Girlish grapes from seed, planting and care, photo. Girlish grapes - care for great design

The plant, conquered landscape designers and owners of suburban areas, attracts the attention of the color of the crown. In spring and summer, decorative grapes are pleasing to the greens, and in the fall - a colorful game of all shades of red. The maiden grade is used for gardening of arbors, facades of houses which remind cozy cottages of the Victorian era.

Directions of use

Perennial vine - Partenocissus attracts attention with rapid growth, the ability to take root in all climatic conditions, on sunny terrain and shading. The plant is used for decorative and practical purposes:

• design of garden space, residential building, administrative facility or fencing;
• park landscaping, creating alleys and galleries;
• reducing dust levels, eliminating noise effects and creating uniform humidity on the site;
• landscape project incarnation.

With the right approach to the choice of varieties, reproduction and proper care, the culture will delight in fanciful shapes, the richness of the color palette.

How to choose decorative species?

Independently creating a landscape on a site in various climatic zones requires the selection of wear-resistant, non-diseased berry lianas. To eliminate the risks of surface contamination with chemicals from pests and diseases, freezing of the vine, it is better to dwell on sustainable species:

• izabelny - Concord, Isabella, Russian, Lydia;
• michurinsky - Buyurture, Korinka Michurin, Metallic;
• far Eastern - Taiga emerald, Amirkhan, Alpha;
• new breeding varieties - Crystal, Pifos, Shateny;
• interspecific hybrids or Amur varieties.

These species can be cultivated in low temperature conditions, able to resist frost, fungi and insect pests.

Preparation of cuttings

Reproduction of decorative grapevine occurs with the help of shoots and cuttings. The material takes root in the spring and autumn, but the technique is effective with proper preparation of seedlings.

Cutting cuttings in spring

In the spring preparation of planting material used last year's shoots with lignification of the trunk. Good rooting will provide segments with rudiments of the root system in the form of outgrowths. The whip is cut into chubuki with 2-4 knots on each and does not require treatment with root growth stimulants.

Making seedlings in the summer

Cuttings are prepared in July, when the knots of last year's vine produced side shoots. In the presence of lignification of the base for the molotice-shaped chubuk, 1 node is sufficient. The proximity of the nodes provides for the formation of planting material with 2-3 nodes.

Rooting specificity

You have already learned how to propagate grapes; now it is worthwhile to consider the methods of rooting the material. In decorative varieties - a good survival rate in the aquatic environment and the soil.

How to root chubuki in water?

Rapid rooting occurs when Parthenocissus is in a container of water. For a long time, the material is not maintained, because there are risks of the death of the root system. Only soaking for a short time (24 hours) before landing is allowed.

Ground rooting rules

When separating the seat paths and borders cuttings rooted in the ground. For 2-3 years the plant will practically not be stretched to a height, but the roots go down by 1 m.
  Experts advise to set up a switchboard for cuttings. Choosing this method, you will need to disassemble the root system and the vine for transplanting to a permanent place.

Container rooting

For the initial planting of a decorative grape variety, use pots with a diameter of 12-15 cm. Pre-prepare the soil by mixing peat and sand in a ratio of 1: 4. Spring chubukov buried to the level of the lower node, and summer - along the line of last year's wood.
  Container landing involves the organization of support and watering. Pots with vine remain in a shady, windless place until the next planting season. Care is the regular wetting of the soil and the root system.

Transplant container cuttings in open ground

The process of transferring plants to a permanent place is performed from spring (April) to autumn (August). The maximum duration of a culture in pots is 2 winters. Containers do not drip for the period of wintering, since the root system is characterized by frost resistance. Seedlings are placed in windless places, wrapped with dry leaves and covered.

Other vegetation methods

Liana successfully propagated by root shoots, layering and seed. If you follow the technology of work, the culture will quickly grow on the site.

Root vegetation

During its development and growth of the vine produces shoots that root on the ground. Siblings should be carefully removed and transplanted into wells 70 cm deep - 1 m. The root collar is not recommended to fall asleep with earth.

Planting seeds

The grains extracted from the fruits undergo stratification: they are placed for 24 hours in a damp cloth, and then buried in the ground poured into a peat container 1 cm. Hardening of the material can be carried out in the refrigerator, but provided that the temperature does not drop to + 5 degrees. Seed germination during storage in a dry room is not lost for 12 months.

Reproduction using layering

To select a material, a vine with buds is used and they are planted in a 5 cm deep ditch. The wavy side is located in the ground, and the dense side rises above the landing site. Scourge is fixed with a paper clip and must be watered.
  The resulting seedlings are placed in open ground in the summer or spring.

Landing events

The final transplant of decorative grapes is carried out taking into account its light and heat-loving properties. Do not ignore the other nuances of growing:

• placement of seedlings only on the southern sides, in rare cases - in the east and west without shading;
• proper preparation of the landing holes. Pits are prepared 3-6 months before the seedling is moved to the ground. So compaction of the ground is provided, the risks of shrinkage are eliminated
• the use of a fertile mixture of sod and humus in the ratio of 1: 4 to fill the bottom of the hole.

Features molding decorative vines

Registration of an ornamental bush is carried out for several years. Correct activities are carried out according to the following algorithm:

1. During the first year (autumn or spring) strong shoots are planted.
2. In the second year, a strong escape is selected and removed to a level of up to 3-5 eyes. The material grown from the remaining buds is again trimmed to 2 upper shoots. Vine must be directed vertically (tied up), and later gently remove the whiskers and stepchildren.
3. In the third year, all the kidneys are removed on the lower trunk, and not more than 2 are left on the upper one.
4. For the fourth season, they work with tiers, leaving 1 to 4 buds on each. Depending on the growth line of the culture, vertical shoots form from the upper ocelli, and fruit branches are formed from them.
5. In the 5th year of growth, they start forming fruit branches. The vine is pruned in such a way that a fruit arrow appears on the upper eye, and a new shoot on the lower eye.

Throughout the rest of the developmental period, molding trims are conducted. For good growth of grapes, the number of fruit branches increase.

The specifics of caring activities

The care of ornamental grapes is carried out comprehensively. The main procedure is sanitary shaping and the following list of measures:

• making feedings. Nitrogen supplements are shown in spring. In the summer, nitroammofosc is applied (50 g per 1 square meter), and after the rooting of the shoots - complex mineral fertilizers (200 g per 1 square meter);
• watering. The plant is plentifully watered with water for good root development and crown formation;
• loosening, weeding and mulching.
• shelter for the winter of annual shoots with dry straw or leaves.

Liana quickly develops in benign conditions, but after wintering shoots are distributed on a support. Pest control is preventive measures - spraying plants with chemicals.

The advantages of decorative grapes

The plant, creating an incredibly beautiful design of the site, attracts gardeners and florists due to the advantages:

• attractive original look;
• quick survival on all types of soil;
• active growth (up to 3 m per year);
• shading the site and protecting buildings from wind, sun, dust and precipitation;
• easy breeding.

Active division is an insignificant minus that can be used to your advantage by creating spectacular landscape compositions.
  The ornamental grape variety is valuable for its good resistance to the onset of disease and non-susceptibility to pests. With proper cultivation, the vine will serve as an organic complement to garden and park assemblages and recreational areas.

