Hybrid tea rose Double Delight - description and reviews of beautiful flowers

Description of the Double Delight variety

Double Delight roses are difficult to grow in many regions. The culture grows normally in warm climates, but in places with cold, rainy, not sunny summers, the rose most likely will not survive.

The plant does not like excessively wet weather, as moisture will cause it to suffer from fungus; the rose is especially susceptible to powdery mildew. The frost resistance of the variety is normal and can withstand harsh winters under cover. The shrub blooms again. The first wave begins in June, the second in August.

Diseases and pests

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This variety is not highly resistant to diseases. To prevent their development, it is necessary to carry out preventive treatment of the bush.

Rose is susceptible to diseases such as:

• powdery mildew - appears in cold, damp weather; to prevent disease, the plant is treated with fungicidal preparations;
• black spotting - in this case, use the drugs Fundazol, Floxin;
• gray rot - treatment with fungicides is necessary;
• rust - it is impossible to get rid of it; For prevention, the rose is treated with calcium nitrate.

Gray rot

Pests that pose a threat to this variety include:

• aphids - to combat the parasite, the flower is sprayed with Karbofos or Confidor;
• leaf roller - spraying with Chlorophos will help eliminate the problem;
• sawfly - the soil needs to be loosened and the bush treated with Actellik.

Appearance and features

The Double Delight rose looks impressive and bright. The unusual flower cannot be missed - a white or creamy center and rich crimson edges of the outer petals. The base of the outer petals is also light, only the edges are red.

The petals are painted in a soft pattern, the white color sharply turns into red, creating a wavy line. The shape of the buds is classic, goblet-shaped with incomplete dissolution. The filling of the petals is dense, the flower is moderately double. Rose Double Delight has an intense fruity aroma.

The Double Delight variety shrub grows up to one and a half meters, is quite spreading, can reach 150 cm in width, the branches are dense and even. Large, sharp thorns grow on the shoots. The foliage is thickened, dark green with a slight glossy coating. One bud blooms on one stem.

Diseases, pests and care for roses during this period

The drugs Fundazol, Forecast, Phloxin help well against black spotting on roses

Double Delight has average resistance to diseases, so preventive protective measures are necessary to prevent them.

• Powdery mildew - its development is favored by cool weather combined with rain. The leaves become covered with a white coating and curl. The development of the disease is prevented by spraying with fungicides at intervals of 2-3 weeks (Fundazol, Forecast, Floxin).
• Rust is a viral disease that has no cure. For prevention, you need to spray with superphosphate at a three percent concentration. Before flowering, treatment with calcium nitrate is carried out. If the back side of the leaves is covered with a speckled, rusty coating, it will not be possible to pour out the rose. To prevent healthy bushes from becoming infected, the diseased rose is dug up and burned.
• Black spotting and gray rot - prevention against these diseases is the same as against powdery mildew.

Rose Double Delight can be affected by many common pests. The following types are common:

• Rose aphid - the stems are covered with black insects that suck the juice out of them. The shoots begin to curl due to lack of nutrients. You can fight aphids by spraying with Iskra, Karbofos, and Confidor.
• The rose leaf roller is a green caterpillar. Its appearance is indicated by the curling of the leaves. The pest can be collected manually or the bush can be sprayed with Chlorophos.
• Roseate sawfly - often affects young plants, which begin to droop and soon dry out. Loosening the soil and treating it with Karbofos helps fight it. The bush is sprayed with Actellik.

Diseases

Does the rose have a gray-white coating or brown balls on the leaves? Methods to combat the disease.

Powdery mildew

Black spots of a round shape have appeared on the leaves of the rose, what should I do, how can I save the plant?

Black spot

The rose is sprinkled with yellow powder, the leaves and stems crack and die, how to get rid of the disease?

Rust

Has a gray coating appeared on the rose? This is gray rot that needs to be gotten rid of as soon as possible.

Gray rot

The name of the variety Double Delight literally translates as “double pleasure.” The name of the rose describes either its two-tone color or its combination of elegant beauty and intense aroma. Registration name of the variety: ANDeli.

History of creation

This, without exaggeration, a luxurious flower belonging to tea hybrids, appeared thanks to the efforts of American breeders back in the 70s of the last century. The variety is produced by the flower growing company Swim&Ellis. European rose lovers became acquainted with this variety of noble culture 5 years after its breeding: Joseph L. Luna brought the ornamental plant from the Californian island of Vasco in 1982. Over the entire period of its existence, the variety has won several dozen awards at various flower exhibitions. Among them are the title “Best Rose of America”, gold medals at competitions in Germany and Italy; medal for the best aroma, received in Belfast. The crop received a breeders' prize from the British Rose Growers Association. Among flower growers, Double delight is called nothing more than “double pleasure.”

Growing and care

The Double Delight rose variety will bloom in two-tone colors only under diffused sunlight. The variety can bloom in the shade, but the color will be pale or the crimson tones will completely disappear. The variety is often grown in greenhouses, but the roses there are much paler than those grown in the open sun.

