The rose is rightfully recognized as the queen of flowers - it combines incredible beauty and an intoxicatingly delicate aroma. The variety of its types, varieties and colors is endless. Among this wonderful variety, one of the real pearls is the Princess Margaret rose, created by the famous English breeder David Austin. We started cultivating this rose in 1999.
Crown Princess Margarehta (Crown Princess Margaret), or Princess Margaret, received its name in honor of the granddaughter of Queen Margaret of Sweden. This shrub belongs to the English Leander hybrids.
The unusual orange-apricot color and delicate tea-fruit aroma, combined with resistance to cold, rain and disease, have made this rose a real favorite of gardeners and landscape designers. In this article we will look at the specifics of planting and caring for the Princess Margarita rose.
The Princess Margaret bush grows quite spreading, up to 1.8 m in height and 1 m in width. The branches are long, beautifully arched, with dark green semi-glossy foliage. Thorns are almost completely absent. When flowering, the flexible branches bend to the ground, so it is recommended to tie the rose to a support.
The flower of this variety of rose is densely double, as if filled with many petals in the middle, there are up to 120 of them. The diameter of the flowers is about 11 cm. The flowers collected in brushes bloom one at a time, and each blooms for 7 days. The color of the petals is orange-apricot, darker towards the center and lighter at the edges of the bud.
In strong sunlight, flowers may fade and turn pale. yellow color. Tea aroma With distinct fruity notes, it tastes good on warm sunny days and fades slightly in the rain. The aroma of roses intensifies in the morning and decreases in the evening.
During the summer, Princess Margaret blooms 4 times, the last time in mid-September. The bush is able to withstand frost of -28 degrees when covered without loss. The variety is highly resistant to powdery mildew and black spot.
Currently, this rose is successfully grown in Crimea, the Rostov region and the northwestern regions of Russia.
Application in landscape design
Princess Margarita looks good both when planted alone and in a variety of woody and floral compositions. This rose goes especially well with violet-blue flowers such as delphinium, lavender, salvia, mantle, geranium and sage.
With minimal pruning, the rose turns into a climbing rose, and when planted in a container, it will take the form of a standard tree.
These roses are used to create hedges and decorate mixed borders.
Choosing a landing site and conditions of detention
It is advisable for Princess Margaret to find a place in the garden where she would be protected from the scorching midday sun. In areas that are too sunny, the rose will fade faster, and its color will fade and become pale; in addition, the petals may get sunburned.
The plant should not be planted in low-lying areas where it stagnates. cold air and water. There is a danger of root rotting and the appearance of various fungal diseases. In a place with good air circulation, the rose will be protected from diseases and pests.
The soil for Princess Margaret is slightly acidic with a pH of 5.6-6.5. To increase acidity, you can add peat or manure, and to lower it, add ash or lime. The soil must be fertile, air- and water-permeable. If the soil is clayey and heavy, then humus, compost and sand are added to it. If the soil is sandy and allows water to pass through like a sieve, then add clay soil, humus, peat, manure and turf soil.
Groundwater should not rise above 1 m from the ground surface, since root system roses grow deep and too a large number of moisture can lead to rotting of the roots.
Features of planting and care
Landing
Planting a rose in open ground possible in spring and autumn. Spring planting preferably, it is produced in April-May according to the following scheme:
- Dig holes measuring 60*60*60. Lay drainage (small pebbles, crushed stone) at the bottom in a layer of 10 cm.
- Fertilize the excavated soil with rotted manure or compost, lay drainage in a 10 cm layer. Sprinkle garden soil on top with a 10 cm layer.
- The seedling is placed with its roots in a solution of a growth stimulator, such as Heteroauxin, for a day. This way the rose will take root faster. Damaged and long roots are removed with pruning shears.
- Place the seedling in the center of the prepared hole and carefully cover it with earth so that the root collar is 3 cm below ground level.
- The planted plant is watered at the root. If the ground has subsided, add more.
- Mulch the root circle with peat.
Watering
In hot and dry summers, the rose must be watered 3-4 times a week, 20 liters per day. cold water for one bush. Water should be poured directly under the bush and preferably in the evening. Also, on particularly hot days, the rose can be sprayed in the evenings. At the end of summer, watering should be reduced, and in September it should be stopped altogether.