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The grapes of girlish grapes, also known as virgin ivy, can turn your country house into a fairytale castle, and the garden is a magical garden. His tight creepers thickly braid the walls, gazebos, hedges, giving the buildings the touch of the Middle Ages. And what is particularly to the liking of the summer residents is that they do not need to visit the girlish grapes often. Planting and caring for him are conditional, he is well developed without attention to him from the gardener. The combination of unpretentiousness and high decoration made perennial favorite decoration of many gardens.

Features of the plant

The name of the virgin ivy plant was due to its ability to form fruits without pollination. This perennial culture has a nondescript flowering, and its fruits are not eaten. Its main advantage, which is used with pleasure in landscape design, is a thick decorative foliage.

Reference. Perennial creepers grow at high speed, clinging to the antennae on any surface and are capable of covering large areas with thick, impermeable carpet - walls, fences, altanka.

Finger leaves have a bright green color. With the arrival of cold weather, the greenery begins to turn purple, and right up to winter, the foliage will decorate the foliage of red and purple hues.

Ripe fruits of girlish grapes

It is better to choose a place in the open ground for growing grapes in a vertical support, so that the vines have room to grow. If pruning is not done from time to time, this perennial culture will flood all available space. This feature is used in landscape design to mask the unattractive household extensions, as well as the raw walls of houses. Another useful quality of the plant is the ability to heal the microclimate, inhibiting the development of certain pathogens.

Varieties and types of girlish grapes

The maiden grape belongs to the Vinogradov family. Perennial has 12 species, the habitat of most of them are the countries of Asia, Sulfuric America. Their varieties are mainly used in the open field for decorative purposes.

Five-spotted girlish grapes

The most popular in landscape design are two varieties:

• Five-spotted girlish grapes. This variety has another common name - virgin grapes. The growth rate of the shoots is about 2.5 m per year. He is able to seethe with his thickets buildings with a height of about 15 m. The leaves are palmate, complex, up to 10 cm long, elongated with a pointed tip. A characteristic feature of the variety is the coloring of foliage with the onset of autumn in an intense red color. Known as a cultivated plant since 1622, therefore it is not uncommon to meet it not only in the photo of modern magazines, but also in paintings of the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
• Triostrenic maiden grapes. Ivy-shaped grapes are another famous name for this popular variety. He received it for the resemblance of foliage plants. As a rule, has a three-lobed leaf shape. Liana reaches a length of 15-20 meters. Perennial plant refers to cold-resistant plants. With the arrival of cold weather, the bright brilliant color of the foliage gives way to various shades of red — purple and orange. Triostrenny grapes has its pronounced varieties. Golden is distinguished by a combination of yellow specks on the leaves, purple - dark burgundy shades of foliage, Vicha grapes - small leaves with a shiny surface, which with the onset of autumnal cold weather becomes orange.

Reference. The length of the creeper grape Vich under favorable conditions grows up to 4 m per year. It is cultivated both in an open ground, and as a pot culture.

Preparing for landing

Planting plants well in both well-lit and shady places. At the same time, it should be taken into consideration that with the arrival of cold weather to observe the magnificent autumn color of perennial girl grape, cultivation should take place on a sunny plot.

Triostrenic girlish grapes

When planting is carried out at the support on the north side, the culture retains green color until winter leaf fall. Another advantage, which is accompanied by cultivation on the southern and eastern sides, is faster reproduction and the formation of leaves is relatively larger.

Sowing of seeds in the open ground is carried out in the autumn, planting of seedlings is also carried out in the spring. The composition of the soil in the plant has no special preferences. But especially well managed girlish grapes, the cultivation of which occurs on specially prepared soil mixtures. For this take:

• 2 pieces of garden land;
• 2 parts;
• 1 part of sand.

All components are thoroughly mixed and filled with the resulting substrate planting pits for cuttings.

Seed propagation

Growing grapes from seed is more likely to experienced gardeners. This is a long and laborious process, which is not always crowned with success - the seeds quickly lose their germination, and the shelf life does not exceed 1 year. But this method is only possible if there is no possibility to get perennial cuttings for breeding.

Girlish grapes in the garden

Seeds need stratification. It can be natural, 3-month, if the crop is done in the fall before winter. If it is carried out in the spring, this procedure is carried out at an accelerated rate of 6-7 weeks before the planned date of sowing at home:

1. A small container filled with clean sand.
2. Sand is sprayed with water and seeds are immersed in its mass.
3. Cover the container with a film.
4. Leave a tank with crops in the refrigerator or cellar. The temperature is maintained at + 5 ° С.
5. Care is to regularly moisten the sand. Watering is carried out until the seeds sprout from the seeds.

After such preparatory measures of germination in the open ground, you can wait a month after sowing.

Planting cuttings

Reproduction by cuttings is easier and faster. Liana will not be difficult to cut to obtain planting material, which is rooted at high speed in open ground.

Home decor with thickets of girlish grapes

Landing is performed in the following sequence:

1. Selected cuttings with at least four buds.
2. In the planting pit, the stalk is planted so that two buds remain on the surface.
3. Immediately after planting sprouts need watering.
4. Garden beds pruneuyut from direct sunlight.
5. Care is the regular wetting of young plants.

Important. For propagation by cuttings choose the woody part of the vine. Planting material harvested in early spring, before the sap.

Reproduction by layering

Propagation by cuttings is suitable for those gardeners on whose plots girlish grapes are already growing - planting and care in this case is carried out immediately from the parent plant. For this:

1. In the spring, 2 or 3-year-old vines are selected.
2. Bend them to the ground and fix.
3. In place of fixation sprinkle with fertile soil.
4. Separate care of the layering is not needed, except for regular watering.
5. A year later, the formed plant is dug and transplanted.

Further care

The main care for perennials is the regular pruning of excess shoots and the installation of additional supports under the vines. In the photo, the branches beautifully braid the walls of buildings, but behind the thick foliage it is simply not visible that gardeners often place a rabbit under the weaving plant or stretch the trellis.

Girlish grapes in landscape design

Watering the plant is needed only at a young age. An adult plant can do without artificial soil moisture. In addition, a strong perennial does not need shelter for the winter. Young planting, in contrast, must be protected from frost.

Fertilization

Fertilizer is desirable to bring along with watering the grapes. As a top dressing use nitroammofosku. In the phase of active growth will not damage the complex fertilizer.

Favorable effect on the development of perennial measures to improve the quality of the soil. It is desirable to loosen the soil, making peat digging, humus. As an organic fertilizer you can use two-year compost. In addition to other traditional nutrient materials, sawdust that has fallen rotten leaves can be used as mulch.

Do you still doubt whether to plant in the garden girlish grapes? Drop all doubts and get down to business! No more simple in the cultivation and care of vines to decorate the site. With the help of a girl's grape, you can turn a barn into a fairy-tale palace, a pergola into a mysterious tent, and a fence from a chain-link mesh into an impenetrable wall. We will tell you how this plant breeds in the open field, we will help with the choice of varieties for planting. The article is illustrated with colorful photos.

Description of the plant: varieties and varieties

Botanical name - Parthenocissus, translated as "virgin ivy", belongs to the family of grapes, has a second name - "girlish grapes."

Girlish grapes are often used to decorate the territory of the garden plot

The genus Parthenocissus consists of 19 species. We grow two types of girlish grapes in open field:

• Five-spotted (Parthenocissusguinguefolia);
• Triostrenic (Parthenocissustricuspidata).

Girlish grape pyatilistochkovy

The five-leafed virgin ivy is a creeper with five palm-like leaves. The leaves are oval-shaped, pointed. For growth, a support is necessary, to which the vine is attached with the help of the antennae on the shoots. Under normal development, shoots reach a length of more than 18 meters. It blooms in summer. Fruits are inedible. In autumn, the green foliage turns red. Prefers to grow in sunny places. Very frost resistant.

