Rose Gloria Day: description and characteristics of the variety

Gloria Day - one of the extraordinary experiments, her birth - the whole story of a huge number of people from different parts of the world, each of which contributed. One flower attracted the attention of too many to call it one way, so today the variety is registered under four different names: Madame Meyang (France), Gloria Dei (Germany and most Russian-speaking countries), Gioia (Italy), Peace (United States and English-speaking countries ).

Description

Gloria Day is a hybrid tea variety of rose, known for its unusual coloring, which changes during the entire flowering period. The verbal description poorly conveys the beauty of the flower: the color of the bud from golden yellow with a bright crimson border, as it opens, gradually turns into a more gentle ombre in warm, pastel colors.

From the tea varieties, the flower inherited a medium-sized, rich green shining leaves, which creates a very harmonious contrast with the sun bud.

Bush Gloria Day reaches 120-150 cm in height, the number of bearing branches is added over the years, in the first year of their growing season may be 2-3. Flowers are large, terry, bloom from dense buds. The diameter of a fully opened bud is 10-15 cm.

History of the variety

The source codes that participated in the hybridization of the variety were brought from America by a Frenchman named Antoine Meyang from a suburb of Lyon, who, together with his son Frans Meyan, developed this variety. To assess the scale of the work done by the French, it suffices to say about 800 seedlings, 750 of which were rejected and destroyed for unsuitability.

As part of the remaining 50, which allowed to grow and bloom and was Gloria. A single shrub with incredibly sunny, smelling fruits and honey flowers gave only 3 buds, of which only one survived. So, on the verge of death, the future “rose of the century” began its history.

It should be said that the breeders did not set out to bring a yellow-pink hybrid and the beauty of the beauty was a pleasant surprise for them. In the letters and catalogs, Meyang Sr. speaks of his offspring with great love and affection. It is not surprising that it was after Gloria’s birth that color catalogs were first put into circulation by him.

In the distant 1940s, when even a color photo was very rare, color catalogs were an incredibly expensive enterprise, such waste could ruin the then still small pink business of the Meyang family, but the variety was so unordinary and beautiful that Antoine took the risk and was not mistaken.

As soon as the photos of the rose, still under the working title 3-35-40 (3 combination-1935-40 seedling), appeared on the pages of the catalog, an avalanche of orders fell upon the family — everyone wanted to see a piece of exotics in their yard. Soon the breeders had to expand their land in order to have time to fulfill all the incoming orders.

1939 - the year when Gloria Deya was destined to get into every corner of the world. By that time, the nursery of roses Meyang had become known not only in France, but also abroad, and in 1939, French and foreign experts gathered in the suburbs of Lyon to sign contracts and view the achievements of the nursery.

Needless to say that from one glance at Gloria, they were delighted? After this congress, the cuttings with the attached description were sent to breeders and scientists from the USA, Germany, Meiyan suggested that colleagues familiarize themselves with the variety, study it and think about the name together, but the plans of the florist were prevented by the policy: World War II began. For six years, relations between the countries were lost.

But each of those who acquired the stalk of a beautiful rose managed to save it. So the Germans called the rose "Glory to the Lord" or Gloria Dei - the name that took root in Russian-speaking countries. Cheerful Italians liked the name Gioia or "Joy." The Americans excelled most of all; they registered the variety on the day they took Berlin under the name Peace, apparently implying the value of peace (the absence of war) and all its beauty.

For the breeder-inventor himself, Frans Meiyan, the name for the rose was very personal in nature, he named her as part of his prematurely deceased mother, Madame A. Meilland ("Madame Meyang").

Specifications

• Morphology. Mir or Gloria Dei has a very decorative appearance. Glossy-green shrub, which is gaining its bulk by the 2-3 year of growing season, looks gorgeous, even in a dormant period. The size of the rose bush is quite impressive: 120-150 cm in height, but Gloria Dei does not differ in the density of the bush, the maximum from the root is 5-7 large shoots, so they are planted in heaps. The diameter of a fully open flower is 10-15 cm; the height of the bud is about 6 cm, and the number of petals on the flower coat is from 26 to 45 (+ -). This is a fairly large variety. Rose stalks are covered with rare, but large and sharp thorns, which makes it quite convenient for the design of bouquets.
• Aroma. Gloria has a very pleasant fruit and honey aroma. Its saturation may be different depending on climatic and soil-temperature conditions.
• Growing conditions. Like all roses, this variety loves rich organic soil. Ideal fertile black soil, which is recommended to additionally fertilize with manure and peat. But, beauties feel great without mineral dressings. Gloria Dei loves the light, can be planted in areas illuminated by the sun in the morning. With moderate access to sunlight, the flower also feels good, but planted in the shade is not recommended.

Features grade

The variety is quite unpretentious:

• resistant to fungal diseases and rot;
• winters well, in regions where the temperature drops below -20 ° C, roses can be covered with spruce leaves or agrofibre;
• blooms a little later than most roses: from early June to early July;
• the color of the petals of a flower changes with the stages of opening the bud to a lighter and more tender one; the aroma also changes with time - from thick honey-fruit to light fruit.

Choosing a place in the garden and planting

Choosing a place for a pink flower bed, you need to make sure that your garden has a piece that meets the following requirements:

• Lots of light. It is desirable that the first rays hit the flower, it will dry the dew and protect it from the fungus.
• Nutritious, fairly light soil. No stagnation of water.The rose will not grow on clay and loamy soils.
• Predecessors. Florists do not recommend planting roses in a place that was planted with roses or wild rose more than 10 years. This depletes the soil and increases the risk of accumulating disease. A good predecessor for roses - asters and beans.

So, if everything is all right with point 1, you can proceed to point 2 - landing.

