Description and characteristics of roses of the Easy Daz It variety, subtleties of cultivation

Large, bright flowers of the Easy Daz It rose bloom all summer. She is not capricious, easy to care for, and rarely gets sick. All of the listed qualities correspond exactly to the name. Translated from English Easy Does It - do it easily. The Weeks Roses company (USA) included the variety in the Easy to Love collection. All roses included in it are easy to care for.

Birth story

The variety is new. Employees of the Harkness nursery (England) worked on its creation. Crossed forms:

• Queen Charlotte;
• Della Balfour;
• Baby Love.

The results of the breeders' work were assessed in 2010. The rose Easy Does It achieved its first success at an international competition that took place in America. Since then, the popularity of the variety has been constantly growing.

During its short life, the Easy Does It rose received several awards:

• silver medal in Australia;
• in the USA, the title “America's Choice” and the People's Choice Award;
• in England, a certificate of honor at the Rose Competition in Belfast.

Description and characteristics of the variety Easy Does It

The variety is part of the Floribunda group, which unites garden roses that bloom profusely and continuously throughout the summer. A blossoming flower lives a colorful life. When the bud opens, its petals are scarlet. Later they turn bright orange, then peach. Towards the end of flowering, crimson, and finally light pink.

Easy Does It bushes are spreading. They grow up to 0.8-1 m in height and 0.9 m in width. The branches are moderately covered with glossy, emerald green leaves of medium size. Each stem blooms with 5-10 cup-shaped, double flowers with a diameter of 7-9 cm. Each has many petals - 25-40 pieces.

The Easy Daz It variety is resistant to sub-zero temperatures. Bushes covered for the winter can withstand frosts down to -23 °C. Easy Does It can be grown in regions that are included in winter hardiness zone 6 (Northern Europe).

Advantages and disadvantages of roses

Flower growers evaluate the main advantages in one phrase - simplicity and perfection. The flower has high decorative qualities and minimal care requirements. Other advantages of the variety:

• abundant flowering continues from early summer until the first frost;
• the bushes have average resistance to fungal infection;
• rain does not reduce the decorativeness of flowers;
• cut flowers can be used to make bouquets.

In the middle zone, bushes that are not covered for the winter freeze.

Subtleties of cultivation

In the south, seedlings are planted in the garden in the fall, in other regions in the spring (May, end of April). Planting is done in the first half of the day. The place for the rose garden is chosen and prepared in the fall.

Selecting a location

Rose Easy Daz It requires good lighting for 14-16 hours, so the bushes are planted in sunny places. In partial shade, fewer buds are formed. The plant does not like excess moisture, so lowlands are not suitable for planting. The site is chosen according to the wind. Rosa Easy Daz It does not like drafts.

Preparation of planting material

In seedlings with a closed root system, the earthen ball is tightly entwined with roots. He has several escapes. Planting material with an open root system is assessed visually:

• 2-3 flexible, living shoots of short length;
• there are no leaves, there are sprouted buds;
• there are no defects at the grafting site;
• 3-4 large roots.

Roses in a container do not require preparation. For seedlings with an open root system, the roots are freed from the substrate. The seedling is placed in a solution of growth stimulator and disinfectant for 20 minutes. Then the roots are unbent and all dry ends are cut off.

Healthy roots are shortened. Damaged areas of the root collar are treated with brilliant green. Before planting, a mash is prepared from mullein, water, and clay, and the roots of the seedling are dipped into it. Many sellers treat shoots with paraffin. There is no need to remove it.

Layout and depth

To reveal the decorative properties of an adult bush, it is provided with space when planting. When planting in a group, holes measuring 40 * 40 cm are dug at a distance of 45-50 cm from each other. Landing algorithm:

• 5-10 liters of water are poured into the hole;
• pour fertile soil (humus, turf soil), forming a mound;
• place the seedling on a mound, direct the roots down, and cover it;
• the grafting site (root collar) is buried 3-4 cm;
• the seedling is watered;
• the hole is mulched with pine chips, expanded clay, and peat.

For the first week after planting, the rose should be covered with spunbond from the sun and return frosts. The shoots are shortened after planting.

Care instructions

Caring for the Easy Daz It rose is simple, but includes all standard agrotechnical measures.

Watering

Rose Easy Does It blooms all summer, so it needs regular watering, abundant in hot weather, moderate in cool weather. Irrigation scheme:

• Once every 7 days in hot weather, water consumption is 1.5 buckets;
• Once every 10 days, water consumption is 1 bucket.

After planting, weakened seedlings are watered with a Fitosporin solution.

Top dressing

In the spring, at the beginning of the growing season, the bushes need nitrogen fertilizers, and during flowering - phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.

Trimming

In the spring, sanitary pruning is carried out, cutting out all dry and damaged branches. Healthy shoots are shortened by 10 cm. The beginning of sap flow is the optimal time for spring pruning. In summer, dry flowers are removed to stimulate the formation of new buds, and the tops of young shoots are shortened.

In autumn, the Izi Daz It rose bushes are left untouched.

Preparing for winter

At the end of autumn, the remaining leaves are removed from the bushes, buds and flowers are cut off. Roses are sprayed with Bordeaux mixture. Just before frost, roses are hilled to a height of 20 cm, and the tree trunk area is mulched with peat or humus.

A well-covered root system will not freeze in frosts; if the above-ground part freezes, it will sprout new shoots in the spring. Roses of the first year of life, planted in the spring, are covered with spunbond folded in 2-3 layers.

Diseases, pests and methods of controlling them

The variety has average resistance to powdery mildew and black spot. Many varieties of roses suffer from these diseases. To prevent fungal infection in early spring and autumn, bushes are sprayed with Bordeaux mixture. Diseases are treated with drugs:

• "Topaz";
• "Skor";
• "Fundazol".

The treatment is carried out if the leaves crumble or dark spots appear on them. The rose is protected from weevils, spider mites, aphids, and other pests with insecticides. A good effect is achieved by spraying the bushes with Fitoverm and Agravertin.

Rose propagation methods

Easy Does It is propagated by cuttings. They are harvested in the summer (June, July). Cut according to the rules:

• the upper cut is straight, at a distance of 10 mm from the kidney;
• bottom cut at an angle of 45°.

Root the cuttings in a mixture of leaf soil, sand, and humus. To prevent fungus, ash is added to it. The lower part of the planting material is treated with a root formation stimulator.

Application in landscape design

Rose Easy Daz It is used in a variety of ways in garden design. They plant the bushes in a row, creating a hedge, or place them in artistic disorder. Group and single plantings look luxurious.

Easy Does It seedlings are planted along garden paths.

A fragrant border in pink, orange, crimson shades goes well with coverings made of natural stone, small crushed stone, and paving stones.