The beautiful and strong Pilgrim rose appeared as a result of the crossing of two varieties - Graham Thomas with the Yellow Button. The variety was bred by English breeders. The plant is inherent in the quality of a scrub and climbing rose.
Brief description of the variety
Upright bushes of the English Pilgrim rose perfectly coexist on a support, growing up to 3 m. A variety with long shoots characteristic of a climbing species. Inflorescences of medium and even large sizes are composed of multiple medium-sized petals in the form of an open rosette, which emphasizes the sophistication of the variety. In the center of the flower are yellow petals, closer to the edges the color is lighter. The smell of tea roses is combined with the scent of myrrh.
Delicate silky flower of a very soft yellow color
For your information! The beauty of inflorescences is complemented by abundant foliage. It is cultivated as a low scrub, but at the end of the season the bushes are covered with long shoots, giving a somewhat sloppy appearance. You can save the shape of the bush by shortening the escaping shoots.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Pilgrim has many advantages:
- luxurious appearance is appreciated;
- blooms brightly and magnificent for a long time;
- adaptability to development in different environmental conditions.
There are disadvantages:
- the grade is not resistant to frost;
- the rose is demanding on the conditions of cultivation and care;
- the variety is susceptible to disease.
Use in landscape design
Rosa Park Pilgrim is great for growing in a complex multi-row and multi-tiered flower garden (mixborder). In landscape design, strong-growing, at the same time graceful bushes are used for single and group plantings with continuous flowering from spring to autumn.
Rosa the Pilgrim - the best decoration of the landscape
Flower growing
You can grow roses with cuttings, seedlings. Each method has its own characteristics. Cuttings are planted in the spring (late April - early May). Seedlings can be planted in spring and autumn.
Seat selection
The site should check the depth of groundwater (suitable when they are deeper than 1 m). Regarding acidity, the limit should be pH = 6.0-6.5.
Important! If roses were the predecessors in this place, then the soil layer is replaced to a depth of 50 cm.
Roses Pilgrim demanding light, need shelter and from gusts of wind. It is not recommended to plant a bush rose under trees, at the walls of structures or in low places in order to avoid rotting of the roots and the appearance of diseases.
The soil is loosened, cleared of weeds, fertilized according to recommendations and own experience. The flower is subjected to root disinfection before planting.
Landing procedure step by step
When the seedlings of the Pilgrim rose variety are prepared, the place for planting roses is selected, then the procedure is carried out in stages:
- Preparing a hole of the right size.
- Dressed with nutrient mixture
- After examining the roots, the seedling is immersed in the hole, the roots are straightened.
- The hole is filled with soil.
- The soil around the trunk is being compacted.
- Watering is carried out.
Preparation for planting a rose Pilgrim in the open ground
Plant care
In the very first days after transplantation, plants need abundant watering. Gradually, as the survival rate, the amount of water decreases to 1 time per week, depending on the state of the soil.
Top dressing and soil quality
In the first year after planting, the bushes do not need to be fed. This procedure starts from the second year. Under the bushes make nitrogen fertilizers, which contribute to the development of the root system and shoots. Especially the plant needs such a recharge in the formation of flower buds.
Summer top dressing is reduced to saturating the soil with calcium and potassium compounds. In the fall, phosphate fertilizers are added. They feed plants, alternating mineral and organic substances (mullein, bird droppings), adding albumin. Under each bush, 4-5 liters of nutrient solution are introduced.
Important! Before starting the procedure, the bushes need to be watered, and at the end, loosening of the soil is done.
Pruning and transplanting
Cut plants to prolong flowering. Experienced flower growers carry out some manipulations to strengthen the bush. The bush, cut to 1/3 of the shoot, grows in breadth, becomes sprawling. At the end of the event, complete fertilizing with complex fertilizers is carried out.
Features of wintering a flower
The Pilgrim is a rose that is struggling with the cold season. Florists need to prepare the plant for wintering in advance. By the time cold days arrive, the last leaves are removed, shoots with immature buds are removed. The bushes swell, and when the temperature drops to −10 ° С, they need to be covered with a film. With the advent of spring, by warming the air to zero, the shelter is removed.
Pilgrim Rose Care
Flowering roses
Beautifully shaped flowers in the active summer period give a lot of joy, aesthetic pleasure. Properly organized, in accordance with the recommendations of specialists, care provides a long magnificent flowering. With the onset of autumn, beauty fades, and there comes a time of rest. Gardeners are preparing their plantations for it: they clean up dry, damaged parts of the plant, make the necessary dressings.
What to do if it does not bloom
Sometimes it happens that a rose is not able to please the grower. The reasons for this are different, ranging from an unsuccessful landing location to improper care: watering, top dressing, pruning. Therefore, you need to do everything as required by the variety.
Flower propagation
The beginning and middle of the autumn season is considered the most suitable time. You need to land before frost. You can do rooting with the advent of spring. This rose variety coexists well in different weather conditions. Open areas illuminated by the sun are preferred for growth and development.
Note! Before planting, seedlings are briefly placed in water. Buried in the soil by 7-10 cm to prevent the formation of wild plants.
In bushes grown from cuttings, there is no wild growth. They are able to give shoots, renew shoots when the aerial green part of the plant dies. Growing roses from seedlings is faster, easier, because less effort is spent. But the cuttings do not tolerate the first wintering, many die.
And seedlings are somewhat behind in development, inferior in resistance to diseases.
Important! Cuttings can be prepared independently during the autumn pruning. The resulting twigs are cleaned of leaves and immersed for storage in peat, sand or moss until spring. In spring, cuttings are cut from them. Gardeners are still advised to propagate by seedlings, it is more reliable.
Diseases, pests and ways to combat them
Pilgrim roses are prone to disease. Powdery mildew, rot, black spotting are the greatest threat.
As preventive measures show, preventive measures against diseases can be simple measures:
- not allow waterlogging;
- maintain soil nutrition;
- timely remove old, damaged parts of plants;
- thin out bushes regularly, keeping the distance between them about 50 cm.
If signs of the disease are found, it is necessary to spray the bushes every 5 days with Bordeaux fluid.
Thus, the Pilgrim variety is a moody, but very beautiful rose bush. If he provides decent care, then he will bloom all summer.