Top dressing
Fertilizing is carried out seasonally - in the spring they apply nitrogen fertilizers, and in summer - phosphorus and potassium. These activities begin immediately after the winter shelter is removed. And then feed once every 2 weeks in calm weather. You can combine fertilizing with a fertilizer solution and watering. The last fertilizing without nitrogen is applied in early September.
Trimming
This is an important stage in rose care. Spring pruning is more of a sanitary nature - branches that are damaged and frostbitten after winter are removed. Autumn pruning carried out for the correct formation of the bush and for abundant flowering in the next season.
Usually 5-7 strong branches are left, which are cut to 2/3 of the length. Pruning is carried out with a clean, sharp tool. It is also necessary to promptly remove faded flowers, this promotes the rapid appearance and blooming of new ones.
Loosening and mulching
The soil around the bush must be promptly removed from weeds and loosened after each watering. Mulch the root circle after planting and then after watering using peat. Mulching allows you to retain moisture in the soil for a long time, this is especially important in hot weather.
Shelter for the winter
Despite the fact that the Princess Margaret rose has high frost resistance and can safely tolerate -28 degrees, it must be covered with the onset of persistent cold weather. Before sheltering, the bushes are pruned and hilled with the addition of compost, humus and garden soil. Cover the bushes with spruce branches (see photo).
A frame is built over the bushes and a special covering material is pulled over it. In spring, the structure is periodically ventilated, opening the film on the sides. With the onset of persistent heat, the shelter is dismantled.
Reproduction
Advantages of the rose Princess Margarita
- High resistance to diseases.
- Beautiful appearance bush.
- Beautiful and rare color of flowers.
- Wonderful tea and fruit aroma.
- Thorns are almost completely absent.
- Long flowering in 4 stages.
- It grows well in the shade; 4-5 hours of diffused sunlight is enough for it.
- Excellent propagation by cuttings with good survival rate.
- High frost resistance, can withstand frost of -28 degrees when covered.
- Can be used in landscape design both like a bush and like a climbing rose.
Disadvantages of the variety
- In the first year of life, the bush does not bloom very profusely, and the flowers may be small.
- In adult bushes, the shoots become so rigid that it can be quite difficult to remove them from the support for shelter for the winter.
- Flowers fade in the sun and their aroma decreases in rainy weather.
Roses - amazing beautiful bushes from the Rosaceae family. On personal plots V middle lane Many species, varieties and garden forms are cultivated. A special group consists of the flowers of David Austin, the famous English breeder. A striking representation of this series is the Princess Margaret rose.
Austin Roses
David Austin specialized in creating varieties of roses. The idea came to him in the middle of the twentieth century. Then he saw the ancient views of these beautiful plants and decided to cross them with the modern hybrid tea group. He was faced with the task of maintaining the previous decorative qualities and enhance plant resistance to adverse factors.
Rose Princess Margaret
As a result, more than 200 varieties were created. They have not yet been identified as a separate group, but they all have some distinctive features. David Austin focused on the extraordinary aroma, long flowering period and varied colors - among the ancient roses there were neither yellow nor orange.
Princess Margaret received in 1999. This is a relatively young variety. The official name is Rose Crown Princess Margareta. The breeder named it in honor of the Swedish Princess Margaret, who was fond of floriculture.
The name literally translates as “Crown Princess Margarita.” However, among flower lovers it is customary to use not a literal translation, but a name that corresponds to the pronunciation. Therefore, in Russia the variety is called Crown Princess Margaret or simply Princess Margarita. But the name rose Crown Prince Margaret rose from any point of view is incorrect.
Characteristics of the variety
Crown Princess Margareta is a rose belonging to the group of Leander hybrids.
Botanical description:
- the bush is tall, spreading, reaches 2 m in height and 1 m in width, shaped like a crown;
- stems are drooping, when grown without support they bend to the ground;
- almost no thorns;
- leaves are small, rich green in color;
- blooms in small clusters of 3-5 inflorescences, from early summer to autumn;
- flowers are medium-sized, rosette-shaped, double, apricot in color;
- the diameter of each flower is 10-12 cm;
- The aroma is pleasant, with pronounced fruity notes.
