How to cover roses for the winter is simple, reliable: leaving and preparing for cold weather in the fall, is it necessary to insulate when the snow has fallen, and why, what will happen if it is not wrapped correctly?

The development of methods and measures for preparing roses for winter is an important and no less painstaking task. It is not easy to spend the winter without the necessary shelter for roses.

The main task of preserving rose bushes in the winter is a shelter that he correctly created, which allows you to protect flowers from frost and humidity.

Shelter in the country can be inexpensive, but reliable and practical. The article will expand your knowledge and skills regarding the preparation of roses for wintering and tell you how to insulate a plant, whether it should be done and why, whether it is possible to leave unprotected under the snow, how to simply and reliably cover the bushes with covering material to keep them until spring .

Do I need to prepare shelter and what colors?

Do all roses need protection from the cold, do plants shelter in parks and squares? Certainly, some species have different conditions.

It is not necessary to apply shelter methods for the winter to the following species:

park roses;
winter-hardy varieties;
rose hips;
hybrids of alba, rugose, spinozissima.

The above species are frost-resistant. Usually their flowering occurs only once, their development ceases early.

Garden roses, delicate and elegant, bloom continuously for almost six months, starting from the onset of hot days in early June, and even until the first frost. They do not have enough time to develop and grow towards the onset of cold weather due to the continued growth of their shoots.

Almost all existing decorative varieties of garden roses need to be sheltered for the winter, even the most frost-resistant - shrubs (scrubs).

How to prepare the plant for warming?

To determine the readiness of rose bushes for shelter flower shoots should be carefully examined. If in September the color of the flowers of roses is red or pink, this means that flowering is very active, and the plants are not yet prepared for a real wintering.

In order to correct this situation, it is necessary:

To feed bushes with phosphoric fertilizers - this will lead to quick greening of the shoots.
Mark the growth points on the shoots of plants.
Leave a few wilted flowers - in this situation, the seeds begin to ripen, which will give the plant a sign of the need for preparation for winter.

Having done these measures, they proceed to the following, which are the final stage in the preparation of roses for wintering:

With the onset of autumn, all work on digging and loosening the earth among rose bushes and planting new plants should be stopped.
In the middle of autumn, absolutely all leaves should be removed from the shoots of climbing roses to avoid further decay of the plant.
Pruning in the fall is not necessary at all, often pink branches should simply be leaned against the ground, but this is not always possible.

When can I close the bushes?

Regardless of the selection of material for the protection of rose bushes, start activities should be organized during the first fall of leaves from trees. They get rid of dried and damaged branches and, if desired, correct the appearance of the bush. An important part is the removal of the remaining dry leaves, which is a measure of protection against pests and bacteria that can cause irreparable harm.

It is recommended as a measure of disease prevention to pollinate bushes with chemicals to combat fungal diseases and thin out weed grass. Leaves that have fallen are subjected to total burning. Shelter preparation should begin to engage in the implementation of these actions.

Shelter rose bushes are advised starting in late October. Gardeners suggest hiding plants for the winter, when a temperature drop of -4 degrees can be traced for a week.

Is it worth it if they have already snowed?

Definitely, it’s worth sheltering roses. Such a shelter will have its own nuances. You need to take four empty containers and arrange them in the corners of the rosary. Lay boards on the perimeter and crosswise on them. Cover the constructed structure with durable non-woven material. Roses will winter well under such cover.

What to wrap?

The most commonly used means are:

polyethylene film;
geotextiles;
lutrasil;
spandbond;
lapnik;
dry foliage;
hard coarse cloth;
a dense plaid or other kind of similar fabric;
boards.

The appearance of roses plays an important role in choosing a winter shelter.