Triostrenic girlish grape is a vine with three palm-like leaves. At the ends of the shoots - up to 10 antennae, with which the plant is attached to the support. Antennae have suckers, so you rather break the escape than be able to tear it from the support. Shoots grow to 10 meters. Less frost resistant than pyatilistochkovy.

Variety Viche

Varieties of girlish grapes:

1. Henry is good for apartment breeding. Planted in fairly deep containers. Suitable for bonsai.
2. Attached - grown as a houseplant.
3. Enelman - he has small, tightly seated leaves. It grows very fast.
4. Hairy - leaves are pubescent below, as well as young shoots. Winters are bad.
5. Viche is a very popular grape variety.

Planting a plant

Girlish grapes do not require particularly fertile soil and do not like dry and depleted, endures a slight salinization of the soil. For lighting it is undemanding. Feels good in the sun and in the shade. But still keep in mind that planting in the shade will affect the color of its foliage in the fall - it will remain green until frost and does not turn into a beautiful burgundy or yellow color, and the liana may not bloom and form picturesque clusters with dark berries.

Planting time does not matter, creeper equally well take root in the spring and autumn. According to gardeners, you just need to plant and water, and then the grapes are already growing on their own - just manage to cut off the excess growth.

Girlish grapes grow well without constant care

A week before planting in a permanent place you need to prepare and cultivate the soil. Remove weeds and dig a hole for planting 50 x 60 cm in size. Mix the removed soil with a compost bucket and a sand bucket. At the bottom of the pit you need to pour a liter jar of ash or 300-400 g of double superphosphate. Arrange the drainage: they put crushed stone, broken brick, expanded clay (which is at hand) on the bottom, above - boards or pieces of slate so that the drainage does not quickly become covered with earth. Pour a piece of excavated soil. Next, straighten the roots of the seedling and fill the remaining soil. Form a irrigation well and mulch. The distance between seedlings is recommended at least 1 m. After planting, be sure to water well.

If you plan to grow a perennial ground-cover carpet of maiden grapes over a large area, then you need to plant the plants in 0.6 m, and in each well, plant 2-4 pieces.

Plan in advance the area under the cultivation of girlish grapes

While the vine is small, install a support or tie up to direct the plant in the desired direction. An adult plant needs serious support, since the vine is planted in open ground for many years, then take care of this in advance.

Important. When planting maiden grapes do not dig the root neck - it should be located at ground level.

Care for girlish grapes

The girlish grape is a very unpretentious tree-vine, in the conditions of the open ground the care of it is quite simple, it is enough to regularly and timely carry out sanitary pruning of lashes and water it in a strong drought. Without pruning this beautiful plant can turn into ugly thickets.

The most important thing is to form culture in time.

It is not necessary to shelter the plant for the winter, since frost-resistant varieties predominate in our latitudes, but even if the rods are frozen, then there is nothing terrible - new young shoots will come out of the replacement buds. It is enough to cut the lash to healthy wood.

The first few years, the vine is actively increasing the root mass, during this period fertilizing is needed twice during the growing season. You also need to tie a young plant, in the future it will find support itself, clinging to the antennae and aerial roots for any roughness on the surface.

A stiffened virgin ivy will give an annual increase of several meters. So that the liana does not entangle the whole plot, let's see how to form.

For girl grape necessarily need a support

1. Growing young shoots need to be directed along a support, thus forming the skeleton of a plant.
2. Those shoots that do not grow where you need not be afraid to remove immediately. It does not hurt the vine.
3. After the formation of the skeleton, only sanitary pruning is carried out in the spring and restraining pruning in the summer. Removed all weak, damaged shoots, as well as those that thicken the plant or give a sloppy look.

Council When pruning shoots, leave no more than 5 mm above the bud, then you will save yourself from sticking stumps of whips, which looks ugly.

Fertilizer and grape feeding

In the first three years, the root system of the plant is actively developing. In early summer or spring, virgin ivy needs to be fed with nitroammofosca (40-50 g), or with any other universal complex fertilizer. In the future, the plant does not need additional feeding.

Plant propagation

There are several ways to propagate girlish grapes in the open field, choose the most suitable for you.

Reproduction of maiden grape layers

Layering.  In the spring, choose a lash with buds and dig in several places to a depth of 5 cm, first pin to the ground in these places with a wire or a pin. The end of the scourge does not drop. Good watering. By the fall, get some ready-grown saplings.

Cuttings.The cuttings are produced in spring or autumn. Choose a 3-4 year old pencil-sized whip and cut into pieces with 4-5 green buds. Tear off all the leaves. Plant so that two buds remain on the surface. To give a shank faster roots, slightly scratch the part that you will dig.

Council If the stalk is planted in a sunny place, then you need to priten it before the formation of the first shoot, and water it regularly for good survival.

Girl grape cuttings take root very easily

Seeds.  This is a rather troublesome way. Ripe fruits should rot, after which they need to carefully remove the seeds. In the spring, before planting, they need to be stratified for better germination. To do this, the seeds are first soaked for several hours in cold water, then placed in moist sand and placed in a refrigerator for a month.

Root scions.  Perhaps this is the easiest way to reproduce virgin ivy. Where the vine is in contact with the soil, roots are formed that are easily rooted. You only need to plant them in a permanent place, while not deepening the root neck.

Diseases and pests

Diseases and pests bypass this side of the vine, so that surprises on this side should not be expected, which means you will not have unnecessary trouble.

Most likely, there will be no need to protect girlish grapes from pests.

It rarely happens that aphid settles on young shoots, it does not bring much harm. It is enough to wash it off with water from a hose or spray it with a solution of soap with the addition of alcohol. If the folk remedy does not help, use the biological product "Fitoverm" or the insecticide "Fufanon" according to the instructions.

Girlish grapes in combination with other plants

In the landscape design, other vines combine well with the girl's grapes. Clematis, according to gardeners, in this neighborhood grows even better, because virgin ivy protects the roots of clematis and the base of the stems from the sun.

It is good to combine girlish grapes with hops, if the green leaves of regular hops seem too boring, plant a plant of the Aureus variety with yellow-green leaves. The green decorative leaves of the maiden grapes will favorably emphasize the flowers of the woven rose and will become a support for it.

Girl grapes decorating the arbor

Against the background of the fence covered with liana, the hvoyniki look good: spruce, juniper and thuja, if you add sod and barberry to this composition, then the conifers will visually lose their heaviness. When the girl's grapes shed their leaves, the coniferous band will come to the forefront as a soloist.

The girlish grape is an amazingly plastic plant with strong and flexible shoots. In landscape design, girlish grapes are most often used for vertical gardening of the walls of various buildings and structures: they are gazebos, fences, walls of farm buildings, retaining walls. Combine with other plants.

Virgin ivy multiplies easily and grows quickly: in 2-3 years it is able to drape a 2-story building completely. At the same time, landing takes up a very small area, which is important.

Girlish grapes are able to create a shadow in the gazebo or disguise an ugly fence

From it, you can create a screen for zoning a plot, disguise unsightly buildings and areas: septic tanks and compost heaps, hide the fence from the chain-link mesh from the eyes of curious neighbors, and turn a dry tree into a fancy structure.

The garden, in which there are girlish grapes, always looks richer visually: in summer, these are green vertical planes, and in autumn, bright yellow and red surfaces that bring a sense of comfort to the landscape and a romantic mood.

