- a wonderful ornamental shrub that gives beautiful view garden at any time of the year. It decorates the site with numerous light inflorescences, and after flowering, the bush is covered with white or blue-white berries.
In autumn, its leaves take on a purple hue, and in winter, the red branches look amazing on white snow. Therefore, it is often used to form a hedge on the site.
Landing features
It is believed that dogwood is an unpretentious plant. Planting and caring for him is simple, and even a novice gardener can handle it.
Landing dates
The most common practice is to plant turf in the fall. It is advisable to do this before the onset of cold weather, so that the plant has time to harden and get used to the new soil. After overwintering, in the spring such seedlings begin to grow faster, since they have already passed the adaptation period in the fall.
However, you can plant a shrub in the spring. In this case, it is immersed in the ground with a clod of earth on the root system. This will protect the roots from damage and help the plant to take root in a new place.
Although gardeners believe: it does not matter when the sod was planted, in spring or autumn, this does not affect the development of the shrub.
Selection and preparation of planting material
Having decided to buy turf seedlings, it is enough to contact a specialized store or garden center. But you need to be careful when choosing planting material in order to acquire exactly the variety of white turf.
Did you know? Derain belongs to the dogwood family. There are many varieties of this shrub, but not all are suitable for growing in our climate in the open field. White Derain is a large shrub with brownish-red or just brown, red flexible branches. Also has names: redwood, white dogwood, white svidina.
Today we sell great amount different varieties turf. You can be offered stunningly beautiful bushes with leaves of amazing color, but they are unlikely to survive our winter. If you are looking for an unpretentious perennial, take only the white variety, because it is winter hardy.
Among the most popular and proven varieties of white turf are called:
- - has elongated leaves with a light border, small creamy inflorescences, dark red branches.
- Derain white varieties of Siberian- has spotted leaves, bright red branches, cream flowers, which are replaced by white berries, by autumn the leaves turn red.
- - white berries and yellow leaves are characteristic.
- - creamy inflorescences are replaced by white berries, in winter the branches are bright red, leaves are yellow-green spotted.
- - is considered the most winter hardy. Differs in dark red branches, reddish leaves and white berries.
Before purchasing, carefully inspect each seedling from root to top to get a healthy plant without diseases and pests.
Selection and preparation of a landing site
Having decided to plant this plant, you need to decide where to plant the turf. It grows well both in the shade and in partial shade - it is not very picky about sunlight.
Therefore, they are most often decorated with fences, blank walls, big trees... In particular, a bush with spotted leaves on the background looks beautiful conifers. But nevertheless, it is not worth getting carried away and planting it in a strong shade - it may lose its decorative effect.
The turf is also undemanding to the soil. If it has normal acidity, the composition of the soil does not really matter. It takes root well on both light sandstone and heavy loam, and also grows well in rocky, calcareous soil.
But if you want beautiful foliage and lush shoots, complex mineral fertilizer or humus should be added to the holes before planting. It is also worth feeding periodically. Thanks to mineral fertilizers, healthy shoots and beautiful foliage develop on the bush. But even without top dressing, the shrub is quite decorative.
Derain likes to live in wet areas: on the shores of lakes and rivers. Accordingly, on your site, too, choose a place closer to the water or where they pass close groundwater... Nearby it is worth planting those plants that like abundant watering. In the summer, it is watered at least once a week. The rest of the time, special watering can be omitted.
Step-by-step procedure for planting seedlings
So, you have decided where to settle the shrub. How to plant turf seedlings correctly?
With an autumn planting, no more manipulations are required. When planting in spring, the hole must be mulched. This will help keep moisture in it. During the summer, the ground around the bush is periodically weeded and loosened. When the turf grows, it will manage the weeds on its own. White turf care
Very little care is required, but if you want to get a beautiful and lush bush, you must adhere to the basic rules for growing it. How quickly the white turf grows depends on the selected plant variety.
Watering and loosening the soil
If you plant a tree in the right place, that is, in partial shade in a sufficiently moist soil, then it does not require special watering. In spring and autumn, natural precipitation is enough for him. In summer, in extreme heat, it can be watered once a week so that the ground under the bush does not dry out. In this case, no more than two buckets of water are poured under each adult bush.
A young bush requires periodic loosening of the soil and mulching it with peat or humus. Chips or small bark of trees are also used.
Fertilizing and feeding bushes
Intensive sod feeding is not required. As mentioned, he feels good on any soil. But if you want to get a beautiful bush, it is advisable to periodically feed it with mineral complex fertilizers once in the spring.
This will be enough for the plant to recover after wintering and get everything it needs for intensive development. In the summer, you can carry out additional feeding with compost or peat - about 150 g for each bush.
Important! During the season, the plant has two flowering peaks. The first in May - June, and the second - August - September. During flowering, the bush is covered with corymbose inflorescences of cream or white... Individual inflorescences may also appear during the inter-peak period.
Pruning and trimming turf bushes
Some varieties of turf can stretch up to 50-60 cm per season, which will not look very attractive. Therefore, it is recommended to cut and trim the white turf. Prune it in the spring, removing old shoots so that they do not interfere with the growth of the young. At the same time, it is recommended to leave 15-20 cm of the old shoot above ground level. 
