Buldenezh translated from French translates as "snow globe". This variety of ornamental viburnum attracts attention with its unusual spherical snow-white inflorescences.

The plant of French origin not only looks great, but also has healing properties and is widely known in cosmetology and traditional medicine. Broths and tinctures on the basis of the bark and flowers of the plant are able to clean the blood vessels, normalize blood pressure, restore the gastrointestinal tract, strengthen the immune system, relieve colds, and tone up and cleanse the skin.

This type of plant belongs to undersized shrubs, reaching a three-meter mark in height. With abundant flowering viburnum gives the minimum number of fruits and almost does not give seeds. That is why the plant propagates mainly by layering and grafting. Buldenezh is considered a fast-growing plant, which in a short time acquires a lush flowering crown of white or colored inflorescences.

Decorative viburnum favorably feels on wet soils, as it loves water very much. For the full development of its root system requires a sufficient amount of moisture and nutrients. With proper planting and care, viburnum will delight in its flowering for thirty days. Usually this period begins in May - June, depending on weather conditions and climate. The plant is frost-resistant and not demanding to dressings and soils.

Landing is recommended in the spring or autumn, but in different ways. If you choose planting in late autumn, it is better to use the method of dividing the root. Side shoots of the shrub must be carefully cut with the root and planted on a new plot. During the winter period, the plant will only get stronger, frost and blizzards are not terrible for him.

When spring planting is better to use the breeding layers. The lowest branch of the shrub to the ground should be tilted to the soil, pin it with a strap of solid wire and sprinkle with soil. During the rooting period, it is necessary to water this part of the plant abundantly and regularly until full roots appear.

Planting is not easy with cuttings, as the process of root formation lasts a long time, and the survival rate of a young plant in a new place is even longer and more difficult. For cuttings choose a young shoot with nine buds and planted in the soil. Rooting and cultivation of the cutting should take place in greenhouse conditions with abundant and regular moisture for several months. In the open ground, a rooted shoot is transferred in early spring to well-moistened soil.

It is very important to note that the entire period of care and reproduction for the plant is ineffective without a sufficient amount of moisture.

  • It is necessary to choose a place for planting with a soil that is sufficiently moist from nature or to use additional artificial irrigation. The full development of the bush will depend on the amount of moisture.
  • The dimensions of the landing pit are 60 centimeters in length on each side and 80 centimeters in depth. In one hole planted one seedling, but if you want you can and several plants at once. Group planting will make the look more voluminous and lush.
  • To ensure moderate moisture in the root of the plant, it is necessary to fill the bottom of the planting pit with a drainage layer (for example, from the bark of trees or broken bricks).
  • To ensure proper nutrition after the drainage layer, a mixture of dressings with potassium and phosphorus content, as well as leaf soil, humus and peat, are poured into the pit. The roots of the plant are covered with earth and watered with plenty of water.
  • The buldeneg need to be planted at a depth of no more than 5 centimeters, covered with soil and lightly tamped down, after which abundant watering is carried out.
  • It is recommended immediately after planting to cover the soil around the plant with a mulch layer to maintain moisture and heat in the soil. It may consist of small sawdust, fallen leaves, mowed grass, as well as spruce or pine needles.

An unpretentious shrub plant has its own care requirements that must be carefully followed.

  • Regular and timely watering, especially on hot summer days.
  • Fertilization of organic or mineral content, which is recommended for ornamental flowering plants.
  • Timely and regular pruning of old, dried and damaged shoots and removal of flowering inflorescences. This applies only to adult plants and is not recommended for shrubs of the first year of life.
  • Carefully monitor the appearance of pests or diseases and destroy them in time. The most common pests are the leaf beetle, the aphid and the cruciferous flea.

