Rose Briosa

Rose of the floribunda group, bred in Italy, called the beautiful word "Briosa", attracts attention with its color and shape. Roses bloom slowly, bloom profusely, need disease prevention. Briose is not grown in a lowland, just as it is not planted in clay soil, but in fertile soil or in soil with a neutral reaction, it will grow well.

The variety was bred in Italy in 1990 in the Barni nursery. The cultivar has the synonymous name Barney. By the way, initially it was a nursery for the selection of fruits and vegetables, but retrained in a rose nursery, and became successful in this. The purpose of the flower is for cutting. And its color is its main advantage: yellow-orange color, as well as variations of a chameleon. This is a very bright accent color. The flower has a spherical shape, it is medium in size, reaching 8 cm in diameter. The variety is referred to as double, the flowers grow in inflorescences, on the stem there will be from 3 to 5. The aroma of the plant is light and weak.

Briosa's bush is compact, low, grows up to 80 cm, and up to 70 cm wide. The leaves are light green, small, beautiful and elongated, have nice small denticles along the edges. It grows well both in the sun and in partial shade. It can be planted from March to June or from September to November. She needs shelter, including from the rain (if the rains are frequent, it is better to cover).

Brightness, color activity - this is the main plus of Briosa. The inflorescences are similar to those of hybrid tea roses. A big plus in the abundance of flowering, and in the fact that it is a re-flowering variety. As well as the fact that the plant is distinguished by good health, resistance to the main ailments that attack roses. The variety works well in a small rose garden, only it needs to be in the foreground.

The disadvantages of the variety are insufficient resistance to rain. Here Briosa is not afraid of frost, and rain can inhibit the normal development of the plant. And also someone may be upset by the presence of thorns on the stem, although there are few of them.

At the time, the bush is practically all strewn with inflorescences. If the flower is an adult, then the inflorescences will be 8 cm in diameter or slightly less, one of them will be more often 5. Flowers are double and spherical, have bright orange, tangerine and peach petals, which change their color throughout the season. It is safe to say that no other rose variety demonstrates such a floral overflow. At different stages of flowering, the petals will be different - caramel or even lilac. They do not fade in the sun, do not lose color saturation, which is considered a great advantage of the variety. After flowering, the buds naturally bud. This means you have to cut them off.

The plant needs fertile soil with good air permeability. It is desirable that it be light, that is, the roots do not need moisture and air. If the site has heavy and clayey soils, they must be improved by adding humus, sand and compost to them. And if the soil, on the contrary, is sandy, it will let water through, like a sieve. In addition, the sandy soil is not fertile.

For planting, you need to dig a hole with a depth of about 60 cm.The bottom must be drained with small pebbles, crushed stone or gravel, and this layer should reach 10 cm.A day before planting, Briosa seedlings should be placed in a solution of "Heteroauxin", which stimulates root growth. This is necessary for better adaptation of the plant, rooting.

If the roots are very long and / or damaged, they must be trimmed with a sterile instrument to the point where the healthy tissue begins. It is better to plant a rose with an open root system together: one person sets the seedling 3 cm below the soil surface with a root collar, the other straightens the roots, covers them with soil and compacts the loose substrate around the seedling. After planting, the bush should be watered at the root. It happens that the earth settles, which means you have to add a little bit of it.

The soil must be systematically loosened, weeds removed, diseases prevented, flower fed and timely pruning - these are the main requirements for caring for Briosa. Top dressing should be seasonal: nitrogen - in spring, potassium-phosphorus - in summer. The variety, although considered drought tolerant, needs regular and thorough watering. If it's hot outside, watering is more frequent. On ordinary days, one bush has at least 15 liters of cold water, if the weather is dry and warm - twice a week.

By the end of summer, watering should be seriously reduced, and completely stopped in September. If this is a rose of the first year, it should not be allowed to bloom early, therefore, before the beginning of August, the buds, no matter how sorry it may be, will have to be removed. In August, one bud or a pair is left on one shoot, they do not need to be cut off, because the fruits should set in the fall. This is done so that the shoots ripen better, so that they overwinter well and give abundant flowering next year.

It is best to do pruning in the spring - the buds are swollen, it's time to take the pruner in your hands. In this case, the purpose of pruning is different: it can be either early flowering of the bush, or its formation. So, pruning can be short, medium and strong. A strong one is carried out in the spring (2-4 buds are left with it), and it is also used to rejuvenate the variety. Medium pruning is 5-7 buds that will help early flowering. Weak pruning is needed to remove faded plant elements.

In the spring, it is imperative to remove the frozen lashes, cut the tops of the shoots. In autumn, sanitary pruning is carried out to a greater extent - the sick and damaged are removed, if the bush has grown strongly, thin it out. Summer pruning is considered a flowering regulator.

The plant needs shelter, but only when the cold weather has become resistant. The roses are cut off in front of the shelter, the base of the bush is spudded - it is necessary to sprinkle it not with peat / sand / sawdust, but with earth. Or, for example, humus and compost. It is better to cover Briosa with spruce branches, which fit between the bushes and on top of the roses. Then, above the bush, you need to install a frame made of wire, slats, metal profiles, it will rise 20 cm (at least) above the roses. And on this frame, insulation is laid, on top of it - polyethylene. In this case, you need to leave the side vents. In March it is time to air this shelter. By the way, in Siberia, Briosa grows well, and it winters well too, because a rich snow cover will be a reliable shelter for it.

The variety shows good resistance to powdery mildew and black spot. Briosa is also resistant to diseases. Unless a spider mite, a leafworm, a green aphid give her rest. It is better to remove them manually, and then treat the bush with insecticides.

To maintain varietal characteristics, reproduction must be exclusively vegetative. At home, this can be done by cuttings. They are taken from matured, grown bushes immediately after the end of the first wave of flowering.

Briosa is appropriate in any style of landscape design - from French to English, from country to modern. For this versatility, they love her.