- What you have to pay particular attention to with standard roses
- Proper care of a standard rose 'Leonardo da Vinci'
The shrub rose 'Leonardo da Vinci' stays rather low with an average height of about 50 to 60 centimeters, but can also be wonderfully grafted onto a trunk or half-trunk. The very densely filled, pink flowers appear luxuriantly and incessantly between June and September, and they also exude a pleasant rose scent. The 'Leonardo da Vinci' rose grafted to a standard can be planted in the garden or cultivated in a sufficiently large pot.
The 'Leonardo da Vinci' rose can easily be raised to a standard
What you have to pay particular attention to with standard roses
The often flowering 'Leonardo da Vinci' rose is considered to be very robust and relatively insensitive to typical rose diseases such as powdery mildew or black spot. However, you cannot equate the preferences in terms of location, soil conditions and care of the shrub-like 'Leonardo da Vinci' with the standard rose 'Leonardo da Vinci' - after all, the latter variant is always a graft, in which factors such as winter hardiness etc. primarily determined by the substrate used.
Why standard roses are more expensive than shrub roses
Many a rose lover is surprised at the prices for standard roses, which seem very high, after all, the shrub or bed rose forms of the same variety are always a lot lower. This increase in price has to do with the more difficult culture of standard roses, which first have to be trained to such a degree with a great deal of patience and manual skill - although this process can take a number of years.
Proper care of a standard rose 'Leonardo da Vinci'
In principle, the 'Leonardo da Vinci' standard rose is cared for in the same way as its shrub-like version, especially when it comes to pruning. As a permanent bloomer, 'Leonardo da Vinci' should be cut back in spring so that it does not wither and continuously develop new flowers. It also makes sense to remove faded flowers regularly. With regard to watering and fertilizing, standard roses do not differ from shrub roses or bed roses.
Standard rose 'Leonardo da Vinci' overwinter well
However, there are serious differences when it comes to overwintering: since the grafting point is always above ground level, there is a risk of frostbite in cold winters. Either you take precautions by packing your standard rose for the winter or you make it winter-proof as follows: In late autumn, the standard roses are carefully bent down over the point where the spurs meet (i.e. the stub near the ground) and the crown is covered with about 20 centimeters of soil . Make sure that the pivot point stays about a hand's breadth above the ground. However, only bend the trunk when it is still young and flexible!
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Standard roses that have been laid down are raised again around mid-March and tied to posts. However, this should only happen in cloudy (but mild!) weather, since the shoots that have been embedded in the ground up to now are very sensitive to the sun.