Usually pink flower bed has a rectangular or trapezoidal shape, the bushes are planted in a checkerboard pattern. With such a planting of seedlings, for roses opens a convenient care, because the thick and prickly bushes of Gloria Dei can cause a lot of trouble to their owner.

Landing. Before planting, prepare the soil for flowers: dig, then loosen, apply mulch and fertilizer.

Features of planting and care depend on what kind of rose you have: cuttings, seedlings or seeds. At once, we say that growing a rose from seed is not a task for lazy or impatient people, because the whole process will take about a year from beginning to end, and germination and preparation for germination is generally a separate conversation. To quickly build your rose garden, it’s best to use seedlings or cuttings and we We will understand how to properly prepare the plants and land in the ground:

Preparation of cuttings. The stalk is taken from the bush in the period from the formation of buds until the end of flowering. Choose a strong stalk, which appeared in the current year, at least 8 cm in length, on which there are at least 3-4 pentafolio. The upper part with a bud is cut off by an even cut, and the lower obliquely, at an angle of 45 °, the developed sheets must also be trimmed to reduce the evaporation of moisture.

One of the most important points in grafting is the correct cut for growth buds, one can say that the life of the plant depends on it.

Further, immerse our cuttings with a sharp end into a moist nutrient primer so that 1-2 growth buds go under the ground. It is possible to pretreat a section with rooting stimulants, for example, by “Kornein”. Two weeks after planting, we closely monitor the soil moisture, if the air is too dry, the stalk is covered with a can or other transparent cover to reduce the evaporation of moisture.

Cuttings can be planted in open ground in early summer or in pots in the fall. Summer cultivation gives the best results, but if you decide to start in the fall, read some rules.

4 weeks after planting, in case of rooting,cuttings are transferred to a dark, cool place until spring (late March, early April), and in the summer they plant seedlings with an already developed root system in the open ground. can provoke rot.

Planting seedlings. To plant seedlings in open ground from mid-April to mid-October. Plants need to prepare:

1. Refresh the root system, cutting off the tips of the roots by about 0.5 cm, this will give a jerk to the growth and help to identify unviable roots. A healthy live root should be white at the cut, if the cut is brown, you need to remove the dead part before the appearance of the white cut, sometimes you have to remove the entire root.
2. Treat the root system "root", "Appin" or other means for rooting, suitable growth.

After the seedling is ready, take the landing site:

• the hole should be slightly larger than the root system of the seedling;
• the 1/3 finished hole needs to be filled with a mixture of peat, humus and perlite, but if you have black soil, you can limit yourself to the preliminary introduction of humus;
• a seedling is “put” on the formed hillock, observing that the tops of the roots are not raised up;
• holding the seedling at the top, pour 1-2 liters of water into the well, depending on the dryness of the soil;
• the hole is wrapped in soil, lightly tamping the ground at the roots with your fingers.

Care Tips

Gloria Dei is not picky in care, resistant to low temperatures and diseases. Needs a standard set of care for roses: pruning, watering and, sometimes, fertilizing.

Watering

The rose is watered as the soil dries, as the flower does not like stagnant water. It is desirable that the water for irrigation was warm and settled for at least 24 hours. When watering with a hose, you need to make sure that the water does not fall too much on the bush, because despite the evening time of watering, burns may remain on the sheets.

Top dressing

The rose needs to be fed twice a year, before each of the flowering periods.As a rule, the first time is in the middle of April, and the second is approximately the end of July, but this is tentative and depends on the variety.

Wet organic fertilizers, such as humus and mineral complexes including nitrogen, are introduced into the first dressing. Nitrogen will help the bush to gain rich green mass and make the color of foliage more saturated. In the second feeding, nitrogenous fertilizers eliminate and focus on potassium-phosphonate - this will give an impetus to the ripening of young shoots.

Pruning

Pruning is the most important moment in the care of roses; it has a hygienic and decorative function. Trimming must be carried out with a sharp instrument at a distance of about 0.5 cm from the kidney. Rough pruning with blunt shears or scissors can change the direction of growth of the future escape, which no one needs.

Hygienic function is:

• lightening the crown of the bush. It is necessary to cut off the shoots in the direction of the outer bud, the reverse cut will lead to thickening of the crown, because the young shoots will grow inwards;
• removal of dead parts.Each year, the root system gives new, young shoots, the growth of which becomes a priority. Consequently, old shoots get less nutrition and gradually die off. It is necessary to remove dead and dead parts in order to eliminate competition for young stems and prevent rotting of those already dead;
• "revitalization" asleep shoots. Normally, each of the shoots must end with a bud or an active bud that serves to build up green mass. But under the influence of climatic or other factors, the escape can “fall asleep” without forming buds and points of growth. Such a shoot will not die off, but it will calm itself to vegetate, absorbing valuable nutrients and darkening the crown. In order to “wake up” such a shoot, it is cut as short as possible, in most cases it helps;
• removal of sick, weak and "wild" shoots.

The decorative feature helps:

• form the crown of the bush;
• set branches the desired direction of growth. Depending on the angle of the cut, you can direct the growth of shoots inwards, outwards or vertically. If the cut is directed to the outer bud, then the bush will grow outward, if to the inner one - inward.Slightly drooping branches can be straightened by making a cut towards the inner bud.

Diseases and pests

With proper care, almost not affected by disease. It is not subject to rust and powdery mildew, resistant to fungal diseases and root rot. The above problems arise in response to the environment and inappropriate conditions. From pests to the flower are dangerous: rosy aphid, thrips, nematodes and spider mites, but with timely intervention insects easily and without harm to the flower are removed with the help of specialized insecticides.

Gloria Day - elegant decoration for any garden. Unpretentious care, winter-hardy, perfectly smelling rose suitable for both the rose garden and the cut. Florists say that every self-respecting rose grower must have one in his collection.