Kalina Buldenezh (video)

A surprisingly beautiful bush with snow-white cetas-balls is impossible not to notice. Kalina Buldenezh is a direct relative of viburnum ordinary. Bred artificially in France, thanks to the famous breeder Lemoire. The name, translated from French, sounds like a "ball of snow." Shrub blossoms in late spring - early summer, 18-21 days. Only blossoming orb-shaped inflorescences of greenish color, then they change the shade to cream. Snow-white are after fully opened. The flowers are quite heavy, so the branches can fall low to the ground, making the buldenezh more spectacular and more attractive. It has no fruit. The ball with inflorescences reaches 20 cm in diameter, the height of the shrub up to 350 cm.

Since its introduction in our country, decorative viburnum is considered an aristocratic shrub. And she sat down exclusively to decorate greenhouses, royal gardens and parks. By growing this amazing plant there is a set of rules, many gardeners consider the buldenezh as picky and naughty. But following all the recommendations and giving the bush enough time, even an amateur gardener will be able to grow it on his plot.

Types of viburnum buldenezh

There are a lot of species and varieties of the shrub, the most popular ones are:

  • Decorative viburnum buldenezh . Is a variety of ordinary viburnum, not giving fruit. Actively used by designers for good portability of trimming and modeling.
  • Common viburnum buldenezh . From all known viburnum differs only in size. Decorative - small.

  • Rose viburnum buldenezh . For the unusual shape of the form called terry. The whole stage of flowering, "snow balls" change their shade. At the beginning of flowering, they are greenish, then turn pink. The traditional white color appears when the flowers are fully bloomed.

Application in landscape design

Almost every designer has the idea of ​​using viburnum buldenezh in his work. This is a win-win. White flowers, like snow balls, become the center of attention during flowering. Depending on the composition chosen by the designer, the shrub is grown as a single bush or as a tree. Even falling flowers look very beautiful, forming on the ground like a snowy canvas. Calling for a moment of nostalgia for a blistering winter, during a hot summer.

The amazing landscape of snowballs that do not melt can turn any territory into an amazing magical garden. Landscape designers use a decorative bush as an individual object, and for an unusual combination in composition, creating harmony and completeness of the ensemble. Kalina Bulldonezh is called the Snow Queen, for her ability to bewitch with her bloom.

The shrub adorns the territory not only during the flowering period, but also after it. Large beautiful leaves of bright saturated color have distinct veins, from the outside. By the fall of their shade changes to red-green, and creates an amazing contrast with the yellow foliage.

The branches of the bush are very flexible. Over time, they sag under the weight of "snowballs", like a weeping willow. Taking advantage of this association, experts plant bushes near ponds and fountains. The reflection of colors in the water creates a vibrant and colorful picture. Giving a garden or park a distinctive feature. After flowering, beautiful leaves are reflected in a lake or pond. Throughout the year, they change their color several times: from light green in spring and gray-green in summer to wine shades in the autumn months. The leaves do not fall almost to frost.

Kalina is a decorative gas-resistant plant, it is often used to create a hedge along roads, alleys, playgrounds, etc. Attractive and spectacular flowers and leaves adorn any territory, turning it into a unique place. Flowering can overshadow the most popular flower beds for its elegance.

Exactly trimmed lawn, as a background for a flowering shrub, emphasizes the elegance of the bulldonezh. In its role, the plant unusually decorates landscape design. White flowers accentuate the border of light and shadow. Playing the rays of the sun decorative viburnum looks even more spectacular.

If the goal is to decorate a high fence, then the viburnum will perfectly cope with this. Pruning and modeling shrub tolerates well, taking the desired shape. Along the fence buldenezh can be planted with a bush or a separate tree. crown requires more attention, you need to start with a young shrub. Then it will be painless and will not affect the decoration.

Combination with other plants

Garden chubushnik, Persian and purple ordinary lilac, is an incomplete list of plants, perfectly combined with the buldenezh. Flowering shrubs emphasize the magnificent image and beauty of viburnum leaves. Dark greens, white trunks of birch trees, rowan feathers, linden covers in a group planting create an image of a magical forest, with viburnum on the sunny edge. In such an improvised forest, the bulldonezh plays the role of a “borderline” plant.

