Dwarf house roses: species and some interesting information about them

Rose is not in vain called the queen of flowers. Wherever you see it: on the backyard, in the drawer on the balcony, in the pot on the windowsill or in the cut in the bouquet - the roses always look amazing. They delight the eye and instantly cheer up the view of their lush greenery and luxurious inflorescences of various sizes, shapes and colors, and, of course, the unique aroma of the rose. Types of this flower culture in modern gardening are represented in huge numbers, but in the city, roses are becoming increasingly popular indoor, which are grown in pots and can become an excellent decoration of your mini-garden on the windowsill.

Room roses: the origin of the species and a general characteristic

Virtually all dwarf types of indoor roses were imported as early as the 19th century from China. They are undersized evergreens with a long and abundant flowering. There are more than 2000 varieties and hybrids of a dwarf rose. The species suitable for growing in room conditions have a lush, compact bush shape from 15 to 50 cm in height. There are plant roots, grown from cuttings, and grafted on rose hips. The former are more short-lived and unpretentious in care, while the latter grow higher and require much more attention and care. Flowers at the room rose are bright, exuding a delicate aroma, they are 2-5 cm across, they can be placed alone on the bush or be collected into racemose inflorescences, be single, double and double-colored, monochromatic and mottled.

Types of indoor roses

Today in the flower shops are available in a wide range of varieties of miniature roses. As a rule, they are all obtained as a result of crossing an ordinary garden rose with a Chinese dwarf. Red, carmine, pink, cream, pale orange, white and dairy, monochrome and combined - from the number of colors shown, the eyes just flee.

Miniature Roses

The miniature rose bush is very lush, with a lot of small leathery dark green leaves. Flowers are also small, terry, collected in the inflorescence and do not lose their decorative properties throughout the flowering period from the beginning of spring to the end of summer.

Tea roses

This rose, whose species are grown in indoor conditions by crossing a dwarf and garden tea rose, flowers unusually tender and fragrant, however, as well as tall tall garden cousins. The most famous hybrids are La France, Jules Boucher, Gruss an Teplitz, Miss Rowena Tom.

Bengal roses

This sort of indoor roses is the most unpretentious in care. He does not need "rest", so you can enjoy luxurious flowering almost all year round. The bushes of the Bengal rose, the species of which can have red, pink or white coloring of inflorescences, strongly branched, with a mass of small leaves and reach a height of only 50 cm.

Polyanthus roses

This kind of indoor roses is obtained by hybrid crosses of highly-ligated, multi-flowered garden roses. The most famous low-growing varieties are the richly red Orange Triumph, the gentle pink Clotilde Super, and also the Miniatures with small double pink or white flowers.

Today, all about indoor roses (species, photos and various details of breeding) can be found in flower shops. If a dwarf rose appears in your house, do not worry that you can not cope and can not provide it with proper care. If you really love houseplants, you will succeed!