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In one of the legends about the origin of the rose, it is said that it appeared from sea foam, which the goddess of beauty Aphrodite took in her hands. Then the flower was white. It turned blood red when Aphrodite was pricked by a thorn growing on a rose. Since then, she has been rightfully called the queen of flowers. Its colors and endless variety of varieties are amazing. But among them there are also unusual roses, which not everyone knows about.
Unusual colors
This amazingly beautiful flower can be presented in all colors of the rainbow. People are used to seeing some of its "usual" shades: white, yellow, red. However, for thousands of years, breeders and ordinary amateur gardeners have been creating unique color combinations by crossing the queen of flowers with other plants. This is how rare roses are born.
Unusual colors
The most unusual varieties:
Double Delight
A feature of this species is that the rose is two-colored: its core has a light milky hue, and the contours of the petals are colored blood-red. Many double petals (from 30 to 50 pcs.) Give the flower volume and unique luxury. The variety is widespread in Europe and South America, unpretentious. It grows both in the open field and in greenhouses. Has a persistent scent.
Double Delight
Rainbow rose
Among roses of unusual colors, rainbow is the leader, which every year wins an increasing number of fans. Its description says that this variety was bred in 2004 by the Dutch breeder P. van de Werken, who carried out almost jewelry work on a white rose: its stem was cut into several longitudinal parts, each of which was placed in containers with water of different colors.
Price for 1 piece in Moscow - from $ 30. *
Black beauty
It is difficult to find a rarer flower than an exotic black rose. It grows only in summer and only in the small Turkish village of Halfeti. It becomes truly black only at the peak of its flowering, and at first the flowers have a dark burgundy hue. This color is achieved under the rarest natural conditions - the soil in Halfeti is saturated with a huge amount of various mineral salts. So far, no chemist has managed to repeat the chemical composition of this soil.
Blue garden queen
There are many legends about the blue rose, but it did not occur in nature until 2009, when Japanese breeders did not try to "implant" forget-me-not genes into it. For profit, many sellers artificially change colors using dyes. Such a rose is a chameleon, which, depending on the light, will be either purple or light blue and may even appear blue.
There are 2 ways to grow a blue flower queen on your plot:
- water a white rose from early spring to the moment of flowering with water with food blue dye;
- at the time of the appearance of the first signs of a bud, the burgundy beauty should be generously treated with a solution of potassium permanganate at the rate of 1 teaspoon per 8 liters of water.
Green rose
Among the rare varieties of roses, one of the first is a green flower. Despite the fact that she is almost 2.5 centuries old, she, alas, did not gain much popularity. Perhaps this is due to the fact that its aroma is subtle. She was born in 1782.in Holland as a result of breeders crossing the white rose and blackthorn.
It is no coincidence that Green Diamond is considered the most common variety of green roses in Russia, because this bush (up to 70 cm in height) does not require special care and has good immunity.
Green rose
Unusual sizes of roses
Breeders all over the world have bred about a thousand varieties of garden beauty. The sizes of some rare species are so unusual that they seem simply unrealistic.
Abracadabra
This bush of hybrid tea rose is capable of blooming 2 times a year - in April - May and in September - October. Under favorable conditions, the diameter of the flower can reach 14-15 cm, the bush itself rarely grows to a meter mark. Abracadabra is one of the rarest roses due to its original color scheme, which includes several colors at once: white, yellow, red, brown, burgundy (less often). Abracadabra propagated by grafting and cuttings. Intolerant of cold and direct sunlight.
Abracadabra
The smallest in the world
A fragile rose looks unique and insanely beautiful, which can easily fit on an adult's nail. In nature, it is impossible to grow a varietal bush a little more than 5 cm in size. However, in 2006, an ordinary amateur gardener from India S. Hetawat managed to do this. For 2 months from the moment the first sprout appeared, he now and then sent portions of electromagnetic rays to her, which made the poor thing's growth slow down significantly.
Lady banks
You can see the most "lush" varietal rose planted back in 1885 in Tombstone (Arizona, USA). This shrub of the Banksiae family, listed in the Guinness Book of Records, continues to grow to this day. Here are just some of its characteristics:
- trunk diameter (in girth) - 3.7 m;
- grows on an area of 740 m²;
- at the time of flowering, there are more than 200 thousand pale yellow inflorescences on it.
It will not be difficult to grow such an extraordinary rose on your site, since the Lady Banks variety is unpretentious, under favorable conditions it can grow up to 6-7 m.
Landscape designers willingly use it in the design of facades and summer gazebos as a beautiful shrub vine.
Lady banks
Millennial queen
The oldest is considered a rose growing in Germany, in the city of Hildesheim, it is more than 1000 years old. However, there is no exact evidence of such a venerable age. It was first mentioned in writing at the end of the 16th century.
Rose Exotica
The Exotica rose certainly has many "pluses", but it is unusual only because of its name. However, this type of garden beauty enjoys love and respect among Russian gardeners very deservedly. Here are just some of its positive qualities:
- flowers seem rich due to their bright orange saturated color and size (up to 15 cm in diameter);
- It is also made luxurious by a large number of velvety petals (up to 50 pcs.);
- Exotic rose has a delicate persistent scent;
- thorns are practically absent;
- unpretentious to a sharp change in weather;
- has good immunity;
- the bush reaches a height of 120 cm;
- long flowering, abundant.
Exotica
Almost all of the varieties of roses listed above can be grown by any Russian florist on his site. The main thing is to choose the right variety for the growing region and follow the planting rules. And then a beautiful rose bush will delight for a long time with its exotic flowering to the delight of the owner, causing the envy of the neighbors.
* Prices are for October 2018