With ease girlish grapes can tighten the whole building

Since it is a deciduous plant, from autumn to spring its scourge remains bare, and this does not always look attractive. But to the fore the strict lines of designs of fences, grates, arbors and pergolas, and creepers lie on top, like carpets.

This vine is used in landscape design as a beautiful perennial groundcover in natural gardens. In addition to the decor, there are also pluses: it regulates the humidity on the plot, protects it from wind and sun, retains dust, reduces noise, walls do not overheat in a house covered with virgin ivy, and in the autumn and winter they are well ventilated when leaves fall.

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Girlish grapes: photo

  If you want your country house to look original, for example, like a fairytale castle, and the backyard territory resembled a magical garden, then you should pay attention to such a plant as girlish grapes.

In the process of development, he grows tough lianas, which create a dense carpet on the wall, gazebo, hedge, which allows any objects to look as if they belong to the Middle Ages.

Features of girlish grapes

Photos of this plant can be found on the Internet, however, not everyone knows that it is known by another name - virgin ivy. This can be explained by the fact that it can form fruits without pollination.

The flowers of the plant do not look attractive and are also not edible and fruits. However, for many gardeners girlish grapes are interesting in that it can be very successful use in landscape designMost importantly, it attracts owners of country plots - decorative foliage.

The leaves are finger-shaped and have a bright green color. The first frost causes the foliage to change its original color to a more purple one. However, until winter comes, the country plot will not lose its main decoration, formed by the leaves of red and purple flowers.

The owner will have to periodically cut the grapes, because in the absence of control to this perennial culture, it will fill all the free space.

Because of this property, girlish grapes are widely used in landscape design, because with its help you can easily hide unattractive outbuildings and hide the raw walls of houses.

Among other advantages of plants is that it helps to improve the microclimateso can inhibit certain types of pathogens.

Varieties of wild ornamental grapes

The main thing that attracts gardeners is the plant - girlish grapes do not require special care. Therefore, you only need to choose a place for landing, after which it will develop independently.

Such advantages as unpretentiousness and pronounced decorative properties became one of the main reasons why this perennial can often be found in many gardens.

Getting acquainted with the girl's grapes, I must say that he is a representative of the Vinogradov family. It includes 12 species, many of them are found in the countries of Asia and North America.

Despite some differences, they all got wide use  as decoration in landscape design.

Types of girlish grapes and landscape design

Five-spotted girlish grapes. Often this variety is called virgin grapes. In one year, its creepers can reach a height of about 2.5 m. This is enough to cover the thickets with a height of 15 m.

The leaves have a finger complex shape, can reach a length of 10 cm, at the end there is a pointed tip. This grape gets the most pronounced decorative properties in the fall when its foliage turns red.

As a cultivated plant, it began to grow as early as 1622. Therefore, it is not surprising that the photos of this variety can be present both in modern magazines and in paintings from the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.

Triostrenic girlish grapes. This variety is often called ivy-shaped grapes. This can be explained by the fact that its foliage strongly resembles this plant. The leaves of this grape variety are characterized by a three-bladed form.

Shoots can grow in length up to 15–20 m. This grape variety tolerates negative temperatures. Already during the first frosts, noticeable changes occur in the appearance of this variety: instead of the usual color, the leaves acquire red-purple and orange shades.

In this plant, it is customary to distinguish individual varieties with pronounced features. Golden look  has leaves adorned with yellow spots. In purple varieties of foliage shimmers dark maroon shades.

Decorative grapes of Vich grapes are also strongly pronounced - its leaves of small size have a shiny surface, and at the time of the first frost they change their usual color to orange.

Preparing for landing

The girlish grape feels good not only in sunny places, but also in the shade. But it should be borne in mind that in the fall, when the first frosts come, girlish grapes acquire the color characteristic of this period of the year.

However, many experts agree that the most suitable for growing this plant is sunny plot.

You can grow wild grapes near a fence or other support from the north side, however, in this case it will not change its green color until the leaves begin to crumble due to the first cold weather.

Growing on the southern and eastern sides of the plot is beneficial in that reproduction takes less time in these areas and leaves grow larger.

You can sow seeds in the fall. As for transplanting seedlings, this work is recommended to plan for the spring. The girlish grapes are not very picky about the quality of the soil.

However, this plant still feels better if it grows on prepared soil mixtures. For its preparation will require the following components:

• 2 pieces of garden land.
• 2 pieces of compost.
• 1 part of sand.

After thoroughly mixing all the ingredients, this compound is filled in the prepared pit for planting the cuttings.

Seed propagation

As a rule, only experienced summer residents are engaged in growing wild grapes from seeds. Novices use this breeding method is not recommended not only due to the fact that this process requires a lot of time and effort.

Often, to achieve the desired result is not possible because the seeds used can not ascend. However, in a situation where the gardener has no planting material for breeding, he does not have other alternatives.

Mandatory operation, which must pass the seeds before planting, is stratification. It can be carried out in natural conditions: for this, seeds are sown in the fall into the ground, where they should be hardened  during three months.

You can also do this in the spring, however, in this case, the time for sowing is selected 6–7 weeks before the usual sowing time at home:

1. It takes a small container, which is filled with clean sand.
2. Sand needs to be shed well, and then sow in it the available seeds.
3. Then the container must be covered with a film.
4. Further, the container must be put in a cold place, for example, in a refrigerator. For the proper conduct of this procedure, it is necessary to provide a temperature within + 5 degrees Celsius.
5. During certification, it is necessary to ensure that the sand is constantly wet. So do until such time as they begin to spawn sprouts of seeds.

If the seeds undergo such preparatory treatment in the open ground, then already a month after they have been sown, one can wait for the first shoots to appear.

Planting cuttings

Many gardeners choose the method of propagation by cuttings because of the lower labor intensity and time, which have to withstand before obtaining planting material. After cutting their vines placed in open groundwhere they take root pretty quickly.

To obtain high-quality planting material, this work is carried out in the following order:

• reproduction requires cuttings with at least four buds;
• in the prepared pit the stalk should be placed in such a way that two buds are located above the ground;
• landing must be completed with watering;
• in order to avoid burns it is recommended to protect the bed from direct sunlight;
• good seedlings can be obtained if the soil is constantly moistened.

Reproduction by layering

This method of obtaining wild grape saplings may be of interest to those who already have mature bushes on the site. In this case, planting and caring for young plants can be carried out immediately after choosing a place for a new bush.

The process of reproduction in this way is carried out in the following order:

• In early spring, you need to identify vines at the age of two or three years.
• Further, they are bent to the ground and secured in this position.
• Place the bend should be filled with fertile soil.
• Waiting for rooting cuttings, it is necessary to regularly irrigate.
• A year later, a full-fledged root system will be formed from the layers, after which they can be transplanted to a permanent place.

Further care

After receiving the planting material and its transplantation, the main care measures will be reduced to removing excess shoots and installing special supports for the growth of vines.

Although branches can often climb the walls of a building on their own, many gardeners come to their aid, specially installing fencing, for example, a rabbit.

The need for moisture young maiden bushes are experienced only at a young age. Adult bushes have enough moisture, which comes from precipitation and from domestic reserves.

Simplified care for perennials also because the owner does not have to carry out activities for covering up for the winter. However, for young landings this event is mandatory.

Fertilization

For a better assimilation of fertilizers, it is recommended to conduct top dressings during watering of the grapes. For this you can use nitroammofosku. In order to stimulate the growth of grapes, it is useful to apply complex fertilizers to the soil.