Often designers plant a row of Kalina ordinary, bulldonezh and. Peculiar garden of shrubs looks good next to the altanki and recreation areas, on the backyard territory. This neighborhood brings harmony and positive energy. The current trend in design is eco, aimed at studying the energy of each plant, uses buldenezh as a source of inexhaustible energy.

Flowers viburnum demand and florists. They can stand in a vase for a long time without losing their freshness and beauty. And you can combine them in a bouquet with absolutely any colors. White balls will become an unusual background and will help to play on the contrast colors and shapes of plants.

Planting, care, illness

It’s best to plant a bulldonezh in early spring, but you can also in late autumn. Depending on the type of reproduction. Taking into account the infertility of inflorescences, the reproduction of the plant occurs vegetatively. Gardeners bred Kalina cuttings, by dividing the shrub and layering. Young seedling must be tied up, protecting it from wind gusts. During this period, the shrub is very fragile. If the gardener's goal is a multi-stemmed shrub, the young sapling is pruned. If you remove the inflorescences before they are fully bloomed, the following years the flowering will be more abundant.

The soil is preferably moisture resistant, the plant is considered coastal and loves moisture very much. In the summer heat it must be watered as often as possible. Arid soil will adversely affect the plant and its decorative properties. Growth, pomp and flowering shrubs directly depends on the conditions in which it grows. From November to the first frost, the plant is well watered so that it can prepare for winter.

The ideal landing place is where the shadow is in the morning, and in the second sun. The golden mean is important, otherwise the sun will burn the delicate leaves and flowers, and in the shade the plant may die. Solar places without direct or sparing rays - in priority. In winter, the shrub does not require shelter or special care, perfectly withstands low temperatures. It is enough to sprinkle the root system with peat, humus or loose earth from the garden. A layer of at least 10 cm.

Fertilize viburnum 1-2 times a year with mineral complexes. And sprayed from pests, as a preventive measure. The latter are very fond of viburnum. The attack on the bulldonezh can be expected from caterpillars, leaf beetles, aphids, leaf twigs, several types of scutes. Starting from the winter, the plant is periodically inspected for pests. The laying of leaf beetle larvae can be determined by the dark tubercles on the branches; such places are cut and burned. The same way of fighting is suitable against aphids. The rest of the insects must be resisted by treating the shrub with chemicals. Do not rely on traditional methods and pest control recipes. They are unlikely to help, and time will be lost and the plant can not be saved. Only decisive measures will help to get rid of such a scourge, in the form of such means as karbofos, decis or fitoverm.

To protect against ants and aphids, which they also grow on shrubs, viburnum is planted next to coniferous trees. With such a neighborhood, many pests and diseases will recede, and the inflorescences will become larger. The best thanks for all the efforts is the blooming illusion of snowfall.

Video - Kalina buldenezh landing and care

And this happens at the end of May, I remember a snowy winter. Large ball-shaped inflorescences resembling lumps of snow stick around the branches so thickly that it is appropriate to compare the plant with the snow-covered one. In diameter, they reach 20 cm. The flowers that have opened, just started flowering, have a greenish color, but change it to dazzling white and become similar to snow.

Due to the similarity of inflorescences with a snowball, a snow ball, the plant received the Latin name Viburnum boule de neige. Viburnum buldenezh blooms profusely. If the plant is properly cared for, the snowballs are tied tightly and grow large.

The plant is sensitive to moisture and light. It grows well and looks great bush, planted in a fairly lighted place, where during the day is the sun and shade. It is also important nutrient moist soil.

Kalina Roseum and Bullden Differences

In landscape design, species of viburnum are popular - buldenez Roseum  and decorative with buds slightly larger, double flowers.

Roseum inflorescences, like other species of viburnum, at the beginning of flowering have a greenish color, which changes to white as it blossoms. But by the end of flowering, flowers of viburnum roseum become pinkish, unlike the snow-white inflorescences of the decorative buldenezh.