The dependence of the method of insulation on the type of flowers

Park rose. It tolerates frosts well, and therefore there is no need for shelter. However, seedlings or young bushes are better insulated.
Ground cover rose. This species does not require special care.
Floribunda. The bushes are cut in half, leaving a maximum height of 40 cm, the leaves are removed. Then they spud and cover with improvised materials.
Miniature rose. Small spuds, covered with dry foliage and insulation, and a frame is installed above them. On top of metal arcs or wooden boxes they pull the film, strengthen the ends.
Climbing rose. The stems are twisted into bundles, thick shoots are carefully pinned with wire so that they do not touch the ground, and laid on dry foliage or needles, sprinkled with the same layer of insulation on top and covered with polyethylene or synthetic fiber.
Bush rose. The bush rose should be shortened and sprinkled with 30 cm of prepared earth. The entire gap should be filled.The vaccine should be hidden under a seven-centimeter layer.
Hybrid Tea Rose. The best defense would be an air-dry shelter.
Stamp Rose. Apply air-dry shelter.

Types of plant protection from the cold

Air dry method

It is applicable for floribunda and tea-hybrid varieties and is one of the most reliable.

This protection allows you to keep a permanent temperature of minus four degrees, is well ventilated, and ensures healthy plant respiration.

Frame construction sequence:

The frame is twisted from wire or metal rods about 60 cm high.
The bush is surrounded by a cone-shaped fence.
A heater is stretched over the frame. It can be glassine, lutrasil, cardboard. The material is fixed on the support using twine.
The resulting "house" is covered with polyethylene, which will not let moisture into the plant.
The lower part of the film is covered with soil.

Shield Method

Suitable for climbing roses. With the advent of the first cold weather, it is necessary to get rid of the cover of the leaves along with the petioles.

Work sequence:

Tie a prepared bush with a bunch, bend it in the direction where the branches are directed.
Spread lapnik on the soil surface to protect against rodents, spread the bush on top of the litter.
Roses are attached to the ground with curved metal rods in several places.
To place a couple of wooden boards next to them, the length of which should be equal to the length of the bush, the width is about a meter.
Put the shields as a house, as an addition, reinforcing the pegs fixed in the ground.

Shields are commonly used as a measure of protection for rose bushes growing in a row. The central bush, around which other perennials are located, is an unusual situation. In this case, a massive structure can harm them.

We suggest watching a video on how to cover roses with the shield method:

Jute Bags

Shelter is applicable for standard roses.

Work order:

A bottomless bag is placed on the crown of a bush, which is tied with twine at the beginning of crown growth.
Place a spruce branch or dry foliage inside the shelter.
Secure the bag at the top, cover the barrel with a coarse, strong cloth.

Hilling

Hilling is a very simple, less energy-consuming and at the same time effective way of wintering roses.

It is necessary to spud only with a dry mixture. For example, one sand or earth mixed with sand, compost.

Hilling procedure:

Use two buckets of dry mix per bush.
Top with dry leaves or grass.
The tops of the bushes are wrapped with lutrasil in several layers.

We offer you to watch a video on how to grow roses:

Photo

Further on the photo you can see how covered rose bushes look, protected by various covering materials.

The consequences of incorrect actions

Gardeners quite often encounter blackened shoot ends with the onset of spring. The blackened tips of the shoots mean that the edges of the stems froze due to improper shelter of the bushes for the winter.

In this case, it is necessary to get rid of the damaged black edges, cutting them off to living tissue. When cutting, the simplest precautions must be observed. Another mistake in winter protection, causing blackening of shoots, is the use of unsuitable materials for shelter.

It is not recommended to sprinkle rose bushes:

Sand or sandy ground. This will lead to rapid warming and cooling. Swings create extreme conditions and prevent the favorable conduct of winter under shelter.
Horse peat. This type of fertilizer decomposes with the release of carbon dioxide, which has a negative effect on the vital activity of the plant.
Large sawdust, since they do not provide the necessary heating during frosts.

Low peat, fine-grained sawdust (tirsu), loamy base are much more suitable for hilling. Incorrect sheltering of rose bushes leads to their death.

What will happen if you do not protect the bushes?

Lack of shelter in many cases leads to the death of plants. Despite the belief that this type of roses is frost-resistant, it is advisable to use one of the ways to protect flowers from winter cold.

Preparing roses in the fall for winter shelter and leaving during this period is a very responsible and important process that requires considerable effort. The gardener's duty is to protect the rose bushes from the harsh conditions of winter in the middle zone of Russia. Gorgeous rose bushes will delight the eye if they remain healthy.