Bubble-tree is another representative of deciduous shrubs belonging to the Pink family. From Latin Physocarpus comes from two different words: physo i carpos, which means a bubble and a fetus. The genus of these plants includes 14 representatives, the range of which is determined by East Asia and North America. As a culture, the vesicle is grown for decorative purposes, which it does not lose throughout the growing season. It differs by unpretentiousness, resistance to gas contamination, and even under adverse growing conditions it shows fast growth rates.
Used for planting as part of landscape compositions and singly. Looks spectacular in the form of hedges.
Bubblecrop: Botanical Help
A dense spherical crown is formed by spreading drooping branches of the vesicle. The bark of adult bushes exfoliates in wide stripes. Bubble Luteus, whose height can reach 3 meters, is a thermophilic plant that feels great in temperate climates. The leaves are formed of three to five lobes; they look like leaves of viburnum.
White simple flowers with many stamens form inflorescences of a hemispherical shape with a diameter of 5-8 cm. The flowering period begins in June. The fruits of the vesicle are no less attractive.
Planting plants
Cultural varieties of vesicles are represented by only two species suitable for floriculture - these are varieties with leaves of different shades.
Bubble planting periods
Planting stock can be purchased at a mall or nursery of domestic plants. Seedlings with a closed root system are suitable for planting - this material is suitable for planting at any time, except in winter.
Saplings with an open root system are suitable for planting on open ground in the spring-autumn period. Although gardeners still prefer autumn planting.
The bubble feels good in open sunny areas. It is better to plant it away from the shade of large trees. Although the green-leafed vesicle is doing well in partial shade.
There shouldn’t be any problems with the choice of soil: cysticis is a picky plant. The only thing to take care of is the low concentration of lime in the soil and an excellent drainage system. Gardeners note that the instances of Luteus vesicle, growing on fertile soils, develop more actively, look more magnificent and have a bright appearance.
Features of planting vesicle
For planting, such holes are prepared so that the root system and an additional fertile layer consisting of a mixture of earth, sand, peat, and turf fit into them without problems. The root neck of the plant should be slightly above the level of the soil surface.
The holes are dug up two weeks before the estimated date of planting, so that the fertile layer placed in them has time to settle a little. The seedling is placed in the hole without removing the ground from the roots so as not to irritate the plant. When planting, fertilizers are not applied, since the young plant is not yet able to absorb such a volume of substances, especially since the planting site was fertilized previously.
Having placed the seedling, the pits are covered with the mixture described above, and they must be watered. When sediment is still added to the earth. When growing Luteus's vesicle, planting and caring for a plant are reduced to a standard system commonly known to gardeners. These are the basic rules, following which you will grow strong and healthy plant bushes in your yard. Therefore, after planting seedlings of the vesicle, it is necessary to ensure that the soil around the trunk contains a sufficient level of moisture. To maintain it, the site is mulched using peat or humus.
Plant Care Rules
One of the most important rules for caring for a plant is timely watering, since the vesicle does not tolerate drought. When moistening the soil, make sure that the leaves and inflorescences remain dry, otherwise the plant may get sunburn. Watering is carried out early in the morning or in the evening, when the sun is almost hidden behind the horizon.
The frequency of watering is determined based on the volume of the bush. It is generally accepted in the summer to water the Luteus vesicle twice a week, allocating up to 40 liters of water per adult plant.
Keep an eye on the condition of the leaves of the bushes, since the vesiculum suffers from both a lack of moisture and its excess. After watering, it is advisable to mulch the plot, otherwise you will have to loosen the soil and remove weeds.
Fertilizer plants
Fertilizers are applied twice a year, in spring and autumn. In the spring, they feed it with a solution of mullein in a volume of 0.5 liters; a solution with the addition of 1 tablespoon of ammonium nitrate and urea per 10 l of water, calculated as 15 l for watering one adult plant.
In autumn, the soil loosened around the trunk is watered with a nitroammophos solution in a proportion of 2 tbsp. l on 10 l of water.
Pruning bushes
Keeping the vesicle in the garden, get ready for a systematic shaping and sanitary pruning of bushes.
Sanitary pruning is carried out in the spring, while removing branches affected by diseases, frozen shoots, and those that grow inside the bush.
In the autumn, pruning bushes is necessary to prepare the plant for winter. The option of carrying out forming pruning in the fall is not excluded, although it is more prudent to adhere to the rules and carry out the procedure in a timely manner. If you want the luteus guanillaria, the description of planting and care for which you have already studied, to grow in volume, cut off its top, leaving about half a meter of the plant from the ground level. If you like plants in the shape of a fountain more, then remove all the thin shoots at the base and slightly shorten the upper, strongest branches.
