Rosa Barcarole: Description and Features of Culture

Rosa Barcarole - a medium-sized compact shrub with noble velvet purple flowers and a delicate classical aroma, has been known to gardeners of many countries for more than four decades. Despite the considerable age, the culture does not lose popularity, with time the army of its admirers only increases. We will also get acquainted with it.

Features of the view

Tea-hybrid roses (the category to which the rose Barcarole refers) is a group of varieties of popular, modern crops, the feature of which is a long flowering period. French and Dutch catalogs for the mass consumer call this category of large-flowered roses, since the size of the bud is really impressive. Variety of roses Barcarol completely meets the declared parameters of the group:

• Forms powerful nerkisdistye bushes, reaching heights up to one and a half meters when grown in southern regions and greenhouses. In a colder climate, the bush does not exceed 0.6-0.8 m.
• The stems are covered with reddish, and then dark green dense large leaves, almost spiked.
• Buds of a dark maroon, almost black color, are formed in a classic purple flower with a diameter of up to 9-12 cm.
• Flowers have a pleasant unobtrusive aroma.
• Flowering of the bush lasts until autumn.

The versatility of the culture is manifested in the excellent ornamentality of the bush and the possibility of growing cuttings. In industrial cultivation, the rose Barcarole is grown as a cut culture. However, this plant is widely used in park and garden design. Rose is equally effective in single plantings, in massifs and ensembles with other decorative perennials.

Flowers

Velvet bouquets of the Rose Barcarole are popular all over the world. They are revealed in flowers of the ideal form of a characteristic rich red tone. Petals are tender, with pronounced velvety on the outside. Flowers are not prone to fading in the bright sun. They hold well on long stems, which is ideal for cutting. It is noticed that the coloring of flowers becomes more intense and deeper in temperate latitudes with a cool climate. Among the breeders, the variety is recognized as one of the darkest, positioned today in the market.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The high decorative qualities of the rose also increase the flowering many times throughout the summer season. Rose tea-hybrid Barcarole is not only exceptionally beautiful, it has excellent resistance to dangerous diseases - black spots, various fungal lesions, powdery mildew.

The disadvantages of culture include medium winter hardiness - in severe winters in temperate climates, the plant will require shelter. Judging by the reviews of the rose Barcarole, published in various forums, gardeners are embarrassed by the unevenness of the bush, and often the pronounced frivolity, so more often flowers are cut for bouquets.

Cultivation

Like many tea-hybrid roses, Barcarole needs to carefully select a place for planting. The site should be well-lit, protected from through winds, but also eliminating the stagnation of air. Culture prefers fertile, air-permeable, drained soils and does not withstand the close approach of groundwater. Plant the plant better in the spring - in April or May. Preliminary preparation of the site is mandatory: 7-10 days before planting, soil is digested with humus and complex fertilizer is added with the necessary nutrients - nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium. After planting, the young plant is watered generously and subsequently followed by moistening the soil. Sufficient regular watering promotes more rapid rooting of the plant.

Rosa Barcarole: Care

On the qualitative development of culture and abundant repetitive flowering takes a lot of effort, so it is so important to periodically feed during the entire growing season. Over the summer, the rose is fed 3-4 times, using multicomponent drugs dissolved in water in proportions corresponding to the annotations for fertilizers. With the onset of spring, the rose is fed with compounds with a predominance of nitrogen, before budding and at the time of flowering - by phosphorus-potassium compounds, in the autumn - phosphorus preparations.

Thankfully, Barcarole responds to foliar top dressing with trace elements - manganese, boron, magnesium. Conduct them during the budding period, spraying the leaves and tied buds.

Barcarole - a rose, the description of which presents us with an exquisitely decorative flower. But in order to preserve its attractiveness, it is necessary to cut out dried buds in time. Another factor of competent care for the plant is the weeding of the soil under the bush and periodic careful loosening. In addition, regular moderate waterings are necessary, the intensity of which increases during the flowering period and comes to naught with the onset of cold weather. Stop watering by the middle of September.