Do not forget to treat the sections with ash or crushed activated carbon so that infection does not enter the plant through them and the healing process takes place faster. Some gardeners recommend pruning the turf in the fall to avoid disturbing the bush in the spring.
But the plant is kept in the garden for the beautiful branches that adorn the garden in winter. After autumn pruning there will be nothing to please the eye.
As for the haircut, it is carried out two or three times a season, and the last time the shoots are shortened at the end of July. Until this time, the shrub develops very intensively, but grows chaotically. If you want aesthetics in your garden, you can shape it to the desired shape.
Preparing young seedlings of white turf for winter
If it is white turf that grows on your site, special manipulations to prepare it for wintering will not be required. This variety tolerates frost well. If a harsh winter is expected, you can lightly cover the roots with any material for shelter. The rest of the time, it is enough to tamp a snow cushion around them.
If the cultivation of sod takes place in a very harsh climate or you decide to cultivate a plant with low frost resistance, it is advisable to remove young shoots for the winter. To do this, they are carefully dug up, lowered into the basement and stored there until early spring. As soon as it gets warmer, the seedlings are returned to their original place.
Did you know? Derain in the Latin version has the name Cornus, which means "horn". The name is not accidental at all, since its heavy and durable wood really resembles a horn in density.
Breeding methods for white turf
There are several ways to breed white turf. Both seeds and cuttings are suitable for planting, but you can also use branches from the bush.
Cuttings, that is, young shoots of turf, can be removed every year. But not every branch cut from it will be a good planting material. For this it is necessary to choose shoots with 7-9 strong and healthy buds. Another important question: when to cut the white turf. The best time for this, spring and autumn are considered.
Cuttings cut in spring are recommended to be first treated with a weak solution succinic acid which will improve them current state and future development. Then they are placed in a container with a nutrient mixture and installed in a greenhouse or greenhouse.
During the summer, the development of cuttings is monitored: all the buds on them should open and give new leaves. During the summer season, cuttings are regularly watered and fed with mineral complexes or organic fertilizers. By autumn, healthy seedlings with a strong root system should grow from the cuttings.
Saplings can be removed from the bush in spring by cutting them from the roots. This is done around the end of April or the beginning of May. The bush is dug out completely or part of it is exposed.
Then they choose the rhizome on which young shoots have formed - the old ones are not suitable for reproduction. The rhizome is freed from the ground and the desired part is cut off with a sharp disinfected instrument.
The separated seedlings are placed in pre-prepared holes, dug at a distance of 25 cm from each other. Each of them should contain a nutrient mixture and organic fertilizers, which will help the plant to take root in a new place, to grow new stems and roots.
If the correct shoots have been chosen, the plant will take root and take root very quickly.
Layers
Since the bush has a spreading and dense crown, the branches of which are easily bent to the ground, it can be propagated by layering. Although the bush is not able to share this way on its own.
Layers are formed in spring, when a young long branch is selected, it bends to the ground and buries in it... Since it will not stick to the ground itself, it is recommended to fix it with iron brackets.
The place where the branch was dug is mulched, which will allow concentrating the greatest amount of nutrients... All summer it needs to be watered and fed periodically.
In the spring or fall of next year, there will already be enough roots on the branch for it to heal on its own. It must be carefully separated from the mother bush and transplanted to the right place. Although the method is relatively simple, it is rarely used by gardeners.
Seeds
After flowering, in early summer, white or purple seed balls form in place of the sod flowers. During the summer sunny days the seeds ripen and are suitable for harvesting only in the fall. To do this, you need to collect the balls, get the seed out of them and dry them.
The quality and germination of seeds depends on proper care behind the bush during the summer. If he was not sick with anything, was not attacked by pests, watered and fed on time, they will have 100% germination.
Sowing turf seeds in open ground is carried out in the fall immediately after harvest, around October. At this time, the air is not so warm, and the soil is periodically freezing at night. Such conditions will help to harden the seeds by spring. If you decide to sow them in the spring, pre-soak them at temperatures below 5 ° C.
Derain white in landscape design
White turf is very readily used to decorate gardens and personal plots. It looks especially good on slopes, as a hedge, in composition with other shrubs or in mixed flower beds. When planting turf in the garden as an ornamental plant, keep in mind that its berries are very attractive to different birds.
Pest and disease resistance
An adult, mature bush is resistant to most diseases. For this they love to grow white turf. But while it grows up, it may appear on young shoots powdery mildew- a fungal disease that affects almost all garden plants.
The period of infection is spring. At this time, spores are released from the remains of the fungus overwintered in the soil, which settle on lower parts plants. Powdery mildew begins to spread from the lower leaves of the shoot, gradually approaching their tops.
The leaves are covered with a whitish bloom, on which liquid appears later, and brownish balls begin to form on the branches. The mushroom itself feeds on plant juices, so over time it stops blooming, fades, dries up and dies.
Optimal conditions for the appearance powdery mildew- sharp changes in temperature during long dry periods and too abundant watering with nitrogen fertilizers. Root pruning also weakens the plant, making it vulnerable to various diseases.
