EU v vrtnicah | The EU and Rose

'Līga'

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Vrtnica ‘Līga’

Država nastanka: Latvija

Sorta ‘Līga’ je nastala leta 1994, že po osamosvojitvi Latvije. Ustvarila jo je dr. Dzirda Alfredovna Rieksta.

Cvetovi te vrtnice so svetlo rožnati, z nekoliko temnejšo sredico in včasih zaznavnim mareličnim nadihom. Dišijo po jabolkih. V cvetu je do 30 venčnih listkov. Ko se popek razpira, po obliki spominja na žlahtne vrtnice, kar je za skrižano rugozo precejšnja posebnost. ‘Līga’ mnogo močneje pocvita, če sproti režemo odcvetele  cvetove.

Skrižane rugoze, kamor spada ‘Līga’, so zelo uporabne v deželah z mrzlimi zimami. V krajih, ki imajo milejše podnebje, navadno nimajo veliko občudovalcev. V rožnih vrtovih Arboretuma Volčji Potok smo jih zbrali kar precej, ker so zelo uporabne za javno zelenje in za vrtove, ki so na udaru srn.

Vrtnice rugoze srnam ne teknejo, verjetno zaradi dlakasto žlezastih in smolastih popkov. Rugoze so poleg tega grmi, ki se dvignejo nad 1,2 metra, kjer uidejo lačnim gobcem manj izbirčnih srn. Zaščito pred njimi potrebujejo samo v mladosti, dokler se dovolj ne povzpnejo.

Vrtnica je del razstave EU v vrtnicah.

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The ‘Liga’ Rose

Country of origin: Latvia

The ‘Liga’ variety was created in 1994, after Latvia became independent. The creator of ‘Liga’ is Dr. Dzirda Alfredovna Rieksta.

Its blossoms are pale pink with a slightly darker centre, and sometimes a marked apricot hue. It smells of apples. The blossom contains up to 30 petals. When the bud is opening, its shape reminds us of noble roses, which is quite rare in hybrid rugosa. The ‘Liga’ re-blooms more quickly if we deadhead it.

The hybrid rugosas, of which ‘Liga’ is a part, are very useful in countries with cold winters. They are generally less liked by inhabitants of warmer places. We have collected quite a few in the rose gardens of Arboretum Volčji Potok, since they are very useful in public planting and in gardens which fall prey to deer.

A deer is only pretty in a sentimental cartoon, never in a garden. In horticulture, it is considered an extremely nasty animal, only comparable to a vole in its destructiveness. As voracious eaters, deer regularly destroy young rosebuds. Not only does this deprive people of flowers; their toxic saliva also deforms or even stops the growth of roses. The Rugosa roses are not to the liking of deer, probably due to their hairy, glandular and tarry rosebuds. Besides, the rugosas are bushes, which grow above 1.2 metres, so they can escape the destructive snouts of picky deer. They only need to be protected from deer when they are young, before they grow to an appropriate height.

The rose variety is a part of the exhibition The EU and Rose.