When conducting a rejuvenating pruning on a stump, all sections are treatable with a garden vare. Pruning is carried out in the sixth year of the bush.
Rules for transplantation
The vesicle is transplanted when the former landing site is not suitable for growing the plant, or you decide to include it in the landscape composition.
An adult vesicularis larchus luteus (photo is in the article) is transplanted in the spring before the awakening of the buds or in the fall, when the plant fades.
When transplanting the earth from the roots do not shake, and transplanted with a lump of "native" soil. Before moving the bush to a new site, pruning is carried out, removing excess branches, as well as diseased shoots; healthy - shorten, leaving 20-30 cm from the trunk. This is done in order to reduce the load on the root system of the vesicle and to ensure comfortable growth of the plant in a new place.
The transplantation is carried out according to the same scheme as the initial planting, adjusted for the fact that you do not transplant a seedling, but an adult, mature plant.
Having defined the vesicle in a new place, pour it with a solution of “Kornevin” or “Heteroauxin”, treat the crown with “Ecogel-antistress” or “Epin”.
As you can see, transplanting and caring for a plant is even within the reach of a novice gardener.
Diseases and Pests
The pathogen Luteus, the description of which you studied, is resistant to pathogenic formations, it is almost not affected by pests. Due to malnutrition, the vesicle can develop chlorosis, which is expressed in the yellowing of young leaves and the drying of the apical young branches. In case of bush invasion, iron is introduced into the diet of the vesicle by spraying the crown or irrigating the root using an “Anthlorose” solution or iron chelate.
Carefully caring for the plant and providing comprehensive treatment, the health of the bush can be fully restored.
Propagation Features
At home, you can carry out vegetative propagation of the luteus vesicle in one of three ways:
- using layering;
- highlighting cuttings;
- by dividing the bush.
If you wish, you can sow the seeds of a plant that previously succumbed to stratification in the fall / spring. Gardeners note that such samples do not grow as bright as the parent plants. It is necessary to care for them much more thoroughly than for the formed seedling.
Using the vegetative method for plant propagation, it is possible to more quickly achieve the desired result, in addition, it is more convenient and reliable.
Propagation by cuttings
Cuttings are carried out before the bush gives color. Young green shoots with a length of about 13-22 cm with internodes (2-3) are prepared for planting. To do this, remove leaves from the lower part of the twig, and cut it in half in the upper part. Planting stock is soaked in “Kornevin” or any other solution that stimulates root formation. Landing of the vesicle (Luteus) is carried out on a training bed with a mixture of sand and peat, watered and covered with plastic wrap to create an artificial greenhouse. It’s easy to take care of the cuttings: it is enough to regularly water and ventilate the “steam room”. Cuttings overwinter in a covered bed, and in the spring they are transplanted to a permanent place of growth.
Propagation by layering
This is the easiest way to get a new independent plant. In spring, choose one of the strongest and healthiest shoots directed outward. From the selected shoot of the luteus vesicle, all of the foliage is removed, except for a few top leaves and laid in a groove made in the ground with a depth of 10-13 cm, pinned with wooden staples and covered with earth. Throughout the growing season, do not forget about watering the layering, removing weeds and loosening the soil around the sample. In autumn, rooted layers are removed from the mother bush and sheltered for the winter.
Bush division
Bubbleweed Kalinifolia Luteus multiplies well by dividing the bush. The procedure is carried out as standard in spring or autumn. If you are an experienced gardener, then you can share the bush in the summertime. When dividing, it is important to do the procedure quickly until the roots of the extracted plant have dried.
Bubble in landscape design
In autumn, the vesicle is especially beautiful. It is at this time that foliage begins to dazzle with bright colors. The use of Luteus vesicles (this confirms the photo) in landscape design is explained not only by the attractive appearance of the plant, but also by the pickiness, stability and frost resistance, which makes the plant a popular option for complementing landscape compositions.
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If you expect too cold winters and, despite the frost resistance properties, fear that the plant will suffer, pull the bush with twine and cover it with a roofing cone on top. Sometimes, for extra protection, the bush is wrapped with lutrasil. In preparation for winter, the soil around the trunk of the vesicle is mulched with peat (up to 10 cm).
As you can see, the cultivation of such an attractive and at the same time unique plant, like cysticis, is based on the basic rules for the care of garden crops, but how many pleasant emotions a contemplation of Lutheus's cysticis in a hedge, in its flower garden, lawn, flowerbed or alpine can give slide. In any composition, such a plant looks unsurpassed.