That's why, to prevent powdery mildew, the bushes should be planted far enough from each other so that the roots have room for development. In spring and autumn, the root system is slightly thinned out.
During watering, water is poured directly under the root so that water does not fall on the plant itself. In the fall, all remnants of leaves and grass must be removed from under the flower bed so that the mushrooms cannot overwinter there.
If the first signs of the disease are found, the affected branches must be cut off and burned. The bush must be sprayed with any disinfecting solution or decoction. For example, soapy water soda ash or a decoction of horsetail.
A good way is to sprinkle with a decoction of garlic. To do this, three tablespoons of crushed teeth are brewed in a bucket of water, cooled and the plant is sprayed with the resulting broth.
Sod pests are no less dangerous. Most common comma-shaped scale. This insect loves to gnaw the leaves of the plant. The female is up to 1.5 mm in size, and the male is 0.5 mm. Females are covered with a shield, under which they store eggs during wintering on the trunks of bushes.
At temperatures below -30 ° C, eggs die. If they have not died, then in April the larvae begin to emerge, which attach to the trunks and leaves, densely covered with white threads.
After two months, females emerge from them, which within a month devour the entire bush, increasing 2.5 times. Having laid eggs under the shell, they die off. In order for the eggs to fertilize, males are needed, who are born quite rarely, and the eggs themselves become food for ticks, bugs, and spiders.
Get rid of from this pest you can, after treating the bushes with insecticides (Decis, Kinmiks, Karbofos) during the exit from under the shields of the larvae.
Another common sod pest is aphid... It usually settles on the underside of leaves, flower buds, sometimes on stems. It has an oblong body up to 2 mm, long legs and sometimes wings.
After fertilization, females lay up to 150 larvae, and they can do this several times. Colonies of aphids are often "grazed" by ants, collecting from it a sweet liquid, which the aphid produces by absorbing the sap of the plant. From aphidsspraying with solutions of brown laundry soap, celandine, garlic, pine needles, tobacco or onions.
Although the derain can be attacked various pests and diseases, complete extinction of the bush is rare. Usually, the very first emergency measures give results, and with proper prevention, their use will not be required at all. In general, white turf is an excellent garden plant, which is suitable even for those who cannot devote a lot of time to caring for the site.
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When choosing plants for decorating their site, gardeners take into account how much time and effort it will take for green neighbors to grow well and amaze with decorativeness. White turf is one of the unpretentious and not too demanding crops, planting and caring for which does not require a lot of money and physical effort. The result exceeds any expectations.
Derain white: planting and care in the garden
Like any plant, white dogwood needs to create certain conditions for development and growth.
Light
Refers to the number ornamental shrubs that grow beautifully in partial shade and shade. They are not very demanding on sunlight. Therefore, most often the plant is planted near blank walls and fences, under trees. The motley foliage and brightly colored shoots of deren look especially good against the background of dense dark needles of spruce, thuja, pine. However, to achieve the greatest decorative effect, the shrub should not be too shaded.
Warmly
Svidina, as the white dogwood is also called, in natural conditions grows in the harsh climate of Siberia and the Far East. The cultivated species recommended for planting in garden or park plots have inherited resistance to severe frosts and sharp drops air temperature. Therefore, for the winter, gardeners may not specifically cover the shrub. You just need to lightly sprinkle it with snow and tamp the "pillow". In the cold period, the dogwood is also good when bright red shoots are visible against a snow-white background.
The soil
The composition of the soil for growing turf does not matter much. The shrub thrives on any soil with a normal acidity level. It is one of the crops that can grow on heavy loams and light sandstones, in rocky areas. Derain white tolerates lime in the soil well. The creation of special fertility in the soil for the svidina is not required. Periodic introduction of complex mineral fertilizers will promote the development of beautiful foliage and shoots. But even if top dressing is not carried out in a timely manner, the shrub will not lose its decorative effect.
Water
Under natural conditions, turf spreads in humid and moderately humid places. It grows well along the banks of rivers and lakes. Therefore, on the site he will be at ease next to a reservoir or with those plants that are often watered. In hot weather, it should be watered abundantly at least once a week. At other times, the derain will have enough moisture from the soil and that that comes with precipitation.
Landing dates
They plant white svidina in early spring or late autumn. Planting dates have almost no effect on the development of the shrub. However, it is best to do this before the onset of the cold period. Autumn plantings with the onset of the first heat are activated and begin to grow vigorously, they do not need time to adapt to new conditions. In the spring, it is recommended to plant plants with big lump earth to preserve the root system as much as possible.
Pruning and trimming
In the spring, old bushes are pruned to allow young growth to appear. At the same time, hemp is usually left 15-20 cm from the ground level. You can carry out the removal of old branches in the fall. But given the fact that white derain retains decorativeness all year round and in winter decorates the site with red shoots, picturesquely peeping out from under the snow, it is inappropriate to do this.
Derain white is a bush with a spreading crown. If it develops naturally, then the branches are arranged randomly in different directions. To improve aesthetic perception, a bush is formed. Svidina is given different shape, usually round or oval. Haircut is carried out 2-3 times per season. The last time this procedure is carried out at the end of July.
In summer, the shrub develops very actively. In some species, the growth reaches 50-60 cm per season. Therefore, in order to preserve the decorative qualities, a haircut is sometimes necessary.
