Modern selection has given lovers of roses many varieties with the most incredible shades of flowers. Among them stands out for its tight sateen buds of lilac-colored rose Claude Brasser. She combined the positive qualities of many subspecies that were used to create it, and is able to become an adornment of any garden.
Description and characteristics of roses
Claude Brasseur - a hybrid tea rose, bred recently, in 2006. Meilland International breeders worked on the creation of this flower, giving it the name of a famous French actor, who was awarded the César national prize for his brilliant play.
Claude Brasseur bush is formed from erect shoots, reaches 90 cm in height and 50 cm in width. The stems are covered with dense dark green matte leaves.
Rose Flower Claude Brasser
Goblet-shaped buds have up to 75 petals, and fully bloomed double flowers have a size of up to 15 cm in diameter.
The color is extremely unusual: from delicate lavender to rich purple hues. Flowers are not subject to fading in the sun and do not fall off within 2 weeks. The aroma is bright, with tangible notes of verbena and citrus.
Important! The culture is resistant to moderate cold, not afraid of fungal diseases.
The bad tolerance of precipitation can be considered a minus: because of rainy weather, flower petals do not bloom, however, without losing their charm.
Rosa Claude Brasser looks equally spectacular in the form of a bush and in a standard form. Suitable for breeding in rose gardens, design border and flowerbed plantings. It is combined with contrasting, different colors, perennials. Holds for a long time in a cut.
Flower growing
The variety is not afraid of direct sun, but it is advisable to protect it from exposure to cold wind. A plot with light loamy soil, loose and fertile, is suitable. It is best to plant a plant in the ground in the spring from the end of April.
Note! For planting the Claude Brasseur variety, it is recommended to use high-quality seedlings grown in separate containers and in the flowering stage. This will avoid mistakes when buying.
The landing process includes the following steps:
- Prepare a shallow landing pit (up to 50 cm).
- Pour a layer of drainage onto the bottom of the well.
- Top the drainage with soil mixed with compost and peat.
- Place the seedling roots in the hole, carefully spreading.
- Sprinkle the hole with earth and compact, without deepening the root neck.
- Water the seedlings around the seedling abundantly.
Saplings Claude Brasser
When planting not one but several bushes of this variety, you should leave a distance of 50 cm between them, and 30 cm between rows. A more frequent placement scheme threatens the appearance of fungal diseases, and a rarer one will contribute to the growth of weeds.
Rose Care Procedures
Claude Brasser needs regular soil moisture: every 3-7 days, as the soil dries. For irrigation use water warmed up in the sun and become warm. A mandatory action after irrigation is loosening the soil under the bush, which allows for sufficient air permeability.
Attention! In order for the plant to bloom throughout the entire vegetative period, it must be regularly fed.
In the spring, nitrogen fertilizers are applied under each bush, and in the summer, during the active formation of new buds, the rose is fed with specialized mineral formulations at intervals of 2-3 weeks.
The plant requires spring pruning of weak shoots, which is carried out after the snow melts. As for the preparation of this rose for wintering, in the autumn period it is better not to cut the shoots, limiting itself to hilling the bush.
Flowering roses
Claude Brasser is characterized by abundant long flowering: it blooms from June to the end of September, taking breaks only in very hot weather.
Each flower lasts on the bush for 14-15 days.
Even possible temperature drops and increased rainfall do not harm the rose. To prolong the process of forming buds, it is enough to follow the procedures described above related to care.
Blooming rose bushes Claude Brasser
Flower propagation
Claude Brasser hybrid tea can be propagated by resorting to various methods. The most suitable can be considered division of the bush.
For this, the mother rose is dug up and the bush is divided into several parts, each of which leaves at least one viable shoot with a healthy root system.
Attention! After completing the planting of the divided parts of the bush in the ground, they are abundantly watered and spud.
In addition to division, you can also use cuttings or propagation by layering. Cuttings are carried out according to the usual rules. However, it should be remembered that such a plant, although it will have high regenerative qualities, will require good insulation for the winter. Reproduction by layering is carried out in the spring, notching a sufficiently flexible annual shoot, incline it to the ground and fill it with fertile soil.
Pest and Disease Control
Despite the resistance of the variety to fungal diseases, it still needs preventive measures. The danger of plants becoming infected with powdery mildew and black spotting increases with the arrival of long rains.
Spraying roses
To protect the rose, twice a season, they are treated with copper-containing preparations. Having found insect pests on the bushes, the infected parts are removed and burned, after which the bush is treated with an insecticidal solution.
Compliance with agricultural technology will allow the hybrid tea Claude Brasseur to become a decoration of the garden. Its neat compact bushes can be an opening for rose growers. Resistance to cold and various diseases makes it possible to grow it in a temperate climate, and abundant long flowering fully pays for all the efforts made.