The plant is unpretentious and resistant to common diseases. In particular, to powdery mildew and black spot. Winter hardiness is high - under cover it can withstand frosts down to -35 ° C.
Features of cultivation
The Princess Margarita rose is grown in much the same way as other varieties. It grows well in moderately moist and well-fertilized loamy soil. The optimal pH level is 5.6-6.5. The soil is prepared in advance - it is dug up, fertilized, and weeds are carefully selected.
The plant can be planted twice per season:
- in spring - as soon as the soil warms up to +10 °C and the threat of return frosts has passed;
- in the fall - about 30 days before the onset of cold weather.
The place is chosen in partial shade. In the bright sun, flowers quickly fade and lose their brightness. For normal development, the plant needs 4-5 hours of lighting.
Since the bushes grow powerful, a sufficient distance is left between them - at least 1 m. Planting holes are dug 60 cm deep. A drainage layer must be laid at the bottom, because roses do not tolerate stagnant water. After planting, the soil is well moistened so that it settles to the roots.
Planting a rose
In the first year of cultivation, the buds are cut off so that the plant has time to grow green mass and take root in a new place. Thanks to this procedure, more flowers will form next season.
On a note! The plant needs support for tying, otherwise the stems will “scatter” in different directions.
Caring for the Princess Margarita rose consists of:
- loosening the soil;
- watering;
- pruning;
- removal of weeds;
- feeding
The earth is carefully loosened, trying not to touch the roots. Thanks to the procedure, air and moisture permeability improves.
Loosening the soil
Watering is carried out as the soil dries, following certain recommendations:
- use only warm, settled water;
- the optimal watering time is evening;
- prevent water from getting on the leaves.
On a note! In hot weather, the bushes are additionally sprayed warm water from a spray bottle.
The bushes are periodically pruned. The procedure is carried out in different ways depending on the desired goals. When growing the climbing form, only sanitary pruning is carried out at the beginning and end of the season - injured branches and branches growing inside the bush are removed. To obtain drooping shoots, they are shortened by 1/5 every spring.
Roses are quickly consumed nutrients contained in the soil. Therefore, they are fed regularly - every 2-3 weeks:
- at the beginning of the growing season - nitrogen-containing fertilizers;
- during the flowering period and autumn - potassium and phosphorus.
To absorb minerals, organic matter is needed - mullein, bird droppings, humus. Both types of fertilizers are applied alternately.
Roses are covered for the winter. The lashes are removed from the supports and carefully folded, leaving free space. The air gap surrounding the stems limits the development of pathogens.
Roses are covered for the winter.
The top of the bush is covered with sawdust, spruce branches or wrapped non-woven material. The thickness of the coating depends on the climatic characteristics of the region.
Important! To prevent roses from rotting, a protective layer is installed only after the temperature drops to -5 °C.
Rose Crown Princess Margaret is propagated by:
- By cuttings - select stems that transition from herbaceous to woody state. The sections are treated with a root growth stimulator and kept at home or in a greenhouse at a temperature of +20...+22 °C.
- By dividing the bush - the procedure is carried out in the fall or spring before the buds bloom. The bush is cut into pieces. Most of the branches are pre-cut so that they do not interfere and do not take away nutrients. Thanks to this procedure, the plant rejuvenates and develops better.
Tools are pre-sharpened and disinfected.
Advantages and disadvantages
Rose Crown Princess Margaret is loved by millions of gardeners. It has many advantages:
- endurance and resistance to diseases;
- abundant and long flowering;
- the flowers are large, double, and are not afraid of rain;
- pleasant fruity-floral aroma;
- easy propagation using cuttings.
Flower growers growing this variety of roses noted some disadvantages:
- few flowers are formed in the first years of life;
- with age, the stems become coarser, so problems arise when covering for the winter;
- In the bright sun, the flowers quickly fade and turn pale.
With proper care, Crown Princess Margareta roses will delight the owner with abundant and long flowering. The bushes look luxurious both individually and in group plantings. Due to their frost resistance and unpretentiousness, they are grown even in regions with harsh climates.
