Rose patio - a familiar stranger

Having bought a beautiful pot with an abundantly flowering rose bush, I read on the label: "rose patio." What's the patio? I examined the reference book on Rosaceae, that's what I found.

Rose patio: the history of origin

An epochal procession through the gardens and flowerbeds of the whole world of roses of this group began in the 80s of the 20th century. Their appearance, they should be grateful to the Irish breeder Patrick Dickson, who created a whole series of stunted (from 30 to 55 cm), abundantly blossoming medium-sized flowers (3-5 cm) bush-shaped varieties. Flowers can be simple, medium and strong. The wide variety of colors of roses is represented by the whole gamut of the Rosaceae family - from pure white to maroon, almost black. There are variegated varieties combining two cardinal colors, for example, white and red, burgundy and yellow.

At one time, Dixon proposed to formally introduce a separate branch into the classification of varietal categories - a rose patio. The name of this group was not chosen by chance. First, planted in garden pots, these roses are a wonderful decoration of small, patioed courtyards. Secondly, the name of the group perpetuated the memory of its creator - Pat Dickson. However, the International Center for Registration of Varieties denied Dixon official registration of this category of roses, singling out it as one of the subgroups of floribunda (abundantly flowering). And only after several years in a row low-growing blooming flowers of the patio group won the prestigious award "The Best Rose of the Year", awarded by the British Royal National Society of Rose Growers, the rose patio was officially registered as an independent group.

Conditions of detention

Widely sold in stores roses patios of Dutch breeding very often do not take root in our urban apartments. The fact is that these are garden flowers, they need to be grown on the street. Room climate with its low humidity, lack of wind ventilation, morning or evening dew, a difference between day and night temperatures, lack of rainfall is not suitable for these roses. After the purchase, they should be planted as soon as possible on the flower bed or transplanted into a garden pot. If this is not possible, the rose needs to be transplanted from the transport peat to the normal soil (the land sold for sale in indoor plants for indoor plants), the pot with the plant must be placed in a cool room, previously cutting all the flowers and buds. It is even better to put a rose in a greenhouse - under a jar or a plastic bag. In this condition, it will be preserved until the time of landing in the garden. Due to the high humidity created by the hothouse, it will not be damaged by a spider mite, which often affects these roses in room conditions.

In the garden of roses of this group begin to blossom in June and bloom profusely until the frosts. Of course, the best conditions for these colors are the conditions of the regions not colder than the temperate climate, where the winter temperatures do not fall below -20-25 ° C. The rose patio is frost-resistant, and in conditions of mild winter and heavy snowfall it can not even be covered. Where winters are hard, little snow (areas with a sharply continental climate), these roses, however, like all others, must be stored in the basement with
Temperature not less than 12-15 ° С.

Rose patio mix and hit: what's the difference?

Specific information about what is meant by the words "hit" and "mix", I did not find. On some of my own experience, I can assume that the position of "rose patio hit" represents one of the most popular varieties in industrial breeding. Usually the specific name of the variety is not indicated with such a designation. And the "rose patio mix" is just a trade mark. In it the word "mix" means that the coloring of a particular bush is not defined and can be any. Often found on sale flowers with the label "rose patio hit mix": it is implied that the existing variety belongs to industrial selection and the color of this plant is not specifically defined.