Roses are one of the most sought after and beautiful flowers. Among all the magnificence of the varieties, the most popular is such a variety as Circus. Consider what kind of variety and its features.
Rose Circus (Circus) - what kind of variety, the history of creation
Rosa Circus is a prominent representative of the floribunda group. This hybrid was launched in 1956. Despite the fact that circus has several types of mutations, it is difficult not to recognize the original shape of the flower. Rosa Circus is a low bush with dark green foliage that covers the entire plant. The flower bud has a honey-yellow color in the center and red-pink at the edges.
Circus
Rose: Circus variety
Reference! Mutations of this species are distinguished by an elongated bush. At the same time, the lower part of the bush remains bare and has small, solitary and often unopened buds.
Description of rose circus in the table.
| Name | Characteristics of circus roses |
| Flower shape | Large, round, cupped |
| Bud size | 7-8 cm |
| Number of petals | about 40-45 |
| Bush height | 50-70 cm |
| Bush width | up to 100 cm |
| Smell | Light, pleasant aroma of roses |
| Foliage | Fine, shiny, thick |
| Spikes | Large, small |
Important! Rosa Circus is quite in demand among gardeners, not only because of its beauty, but also the positive qualities that are inherent in this variety.
Due to its unpretentiousness, the plant is suitable for cultivation in all regions of Russia. Compared to other roses, Circus has the following advantages:
- abundant, lush flowering of one bush;
- flowering continues throughout the season and lasts until the frosts;
- easy to grow, care;
- high endurance to various weather influences;
- moisture resistant, tolerates rainy weather, dew;
- winter hardy.
Despite its unpretentiousness, the variety in question has some disadvantages inherent in most colors. Among them are:
- weak aroma of flowers;
- poor development in cold regions.
Rose Circus is stunted, its height does not exceed one meter. In this case, the bush is quite lush. One such bush accounts for about 3-11 buds. Due to these properties, Zirkus is often used in landscape design. They are placed along borders, paths, sidewalks, used in the decoration of flower beds, etc. Circus is considered a universal plant, as it is used in many decorative elements and compositions.
Growing a flower, how to plant in open ground
Like most roses, the Floribunda circus rose does not differ from them and is propagated mainly by seedlings. For planting this variety choose warm sunny terrain, preferably where cold winds and drafts will not affect. Rose prefers loose, non-acidic and fertile soil. The soil acidity should be about 5.6-7.3 pH.
Growing
Landing pit pre-prepared. The roots of the rose in the pit should be located freely. Wells with a size of at least 50 cm are suitable for this. A drainage consisting of gravel and sand is also formed in it. This is done so that subsequently there is no stagnation of water. Otherwise, the roots may rot.
It is recommended to form the soil mixture in the planting pit as follows: three parts of manure, two parts of chernozem or other fertile soil, two parts of sand and one part of peat. Such a mixture will allow the rose to take root faster and develop well in the future.
Important! New seedlings should never be planted in the place where rose bushes already grew.
Landing is carried out in the usual way. The period depends on the region in which it is planned to grow Circus. In regions with a warm climate, plants are planted either in early spring or closer to autumn. In the cold - in late spring, closer to summer. The best time to land in most regions is considered the beginning of May. By this time, the soil is warming up and is ready to take seedlings.
Landing
The procedure for planting a rose tea hybrid tea circus is as follows:
- immediately before moving the seedlings into the soil, they need to be kept a little in water. This soaking procedure will allow the rose to take root better. Soak them for 4-6 hours in clean, decanted water. The water temperature should correspond to the ambient temperature. The capacity for soaking should be spacious so that the roots are freely located and do not bend;
- damaged roots and shoots are removed, weak pruned, too long slightly shortened. Strong roots of an average length of about 10-20 cm are left. Sections should be carried out at an angle of 45 ° C;
- prepare a pit (the process of preparing a landing pit was described above) and begin planting a rose in the soil;
- the seedling is placed in the pit so that the roots are in a free state, do not break and do not bend. The vaccination site should be about 5 cm below the soil surface;
- the seedling is poured with a soil mixture gradually, in small portions. It is important that all voids between the roots are good, but not too tightly filled;
- After filling the planting hole, they slightly tamp the soil surface with the hand.
Reference! In order for the rose to take root and not die, when planting during the night cold weather, it is worth hilling the seedling around the central shoot to a height of about 10-15 cm.
Plant care
Cirrus seedlings that have taken root subsequently require care. It is important to feed, water and weed them regularly. Weed the soil if necessary, as soon as a fresh weed has emerged.
Watering
Watering roses
Roses are watered abundantly. A lack of moisture affects roses a lot, but frequent watering in small amounts can also harm them. Therefore, the optimal watering - 1 time per week. In excessively hot, dry weather, the amount of watering can be increased to 2-3 per week. About one liter of water should be spent on about 5 liters of water, not more. In rainy weather, the amount of watering is reduced.
Under optimal weather conditions, water the Circus as follows:
- around each bush make small indentations, furrows or dimples;
- abundantly fill them with water;
- about 15 liters of water should go to one bush;
- after watering, the recesses are added dropwise;
- the soil is loosened with a depression of up to 10 cm.