Derain white: planting and caring for seedlings
- White dogwood can be planted with seeds in a container and get seedlings from them, suitable for growing in the open field. But it is better to use ready-made planting material... By purchasing it in retail outlets, it is important to inspect the plants for the detection of diseases and pests.
- Having determined the landing site for the white turf, they dig a hole slightly larger in diameter than an earthen lump.
- A nutrient mixture is poured into it, consisting of humus, leafy earth, mineral additives. Since the grass grows in one place for a long period of up to 25 years, then at the beginning of growth it is necessary to provide it with food, and then feed it.
- The hole is watered with water to compact the introduced soil.
- The seedling in the container is also watered and allowed to stand for 10-15 minutes to soak.
- Then, together with a lump of earth, they take it out and carefully put it in a hole, trying not to disturb the root system.
- A hole with a young bush is covered with soil, tamped and watered abundantly.
If the planting is carried out in the fall, then nothing else needs to be done. In the spring, it is better to mulch the planting site to avoid moisture loss. During the summer, weeds are removed and the soil under the bush is loosened as far as possible. Growing up, white dogwood itself destroys harmful neighbors.
Derain white, or svidina, is the one unpretentious plant loved by amateur gardeners and professional landscape designers. Everyone is attracted by the decorativeness of the unpretentious shrub, the variety of its forms and varieties, as well as the simplicity of crown formation.
Deren's description
(Cornus) belongs to the family Cornelian (Cornaceae). Not all of its types ( C. capitata, C. controversa, C. florida, C. kousa, C. Nuttallii) are adapted to our climate. It is better to grow them where there are no such long and frosty winters as in middle lane Russia. When buying planting material, you should pay attention to this. I was once let down by the desire to buy a wonderful bush of an unknown species to me, derena blooming (C. florida). Its branches turned black immediately after the first frosty winter. In our harsh climate, several winter-hardy species of turf grow and bear fruit well. The most popular of these is derain white (Cornus alba). It is also called white svidina, or white dogwood. Among the people, white deren is known as blushed.
During the season, there are two peaks of flowering: in May - June and in August - September. At this time, the bush is decorated with numerous corymbose inflorescences of white or cream flowers. Individual inflorescences appear throughout the summer. It is worth taking a close look at the deren flower. This is a real tiny laboratory in which everything is thought out to the smallest detail. Crawling and flying insects work in it. They are responsible for cross-pollination. When the supply of nectar runs out, the nectar disc at the base of the column turns red. Pollinating insects receive a signal: the flower no longer needs their services. For self-pollination, a fallback is provided, in which the stamens of one flower come into contact with neighboring flowers of the same inflorescence.
Derain white (C. alba) Is the most popular species, adapted to the conditions of our climatic zone. It is originally a large shrub with branchy flexible branches of red, brown or brownish-red color. In nature, the redhead can be found along the roadsides, on the edges of the forest, along the shores of lakes and rivers. Among the bushes there are beauties with dazzling red bark. In the autumn and winter time such bushes are clearly visible from afar.
The species sod looks beautiful at any time of the year. Admires the plastic of the interweaving of the branches. White rounded fruits (berries up to 8 mm in diameter) at the end of summer adorn the shrub along with the recently appeared flowers. Very little time passes, and the foliage changes color to autumn. It becomes bronze crimson, orange or burgundy.
White derain care
White derain is a frost-resistant, undemanding shrub to the soil. He can eat for a long time on the supply of organic matter and minerals that were previously introduced into the planting pits. The shrub responds well to feeding wood ash and watering. Svidina steadfastly endures the spring stagnation of water. Many varieties even cope with occasional droughts. The best place for white turf (especially variegated varieties) - a bright sunny area.
Reproduction of white deren
White derain is propagated by seeds, cuttings and layering. Usually the shrub blooms and begins to bear fruit from the age of three. Seed viability is close to 100%. Freshly harvested seeds are sown in autumn, stratified seeds are sown in spring. On my site, deren seedlings appear in the most unexpected places, most often birds are the culprits. They carry the seeds of several bushes growing on our site, and those bushes in the hedges that the neighbors have “fenced off” with.
It is better to propagate decorative forms by vegetative methods so as not to lose them. best qualities... Rooting of green cuttings is not always possible, in addition, they often freeze out in the first winter. But the rooting rate of cuttings from lignified shoots is almost one hundred percent. Even the pegs and supports for the garter of plants, made from fresh or slightly dried branches of the deren, come to life. This is because the plant has an amazing feature: the root buds are under the bark along the entire shoot and are ready to wake up as soon as they are in suitable conditions... The simplicity of reproduction allows you to get even varietal planting material for free. Ask your neighbors for at least one twig or pick up a few shoots left over from trimming neighboring bushes. Our huge bush of a species of white deren with red bark was grown from the shoot of a bush found at the edge of a forest near Moscow. True, I had to hunt for such an elegant tree.
Formation of the crown of the white deren
Derain is a real find for gardeners. You can work wonders with him. Wide range of decorative forms and varieties of white deren allows you to use this shrub to decorate the site one hundred percent. Here are some tips for a gardener when picking up a pruner or saw.