The girlish grape responds well with active growth if measures are taken to improve the quality of the soil. Therefore, in addition to loosening, it is also recommended before planting. to put peat into the soil  and humus.

Fertility can be improved if the soil is fertilized with two-year compost. The mulching operation is quite effective, during which sawdust or rotted leaves can be used.

Any country site, as well as a house located on it, can look unusual if you use an original approach to its design. One of these ideas could be the use of girlish grapes.

This ornamental plant is capable of forming long shoots that can hide any tall buildings, creating effect of the Middle Ages.

Naturally, the cultivation of this plant has its own characteristics. Particular attention should be paid to young saplings, since they not only require regular watering, but also protection from frost.

However, adult plants are unpretentious, so the owner will only be required pruningif he wants to limit the further spread of the grapes.

The girlish grape is a decorative growing species of the genus Parthenocissus. It grows in the form of lianas, twisting arbors, fences, trees and other structures. Such an unusual name he received due to his peculiarity: for the formation of seeds he does not need fertilization with pollen, a kind of “immaculate conception”. It is also called "virgin ivy."

General information

Its shoots can travel up to 20 m. Therefore, it is worth careful to ensure that the wildly growing shoots do not close the windows (creating darkness in the rooms), do not rise too high, climbing under the tile or slate, thereby destroying them, and not Allow the vines into the gutter, clogging it.

To do this, it is time to trim the extra shoots. It is also necessary to take into account the fact that grapes have very thick roots, so do not plant other crops near it, it will be difficult for them to break through these shoots. It should also be noted that after winter, while everything around us begins to turn green, the “girlish” grapes are in no hurry to come to life.

Girlish grapes bloom in summer (July), but very modestly. But the flowers are fragrant and attract bees and bumblebees.

Varieties and types

Devilish ivy-shaped grapes (triostrenny)  has ornamental garden varieties that are in demand due to their unusual configuration of leaves and color (not only in the fall). For example, the ivy-shaped grape of the purple variety has dark purple leaves, and the golden variety has yellow spots on the green leaves.

Girlish grape tria Vicha  - the most common variety, has small smooth leaves with three pointed ends. Autumn fall orange-red color.

Virgin virgin grapes  or pyatilistochkovy  has dark green leaves, consisting of 5 leaves, an egg of a similar shape with pointed ends, in the summer period, and in the fall becomes reddish or burgundy. There are also small clusters of small dark inedible berries.

This species tolerates severe frosts even without a special shelter. Not whimsical to the choice of soil and place (sunny plot or shady). It grows very fast (up to 3 m per year). Dense foliage protects the walls of the house from overheating, dust, wind and rain, thereby reducing damp inside the house and near the foundation.

Girlish grapes "STAR SHAUERS"  or variegated  - very decorative variety, has an unusual white-green color of leaves, which varies from prolonged cold weather.

Girlish grape Yellow Wall ("Yellow Wall") - autumn leaves from green acquires a yellow tint.

Red Wall (Troki) Girlish Grape  - has a glossy surface of leaves, in autumn they turn purple-red.

Deviney grapes "Henry", he can not stand frost, so it can be grown in the apartment. Its young shoots have a tetrahedral cross-section, and the leaves consist of 5-7 separate leaves.

Girlish grapes planting and care

The grapes do not require a special place for planting, but the colors of the foliage may depend on the lighting. If you plant it on the south side, in the fall the foliage will acquire a bright and attractive purple palette, and on the north side the foliage will remain green and without clusters of berries.

In illuminated areas, the plant grows faster and has larger foliage. Liana takes root in the spring and autumn, but experts advise choosing autumn (September-October).

Soil for girlish grapes

To begin with, a week before planting, the ground at the landing site must be dug up. Then a hole is dug 50-60 cm deep and drainage is laid out on the bottom (for example, broken brick) and covered with a layer of sand (20 cm). Then the substrate is prepared: two parts of leafy ground, two parts of compost and part of sand.

Watering girlish grapes

Watering ornamental grapes requires moderate. It will be quite enough three or four times a season, using at least 10 liters of water for one bush. If the summer was very hot, the amount of watering increases, the main thing is that the earth does not dry out.

Fertilizer girlish grapes

Fertilizers can be applied at the beginning of summer (they feed with nitroammophoska along with water for irrigation), and during active growth, make complex fertilizers.

Periodically it is necessary to remove weeds, loosen the ground and mulch the area around the ivy. Mulching is carried out in early summer using peat, humus or compost (6 cm layer). In the autumn, the layer is renewed by sealing the old one into the ground.

Pruning Girl's Grapes

Pruning is carried out in the spring (during the rest period), frozen out, dried, weakened or damaged shoots and leaves are removed, and the branches that go beyond the limits of the zone you allotted are shortened (close the windows, climb under the roof, etc.).

Girlish grapes preparation for winter

Most species of girlish grapes do not need shelter for the winter, they are quite cold-resistant, even if one of them freezes, it will quickly recover, thanks to sleeping buds.

Reproduction of maiden grapes cuttings

Preparing a place: dig a hole of the right size under the cutting, away from the rest of the plants, due to the growth of the root system. Mix the ground from this pit with compost, sand, and fertilizer (two handfuls).

Then lay the drainage on the bottom, pour a little of the obtained substrate on top, place the cutting at a slight angle and cover the rest of the ground. Now it is necessary to water the grapes well and form a hole in order for the sediments (rainwater) to stay there.

For a young plant it is necessary to form a support, so that it would be easier for it to grow up, then it can be removed. If the grapes grow near the house, then the support is not needed, it will crawl along the wall, clinging to the rough surface. Cuttings are cut at any time of the year, while selecting processes with at least five healthy buds.

Devinee grape breeding layering

For this method, a long lash is inserted, which is wavy (the part in the ground is different above the ground, the next one is in the ground again and so on) into the groove no more than 5 cm deep. The part that is in the ground must be secured with a pin or clip. Then water well.

There is another way: the cuttings are chosen shorter and the whip is laid out in the same shallow moistened groove, the tip rises 10-15 cm above the ground (if it doesn’t hold itself, then put a support).

Growing maiden grapes from seed

Seeds propagate grapes in spring or autumn, planting in loose soil no deeper than 1 cm. In order to increase the germination rate, the seeds are soaked beforehand. When planting in the spring, the seeds are soaked in cold water (3-5 hours), thereby hardening them, then placed in a moist soil and placed in a refrigerator for several days.

Breeding root suckers

The root system formed by the shoots of vines, very branched. Root offsprings quite easily separated and landed in a new place. The main thing - the root neck should be located above the ground, and not covered.

Diseases and pests

This ornamental plant is rarely sick, and only because of violations of the rules of care: abundant watering or, on the contrary, drying out of the soil, as well as a lack of fertilizers. Sometimes pests look at the grapes, insecticides will help in the fight against them.

Virgin grapes benefit or harm

There are many different opinions about this ornamental grape. Someone thinks that it harms: it clogs the drain, prevents other plants from growing, the overgrown windows lash along the wall and sneak onto roofs and destroy the tile and slate roofs. But all this can be avoided if you timely trim the unnecessary ends.

The benefits are actually much more: with the help of lianas, you can disguise old and unremarkable buildings and structures, create hedges instead of boring fences, and also decorate arches and gazebos. In addition, dense foliage is able to protect from wind and cold.

