Rose Dortmund, description of the climbing beauty, characteristics of the variety, rules of planting and care

Blooming profusely, bright and unpretentious, the Dortmund rose is often used in the design of gardens, parks and public gardens.

Appearing in the Cordes Rose Empire in 1955, it immediately won the hearts of gardeners with its spectacular shape and ease of care.

Content:

• Rose Dortmund, plant description, bush shape
• Negative and positive characteristics of the variety
• Where to buy and how to plant a Dortmund rose
• Bloom
• Features of care and pruning
• Disease resistance
• Is it necessary to organize winter quarters?

Rose Dortmund, plant description, bush shape

In the conditions of the German reserves of Kordes, climbing beauty Dortmund reached 3 meters in height and 2 meters in width. The Dortmund variety has been decorating European gardens for almost 65 years.

When the plant was brought to central Russia, it lost a little in growth, but not in beauty.

Erect plant trunks abundantly strewn with flowers can be placed on a decorative lattice or formed into a trunk.

Negative and positive characteristics of the variety

Each gardener finds individual pros and cons in a flower, in accordance with his own ideas about beauty.

Features of the variety, such as the lack of doubleness in the flower petals and the exposure of the lower part of the stems, can be attributed to both negative and positive characteristics of the species.

It is also strange to classify the increased thorniness of the shoots of a variety as a negative trait - a rose should be prickly.

The remaining features of the variety are obvious advantages:

• winter hardiness;
• persistent immunity to diseases;
• ease of care;
• long flowering period;
• resistance to poor soils;
• tolerates pruning well.

The flower tolerates Russian winters well, quickly regenerating after frost.

Where to buy and how to plant a Dortmund rose

Dortmund variety seedlings are distributed through specialized flower shops and online flower nurseries.

Sellers cover the root system of the seedling in a peat substrate and place it in polyethylene or other protective material.

The planting site should be located in open sun; the composition of the soil does not matter much, since it is unpretentious and tolerates soil of any composition.

It can be planted in the ground in central Russia at the end of April on days when the temperature begins to confidently stay at around +10 degrees C.

Since the plant can withstand frost, seedlings can be planted in October.

To prevent night frosts from destroying the seedling, it is worth covering it with mulch or other covering material.

More detailed information about the Dortmund rose - in the video:

Bloom

Flowering begins in late spring and continues throughout the season until October. During the flowering period, the queen of the garden looks very impressive and is able to outshine any other flowers.

Therefore, when planting a plant, it is worth choosing a separate area for it, since against its bright background all other plantings will look faded.

During the flowering period, the flowers open alternately in whole clusters, which must be trimmed as they fade. If this is not done, flowering will continue, but will become less abundant, and large shiny berries will form in place of faded buds.

Features of care and pruning

Rosa Dortmund:

• needs plenty of sunlight;
• it is suitable for slightly acidic soil, neutral, light and, of course, fertile soil;
• needs covering for the winter; when removing the covering material, the upper part of the stem may die off, which must be removed. A young shoot will quickly appear in its place;
• needs constant pruning of faded inflorescences, otherwise the bush looks sloppy.

When pruning, thorns can cause a lot of inconvenience.

However, this must be done in order to achieve abundant repeated flowering on the same shoots throughout the season.

Disease resistance

Rosa Dortmund rarely gets sick; she is even resistant to bark cancer and burns. However, it is possible to provoke a disease of this variety by providing the flower with poor growth and nutritional conditions.

Among them:

• growing in soil with high peat content:
• unsuccessful planting location - shade, draft, or vice versa, stuffy, wind-resistant area;
• compacted clay soil, poor in microelements and nitrogen;
• insufficient watering and nutrition.

Although the bushes can withstand poor soil and cold, constant exposure to negative factors, lack of sunlight and water can have a detrimental effect.

Is it necessary to organize winter quarters?

The plant is resistant to cold in European winter conditions. In countries such as Belarus and the Baltic states, the rose calmly endures the winter season uncovered.

In climate zones where winter temperatures drop to -25 degrees and below, it is necessary to cover the rose.

For a painless winter The branches must be slightly bent to the ground and covered with wooden boards without gaps. The top of the improvised “roof” is covered with polyethylene, tightly folded on all sides.

Entwined climbing roses are covered for the winter on a support, wrapped in spruce branches or burlap.

Rose Dortmund tolerates frosts down to -10 degrees C well, so the procedure of covering it for the winter should begin during the period of established frosts below this mark.

To prevent the appearance of rotten soil, it is necessary to ventilate structures during the thaw period.

Properly organized wintering, a sunny place and timely pruning - these simple rules will make the Dortmund rose a real princess of your garden.