Rainy weather has a bad effect on flowering; due to raindrops falling on the buds, red spots appear. In extreme heat, the buds quickly wither and the petals curl, so in the southern regions the rose should be planted in places with midday shade and watered frequently. The bush must be protected from drafts, so it is recommended to plant it next to a wall or fence.

Plants should not be placed too close to each other; dense planting will lead to the development of fungus and nutrient deficiency. A drainage layer must be laid at the bottom of the planting hole.

The soil should be loose and nutritious. In poor soil you need to add soil mixture and mineral fertilizers. The depth of the planting hole should be 50 cm. The Double Delight rose should be planted in mid-May. After planting, you need to compact the soil and water the seedling.

It is important to water the bush regularly. The soil should not be allowed to dry out; the rose will develop well only in moderately moist soil. A young plant needs to be watered with five liters of water; an adult bush needs 10 to 15 liters of warm, settled water.

In spring, roses need fertilizer with nitrogen to stimulate growth and flowering. Once every three weeks from the beginning of flowering, the rose needs to be fed with mineral supplements. During the summer season, the bush is fed about 5 times.

Rules for planting and growing varieties

When planting Double Delight roses, you must assume that this variety loves diffused light.

Choose a place for planting that is sunny, but with diffused light. If you plant Double Delight in the shade, it may bloom, but only with a pale cream color. Raspberry edges will not appear in low light conditions.

Rose does not tolerate heat well. When the temperature rises to 30 degrees, the flowers begin to curl. On such days, you need to increase the number and abundance of watering. Planting in an open sunny area will cause the rose to overheat in such weather.

An important point is also to protect the planting site from winds and drafts. The distance between planted bushes should be 100-120 cm. With dense plantings, the plants will suffer from a lack of light and space for the development of the root system. Poor ventilation of bushes also contributes to the development of fungal diseases.

A rose looks good in the background of a flowerbed, the foreground of which is occupied by low-growing annuals and perennials. Just do not use too varied colors of flowers in the foreground; in combination with them, the beauty of the rose will be lost.

Double Delight bushes in large tubs and flowerpots are also effective. In these cases, you can install them on the porch or open veranda.

IMPORTANT. When planting in a container, you need to lay a layer of drainage at the bottom so that the roots do not suffer from excess moisture.

Due to the size of the bush and the power of the roots of the variety, growing it at home is impossible. In addition, in conditions of lack of light, flowers lose their attractiveness and become monochromatic.

Pests

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Several sources of foamy liquid have been observed on the rose bush; this is a dangerous pest.

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With the end of flowering, fertilizing the crop stops. In autumn, the stems need to be trimmed to a length of 40 cm. To create a neat plant shape, proper pruning is necessary. Pinching a young bush will help increase its splendor; this should be done as soon as the first four leaves appear on it. For the winter, the bush needs to be covered with peat, tied to a support and covered with film.

Rose care

Feeding roses is carried out during the growing season and stops after flowering.

Proper and regular watering of Double Delight roses is a guarantee of growing success. The earthen lump should not dry out, but this variety does not tolerate waterlogging. When watering, you need to use a sufficient amount of warm, settled water, at least 5 liters per young seedling and 10-15 liters per adult bush. If you soak only the surface of the soil when watering, the moisture will not reach the deep roots of the bush.

Watering is combined with fertilizing. At the beginning of the growing season, roses require large amounts of nitrogen to stimulate growth and shoot formation. As soon as buds appear on the stems, fertilizer is continued with mineral mixtures. The frequency of feeding roses is once every 2-3 weeks. In general, 5-6 feedings are obtained in one season. Feeding is stopped after flowering, during the preparation of the plant for winter.

Pruning and covering Double Delight roses for the winter

Preparing a rose for winter is an important point. The stems are cut to leave stumps of 40 cm. The root system must be sprinkled with peat to a height of 30 centimeters. Then a frame is installed over the bush and covered with spruce branches or covering non-woven material. The bottom of the covering material is not tightly closed until the onset of real frost, so that the rose does not dry out due to waterlogging.

IMPORTANT. In the spring, be sure to remove all the peat so that the root collar is slightly exposed, otherwise the rose will degenerate into a wild one.

Bush formation

In order for the rose to form a compact, evenly branching bush, it must be pruned correctly. After the formation of four leaves, young shoots are pinched. This technique stimulates the growth of new, basal stems, as a result the bush becomes lush.

It is also necessary to cut out weak stems in the center of the bush, choosing blind specimens, that is, those that do not have buds. Grafted specimens often form wild shoots below the grafted bud. The cut is made above the kidney at an angle coinciding with its direction.

In order for the rose bush to grow properly, it must be pruned.

Heavy pruning is done immediately after flowering. This is done so that the bush recovers after flowering and prepares for wintering. Remove faded shoots and those stems that grow inside the bush.

IMPORTANT. During flowering, faded flowers must be removed. It is also recommended to remove all unopened buds and flowers if prolonged rains begin, since this variety can be affected by gray rot, developing specifically on the flowers.

Options for using the Double Delight rose

Rose Double Delight is an unusual rose that should occupy accentuating places. It is better to place the bush alone next to the house, gazebo or fence. The plant is suitable for group plantings; it can be planted in flowerbeds and mixborders in the foreground or in the center, next to low-growing crops. The rose is used to create bouquets and is often grown for cutting.