In order to form the backbone of the shrub, old branches that have lost their luster are cut down. Remove excess growth, branches that are broken and ugly sticking out to the sides. In summer, pruning corrects the shape and restricts the growth of branches in an undesirable direction. It is necessary to maintain the shape of the bush regular pruning... It can be carried out almost all year round, excluding a short period of active sap flow. Of course, winter is not the best the right time for the formation of the crown, although it is not forbidden to cut off a certain number of "extra" branches. Svidina tolerates pruning painlessly. Shoots grow back quickly, which allows you to correct mistakes made during the previous formation, or give the bush a new shape.
Column. On our site, there is a four-meter column of species svidina (with green leaves and scarlet bark). This shrub grew from a cuttings shoot. If you look closely at those deren bushes that grow on the banks of rivers, in the undergrowth, on the slopes of ravines, along roads and in many other places, you can see that they are all slightly different. Among them there are shrubs with very bright red bark. Even a single rooted shoot of such a shrub eventually turns into a beautiful bush. The species turf has a drive for unrestrained growth. If I left it to myself, then there would be no room left on the site, not only for other plants, but also for us. To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to restrain the growth of a viable shrub.
I leave only the strong branches directed upwards and some of the overgrowth, so that the bush takes on the appearance of a column. It is important not to overdo it here, as too high a narrow "column" can collapse. It keeps on powerful old shoots that have not yet lost the luster of the bark. The backbone of the bush is a good support. The column is filled with young shoots and shoots.
Arc. From the long branches of the species deren, bent into an arc, beautiful green arches are obtained. Sometimes in the summer I create such an arch, bending those tall young shoots of the "column" that are 1.5 m from the fence. The arch between the bush and the two-meter fence not only decorates the site, but also gives shade on a sultry summer day. This option of using a tall turf can be beaten by decorating the area with arches between neighboring bushes or between a bush and some kind of structure, a fence.
Hemisphere. The sod looks beautiful, shaped like a hemisphere. To do this, every year in early spring or autumn, two-year and three-year shoots are cut off at a level of 10 cm from the ground. This technique stimulates the early emergence of new shoots and rejuvenates the shrub. In addition, low pruning (especially of old bushes) at the very beginning of spring is needed so that the shrub does not bare from below and has lush crown... Some winter-hardy variegated svidins, for example, the low (about 1.5 m) variety "Ivory Halo", are simply created to form them into a hemisphere. Without pruning, the shrub becomes bare from below over time and looks worse than the formed one.
Ball, cube and other shapes. We have two spectacular turf bushes on the site. One - Gochaulti (Gouchaultii). It is medium in size dense bush with green leaves bordered by an uneven wide yellow line with a faint pink tinge. Another - Elegantissima (Elegantissima). Every year, with the help of large pruning shears, they alternately turn into a cube or a ball. This allows not only to decorate the site with living "figures", but also inhibits the uncontrolled growth of shrubs. You can beautifully shape the shape of a bush variety Siberica Variegata (Sibirica variegata). At the end of the season, all of its foliage turns purple-red. Several domestic firms offer seeds of white deren Carantus... According to the picture and the description printed on the seed bags, it is very similar to Siberica Variegata.
Popular Derain White Elegantissima = Argenteomarginata (Elegantissima = Argenteomarginata) - up to three meters high - has foliage decorated with a wide, uneven white stripe. The variety is also suitable for creating spectacular shrubs in the form of a ball or cube.
Stamp forms. Derain white, formed into one trunk, can be turned into a low tree, "panicle" or ball "on a leg". For this, some one shoot is selected, which is intended to become a stem. The rest of the shoots are cut at the root. The stem is regularly cleaned of buds and emerging twigs. It is better to tie it to a support. To form the crown, the top and all new upper branches are shortened. The directions of the buds at the ends are taken into account in order to create a crown of a certain shape with geometric accuracy. It is necessary to monitor the stem all the time. For this, the buds are blinded and the shoots are cut off. White variegated dogwood is ideal for growing in standard form Ivory Halo (Ivory Halo).
Hedges. When creating hedges from svidina, they regularly cut out dried and broken branches, thin out, adjust the width and height of the hedge, and correct the line. Spectacular "fences" are obtained from svidina Elegantissima (Elegantissima), a tall (up to three meters) winter-hardy shrub with white-bordered bluish leaves and red bark of branches (in winter). Looks good hedge from Aurea Elegantissima (Aurea elegantissima) with yellow-variegated leaves. Without regular pruning, a beautiful and neat hedge from any turf turns into impenetrable thickets over time, capturing new spaces.
A number of ornamental varieties of Dahl White Derain Siberica (Sibirica, Koralle, Westonbirt). It grows in damp places, often along rivers in Siberia, Manchuria and northern China. In autumn, the light green leaves turn purple-red or dark purple. It is a tall (up to 3 meters) deciduous shrub with strong, long, erect shoots. There are always a lot of overgrowths and creeping side shoots around the bush. In spring, the bright red bark turns slightly green, and before the onset of winter it turns red and shines again. The dark green leaves underneath are light bluish in color. Creamy white flowers are collected in corymbose inflorescences up to 5 cm in diameter. They appear in May - early June. Flowering continues long time... Later, the shrub is decorated with white pea fruits with a slightly bluish tinge. The hedge made from this turf needs regular pruning. Without it, the bush will lose the scarlet color of the branches in winter. For a hedge of medium height, I can recommend Siberica Variegata (Sibirica variegata) Is a dense compact bush with large leaves, decorated with a wide white uneven border.
