Roses are undoubtedly a wonderful decoration of any flower garden. Those who are looking for long-flowering varieties that can delight in appearance and aroma throughout the summer season should pay attention to the relatively young Grande Amore variety. Even inexperienced gardeners, having become acquainted with this unpretentious rose, will be able to achieve success in its cultivation.
Variety Description and History
Hybrid tea rose Grand Amore bred by German breeders in 2004. A year later, as a result of comprehensive tests, the variety was highly praised by the German Rose Grower Society, which is recognized worldwide. The assigned insignia confirms the presence of the main varietal parameters: splendor of flowering, resistance to frost and various diseases.
Grand Cupid Rose Flower
According to its characteristics, the Grand Amore rose has a blood-red color, a delicate light aroma and is characterized by abundant flowering, which continues throughout the season.
Adult bushes with smooth neat branches and dense dark green foliage grow to a height of 100 cm. Luxurious flowers of a juicy bright red shade of a goblet shape are formed from dense buds and consist of 30-35 satin petals with pointed tips. Blossom slowly and gradually, with full disclosure reaching 12 cm in diameter.
It is interesting! A variety of Super Grand Amore roses is distinguished by larger flowers, the size of which from the second year after planting can be about 20 cm.
Grand Amore, like most modern varieties, perfectly resists pests and diseases. According to the descriptions, it is resistant to windy and rainy weather, tolerates the onset of cold weather.
There are varieties and disadvantages that are not so significant in comparison with the described advantages:
- the root system is not strong enough in the first year after planting, requiring strengthening;
- the need for regular feeding and removal of dried flowers;
- the need for shelter for the winter.
High decorative qualities of the variety allow its use in landscape design as the main color accent. Both individual rose bushes and those that are part of contrasting flower beds and flower beds look great. Suitable for decorating gardens and parks located in temperate climates.
Flower growing
Seedlings are planted in open ground in the spring, around the beginning of May. The soil should be sufficiently warmed up.
Planting a rose bush
Step-by-step landing instructions:
- Choose a place to land. Preference is given to sunny areas protected from gusts of wind.
- Dig a hole 60 cm deep.
- At the bottom of the pit lay drainage and organic fertilizers with the addition of fertile soil (about 10 cm each).
- Immerse the roots in a hole and carefully straighten.
- Cover the pit with earth or soil mixed with ash. In this case, the root neck should be located 5 cm below ground level.
- Tamp the soil slightly and form a mound around the seedling.
- Pour seedlings abundantly (about 1-2 buckets per bush).
- Mulch the space inside the earth circle.
Note! When planting several bushes, you should leave a distance of 30-50 cm between them for growth. The gap between the rows is recommended at 60-90 cm.
A properly planted rose bush will quickly take root and will delight the gardener with flowering in the first year. An earthen mound, poured around the plant, will not allow water to spread during irrigation and will additionally protect the immature plant from possible frost.
Plant care
Roses of this variety prefer rather loose, slightly acidic (pH 5.5-7.2) soil, which allows air and moisture to pass through well. Attempts to grow Grand Amur in garden plots with inappropriate soil types can lead to slow growth, impaired root respiration, and the plant may die due to excessive moisture.
To correct the situation, coarse sand (6 parts) and compost, humus, turf and leafy soil (one part each) are added to clay soil. To the sandy soil you can mix 2 parts of turfy earth and clay, previously crushed it, as well as one part of humus or compost.
Feeding roses
The bushes of Grand Amore, grown in the middle lane, at moderate temperatures, it is enough to water once a week. At least 0.5 buckets of not cold water are poured under the root, trying not to touch the flowers and leaves. When hot, dry weather sets in, they switch to a two-week weekly watering.
Rose Grande Amore is a lush, flowering variety that requires a lot of nutrients to grow and maintain flowering. Therefore, top dressing must be carried out throughout the growing season. Organic fertilizers, including proven folk remedies, are suitable for these purposes. In spring, the bushes need to be fed with nitrogen fertilizers, and in the summer - potassium and phosphorus.
Important! Fertilizing should only be done on moist soil to prevent burns to the root system. Accompanying feeding with watering will contribute to its better absorption.
During the first preventive spring pruning, diseased and damaged stems are removed. The second, formative, is carried out in the summer, during the entire growing season. It does not affect flowering and consists in the removal of faded buds with small sections of peduncles, allowing you to give the bush the desired shape. Another preventive pruning occurs in the fall. At the same time, weak, thin young shoots are cut off.
A transplant is best done in early spring or autumn. The bushes are transferred to a new place, having previously removed all the buds and severely pruned the stems. At the same time, it is important to save on the roots of a clod of land from the former landing site.
Although the Grand Amore rose is considered a winter-hardy variety, the flower requires special preparation for the winter period:
- After trimming the shoots and leaves, the branches are tied and treated with copper sulfate.
- Sprinkle the roots 20-30 cm with earth or sand.
- The bush is covered with paws of spruce.
- Nonwoven material is wrapped over the spruce branches.
In the spring, the bush is first ajar and aired, and after warm weather sets in, the insulation is completely removed. If you do not unravel a plant, then it will cross and can become ill.
For reference: Grand Amore rose care is almost identical to events held with a plant called Red Amur rose. If a flower lover has previously grown such a flower, there will be no difficulties.
Flowering roses
A rose called Grand Amur belongs to the re-flowering varieties. This means that after the first flowering wave ends and the petals fall, the bush may bloom again. However, it is important not to forget to cut withered flowers, otherwise this may not happen.
Pruning roses
During flowering, the plant does not require special care, distinguishing it from other varieties. It is enough to carry out the usual actions in time: to feed, water, weed or treat with herbicides, protect from diseases and pests.
Note! Thanks to regular weeding, the plant will be better protected from diseases and loss of nutrients. At the same time, the garden will look even more well-groomed and aesthetically pleasing.
It so happens that the rose bush does not bloom at the right time, which causes the gardener anxiety. If the bush was planted only this year, then this situation is within the normal range. In other cases, the reason may be a lack of lighting (less than 8 hours a day), errors of trimming and top dressing. Overgrowth at the roots, a bacterial burn can interfere with flowering. Sometimes the bush needs rejuvenation to resume flowering.
Flower propagation
Grand Amore is propagated by half lignified shoots, which are cut from the bush in the early morning. It is not recommended to take young shoots, as well as shoots that have been treated with nitrogen fertilizers.
Act as follows:
- A suitable shoot is cut with two leaves so that both cuts, upper and lower, have 45 degrees.
- The cuttings are allowed to dry and buried 2-3 cm into the ground, choosing a place in the shade.
- The buried shoot is covered with a jar and periodically moistened.
- After rooting, the young plant is left to winter in the same place.
- In spring, you can transplant if necessary in accordance with the rules described above.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Despite the resistance of the variety to disease, it can be subjected to fungal diseases: powdery mildew, rust, gray rot. To protect the rainy summer, the Grand Amore rose is sprayed with sulfur-containing preparations 1-2 times (for example, Bordeaux liquid or blue vitriol).
Flowering bushes Grand Amor
To combat insects (a bear, a spider mite, a leaf moth, scabbard, pennies), specialized insecticidal preparations are used.
With proper care, the Grand Amore tea-hybrid variety will be a wonderful decoration for a personal plot. Although he is unpretentious in leaving, he needs a careful attitude. Resistance to various diseases and moderate colds makes it possible to grow it in central Russia. However, one should not neglect the preventive treatment of bushes and their warming in the winter, then the Grand Amur rose will delight with its abundant flowering every year.
