Many gardeners were conquered by the extraordinary beauty and sweet honey aroma, which fragrant the exotic beauty of buddley. Planting and caring for this plant will bring a lot of trouble to a beginner grower, but the time spent is worth it. The genus of these shrubs has more than 100 species, but not all take root in our latitudes, because the thermophilic beauties are used to a subtropical and tropical climate, and frosty winters are destructive for them.
In our country, the
buddley of David gained the most popularity
. Originally from China, it has long racemose inflorescences reaching a length of 70 cm. In the natural habitat, the shrub grows up to 5 meters in height, but not more than 2 in our area. This species has a different color: purple, white, pink, purple, red. Whatever the color of the petals, the middle in most cases is orange.
A buddley is grown from seeds very rarely, but mainly propagated by cuttings. If the florist wanted to get a new variety, then it is better to buy only planting material brought from warm countries, since it does not mature enough here. The seeds of buddley are very small, so they are sown on top of the soil and only sprinkled with earth. Shoots appear in a half month or even a month later. If you sow seeds in early spring, then in May or June you can plant seedlings in open ground, where at this time of the year the buddha will feel great.
Landing and care involves the preparation of a well-lit, sheltered from the wind place. The bush is planted only in permeable and loose soil, heavy soil is excluded. Immediately after planting the plant, the ground should be mulched with dry peat or straw. Since buddley grows in rainy tropics, it needs regular watering. In the heat, the soil should not be allowed to dry out very much; in the evening it is recommended to spray the leaves of the bush with water to create conditions close to humid subtropics.
An important stage is the preparation for winter, since our frosts are poorly tolerated by the thermophilic buddley. Planting and care begin in the spring. During the season, the branches grow strongly and inflorescences appear on them. With the advent of cold weather, bushes have to be cut almost at the very base. The roots are covered with fallen leaves to delay the snow, you can also put brushwood. In the spring, you need to remove the shelter in time so that the plant does not vomit. In many ways, wintering is the most difficult process in growing buddley.
Shrub propagated perfectly by cuttings. To do this, in June it is necessary to cut off young shoots with a length of 15 - 20 cm, remove leaves from them, treat with a solution to stimulate root growth and stick them into the ground. It would be better if you create mini-greenhouses, covering them with banks. In such conditions, cuttings are quickly accepted and let out new shoots. There are cases when a broken branch stuck into the ground quickly took root - under certain conditions, a buddha easily propagates.
Planting and caring for this shrub is troublesome, not everyone and not always manage to keep this heat-loving beauty in their garden for a long time. But nevertheless, the forces and time expended on the buddha will pay off when it is enriched by its beautiful flowers, filling the garden with honey aroma.