Ideal for hedges that require minimal corrective trimming, turf white Shpet, or svidina Spati, dogwood Shpet (Spaethii). It is a bush about 2.5 meters high with leaves bordered along the perimeter with a golden yellow wide stripe, and with a reddish-brown bark. Derain white Shpeta is the most "yellow" variety, in which the blossoming leaves seem to be bronze. Later, a wide golden stripe and spots appear. Some leaves remain completely yellow. The Spati Svidina hedge is suitable for a sunny place and needs good watering... Unfortunately in northern regions in winter it can freeze partially. Instead, it is not uncommon for varieties to sell a smaller (1.5 m tall) variety. Gauchaulty (Gauchaultii, Froebelii) with slightly drooping leaves. They have a narrower and less "golden" bordering strip. This kind of re-grading in a tall hedge can cause unsightly failures. For lovers yellow color will like it and the derain is white Aurea (Aurea) with monochromatic pale yellow leaves. The height of the bush (1.5 - 2 m) is also suitable for a hedge.
White dogwood feels great in a hedge Kesselrings (Kesselringi) 2 - 3 m high. It is necessary not only to regularly shorten the lower branches, but also to ensure that the upper line of its fast-growing shoots is even. The bright green leaves turn purple in the fall.
Natural shape. Most hobby gardeners are faced with the fact that they do not have the time (energy or desire) to engage in regular trimming of the lawn, which is necessary to maintain a given shape. For lovers of the natural form of trees and shrubs, you can advise a fairly winter-hardy Argenteomarginate (Argenteomarginata) with light green leaves, decorated with creamy white spots and a border. From a distance the bush looks silvery. The hand does not rise to cut its beautiful branches. In this case, gentle pruning is suitable, in which only damaged shoots are removed and the dimensions of the bush are contained. Derain white Aurea (bush average size up to two meters high with a bushy crown) also looks great in its natural form. Its leaves are so much yellow that they appear golden in a sunny or slightly shaded place.
Variety Kesselrings (Kesselringii) also looks great in its natural form. This tall, dense shrub sometimes has to be thinned out to better show the intense color of the dark brown-red bark. Most of shoots directed upwards. The lower shoots form a "skirt" that the mower can handle. To rejuvenate the bush, it is cut "on a stump". A tall, single bush can beautify the site.
It grows for a while without pruning and the variety Gauchaulty (Gauchaultii) up to 1.5 meters high. His freedom ends as soon as he begins to press against neighboring plants and interferes with the passage.
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For decoration garden plot an amazing shrub is often used, so you need to know how to propagate variegated dogwood. Since the plant is not whimsical, it has many ways of reproduction, it is easy to breed it. Derain grows rapidly under all growing conditions. The variegated bush often takes root on its own if it is used as a support for other plant species.
Plant varieties
There are four types of turf:
- dogwood, which can grow as shrubs or small trees. Dogwood fruits can be eaten;
- svidina bears fruit that is poisonous, so they should not be consumed. The shrub blooms with white inflorescences. Svidina is used to create landscaping;
- fruits of bentamidia, like dogwood, can be used in cooking. Thanks to the attractive appearance the shrub is used to decorate garden plots, as well as city parks;
- the hameperiklimenum shrub has a creeping form. Lawns are decorated with beautiful thickets of plants.
When buying a dogwood, it is important to find out what variety it belongs to in order to properly care for it in the future, as well as to choose the right way of reproduction.
Turf propagation occurs in different ways. Breeding with seeds, cuttings, dividing the bush, and rooting of cuttings is usually used. Each method has its own characteristics that a gardener should know.
Seed propagation
After flowering, the sod bushes are covered in clusters with balls filled with seeds inside. Flowering of variegated sod falls in May - June. In autumn, ripe seeds accumulate in round boxes, they are carefully collected and sown before the onset of the first frost.
If the seeds are sown in spring, they should first be kept cool for 6 months at a temperature not exceeding five degrees Celsius. Thanks to hardening, the seeds retain their one hundred percent germination.
Seed propagation is rarely used by gardeners; it is used mainly by breeders who want to get plants from natural material.
Propagation by cuttings
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Each cut cut should have three pairs of buds. The bottom foliage must be removed, leaving the top pair. Place the cuttings in water so that they take root.
Plant the cuttings prepared for planting in a cold greenhouse in rows. The twigs must be planted at an angle and watered systematically. It is important to ensure that the soil is not flooded with water, but also not overdried.
If the sun shines too much, and the air in the room is too dry, it is necessary to spray the planted branches.
In the fall, a cuttings plant develops a healthy root system... A greenhouse with cuttings must be insulated for the winter.
In the spring, after wintering, rooted plants are planted in a permanent place of growth. In two years, a full-fledged hedge or single beautiful variegated turf trees will grow.