Interval time lapse video. Accelerated opening of a rose bud Crown Princess Margaret. https://youtu.be/8NB0TakP-BE
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The rose is named after Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Crown Princess Margaret of Connaught of Sweden, who was an accomplished gardener and decorator. Flowers of charming colors - a mixture of apricot tones that range from weather conditions and as they bloom, they change their saturation, the lower petals become lighter. The buds are single, large, 10-12 cm in diameter, densely double (more than 40 petals), spherical, hold their shape for a long time and do not fall off. Flowering is abundant and continuous throughout the season. The flowers are fragrant with a fruity aroma. An erect bush with drooping branches, covered with light green foliage. On a support it can exceed 250cm. High winter hardiness and disease resistance. Belongs to the Leander group (the hardiest and healthiest group of English rose varieties)
Reviews from Rosebook.
A beautiful healthy rose, but, indeed, much paler than in the catalog (although this does not spoil it), and, indeed, the bush literally falls apart in all directions without a garter. But after looking at the album of one of the rose growers, I realized that we are simply planting incorrectly English roses. They need to be planted in a raised area, such as a raised area along a wall, like a tall, wide border with soil. If you plant English roses there, they FALL so wonderfully in cascades of flowers onto the ground under the elevation that it looks like a fountain. I realized that English roses are designed for this purpose, to fall down, and we artificially tie them up, forcing them to grow upward, for which they are not adapted, so it doesn’t look very good. If you don’t fight their nature, but let them grow the way they were intended, it’s a complete delight!
It grew for the first year and the flowers amazed me with their smell, of course. But most of all I was surprised by the attractiveness of the bush, I couldn’t pass by, I always stopped and looked, looked... The gaze goes deep into the flowers and dissolves... I can’t say “rose, flower” about it, it’s so majestic
This year (third summer) there are a lot of buds. Don't whip yet. The shoots are thin and droop under the weight of the flowers. The flowers are very nice. Half-opened - the color of pink mother-of-pearl. Opened - very densely packed compact dark yellow rosettes, the petals are laid evenly and neatly. In combination it is perceived as very unusual and intriguing. The smell in my opinion is simply amazing, it is complex, rich and strong.
My Princess is 5 years old. Height -2 meters, width -2 meters. It blooms along the entire length of the shoots all summer almost without interruption, a stunning sight. I never have it yellow, orange inside, apricot around the edges. Grows in full sun, grafted onto Laxa. It takes cuttings very well and grows well on its own roots. I consider her the most the best variety Austin. Even in an unfavorable rainy summer there is not a single spot on it.
Stunning variety! I love, love, love... It grows quickly, the bush is powerful, the flowers are beautifully shaped and have a wonderful aroma, evenly distributed throughout the bush. It is the first to bloom even among the ostinos. Overwinters well up to the tips of the branches. It grows on the east side of the house, receiving sun only before lunch. Happy in any weather.
The rose is indestructible, the bushes grow huge, the smell is felt only close to the bush, it takes cuttings well and grows on its own roots. A garter is required because the flowers look down. It fades very quickly in the sun. Fans of bright flowers will not like it, the rose is pale.
Good day!
It’s not for nothing that the rose is considered the queen of flowers; this noble flower has incredible aroma and perfection of forms, the abundance of varieties allows you to choose a plant for every taste and color.
I love roses very much, so in my garden they take up almost all the space. Of course, plants require care, it is very important correct pruning, watering, fertilizing, sheltering for the winter, and then your plant will delight you with lush flowering all summer long.
David Austin roses appeared in my garden just a couple of years ago, but now these English aristocrats are my favorites. They captivated me with the perfection of their forms, their delightful aroma, and their gracefully drooping shoots.
English roses appeared as a result of crossing two roses - antique and floribunda. The flowers of these roses are shaped like a rosette or pompom with a large number of petals.
In this review I will talk about one of my favorite varieties of "ostok" - rose CROWN PRINCESS MARGARETTA (Crown Princess Margaret).
This rose received its name in honor of Crown Princess Margaret, granddaughter of the Queen of Sweden.