Hybrid tea rose Double Delight: reviews from those who planted

This variety was bred quite a long time ago, but the Double Delight rose is still grown by flower growers on their plots. Some reviews from those who grow this “queen of flowers” ​​hybrid on their plots are given below:

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Nadya Orlova, Moscow region:
This variety appeared in my flower garden a couple of seasons ago. I was pleased with its flowering - repeated from the beginning of summer until almost frost. This flower was no longer sick, but aphids attacked, which I struggled with for several weeks until I was advised to sprinkle the above-ground part with wood ash. I conducted several sessions of “gold therapy” - as a result, the aphids disappeared. In our climate, before the onset of cold weather, I always prune the bush and cover it for the winter.

Evgenia Zvonkova, Middle Volga region

I fight aphids on rose bushes in the garden with the help of Atkara. I don’t insulate the Double Delight rose for the winter, I just cover it with a layer of soil. And in the spring I remove it, and the bush stands strong and healthy.

Daria Ryabushkina

I grow this variety of rose on my glassed-in balcony. It grows well and blooms quite profusely. But the flowers are not the same as indicated in the annotation - the middle of the flower has white petals, and the outer petals are pale crimson. Probably the whole point is that the glass blocks ultraviolet radiation, there is no saturation in the color of the flower. The variety has been growing on the balcony for almost two seasons, it has become about 0.5 m in height, but it is clear that it is already cramped in the pot - at the end of spring I will transplant it to the dacha in the flower garden.

Useful tips

• Saplings with an open root system need to be soaked with their roots in water for 5-6 hours. Heteroauxin can be added to stimulate growth;
• The root collar of the seedling must be at least 3 cm underground. If the grafting site is not deepened, the rose hips will wither and the development of the plant will deteriorate;
• Rose has poor resistance to fungal diseases and is often affected by powdery mildew, black spot, gray rot and rust. The rose is also attacked by insects - aphids, leaf rollers, sawflies, etc. The plant must be regularly treated with special preparations for prevention and its condition maintained by applying fertilizers.

Reproduction

Dividing the bush

The easiest and fastest way. The procedure is carried out in early spring, before the buds begin to bloom. You can plant bushes in the fall, after flowering.

Division scheme:

• The mother bush is dug up.
• Carefully divide into 2 parts, keeping stems and part of a healthy root in each.
• The sections are sprinkled with crushed charcoal.
• Holes are dug 25 cm in length and width.
• Humus, peat, and sand are poured into the bottom of the hole.
• The hole is moistened.
• The bush is placed vertically, the root shoots are well straightened.
• The bush is sprinkled with earth, deepening the root collar by 1 - 2 cm.
• After watering, soil is added (in case of subsidence).

Cuttings

The method is lengthy and is more suitable for experienced gardeners. Cuttings are cut only from mature, lignified shoots. Young shoots take root poorly. The procedure is carried out in the spring.

Scheme for rooting cuttings:

1. The cutting is cut at an angle.
2. Each cutting should have 3 buds.
3. Cuttings treated with root are buried in a box with soil mixture.
4. The cuttings are deepened to the level of the second eye.
5. The seedlings are covered with transparent containers.
6. At the end of summer, seedlings can be planted in a permanent place (in a flowerpot or open flowerbed).

Important: seedlings in open ground require good winter shelter.

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Pros and cons of the Double Delight variety

Advantages:

• Unusual, two-tone, contrasting colors;
• Ideal classic bud shape;
• Pronounced fruity aroma;
• Normal frost resistance;
• Suitable for cutting.

Flaws:

• Afraid of rain, it causes the buds not to bloom or spots to appear on them;
• In extreme heat, the buds wither;
• With a lack of sun, the buds become pale and lose their crimson tones in color;
• Susceptible to infection by fungal diseases.

Where can I buy?

The “Double Pleasure” rose can only be purchased in the form of seedlings. It is worth giving preference to grafted plants. In cold climates they develop and bloom better.

The seedling should have two or three woody shoots with intact bark and developed roots. Double Delight is planted at a distance of 40-60 cm. 5 bushes fit per square meter.

List of online stores where you can buy Double Delight rose:

Description of the plant

You can grow roses both in open ground and in greenhouses. The plant is native to California. Rose buds are large, usually painted in two colors - yellow and crimson. The lower crimson part of the bud smoothly turns into yellow shades.

This is interesting! The more the bud blooms, the stronger the crimson hue of the rose appears.

This variety participates in a variety of exhibitions and competitions. His collection already includes more than 30 various awards. Every year Double Delight wins more and more hearts of flower growers and gardeners.

The bush usually reaches 1 meter in length. The leaves of the rose are bright, shiny and not inferior in beauty to the flowers themselves. The rose blooms in early June and towards autumn. The flowers themselves give off a delicate and light aroma.

Good to know! If you decide to grow the plant in a greenhouse, then there will be no crimson shades on the petals. The plant is less resistant to frost. Than other varieties.