Divide the bush
Variegated sod also reproduces by dividing the bush. For this, a strong and healthy shrub is selected. Dig up a heavily overgrown plant. Divide the rhizome carefully into two or three parts.
The division of the bush is carried out in the spring. The procedure takes place according to the following scheme:
- Dig up a large, healthy bush.
- Shake the roots off the ground.
- Use a sharp knife to cut the rhizome into pieces.
- Plant the resulting delenki in the dug holes.
Fertilizer must be added to each hole, which will help the bush develop better and faster. With proper planting of the cuttings in the soil, they will grow healthy and strong.
Variegated dogwood can also propagate by rooting cuttings. Since the branches of the plant grow quickly and creep to the ground, they can be rooted.
In the spring, sprinkle the twig that has dropped to the ground and fix it securely in this position. You can also mulch the layers on top.
After a year (in autumn or spring), dig out the seedling and transplant it into a hole prepared in advance. Over the next year, the shoot will develop a good root system. When deer is propagated by layering, it quickly and successfully takes root in a new place.
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Features of planting and caring for lawn
The turf soil should be humidified and moistened. After planting a plant in the soil, it is important to take proper care of it. Maintenance consists of pruning and regular watering. From time to time, the bush should be fed. In the spring, mineral fertilizing is introduced into the soil, in summer - organic.
When breeding der e on as a hedge, it is trimmed twice a year - in July and August.
Watering features
Young bushes should be watered regularly, daily and in moderation. It is enough to water adult plants on hot days, twice a week. Under each bush, you need to add 20 liters of water, since excess moisture can provoke development fungal disease, it is important to ensure that the water does not stagnate.
If the soil does not have time to dry out, the frequency of watering should be reduced. In the fall, the amount of watering the deren should be reduced.
Temperature regime
The best temperature for the growth and development of variegated turf is 15 - 20 degrees Celsius. The bush tolerates heat remarkably if it is watered in sufficient quantity.
Since the dogwood also tolerates cold, it does not need shelter for the winter. You can only cover plants that will winter for the first time.
Plant protection from diseases and pests
Most often, aphids attack the variegated turf, which can lead to the plant losing its decorative effect or completely disappearing. Pest control methods:
- you can wash off aphids with water by directing the stream to the plant from a hose. The mechanical method of dealing with the pest partially neutralizes it and is considered not very effective;
- also, aphids can be removed using special preparations. For example, the bushes are sprayed with a solution of laundry soap.
Of the diseases of the grass, variegated most often suffers from a fungal disease. This disease usually leads to improper care... Stop watering the bush for a while so that the soil and rhizomes can dry out. Fungal infection is treated with the use of a plant treatment plant.
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Transplant rules
The turf transplant does not tolerate very well, so it is carried out only as a last resort.
Derain is transplanted in such situations:
- If the plant is planted in the wrong place. For example, a lawn planted in the wrong place may lose its decorative effect, its foliage will turn greenish. To keep the leaves and the bush itself attractive, it is recommended to transplant it to sunny place in the garden.
- With the wrong soil, the turf loses its beauty and stops growing. Therefore, it is recommended to transplant the shrub into fertile and moist soil in this case.
- A poorly chosen place for the development of the deren also leads to the fact that it should be transplanted. For example, if it grows rapidly, the bush will displace other plants growing next to it. In this case, you need to transplant the dogwood to another place, or remove its neighbors.
Transplanting of mature shrubs is usually carried out in the fall, after the leaves have been shed. If you plan to transplant the turf in the spring, then you should have time to do the procedure before the buds begin to swell.
When transplanting, you should act carefully. The bush is transplanted along with an earthen lump. After transplanting the plant to a new place, it should be watered abundantly, and the soil should be sprinkled with humus.
The use of a plant in landscape design
Derain is often combined with other plants. It is usually combined with green spaces. Sometimes plant bushes are planted in front of trees in order to create composition and additional volume.
Now you know how propagation by cuttings occurs. ornamental plant, as well as how you can still propagate variegated dogwood. In order for grafting, dividing a bush or seed propagation to be successful, it is important to follow some rules for the procedure. To do this, you need to consult with an experienced gardener about the upcoming breeding. In the process of reproduction, it is important to act correctly, as well as know how to care for the resulting new plants.
You can decorate a garden plot like this awesome plant like dogwood. In order to have beautiful plantings in the future, you should study the methods of reproduction in order to breed the plant yourself. With turf, problems and difficulties will not arise due to unpretentiousness and many breeding options.
Derain grows rather quickly, regardless of growing conditions. Cases have been recorded when a plant rooted on its own, using it as a support for other plants.
Derain as he is
In total, 4 subgenus of this plant can be distinguished in nature:
If the goal is breeding a large number deren white, then the propagation method is most often used by cuttings. Cuttings are selected with a height of 10-158 centimeters, and only from mature wood. The output will be almost 100% rooting. When using green petioles, rooting will be very weak, up to 30%.
Subtleties of collecting cuttings:
- The optimal time for collecting material is the first days of July. The twigs should be from last year, very flexible, the wood is ripe.
- Shoots in favorable conditions, grow rapidly and actively develop, which makes it possible to propagate cuttings in water.