White flowers of viburnum are collected from both flowers, spectacular bouquets complement the buldenege with flower arrangements, and shrubs are used in landscape design.

Kalina Buldenezh decorative and ordinary

Both varieties are similar in appearance and growth.

Variety of viburnum ordinary (Latin Roseum)

Bred in France by Lemoine. Differs in durability (life up to 80 years). The maximum height (up to 5 m, although there are plants and more than 6 m) viburnum reaches 5-10 years. The annual growth of shrubs is 0.3 m in height and 0.4 m in width. Spherical inflorescences viburnum vulgaris  10 cm in diameter. Their flowers are barren due to the lack of a pistil, stamens and inflorescences resemble a snow globe in appearance. At first, greenish inflorescences then turn white and remain so during the whole flowering period of 25-35 days, only when they bloom, they turn pink.

The variety is frost resistant and highly decorative. The light green foliage in autumn changes color to yellow, orange, red, purple and keeps on the branches until late autumn.

Decorative buldenezh

Diameter of inflorescences of viburnum decorative buldenezh  larger - 12-15 cm, flowering lasts about 20 days. Compared with ordinary viburnum wins larger terry flowers, but loses in winter hardiness.

In the design of the garden (photo)

In Europe, Kalina Buldenezh has been used in landscape design for more than 4 centuries.

History reference. European beauty came to Russia under Catherine II.

With the appearance of the snow beauty, rich aristocrats began planting a plant in the gardens as a tapeworm, creating a buldenezh, and completely planting the territory of the garden with a snow-white flowering plant. Kalina and now consider aristocratic culture, although anybody can plant a shrub.

Near the house looks beautiful a single bush of viburnum and a group of plants. The beauty of the flowering shrub is emphasized by neatly trimmed, its snow-white flowers are shaded by bright, broken around the plant. In the suburban areas of the bushes create viburnum that look spectacular throughout the year.

Shortening the young shoots, the plant is given a dome-shaped shape, cutting the tops of the bushes so that the fence from the group of plants has a smooth horizontal top and a tree is formed from the bush.

Council When choosing a place for a plant, one should take into account the preferences of viburnum to the soil, light, moisture, and the chosen concept for a buldenezh for many years.

Gardeners immediately determine the place of a plant in the landscape, often viburnum is planted alone, and under the bush each year they change early flowers - snowdrops, tulips, daffodils. They fade to the beginning of flowering buldenezh and do not over-focus attention on themselves.

Over the years, the branches of the shrub descend, and the plant begins to resemble a weeping willow. If the site has a reservoir, perennial shrubs are planted near the water, like willow. In the shade of a single adult plant or group of buldenezh set.

In landscape design (photo)

Thanks to the gentle green color of the foliage, viburnum stands out on   dark background of conifers, and the plant separates the territory with coniferous trees.

Use Buldenezh in the compositions of plants, but the bush perfectly solo. A flowering plant looks bright in the daytime under the sunlight and focuses attention on it, leaving it in the forest-park zones singly growing among other bushes or planting in a clearing. A hedge of trimmed bushes of viburnum framed buildings, planted buldenezh along the alleys and pedestrian.

The flowering shrub is beautifully reflected in the water surface and is planted at the water’s edge in the park, at the fountain. In the shade of high bushes when creating a recreation area, arbors and benches are installed.

The name of the plant "viburnum buldenezh" comes from the French "lump of snow" and is given to the shrub because of the shape of the inflorescences. We have this viburnum is often called the snow globe. Its main difference in the structure of inflorescences. In ordinary viburnum, they resemble umbrellas, and large white barren flowers are located only at the edges.

When it blooms

In viburnum buldenezh, all the flowers in the inflorescence are barren (it does not give berries) and are collected in a dense ball with a diameter of 8-10 (sometimes up to 15) cm, similar to a snowball or pompon. The “snow globe” blooms in late May - early June, blooms for 2-3 weeks.

