- Authors: Harkness
- Name synonyms: I Am Macmillan
- Breeding year: 2015
- Group: floribunda
- The main color of the flower: pink
- Flower shape: classic
- Diameter, cm: 10
- Flower type by number of petals: thick double
- Scent: with spicy notes
- Bush height, cm: 90
Roses of the AM Macmillan variety like to grow in a sunny area or in partial shade. It is very important to take into account the rules of agricultural technology, then the hassle of growing will be less.
Breeding history of the variety
Experienced breeders in Great Britain were engaged in breeding of AM Macmillan. In our country, they began to actively use the variety only in 2015. Ai Em Macmillan is a Floribunda. e
Description of the variety
The flowers of this variety are salmon pink. They are not colorful, of a classic shape. Flowers of AM Macmillan can reach 100 mm in diameter. Quite large, densely doubled specimens. Sometimes there are 40 petals in one flower. AM Macmillan grows up to 9 flowers on one stem.
Rose has a unique aroma with spicy notes. In terms of intensity, it can be characterized as average.
Bushes of the AM Macmillan variety usually reach a height of 900 mm, while the crown diameter can be up to 700 mm.
The foliage of Ay Em Macmillan is large, dark green, which is one of the characteristic features of this variety.
Advantages and disadvantages
Ay Em Macmillan roses have many virtues:
- amazing aroma;
- long flowering period;
- resistance to high humidity.
Among the shortcomings, one can single out the fading of the shade of roses over the years and the shrinking of the buds.
Flowering features
The Ay Em Macmillan variety blooms from June to October. This is a re-blooming rose that many gardeners like.
Use in landscape design
Flowers AM Macmillan are often used not only in landscape design, but also for cutting. The bushes of this rose look great alone, as the main decoration of a flower bed and in group plantings in rose gardens.
Landing
The hole in which the AI Macmillan bush is planted should be large enough, 30 cm or even 50 cm deep. The main condition is that the root system should be freely placed inside.
A layer of fertile soil is laid at the bottom. Before planting, the roots should be carefully examined beforehand, it is possible to remove the damaged ones, and the rest should be shortened to a length of 20-30 centimeters. After planting, a small watering of the bush is made.
Growing and care
I AM Macmillan roses have good resistance to rain, so even with high soil moisture, these flowers do not suffer from root rot.
Watering and feeding
It is worth watering roses with the calculation of 10-15 liters of water per bush, once a week. Such a norm is respected provided that there is no precipitation all this time. When there is enough rain, no additional watering should be done.
It is best to feed roses of this variety with organics or mineral complexes with a slow release of trace elements.
Pruning
Pruning IEM Macmillan roses can be formative when the grower shapes the bush to look good in the flower bed.
Sanitation is needed in the fall and spring. Damaged and diseased shoots are removed in order to keep the bush healthy longer.
Frost resistance and preparation for winter
Variety Ai Em Macmillan belongs to the frost resistance zone - 6. Thus, the bushes of this plant can withstand a drop in air temperature to -23 ° C. For this reason, the flowers do not require shelter, but if the bush was planted where the wind is constantly blowing, then you need to cover the roses.It is best to use coniferous spruce branches or straw for this, sometimes dry foliage is used.
Diseases and pests
For diseases of the rose, I Am Macmillan is treated with fungicides. Industrial insecticides help with aphids and other pests.
Reproduction
Most often, roses of this variety are propagated by cuttings. Young material is cut in autumn, put in water with "Kornevin" for several days, and then immersed in a nutritious substrate.
When the cuttings take root and from 5 to 6 leaves appear on them, you can transfer the I.M. Macmillan rose to open ground. Planting is desirable in the spring.
Cuttings can be planted immediately in the ground in the fall under glass jars, by the spring they will take root and give young leaves.
Review overview
Many gardeners note that after planting the AM Macmillan in the first year, the bushes show amazing results. By the third year, the flowers become much smaller, they can even change the shade. Sometimes buds of various shades bloom on the same bush. The branches of Ai Em Macmillan are thin, weak, the bush can fall to the ground under the weight of the foliage. The dark, attractive shade of greens fades very quickly.