- The twigs are selected from last year, which are quite woody.
- There should be two internodes on the petiole, the leaves are cut from the bottom, the upper ones are shortened. The strength of the plant will not be spent on feeding the foliage. In this case, moisture evaporation will be significantly reduced.
- Small pieces of paper can be saved.
- The petioles are placed in a container in such a way that the lower buds are completely immersed in water.
- A week after immersion in water, the first roots will begin to appear.
When rooting turf by grafting, it is important not to miss the time of planting in the ground. Young roots are very fragile and brittle, they can easily be damaged during disembarkation. In this case, the plant will die after a short period of time, or it will be sick for a long period.
When the roots have reached a length of one centimeter, young plants should be transplanted. Then they will quickly take root, will be strong and healthy, and active growth.
Another good way to root is planting in a cold greenhouse. The cuttings are seated in rows, keeping a slight slope. Watering is regular and mandatory. Both excessive moisture and drying out of the soil will be harmful.
In dry and hot periods, the greenhouse needs shading. The planted cuttings are constantly sprayed. By September, the seedlings will have formed roots, but it is not yet worth replanting them to a permanent place.
Cutting is exactly the propagation method that is suitable for many varieties and species. The easiest way is to propagate. It is unpretentious and easy to clean. Cutting allows you to keep the variety unchanged, that is, the decorative sod will be an exact copy of the parent plant. By propagating by seeds, such a result cannot be achieved.
At successful breeding, already in the fall the gardener will have a large number of young and strong seedlings. But it is not recommended to plant them in the same year; it is better to postpone the procedure to next spring. If you plant a young plant in the same one, it may not survive the winter, frosts will have a detrimental effect on development.
Cuttings that have been rooted in water are planted in a greenhouse. For the winter, greenhouses are well insulated. You can plant cuttings in boxes, and put them in the basement.
In the spring, plants can be transplanted to a permanent place in open ground.
When the grafting process has come to an end, you should start planting seedlings in open ground. The procedure can be carried out immediately to a permanent place, but experts recommend planting cuttings in a previously allocated area. It is here that young sod grows stronger and grows.
Transplanting the grass according to these rules, in a few years it will be possible to observe the formed and beautifully blooming hedge.
When planted in the ground, the cuttings are not deepened much, and additional roots are formed on them, which in the future feed the flower. A spacious hole is dug so that fertilizers can be added to it. They will feed the plant for a long period. If variegated dogwood is planted, then it is not recommended to fertilize it. From a large amount of feeding, flowers can grow in the same color, and the decorative image will be lost.
To divide a bush, you should choose a strong and healthy plant. In this case, the derain should grow sufficiently. The rhizome, on which there are processes, can be divided into 2-3 parts, sometimes more.
The procedure for dividing the bush is carried out in the spring in this way:
In white turf, the crown is often spreading, and the branches descend to the very ground. In this case, an independent merger with the soil will not occur; the intervention of a gardener is needed here.
So that another plant is obtained from the layering, the engraftment procedure is carried out in the spring. The dropped branch is pinned to the soil (you can use a metal bracket for this). The place of digging is covered with mulch or a small layer of earth.
The next year (autumn or spring), the seedling can be dug up and transplanted into a new, previously prepared hole. During the year, a fairly good root system is formed on the twig. Such a plant quickly takes root in a new place.
How to care for a planted plant
Derain is quite unpretentious, it grows quickly. The main thing is to water the plant on time. This is especially true for newly planted young plants. The hot summer sun will have a detrimental effect on them, especially with a lack of moisture.
In a dry period, with a lack of water, the leaves of the plant will wither, and it will lose its decorative appearance.
It is advisable to water it after sunset, while the soil should be moistened well enough, about 50 centimeters deep. Many gardeners make a hole near the trunk circle, and fill it with water from a hose. If the plant has time to wither, then abundant watering will bring it back to normal. For an already mature shrub, about 35 liters of water will be required. During the season, there should be at least 4 such waterings.
To preserve moisture near the plant, it is recommended to sprinkle a little peat on the watering hole and mulch it well. A solid layer, 4-6 centimeters, acts as a protection against overheating, moreover, the weeds will grow many times slower. The optimal time for mulching is mid-spring, when moisture is still inherent in the soil, but the sun's rays have already warmed it up enough.
For the density of the crown, fertilizers are applied under the bush several times a year. Mineral dressing will promote active growth. It is recommended to introduce them during the period of growth and development of new shoots, that is, in early summer or late spring.
If the turf grows slowly and develops poorly, you will need nitrogen fertilizers... They will also have a positive effect on branching.
Potash fertilizers are applied in the fall - this will improve, so to speak, immunity, the dogwood will be less susceptible to diseases, and frost resistance will improve. This is especially true for variegated varieties.
Reproduction of white turf for practical purposes
White dogwood is very popular with gardeners, so it is quite possible to make additional income from it. It can be grown and propagated for sale. You won't have to make a lot of effort, and this will not pull large investments either. All that is needed is to properly collect the cuttings, plant them and provide proper care.
Variegated sod will serve wonderful decoration garden plot. The plant is distinguished by its beauty, and looks great in any weather.