The home rose is a very popular but capricious flower. It is especially difficult to care for a room rose. In order for it to be he althy and bloom for a long time, you need to follow a few rules. Firstly, this flower loves space and watering appropriate to the season. Secondly, you need to monitor the he alth of the flower, protect it from diseases and pests. And, of course, the optimal temperature and humidity in the room is very important. With proper care in winter, buds may appear from the first days of spring. If you follow all the recommendations, the rose will delight you with beautiful flowers for a long time.
Rose varieties for growing at home
Currently in any flower shop you can find small size house roses intended for growing indoors. These roses are quite small, they grow only up to thirty centimeters in height. The appearance of such a flower is elegant. Small neat flowers can be of various shades, against the background of dark leaves they look very beautiful.
Home rose and its varieties:
- Judy Fischer - has double pink flowers;
- Yellow Doll - pale yellow flowers, fragrant;
- Starina - purple roses with strong fragrance;
- Cinderella - the flower has a silvery-pink hue.
The miniature home rose is propagated by cuttings. From one small bush it is easy to get several. In addition to miniature, you can grow other varieties of low species:
- Bengal roses are quite unpretentious and long-blooming, for example, varieties of Ophelia (flowers have an apricot-pink color), Pink Grotendors (flowering occurs twice in one year);
- branching polyanthus roses - many small flowers, for example, the Orange Triumph variety, the fragrant Clotilde super variety, the Miniature variety - has small double flowers;
- scented hybrid tea roses such as La France and Miss Rowena Tom, Jules Boucher.
When choosing such roses for your home, you need to use plants obtained from cuttings, and not with your own roots, as they can die in an apartment.
Caring for a rose bought in a store
Having bought a miniature rose in the store, at home you need to transplant it into a larger pot with new soil. The first buds should be removed, no matter how sorry they are, but then the bush will bloom profusely. A flower can bloom only with the appearance of the third shoots, the first and second must be pinched. Homemade roses do not need to be transplanted immediately, they should be watered in a purchased pot for several days so that they get used to the conditions of the room.
Rose transplant
To transplant a rose, you need a pot a little larger than before, you need to lay drainage on the bottom, and pour earth with fertilizers on top of it with a small layer. It is necessary to water abundantly and remove the rose from the purchased pot, without damaging the roots, and move it to a new pot. Further, in order not to accidentally burn the roots, cover them with ordinary earth without fertilizer.
Rules for caring for a home rose
Home rose does not tolerate dry air. In summer, it must be taken out to a balcony or terrace, while you need to remember about quality care and timely watering. In winter, watering should be once a week. A home rose requires a lot of light, this should not be forgotten either. Withered flowers must be removed, and remember to feed in the spring.
