Rose of Damascus: description. Varieties, cultivation
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This article presents a damask rose: description of the variety, variety, cultivation.
Rose of Damascus: briefly about this variety
Rose of Damascus: briefly about this variety
Beautiful appearance, a variety of all kinds of colors and a wonderful aroma ensured a wide distribution of the Damascus rose throughout the world, and also awarded it the title of “flower of passion and love”. It is difficult to imagine that the work with roses has been going on for more than four thousand years. The most fragrant variety is the damask rose, it grows in suburban areas, and in summer cottages, and in public and private gardens, and in huge areas for sale on the market.
Unfortunately, they cannot name the exact territory on which this plant first began to grow. Of the possible options, these are:
- Territories of China.
- Territories of India.
- Territories of the island of Crete.
- Territories of Ancient Iran, namely Persia.
Some poets from Persia referred to their homeland as the country of roses. One thing is clear that this variety of roses came to us from the territory of the East.
It is surprising that the damask rose was depicted in the frescoes found in Ancient Pompeii. In the territory of Rome, the plant was the most popular. After some time, his popularity began to decline, but then his popularity teared sharply upward in the East. Thanks to this fact, it is customary to think that it is the Arabs who are experts in the method of extracting pink liquid by distillation.
Because of this variety of roses, Robert de Brie, who was a crusader, is forever remembered in history. All thanks to his arrival in France together with a stunning fragrant bush of Damask roses. His trip was around the middle of the eighteenth century. This variety immediately conquered the hearts of Europeans and remained there for a long time as the main decoration of gardens. Unfortunately, in the nineteenth century, selective varieties of Chinese tea roses displaced this variety of roses into second place.
Rose of Damascus: characteristics
Rose of Damascus: characteristics
Experts divide the representatives of the pink family into categories according to the novelty of the plant. This variety is considered to be a rather old plant species, they came from the parent varieties "Rosa gallica" and "Rosa moschata". As you might already understand, the variety is breeding.
The shrub is a plant that has been growing for several years. Usually grows to a height of one hundred and fifty centimeters, has elongated stems and large foliage, green color. The texture of the petals are terry, they are rather large, usually seven centimeters wide, the variety of colors is amazing, there are buds from beige to pink in color. There are even snow-white colors of buds, the most unusual and rare color is red. The plant has thorns, but they are different for each species. There are red spines, large or small, resembling small needles. The flowering process for this variety of roses is quite long, usually blooms once, usually at the beginning or in the middle of the summer season. However, at the moment, varieties have been obtained that bloom twice in one season. The formation of red fruits usually occurs at the end of the summer season - early autumn.
This variety includes varieties, each of which is endowed with a pronounced aroma. This variety was used five thousand years ago to obtain a pink and aromatic liquid.
Damask rose: photo, description of the most famous varieties
At this time period, there is a huge variety of types of "Damask" roses, but further we will talk only about the most famous varieties of roses.
Kazanlik rose
This variety of roses was obtained in the oldest city of the same name in Bulgaria, around the seventeenth century by the Turks. The amazing specificity and unique aroma of the Turkish plant won the hearts of all the inhabitants of Bulgaria. Thanks to the excellent climate in this country, this plant was able to calmly grow and enjoy its amazing aroma and beautiful appearance. Today there is an annual holiday in Bulgaria, which is dedicated to this variety of roses. The government of the country even made this plant a symbol of Bulgaria. Nobody except specialists from Bulgaria possesses the secret method of extraction of rose water. The plant grows upright, has powerful shoots. The petals have a double texture, the color is pale pink, the stamens are yellow. The flowering process lasts a little, and the flowering process occurs once during the entire season.
Damask rose: photo, description of the most famous varieties
Leda
The plant is a small but voluminous shrub that grows up to one hundred and twenty centimeters up. The name was given in honor of the heroine of the myths of Ancient Greece, this variety has specific colors. The obverse of the foliage has a matte green color, the shape resembles a circle. In the process of flowering, the shrub is simply amazing. Red inflorescences turn into white double buds with a red frill around the edges of the petals. This variety has a high level of resistance to precipitation in the form of rain, cold weather and fungal diseases.
There are no special preferences in the choice of soil, it grows well even in shaded places.
Ispahan
This variety is the most fragrant with pink buds and was named after the city of Isfahan in Iran. In the Middle Ages, the city was almost a metropolis. This variety has a high level of resistance to various diseases and adverse weather conditions. The flowering process occurs once per season, the plant is large in height.
York and lancaster
The area of growth and the name of this variety should be grateful to a historical event - the conclusion of a war of thirty years long, namely the war of the Scarlet and White Roses. The House of Lancaster had a coat of arms depicting a red rose, and the House of York had a coat of arms depicting a white rose. Thanks to King Henry the Seventh Tudor, a truce was declared. The conciliatory symbol depicted a white rose on a red one. Even now, the royal families have coats of arms with the image of the Tudor rose. Experts say that this variety was received in one thousand five hundred and seventy-sixth year.
One shrub of this variety of roses can have several buds of various colors on it at once. The inflorescences are voluminous, terry in texture, the petals are usually found in the amount of twenty-seven to thirty-five pieces. The rose usually grows up to one hundred fifty - two hundred centimeters up, has an average level of resistance to cold, grows quietly in partial shade, has an ordinary level of resistance to various diseases.
This variety has an amazing flowering process that takes a long time.
Growing features
An excellent place for the growth of this variety is the south of our country, however, other summer residents and gardeners did not sit idle and have already been able to successfully cultivate the plant even in the Middle Lane. I use the rose as decoration for summer cottages and suburban areas, as well as gardens, parks, squares.Remember that in cold climates the plant needs frost protection for the winter season.
We advise you to carefully and carefully select the area on which the rose will grow in the future. In no case do not place the shrub in direct sunlight, however, it is also not worth it in a completely shaded place. Due to the shade, various diseases are formed on the plant. Do not plant the plant in an area with cold and strong winds. Most often, this variety is planted in the spring, the territory should be flat, the soil is warm, at least ten degrees, the soil is black or loamy.
If you live in the south of the country, then you can plant the plant at the end of the first autumn month.
If you want to have a group of roses in your summer cottage or suburban areas, the space between them should be from seventy to eighty centimeters. Pour humus, mineral dressing into a pre-prepared landing hole measuring fifty centimeters by fifty centimeters. Remove any damaged, dry, frozen parts from the plant. After completing the process of planting a seedling, it is worth carefully moistening the soil. Use a layer of mulch.
On especially warm days, you should double the usual watering, and decrease in the autumn season.
Remember to moisten the soil only with settled and warm water.
This variety needs timely pruning and crown formation.
Rose Damascus