Most varieties can please the bright colors in the fall, attracting and pleasing the eye. There is a myth, as if under a dense ivy carpet, mold is formed from dampness. In fact, everything is wrong, the grapes absorb moisture.

Girlish grape tincture

In folk medicine, one recipe is known for infusion of branches of girlish grapes, which is used by oncological patients for resorption of tumors, as a hemostatic agent.

Cooking infusion: Take 10 g of crushed, dried branches, pour into a glass bowl, pour 300 ml of boiling water, then put in a water bath for 7-8 minutes. Set aside and let stand and cool.

Now you can strain through a sieve or cheesecloth and add a little water (to return the original volume). Take 100 ml during various bleeding 3-4 times a day.

The grapes of girlish grapes, also known as virgin ivy, can turn your country house into a fairytale castle, and the garden is a magical garden. His tight creepers thickly braid the walls, gazebos, hedges, giving the buildings the touch of the Middle Ages. And what is particularly to the liking of the summer residents is that they do not need to visit the girlish grapes often. Planting and caring for him are conditional, he is well developed without attention to him from the gardener. The combination of unpretentiousness and high decoration made perennial favorite decoration of many gardens.

Features of the plant

The name of the virgin ivy plant was due to its ability to form fruits without pollination. This perennial culture has a nondescript flowering, and its fruits are not eaten. Its main advantage, which is used with pleasure in landscape design, is a thick decorative foliage.

Reference. Perennial creepers grow at high speed, clinging to the antennae on any surface and are capable of covering large areas with thick, impermeable carpet - walls, fences, altanka.

Finger leaves have a bright green color. With the arrival of cold weather, the greenery begins to turn purple, and right up to winter, the foliage will decorate the foliage of red and purple hues.

Ripe fruits of girlish grapes

It is better to choose a place in the open ground for growing grapes in a vertical support, so that the vines have room to grow. If pruning is not done from time to time, this perennial culture will flood all available space. This feature is used in landscape design to mask the unattractive household extensions, as well as the raw walls of houses. Another useful quality of the plant is the ability to heal the microclimate, inhibiting the development of certain pathogens.

Varieties and types of girlish grapes

The maiden grape belongs to the Vinogradov family. Perennial has 12 species, the habitat of most of them are the countries of Asia, Sulfuric America. Their varieties are mainly used in the open field for decorative purposes.

Five-spotted girlish grapes

The most popular in landscape design are two varieties:

• Five-spotted girlish grapes. This variety has another common name - virgin grapes. The growth rate of the shoots is about 2.5 m per year. He is able to seethe with his thickets buildings with a height of about 15 m. The leaves are palmate, complex, up to 10 cm long, elongated with a pointed tip. A characteristic feature of the variety is the coloring of foliage with the onset of autumn in an intense red color. Known as a cultivated plant since 1622, therefore it is not uncommon to meet it not only in the photo of modern magazines, but also in paintings of the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
• Triostrenic maiden grapes. Ivy-shaped grapes are another famous name for this popular variety. He received it for the resemblance of foliage plants. As a rule, has a three-lobed leaf shape. Liana reaches a length of 15-20 meters. Perennial plant refers to cold-resistant plants. With the arrival of cold weather, the bright brilliant color of the foliage gives way to various shades of red — purple and orange. Triostrenny grapes has its pronounced varieties. Golden is distinguished by a combination of yellow specks on the leaves, purple - dark burgundy shades of foliage, Vicha grapes - small leaves with a shiny surface, which with the onset of autumnal cold weather becomes orange.

Reference. The length of the creeper grape Vich under favorable conditions grows up to 4 m per year. It is cultivated both in an open ground, and as a pot culture.

Preparing for landing

Planting plants well in both well-lit and shady places. At the same time, it should be taken into consideration that with the arrival of cold weather to observe the magnificent autumn color of perennial girl grape, cultivation should take place on a sunny plot.

Triostrenic girlish grapes

When planting is carried out at the support on the north side, the culture retains green color until winter leaf fall. Another advantage, which is accompanied by cultivation on the southern and eastern sides, is faster reproduction and the formation of leaves is relatively larger.

Sowing of seeds in the open ground is carried out in the autumn, planting of seedlings is also carried out in the spring. The composition of the soil in the plant has no special preferences. But especially well managed girlish grapes, the cultivation of which occurs on specially prepared soil mixtures. For this take:

• 2 pieces of garden land;
• 2 pieces of compost;
• 1 part of sand.

All components are thoroughly mixed and filled with the resulting substrate planting pits for cuttings.

Seed propagation

Growing grapes from seed is more likely to experienced gardeners. This is a long and laborious process, which is not always crowned with success - the seeds quickly lose their germination, and the shelf life does not exceed 1 year. But this method is only possible if there is no possibility to get perennial cuttings for breeding.

Girlish grapes in the garden

Seeds need stratification. It can be natural, 3-month, if the crop is done in the fall before winter. If it is carried out in the spring, this procedure is carried out at an accelerated rate of 6-7 weeks before the planned date of sowing at home:

1. A small container filled with clean sand.
2. Sand is sprayed with water and seeds are immersed in its mass.
3. Cover the container with a film.
4. Leave a tank with crops in the refrigerator or cellar. The temperature is maintained at + 5 ° С.
5. Care is to regularly moisten the sand. Watering is carried out until the seeds sprout from the seeds.

After such preparatory measures of germination in the open ground, you can wait a month after sowing.

Planting cuttings

Reproduction by cuttings is easier and faster. Liana will not be difficult to cut to obtain planting material, which is rooted at high speed in open ground.

Home decor with thickets of girlish grapes

Landing is performed in the following sequence:

1. Selected cuttings with at least four buds.
2. In the planting pit, the stalk is planted so that two buds remain on the surface.
3. Immediately after planting sprouts need watering.
4. Garden beds pruneuyut from direct sunlight.
5. Care is the regular wetting of young plants.

Important. For propagation by cuttings choose the woody part of the vine. Planting material harvested in early spring, before the sap.

Reproduction by layering

Propagation by cuttings is suitable for those gardeners on whose plots girlish grapes are already growing - planting and care in this case is carried out immediately from the parent plant. For this:

1. In the spring, 2 or 3-year-old vines are selected.
2. Bend them to the ground and fix.
3. In place of fixation sprinkle with fertile soil.
4. Separate care of the layering is not needed, except for regular watering.
5. A year later, the formed plant is dug and transplanted.

Further care

The main care for perennials is the regular pruning of excess shoots and the installation of additional supports under the vines. In the photo, the branches beautifully braid the walls of buildings, but behind the thick foliage it is simply not visible that gardeners often place a rabbit under the weaving plant or stretch the trellis.

Girlish grapes in landscape design

Watering the plant is needed only at a young age. An adult plant can do without artificial soil moisture. In addition, a strong perennial does not need shelter for the winter. Young planting, in contrast, must be protected from frost.

Fertilization

Fertilizer is desirable to bring along with watering the grapes. As a top dressing use nitroammofosku. In the phase of active growth will not damage the complex fertilizer.

Favorable effect on the development of perennial measures to improve the quality of the soil. It is desirable to loosen the soil, making peat digging, humus. As an organic fertilizer you can use two-year compost. In addition to other traditional nutrient materials, sawdust that has fallen rotten leaves can be used as mulch.

Planting maiden grapes occurs quickly, rooting cuttings do not keep themselves waiting. Plant care is simple, it requires only pruning and the simplest fertilizer in combination with mulching. Such measures will ensure the violent growth of vines and bright color of decorative foliage.