First greenish, then cream and, finally, snow-white inflorescences (there are forms with pink flowers) hang on the ends of the twigs “Snowball” delicately curved under their weight, so the foliage decorates its autumn colors and acquires red tones for a long time. flying around from the branches.

Where it looks better

Buldenez is cold-resistant and it only requires shelter for the winter in the north of central Russia. Single bushes and small groups of this viburnum look especially good against the background of a well-groomed green lawn at the corners and turns of the paths, at a well, stool or arbor.

The groups can consist only of viburnum or include other shrubs, for example, low spirea or dwarf red-leaved barberry: these plants will cover only the lower part of viburnum buldenezh trunks, allowing you to admire its inflorescences and shading them with dark foliage.

Choosing a landing site

The “snow globe” is not very picky about soil conditions and lighting. Nevertheless, shading, dry and poor soil significantly affect the size and number of inflorescences. Choosing a place to plant, you need to dig a hole 40x40 cm (if the soil is fertile) or slightly larger, up to 60 cm, where the soil is poor.

The pit is filled with nutrient compost, to which you can add rotted manure, and make mineral fertilizers. The seedling must also be prepared for planting. To do this, the shoots are pruned to 1 / 3-1 / 4 of their length. With spring planting, this is done immediately, and with autumn in the spring of next year. At the roots, cut off the ends so that they fit well in the pit and grow more actively.

Planting a bush

The shrub is planted so that the root neck is 2-3 cm below the soil surface. Then the plant is plentifully watered and mulch the tree trunk with peat or rotted leaves (layer 6-7 cm), or simply spud. In this case, it is necessary to regularly loosen the soil in the circle of the trunk, so as not to form a crust. Under the same mulch, the soil remains in good condition for a long time, therefore only weeding and watering are necessary.

Watering plants

Adults bushes "snow globe" is useful to water at least once a year, at the beginning of flowering. In cold and rainy summer you can do without irrigation, and in hot and dry should be watered several times. It must be borne in mind that excessive dryness and heat lead to a reduction in flowering time.

Kalina Buldenezh will grow in the neglected area, but this will make it difficult to care for her or will negate its results. In order for watering and fertilizing to benefit the bush of the snow globe, a tree trunk with a diameter of 1 m must be free from weeds.

Top dressing

Depending on the state of the plant and the nature of the soil, fertilizing is carried out annually or every two years, in the spring, after the soil dries out. One bush requires 5-8 kg of nutrient compost, 25-30 g of ammonium nitrate, 40-50 g of superphosphate and 10-25 g of potassium salt. Mineral fertilizers can simply be evenly sprinkled under a bush and buried in the soil. If pristvolny circle contain under the mulch, then at the time of irrigation and fertilization it is removed.

Pruning

Kalina Buldenezh, like any bush, needs pruning, which is carried out to form, thin out and rejuvenate the bush. Starting pruning, it should be remembered that the flower buds of this shrub are formed on the shoots of the second year of life, therefore the heavily cut bush next summer will not bloom. But a year later will delight especially lush floral cascade.

Crown formation

Young 2-3-year-old plants, planted in a permanent place and having a thin above-ground part, need pruning of the formation. To get a lush shrub, each shoot is cut, leaving 3-4 pairs of buds from the base. This is done annually until the bush reaches the desired thickness and shape. Adult plants are subjected to trimming pruning only to correct the crown after damage or to reduce its size.

Thinning

Thinning is carried out as needed and is to remove weak and dead branches or parts of branches in too thick parts of the crown. Inspection of bushes of all ages should be carried out every year. Old, poorly growing and flowering bushes need rejuvenation. To do this, the plants are cut, or rather, cut off "on the stump" at a height of 15-30 cm or more.

After this operation, dormant buds located below the slice, start to grow, forming strong young shoots. Such a rejuvenated plant requires shaping pruning. Pruning of all types is carried out in early spring, when the entire above-ground part is free of snow cover. After pruning the bush must be well fed, then the young shoots will be strong and strong.