The buds of this rose open into large rosette-shaped flowers. A fully opened bud has an apricot-orange hue, but over the course of several days of flowering the color of the rose changes, becoming lighter, golden with a slight pinkish tint. In hot weather, the petals fade to a pale yellow color.
This rose has a very strong aroma, I would say it is the scent of a tea rose with a hint of fruit.
By the way, the aroma of English roses also tends to change throughout the day.
For example, in the morning the smell is stronger and more saturated, in the evening it becomes lighter and more refined; the aroma is also more intense in sunny, windless weather and barely perceptible in damp and rainy weather.
The average flower diameter is 10 - 12 cm; this beauty blooms for an average of 5 - 7 days.
This rose also looks great in the company of other plants; plants of contrasting shades will look good next to it - salvia, lavender, delphinium, speedwell.
This variety "Austin" belongs to one of the most hardy and healthy groups of varieties of English roses; they are very resistant to diseases such as powdery mildew, black spot.
This plant tolerates heat and cold very well.
The graceful spherical buds on elegantly drooping branches look very beautiful, as if straight out of old Flemish paintings.
This rose blooms very profusely, buds appear from the lowest shoots.
This rose blooms both with single buds and in small clusters - inflorescences of 3 - 5 flowers at a time.
The flowering of this rose is repeated throughout the season, for me it blooms on average four times per summer, the first flowering is the most lush and abundant, the last in September.
This rose will feel best in the sun and partial shade, but since these beauties are native to Foggy Albion, I think partial shade will still be preferable.
Features of care: Pruning is very important for English roses. To get large large flowers, the grown shoots need to be shortened by half, and if you want the bush to be strewn with buds, the stems should be cut by a third.
This rose can also be grown as a climbing rose, in which case minimal pruning is done.
Be sure to remove wilted buds and faded roses, this promotes the formation of new flowers .
It is better to water roses in the evening, preferably with settled or rain water, always watering under the bush. In hot weather, watering should be more frequent - 3 - 4 times a week; spraying the bush will also be useful in such weather.
It is also necessary to fertilize the plant. They are usually fertilized with organic and mineral fertilizers, and also add microelements and vitamins.
From mineral fertilizers will give a good effect ammonium nitrate, superphosphate(contained in these fertilizers nitrogen - helps increase the number of shoots, phosphorus - helps the formation of stems and flowers, potassium - promotes plant resistance to disease).
Also useful organic fertilizers - peat, grass fertilizers, mature compost, bird droppings.
Necessarily: loosening the soil and removing weeds. This will help the plant roots receive more oxygen and improve access to moisture and nutrients.
Following these simple rules will help your plant stay healthy and delight with its unique beauty.
Crown Princess Margaret is a very delicate orange.
Shrub (English roses of the Leander group), 120-150 cm high.
Originator: David Austin, 1999.
Bloom.
The Crown Princess Margaretha rose stands out for its tightly clustered and densely packed apricot-hued flowers. Toward the edge of the flower, the petals have a lighter, almost white color. The size of the flowers is not very large, up to 10 cm.
The rose blooms both with single flowers at the ends of the shoots and in small clusters, 3-5 flowers at a time. The shoots are straight, and the flowers themselves bend and look slightly down, but due to the large height of the shoots, this does not create any inconvenience when admiring the rose.
In the sun, the flowers fade moderately, carefully preserving warm apricot shades of varying saturation until the very end of flowering. Although there is certainly a tendency to fade to pink.
I liked the good resistance of this variety to rain - the flowers did not pupate even in the fall, when there were heavy rains for a week, and the petals almost were not covered with irritating pink spots.
The flowers have a faint scent, similar to hybrid tea roses, but in the description they write that the smell medium strength. Perhaps it is more intense when dissolved.
Bushes.
The first year the rose produced shoots about 100-120 cm high, they grow vertically upward until quite heavy buds appear at the top, and if such a bud gets wet and becomes even heavier, then the shoot tends to lie on the ground, while maintaining a straight line. posture. So I recommend installing supports so that the bush does not fall apart.
The variety's resistance to disease is also good - in September, when the foliage of many roses becomes covered with black spots and other diseases, Crown Princess Margaretha is all green and blooms beautifully.