Important! Circus, like any other rose, requires irrigation with special water - well-maintained, since "fresh" tap water can harm the plant. Water from the tap for this is upheld for 1 day. For irrigation, you can also use rainwater, which is collected during rains and used for each irrigation. Water should be at the same temperature as the environment, too cold water in the heat will not allow the rose to absorb moisture, and the soil under the plant will deteriorate.
Roses are watered either early in the morning or late in the evening. It is desirable so that before night the foliage of Circus has time to dry from moisture.
Top dressing and soil quality
Roses are fed with complex fertilizers, which can be purchased in specialized stores, or with "home" dressings. Feeding for Circus can be used:
- organic
- mineral;
- organo-mineral;
- natural, such as manure, ash, peat, compost, etc.
Top dressing
The basic rules for feeding Circus:
- Before top dressing, as well as after it, the soil is shed abundantly. Thus, an excessive amount of salts and substances, which are contained in large quantities in fertilizers, will not get to the rose;
- fertilizers are applied in the spring before the growth of buds and shoots begins;
- in summer, the soil under the plant is fertilized twice - before the buds began to be laid and during the period of abundant flowering;
- in the autumn after the growing season, roses are also fed with fertilizers;
- after fertilizing and watering, the soil under the bushes is loosened.
Pruning and transplanting
Cutting of seedlings is carried out only during spring planting. During autumn planting, plants are not pruned. Firstly, because young shoots that form after pruning do not have time to mature before winter and die. Secondly, most gardeners use autumn pruning only to make it easier to cover plants in winter.
Important! The main rule for cutting Circus in the fall is the temperature at which the procedure is carried out, should not exceed 0 0C. That is why pruning is carried out in the evening or on a cool day.
Transplanting seedlings of rose variety Cirkus is recommended in the fall, from September to October. They begin to dig up a rose for transplantation from the very edge, gradually approaching the middle. The root root of the rose leaves quite deep, so in some cases you just need to chop it off for further transplantation. The land that has remained at the root should not be cleaned, the rose is transplanted to another place directly with it. You can transfer the rose from one place to another with a tarpaulin or durable oilcloth. The process of planting a dug seedling does not differ from the process of planting a young plant, which was mentioned at the beginning of the article.
Features of wintering a flower
An important feature when preparing Circus for wintering is to prepare the soil. The soil under the flower should be dry. To this end, closer to September, experienced gardeners stop watering roses altogether. If the summer was rainy, then they stop watering in mid-August.
Before wintering, foliage is removed. By the first half of November, perennial as well as extra shoots are cut, and loosen the soil under the bush to a depth of 10 cm. They cover the Circus in different ways. Of course, the quality and basis of the shelter depends on the landing region. In a warmer climate, peat with an embankment of about 20 cm above the surface or a layer of leaves with hilling can be used for shelter. In colder regions, shelter structures are more serious - from spruce shelters to special non-woven fibrous materials, for example, lutrasil, which can withstand low temperatures and does not damage the plant.
Flowering roses
Active flowering of Circus occurs in June and August.
Important! Between these months, the rose is resting. Before the flowering begins, top dressing is performed, after the roses bloom by the beginning of September, the rose is prepared for wintering and is no longer watered.
The resting period of Circus from flowering can also be observed in the following cases:
- in the first year of planting seedlings. It all depends on the condition of the seedling, care for it.
- Incorrect landing place
- incorrect pruning in spring or autumn;
- care for Circus was carried out incorrectly - lack of nutrition, excessive watering, or vice versa, etc .;
- old roses.
Here are the main reasons why a rose may not bloom.
Flower propagation
There are quite a few ways to circulate Circus, among which the most common cuttings. Cutting a rose is at the beginning of summer, and this is easiest to do on the bed itself. During the flowering period, roses from lignified shoots form cuttings, which are immediately buried next to the main bush in the ground so that they take root.
Circus 2
The rose is also propagated by dividing the bushes, which is typical for Circus. The division of roses is carried out in early spring - before the buds are formed. The roots and places of damage to the roses that formed during the division are treated with a special mixture of manure and clay. This mixture heals and allows the old and new plants to take root.
Another method of reproduction is by layering. A mature shoot that has not yet lost flexibility is chosen and an annular cut of the cortex is made about 8 cm long on the side that will be immersed in the ground. Layers propagate in spring or mid-summer.
Transplanting offspring is another way of breeding roses. The most simple, but less effective. Siblings are separated and transplanted to a new place in the spring, when the ground has already thawed.
Important! Vaccination is one of the most time-consuming ways to reproduce Circus, but quite common. Inoculate roses on the roots of wild rose. The procedure is carried out in the winter in greenhouse conditions.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Like any other plant, pests sooner or later appear on Circus, or it is affected by disease. Among the most common:
- powdery mildew;
- black spotting;
- rust;
- gray rot;
- spider mite, etc.
In order to eliminate pests and diseases in roses, damaged leaves, flowers, shoots are removed. The second step will be spraying with a specialized solution. An individual method of control is selected for each type of pest. For example, to get rid of black spotting, a one percent solution of Bordeaux liquid or nettle broth is used.
Hybrid rose Circus is one of the most beautiful and sought after. Caring for it does not require special skills, so everyone can grow such a plant.