Pests

Unfortunately, viburnum buldenezh suffers from pests, especially from the larvae and beetles of Kalin's leaf beetle and from Kalinova aphids. As a rule, these pests do not appear on the bushes every year, but if this happens, then you have to admire not a “snow globe”, but a bare bush with the remains of leaves hanging here and there.

However, modern plant protection products allow you to avoid misfortune. If in the spring, before blooming buds, spray the bushes with a solution of nitrafen or inta-vir, then no pests will be afraid of Kalina.

Reproduction by cuttings

The snow globe is propagated only in a vegetative way: with green (summer) cuttings, to which shoots of the current year begin to woody. They bend well, but do not break. Strongly lignified shoots are no good. Cuttings 4-5 cm long with 1-2 internodes cut with a sharp knife. Sections should be oblique, lower - under the kidney, upper - above it.

Chopped cuttings are immediately planted in a greenhouse in a layer of humus 8-12 cm thick, covered with 3-4 cm of sand on top. Planting depth of 1.5-2 cm. Cuttings should be sprayed and watered, pritenyat from bright sunlight. In the greenhouse should not be too cold. Rooting begins in 2-3 weeks, and during this period frequent water spraying is especially important.

In the second half of August, when the cuttings are sufficiently developed the root system, they are transplanted to the garden bed, where before the onset of cold weather, they have time to get stronger to take root well. For the winter, young plants are recommended to be mulched with humus, sawdust or peat with a layer of 2-3 cm. After 2-3 years, the bushes can be planted in a permanent place.

Gardener's dream - lush flowering with minimal care. At the beginning of summer, Kalina Buldenezh's ornamental shrub was covered with snow-white balls, because it was not for nothing that the French called it a “snow globe”. Culture is unpretentious and with minimal effort creates a fabulous atmosphere in the garden.

Kalina Buldenezh - ornamental shrubs, with a height of 1.5 to 3 meters. There are instances that grow and 1-2 meters above the specified. In late May, early summer, the shrub becomes covered with snow-white balls. Under their weight, branches sometimes descend to the ground. The older the bush, the more inflorescences on it. Kalina is able to create an amazing landscape in any garden. Decorative culture has no aroma.

Spreading, but neat crown has a width of 2-4 meters. The leaves on it are light green up to 12 cm in length. Over the year, the culture grows by 30-40 cm, provided proper care. After 7 maximum 10 years viburnum stops growing.

The grade has got accustomed in different regions of the country, differs in frost resistance. Beautiful shrub is able to please the eye up to 60 years in a row.

Viburnum Buldenezh has many varieties, here are some of them:

  • common viburnum is a form of ordinary red viburnum.
  • decorative viburnum - differs from the previous species in smaller sizes;
  • roseum - popularly called terry. At first it blooms with white, greenish flowers, which turn pink in 20-30 days.

Choosing a place for landing

Buldenezh loves areas near water, does not tolerate hills and hills. If there is no suitable place on the garden plot, then it is better to plant a bush near the building or fence, so that there is light penumbra. Direct sunlight adversely affects the abundance of flowers.

Land culture needs loose, wet, with acidity - 5.5-6.5. Heavy ground diluted with sand. To neutralize the acidity make lime. Any land for planting Buldenezh should be well fertilized with humus.

Optimum terms for landing

The method of reproduction determines the following planting dates:

  • in the spring - for planting viburnum layers;
  • in the fall, if the method of dividing the bush is chosen;
  • in the summer, if you want to plant viburnum cuttings.

Planting viburnum Buldenezh

Landing time is spring. You will need: Viburnum seedlings Buldenezh in a container, shovel, compost, mulch.