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How to plant girlish grapes: planting and caring for wild grapes in the country. Girl grapes are a great find for summer residents who want to see a green fence instead of a fence, and instead of unsightly walls of old buildings they crawl along them with ...

Climbing plant with beautiful carved leaves, which does not require complex care and can cover a significant surface in a relatively short time - the dream of many gardeners. And such a plant is a wild or girlish grape, planting and caring for which is not very difficult.

What is girlish grapes?

This plant belongs to the genus partenocissus, and the habitat of most species is East Asia and North America. Three types of ornamental plants are traditionally grown: tri-eddy, or ivy-like grapes, attached grapes, and also five-leafed, or Virginian grapes, which best adapt to growth in our climate.

By itself, wild grapes represent a root-liana. The plant tolerates shade and minus temperatures well. Not demanding on the soil and easy to care for. It grows quickly and is able to add up to 2-3 m in height over the course of a year. During the whole life cycle, individual whips reach about 20 m in length.

Of particular decorative value are large carved ornamental leaves, which in the fall acquire a dark crimson color. The plant blooms rather modestly, but the flowers emit a pleasant aroma, attracting bees to them. Fruits of decorative grapes are inedible. Ripen in September, acquiring a dark blue hue with a smoky wax coating.

The plant will be a real find for those who need to quickly decorate the fence or ugly walls of outbuildings. But how to plant wild grapes in the country or garden?

How to plant wild grapes

To properly plant girlish grapes, you do not need to have special skills. Enough to follow a few simple rules.

1. When to plant wild grapes?

The timing of planting wild grapes is often determined by the climatic conditions of the region and the breeding method chosen. According to experts, saplings of ornamental grapes take root excellently both during spring planting in April and May, and during planting in the ground in autumn in September - early October. True, if you plant girlish grapes in the fall, young plants will need shelter for the winter.

Parthenocissus can also be grown from seeds, but in this case, they are sown in pots as early as January-February. But planting cuttings of wild grapes in the soil is better to carry out in May and June. Regardless of whether the maiden grapes are planted in the spring, summer or autumn, experienced gardeners advise to carry out such manipulations before 11 o'clock in the morning or after 18.00, which will help protect the plants from burning out.

2. Selecting a landing site.

Before planting girlish grapes, you need to choose the right place where the plant will be as comfortable as possible. The composition of the soil partenocissus is not particularly demanding, and is able to develop quite normally both in well-lit and shaded areas of the garden. At the same time, wild grapes grow best on fertile, moisture-permeable soils and well-lit areas. The only thing to remember when planting is the fact that the plants require reliable support, for which a simple stretched wire will not work. In addition, girlish grapes planted on the north side may have smaller leaves, and in the fall the foliage on plants with this arrangement remains dark green, while specimens growing on the south side gradually turn crimson-red.

3. Site preparation.

Approximately a week before planting girlish grapes, it is necessary to dig up the plot and prepare the soil. For seedlings dig pits with a size of about 50 × 50 × 50 cm (depending on the root system, the size may vary). At the bottom of the hole stack 20-centimeter layer of drainage, which is suitable for a mixture of small pebbles and sand, broken brick or crushed stone. The remaining volume of the hole is filled with a soil mixture consisting of peat compost, leaf soil and sand in a ratio of 2: 2: 1, you can also add wood ash (about 1 liter jar). With proper soil refueling before planting, the plants will have enough fertilizer for the next 3-4 years.

4. Technology planting maiden grapes.

When the wells with drainage and soil mixture are ready, you can proceed directly to the landing. So, in stages we will understand how to plant girlish grapes.

The drainage hole is half filled with soil mixture. Under a slight slope, a sapling is placed in a hole and covered with its remaining soil so that the root neck does not rise above the ground surface. Near the seedling form a watering hole. For the first watering of the plant use at least 1 bucket of water.

Speaking about how to plant wild grapes, it is necessary to clarify at what distance to plant cuttings from each other. It is often recommended to leave between separate plants intervals of at least 50 cm. Although, taking into account the fact that ornamental grapes grow at a high speed, the optimal distance is about 1 m.

5. Primary care for wild grape seedlings.

It is worth noting that the ornamental grape is an unpretentious plant. For its normal growth, it is enough to loosen the soil and remove weeds from time to time. The plant does not require frequent watering. It is enough 3-4 times per season to water it at the rate of 8-10 liters of water per 1 plant. In hot weather, the rate of watering can increase to 20 liters. To prevent soil drying and weed growth, the soil around the shoots is covered with a 6 cm layer of mulch (straw, sawdust, peat).

In the early stages of growth of girlish grapes, special attention should be paid to the formation of shoots. Since the plant is climbing, it requires a stable support. Of course, if you plant wild grapes along the fence or near the walls of any building, you don’t have to work especially on building a support - tenacious tendrils of vines will easily grab even the smallest roughness. Reliance may be required if at first the plants have nothing to grasp. In addition, so that fast-growing shoots do not create problems, they should be directed as they grow, fixing the stems on a support. Superfluous naughty lashes and wilted leaves must be removed on time. It is also important to ensure that the lashes do not spread over the surface of the earth, as they quickly take root and start new cuttings, which can quickly turn the entire area into an impassable thicket, and getting rid of wild grapes creeping on the ground is rather difficult.

Transplanting maiden grapes

Sometimes there is a need to transplant wild grapes to another place or plant a plant. It is worth noting that it is desirable to do this in early spring or autumn, when the active growth of plant shoots is suspended. Replacing girlish grapes in the summer will be somewhat more difficult, but with a small amount of bush such manipulation is possible.

Preparation and technology of transplanting ornamental grapes is almost the same as for planting. The main thing is to prepare the ground for its planting. The depth of the hole is determined by the size of the root system of the seedling. When transplanting the roots can be somewhat shortened, especially for damaged roots. Soil is filled with peat compost, wood ash or mineral fertilizers. In summer, transplanted plants, before rooting, require more frequent watering.

The advantages and disadvantages of wild grapes

Girlish grapes, planting and caring for which does not require much effort, is a plant that some gardeners consider to be an excellent option for quickly planting a plot, while others are wary of its ability to cling to virtually any surface and grow rapidly, because if it is overlooked and negative consequences.

Pluses maiden grapes:

Shoots develop rapidly, fill the entire support, forming a dense curtain;

Frost-resistant;

It is undemanding to the soil and lighting;

Resistant to pests and diseases;

Does not require frequent fertilization;

Breeds easily;

Dense foliage protects the walls covered with wild grapes and the foundation of the building from overheating, rain, wind and dust, as well as excessive dampness;

It has an attractive appearance from the beginning of summer to the middle of autumn.

The disadvantages of the maiden grape:

Not controlled growing strong shoots, falling under slate or tile can destroy them;

Shoots growing near the gutters are able to get into the tubes and clog them;

Hanging over the windows, vines form a real curtain, not letting the light into the room;

Planted near the plastered walls, wild grapes may eventually cause damage to the plaster: the vine grows gradually into the surface and under its weight the finish may simply fall off;

A strong root system extending under the ground for a few meters can harm plants planted in the neighborhood;

In spring, wild grapes develop later than other garden plants, presenting an unsightly picture of tangled bare stems.

