Rose Tom Tom: Variety description, planting and pruning

Roses Floribunda among other varieties favorably differ in compact bush sizes and long flowering. They are able to decorate any garden. Rose Tom Tom, the description of which you will find in this article, was withdrawn a long time, but still has not lost its popularity with florists. What is the main feature of this variety? How to properly care for the plant, so that it blossomed? We learn about everything in order.

Variety description

Rosa Floribunda Tom Tom, in its outward appearance fully corresponds to its group affiliation. A compact small shrub grows up to a maximum of 80 cm in height, and its width is not more than 60 cm. The branches of the plant are straight, the foliage is dark green, matte.

Rose Tom Tom begins to blossom from the very beginning of summer and decorates the flower garden with its magnificent terry buds until the autumn cold. The number of buds on one plant can reach up to 20 pieces. Their color is red-pink, neon. As an unusual feature of the flower, it can be noted its ability to change the color of the petals depending on the temperature of the environment: in warm weather they are light, and when it gets colder darkens and become more intense pink.

The very rose Tom Tom (flower) contains not less than 25 petals. The diameter of the inflorescence reaches 8 cm. During the peak flowering on the bush, you can see both fully opened cup-shaped roses, and buds, similar in appearance to flowers of tea-hybrid roses.

The variety has resistance to many diseases, in particular, powdery mildew and black spot. Also, the rose Tom Tom perfectly tolerates winter cold even in the mid-zone conditions. In Siberia and the Urals, this variety needs preparation for winter, but there it has been successfully grown for many years.

Selecting a landing site

Since the rose Tom Tom (rose Tom Tom) refers to a variety of Floribunda, open areas are ideal for its cultivation, which are illuminated by the sun and blown through the day by the wind. It looks great in combination with evergreen low shrubs, conifers and other varieties of roses. Since the height of the plant is relatively small, it is best to place it on the edge of the flower bed, along the paths or curbs.

The soil of the rose Tom Tom prefers loose and relatively light (but not sandy). It is undesirable to plant this variety in places where water stagnates in the spring or autumn, as this can lead to the death of the plant.

Planting a rose

The place for planting a rose must be prepared in advance. To do this, dig a standard sized pit (40 x 40 x 40 cm) and fill it with water. After full absorption of moisture, the pit is filled with nutrient soil consisting of an equal amount of humus and garden soil. Seedling of the rose is placed in the prepared well vertically and neatly sprinkled with soil.

Rose Floribunda Tom Tom requires for normal development enough space around the bush. Ideally, the planting scheme should match the parameters of 40 x 60 cm. With more free space, a flower bed with roses can overgrown with weeds. With a reduction in the distance between the bushes, there is a high risk of infection of roses with fungal diseases due to the fact that sunlight and air streams do not reach each plant.

Shrub formation, pruning

Pruning a bush is a fundamental factor in rejuvenating and revitalizing a rose of any kind. Rosa Tom Tom also must regularly undergo this procedure. Only in this case, you can expect from her a lush and long flowering. The main thing in pruning is not to overdo and remove most of the shoots, since in this case it is possible to loosen the bush and stop flowering for at least one season.

Pruning roses should be done before the beginning of growth, at the end of February or early March. Young shoots, as a rule, shorten no more than a third of their length (maximum of 6-8 kidneys). Old shoots can be shortened by half or even more. Such a pruning scheme works in two directions: young shoots in this case form a growth that starts to bloom in early summer, and on old branches grow strong root shoots blooming in the second half of summer. Thus, a continuous flowering of the rose of this variety is ensured.

With approach of stable colds it is necessary to conduct sanitary pruning and shorten shoots. Then the bush is sheltered by lapnika and, if necessary, by any covering material (lutrasil or spunbond).