Procedure:

  1. dig a hole two times wider and deeper than a lump with roots;
  2. improve soil with compost;
  3. hit the container on the ground, so that the clod with its roots is released;
  4. pull the plant out of the tank;
  5. slightly straighten the roots;
  6. add a little improved soil to the pit and place the seedling so that the earth lump is on the ground level;
  7. put around the coma with the roots of the improved earth and tamp it well;
  8. form a watering circle;
  9. water the seedling so that the soil has settled;
  10. mulch the planting with bark or compost to preserve moisture and cool the soil.


Care for viburnum Buldenezh

Shrub Buldenezh likes wet soils. Especially need watering young seedlings. In dry summers, regardless of age, viburnum bushes require regular watering. Dry soil around the trunk should not be. In rainy weather, the plant has enough natural moisture. The plant needs watering in the evening in the hot summer, it is enough to do it twice a month. So, bloom in the spring will be lush and long.

To avoid dehydration of viburnum bushes in winter, they must be watered abundantly in the fall until the most frost.

Top dressing in the spring and in the fall

Seedlings Buldenezh planted in abundantly fertilized soil, so the first dressing is more appropriate to produce the following year. In the spring, when only the first leaves appear, it is necessary to support their development with nitrogen fertilizers. It is useful to make and organic - humus in the amount of 2 buckets. The second feeding for the year falls in the autumn. To do this, you can use both dry and liquid fertilizer. After such nourishment, in the spring the ground under the bushes is well spilled.

Anti-aging and shaping pruning

Pruning crown is carried out after flowering. Cut off the side branches, strongly sticking out to the sides. Dry and growing branches inside the bush are completely removed. When forming the crown, you can choose any form - a ball, a triangle or a standard tree.

In autumn, the Buldenezh prepares for wintering and accumulates useful substances. During this period, it is undesirable to form a crown. You can only get rid of broken, sick and dry branches.

Every year, the shrubs must be freed from the frozen and damaged by the wind shoots. For the first time, the crown creates a shape when the plant grows 1.5 meters in height.

To form a tree, you need to cut all the branches, except one. Then, every summer, trim young shoots.

For multi-trunk viburnum young plant pruned almost to the stump, leaving no more than 2 decimeters. This procedure stimulates the development of many side shoots. In the first season pruning is carried out before flowering. In the future, it is worth waiting for the “snow balls” to fall off and prune the bush from June to August.

Sometimes flowering is so abundant that the branches need additional support to preserve integrity.


Propagation of viburnum Buldenezh

Kalina Buldenezh can breed in the following ways:

  • layering;
  • cuttings;
  • division of the bush.

Seeds

Inflorescences of Viburnum Buldenez are fruitless, so there are no fruits and seeds in them. Reproduction is possible only by the vegetative method.

Layering

The beginning of summer - the end of spring - a great time for breeding layering. The best method is to bend the shoots of the annuals and prikatat them into the grooves, a depth of 10-12 cm. Next, you need to fill the planting soil and rotted compost. It is imperative to monitor the soil moisture and periodically water it. From the bush, the rooted cuttings are separated by shears. For some time, the layering grows with the mother bush, and then it is transplanted to a permanent place. The first flowers on such a bush appear in 2-3 years.

Dividing bush

This method is similar to the previous one. The only difference is that the branch in the furrow is not completely covered with fertile soil, and the tip of the shoot above the ground remains. To speed up the rooting, it is necessary to cut off the crust on the part of the layer, which is covered with earth. With the onset of autumn, a sapling is dug out with an earthen clod, and a permanent growth place is chosen for it.

Cuttings

In the summer, pruning bush. It is then that you can pick a good cutting. Ideal for planting branches of the current year with two pairs of buds. All the lower leaves at the same time cut off, and the upper thinned out by half.

The handle should look like this: the upper cut is straight and the lower cut oblique. To speed up root formation, you can use Kornevin or Heteroaxin. Planted cuttings to a depth of 2-3 cm over the summer, they will have time not only to take root, but also to produce young shoots.


Cuttings from last year's shoots are cut off in June, they are also able to take root well.