Speaking of planting wild grapes in a particular plot, it is important to take into account its positive and negative sides. But with its simplicity in planting and growing, as well as the high ornamentation characteristic of this plant, with a little care it can become a real decoration of your site. published by

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Among the current trends in the landscape design of private plots are living hedges. The most harmoniously looks object with the girlish grapes lashing along the supports.  And although the berries are not valuable, the intensively developing whip becomes a real decoration of the yard. In this review you will get acquainted with the description of the varieties of this plant, how and where to plant and the features of care.

The maiden grapes belong to the perennial crops of the family of grapes, the tree-like liana is from North America. Around the world, the plant is used as a decor when designing the landscape of private households, parks, playgrounds, etc.

The stem and branches develop fairly quickly, reaching a length of 20 or even 30 m.  During the first year after disembarkation, the young shoot increases in size to 5 m.

The plant is translated from the Latin language means "virgin ivy." The name of the girl's grapes was due to the peculiarities of forming fruits without pollination.

Brief characteristics of culture:

• corymbose inflorescences,  small yellow-green color;
• on the vine there are antennae with 5-8 ramifications, with the help of them, the lash clings as it spreads vertically;
• palmatology leaves of 5 leaves, color from rich green to red shades;
• fruits 5-7 mm  in the dark blue color (non-edible for humans due to the content of oxalic acid);
• flowering period  - the end of spring.

The berries of the plant are used as feed for birds.

Differences from other species

This type of grape is different from the table and wine varieties of its decorative. Liana is mainly used to design the landscape, as a private household, and urban parks. Culture gained its popularity due to the following predominant qualities:

• decorative characteristics;
• high resistance to various diseases and insect attacks;
• unpretentious care;
• available breeding methods;
• intensive development of the whip;
• hypoallergenic shrub;
• phytoncidal properties of the plant.

When used as a hedge or for zoning  the space on the site creates protection from gases and dust coming from street roads.

Anyone who decides to grow girlish grapes in his plot should take into account the peculiarity of the plant. It lies in the intensive development of branches, which requires regular care: garters, trimming, the formation of the bush. In the opposite case, a mop of an unwashed species will braid the cultivated plants and all the buildings.

Most popular varieties

Among the most popular varieties are two varieties of girlish grapes, which are most often used for landscape design.

Virginian (five leaf)

The five-leafed plant reaches the length of branches up to 20 m, it is characterized by green foliage, acquiring a reddish tint closer to autumn. Young shoots in the first year of life grow to 2.5 m, clinging to the spread of all that is possible with their mustaches and suckers. Sheets look like chestnut greens. In July, comes the abundant flowering of bushes, they are thickly covered with nondescript small flowers of yellow-green color. Already in the first decade of August, small clusters with dark blue berries, which often become a delicacy of birds, can be seen on the branches of the vines.

The Virginian variety is distinguished by its unpretentious care, the ability to actively develop, even in devastated soils and in the shade.

Ivy (triostrenny)

The grade received the name thanks to similarity of a leaf with greens of an ivy. Culture is very widely used as a decor in Asian countries: Korea, China, and Japan.  The color of the leaves depends on the variety. The golden liana is characterized by the presence of yellow specks on the green surface, the purple subspecies has a dark maroon coating, and the Vicha grape is distinguished by small glossy green leaves that become bright orange in autumn. Thanks to the magical reincarnation and unique beauty, Witch is most in demand among designers and gardeners.

Planting in the open ground in spring and autumn

There are no definite dates for planting girlish grapes, as the plant adapts well in all conditions except frost. The most favorable periods for a good survival of shoots are considered to be autumn (September, October) and spring (April, May). The process of planting climbing plants is better to plan in the morning or evening, when the sun's rays are not so active.

Place under the bush will not have to choose for a long time, the culture is well developed, regardless of the intensity of sunlight. Well, if the soil is fertile, but also on difficult soils, where there is a layer of clay, the root system will grow stronger and stronger.

It is necessary to prepare a sapling with 60x60 cm of parametres. At the bottom are broken bricks or crushed stone for drainage. The next layer is filled with sand (not less than 20 cm), and then the soil mixture from the following components:

• half a bucket of fertile garden land;
• polvedra compost or humus;
• half a bucket of peat;
• a glass of wood ash.

If the soil is different density, it can be lightened with river sand.

When determining the location of the pits between the landing is recommended to observe an interval of at least 80 cm between the plants and 1 m from the foundation of the building.

After filling the sapling with earth, it is necessary to water the bush abundantly.

Features of care, preparation for winter

The first time you need to regularly carry out watering young shoots. Adult plant moisturize no more than 3-4 times per season.  Unpretentiousness to moisture due to the deep penetration of root processes in the soil, where he eats natural water reserves.

Regular care is required for the formation of the bush. The plant must be pruned, and also needs pruning, garters, installation of supports for the direction of weaving branches. However, it is worth considering that only young saplings need a garter when the antennae have not yet developed enough for a strong fixation to the surfaces.

The first year of life of the seedling is characterized by rooting and the beginning of the growth of the whip. Immunity is not sufficiently strengthened in such a short time, so for the winter young gardeners are advised to harbor young culture in order to prevent freezing.

To stimulate the development of branched parts and foliage, it is recommended periodically (2-3 times per season) to apply fertilizer to the soil. The simplest option is considered to be watering a solution of wood ash.  You can also use Kalimagneziya, nitroammofosku, Aquamarine.

The girlish grape is prone to a gradual elevation in the soil and the exposure of the rhizome. If you notice that the roots of the plant begin to protrude above the ground, be sure to sprinkle on fresh soil and slightly tuft the vine. Usually this procedure is carried out in the autumn, as part of preparing the garden for the winter.

Breeding rules for ornamental grapes

Decorative grapes are propagated in the following ways:

• seeds;
• using layering;
• cuttings.

Seeds

The process of growing shoots from seed takes a long time. In the spring or in the fall (in October), grains, which have undergone pre-hardening and soaking, are immersed in a container with loose soil. The immersion depth is 1 cm.  A film is covered on top of the container and a temperature regime of no more than 5 ° is observed before the shoots are germinated. After about a month, the first shoots will appear, and when they reach a height of 10 cm, the shoots should be transplanted into the open ground, if the transplant falls out in the spring, or into a separate pot for further wintering.

Layering

Layering plant multiplies very willingly and actively. To do this, select the branches, whose age is about 2-3 years. Having pressed them to the ground, it is necessary to powder the soil in the place where rooting of the shoot is planned. Fix the top with a garter or support vertically. The first days is important watering and lack of drafts. The roots form very quickly, after a month you can observe a well-developed root system. After the rooting of the cuttings, the junction of the bushes should be cut off with a pair of shears (with a sharp blade).

Cuttings

The petioles are harvested in autumn and spring until the juice moves. The length of the workpiece should be about 23-30 cm.  It is also important for the further growing season the presence of buds (4-5 pcs.). Planting is made in loose soil with a dive in it by half or third, so that 2-3 buds remain on top. Before rooting a sprout, regular watering and protection (shading) from the scorching sun is important.

Diseases and pests

Decorative culture has a strong immunity, so rarely affected attacks pests or diseases. Sometimes on the leaves you can see the aphids, to get rid of that will not be difficult.  It is enough to first crush the insects with water, then treat the shrub with a soap solution with alcohol (3: 1 ratio).

High aesthetic value, unpretentious care and resistance to various diseases have made girlish grapes popular among gardeners and designers involved in the design of landscapes. Dense foliage will decorate the yard, create shading in the recreation area, hide the unsightly walls of the outbuildings.  A hedge will retire to any corner of the site and prevent the penetration of street dust from the roadway.