October frost. Fully opened flowers remain on the bush for a long time.
In early spring, when the risk of frost passes, the plant needs to be cut. If autumn pruning was carried out, it is enough to cut 5-10 cm. In any case, the length of young shoots should be 20-30 cm. Also, flowering depends on the application of organic fertilizers. After flowering is complete, the shoots are cut almost to the roots, then in the autumn-winter period the plant will be able to direct all forces to strengthen the root system.
What if the ashram does not bloom? Typically, this problem does not occur if the standard principles for proper care described above are followed. Adhering to these rules, you can expect from this variety of long plentiful flowering.
Flower propagation
To preserve the characteristics of the variety, the Ashram should be propagated only in a vegetative way, like most hybrids. Cuttings are cut from young healthy bushes after the first wave of flowering has ended. They are rooted in the usual way, placed in the ground and covered with a transparent jar.
Important! In order to avoid fungal diseases, seedlings should be ventilated daily, avoiding overmoistening.
Cutting roses
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Errors in caring for a rose of the Ashram variety or the wrong choice of place can provoke the occurrence of fungal diseases: powdery mildew, rust, chlorosis. For the purpose of prevention and to combat them, fungicidal, copper-containing preparations are used.
Pests that can be encountered - rosacea aphid, leafworm, spider mite. In this case, insecticides are sprayed several times with an interval of 5-7 days.
Neat compact bushes of the Ashram variety can be a real discovery for the gardener, who will take up its cultivation. Despite the presence of some difficulties in care, its abundant long flowering fully pays for all the efforts made.