For quick rooting of the cutting it is necessary to create the following conditions:

  • prepare loose soil for planting;
  • make a greenhouse of arcs and polyethylene to create a greenhouse effect;
  • prune stalk;
  • spray planting water at room temperature.

If everything is done correctly, the seedlings will be strong and healthy. As a greenhouse, many use a five-liter plastic bottle without a bottom.


The root neck of the resulting seedling is slightly buried, about 3-4 cm.

During the extension of the roots, it may seem that the viburnum seedling does not develop. We must wait a bit and it will be noticeable that the shoots have increased in size. At the age of 3 years the bush will already grow to 1.5 meters.

Varieties of decorative viburnum


Kalina Gordovina

Bush Kalina Gordovina grows up to 5 meters in height. Crohn dense with a diameter of 2.5-3 meters. Decorative leaves have an oval shape and wrinkled structure. Flowering begins in June with cream-white shields, and ends in 20-26 days. In the middle-end of summer, the bush becomes even more decorative. On Kalina ripen bright red fruits that turn into a rich burgundy shade and black.

This type of viburnum is widely used for landscaping parks and squares. Unpretentious culture to the state of the soil. Gorda is frost resistant and tolerates periods of drought. In combination with linden or oak is a harmonious composition.


Kalina Trekhlopastnaya

It blooms with elegant large white umbrellas with a diameter of 10 cm. In autumn, the leaves of the shrub become carmine-red. Bright and spectacular accent for any garden and infield. Clusters of fruits are edible and have the shape of a ball. To taste remind blackcurrant.

The shrub tolerates winter well and is resistant to insect attacks. The photophilous and moisture-loving plant has a high yield and decorative qualities.


Kalina Gear

Shrub with many branches, grows up to 5 m. Homeland - North America. Young shoots are red, after the year - ashen. The toothed leaves, 5-11 cm ovate or round, dark green above, light below with depressed veins. Small white flowers form an inflorescence with a diameter of 5-7 cm. Fruits are 7 cm long, dark blue in color, bitter in taste.


Kalina Wright

Bush or tree up to 3 meters. Branches grow up, have a brown color. The leaves at the edges are jagged, rounded, rhombic, bright green in color with hairs. In early summer, blooms pubescent white flowers. In September, bitter, but juicy berries ripen. In sunny places, culture blooms profusely. It tolerates the winter satisfactorily, but in severe frosts the branches can be damaged. Therefore, shelter is required, especially if little snow falls in winter. The fruits of such viburnum attract feathery friends to the garden.


Pests and plant diseases

Buldenezh is not often disturbed by pests, but if this happens, get rid of them is not difficult.

Common snowball pests:

  • shield;
  • viburnum leaf beetle.

Aphid settles on the tree Buldenezh and eats the sap of leaves. To get rid of uninvited green guests, it is necessary to spray the green culture with soapy water. If this tool does not help, then use a chemical drug - Agravertin. Work is done in the evening in calm weather. As a preventative measure it is good to scatter the ashes around the trunk.

Viburnum leaf beetle - gnawing beetle plant leaves. If you do not take any measures viburnum will die. To prevent this from happening, the crown should be treated with karbofos or phobicide. In May, the larvae grow on the foliage and around the bush, then it is necessary to make the first spraying of poison. Repeated processing is recommended in August to get rid of adult beetles.

If a white bloom appears on the foliage, and it does not descend, but only increases, this means that the bush has become infected with powdery mildew. The infection spreads to the whole plant within two weeks. A solution of soda and soap will help to get rid of it (100 grams of soda is taken for 20 liters of water). Spraying should be done after flowering 3 weeks, with a frequency of 1 every 7 days.

As a preventive measure, in the spring Buldenezh is sprayed with an infusion made from tobacco, onion or garlic to choose from.

Kalina Buldenezh truly amazing beauty of the plant. Fits well into the landscape design of any garden. The snow miracle will be a wonderful decoration of the local area, especially in hot summer. By following all the simple rules for care, you can easily achieve abundant flowering and create your own unique crown shape.