Buldenezh - shrub for the garden kalina buldenezh
All gardeners dream of a plant that would bloom magnificently, brightly and for a long time, while being unpretentious. Buldenezh is a shrub that meets all these requirements. During the flowering period, the bush is strewn with snow-white lush flowers, for which the French called it "snow globe".
Buldenezh - shrub for the garden
Buldenezh is a shrub that will perfectly fit into the landscape design of any garden. Both a separate tree and a group of plants will look spectacular. To make the bulldozer look even more interesting, the lawn around it is neatly trimmed. Also, landscape designers often use such a technique as planting flowers in bright colors next to it. This is how the exceptional whiteness of its inflorescences is emphasized. In summer cottages, you can see hedges made from this plant. They look great all year long.
Snow globe during flowering
Kalina Buldenezh
Kalina Buldenezh (Viburnum Boulle-de-Neig) got its name more than four centuries ago. This name was given to it by the French, who were the first to start cultivating it and using it in the design of their gardens as an ornamental plant. The literal translation of the name is "snowball / ball". It reflects its main characteristic, thanks to which they paid attention to it - dazzling white flowers formed into inflorescences-balls.
The origin and appearance of the plant
The snow globe is a shrub with a rich history. Most researchers conclude that the first form of decorative viburnum with sterile flowers appeared in France in the Middle Ages. It is assumed that its origin is natural. Over time, this type of viburnum has spread in European gardens.
Hedge from buldenezh
Descriptions of flower plants snow globe
During the period when the viburnum buldenezh shrub does not bloom, it is not very different from its wild-growing relative.
Viburnum inflorescence
However, flowering shows all their differences. The natural appearance has the shape of an inflorescence umbrella, flat, with central small fruit flowers and larger sterile at the edges. The snow globe does not have fruiting flowers, but sterile ones are tightly attached to each other and form a snow-white large ball, the diameter of which can reach more than 10 cm.
Viburnum inflorescence snow globe
The height of an adult plant can be up to 4 m.
At the beginning of flowering, the balls have a slight greenish tint, which quickly disappears. There are a lot of such inflorescences on the plant, because of this, the lower branches bend to the ground itself, which gives the flowering bush a special charm. The flowering of the garden viburnum is quite long - from late May to mid-July. Most often, Buldenezh is pruned, forming a spherical shrub, but sometimes it is also grown as a tree with a single trunk.
Tree-shaped buldenezh
Transplant after purchase into a pot
On garden wounds and in stores, you can often find cuttings of a plant that are just beginning to sprout roots. You can buy them safely, without fear, and grow an adult bulldozer out of them.
What is needed for landing
Young shoots cut from an adult bush in mid-June are best suited for rooting cuttings in this way. Before they are transplanted into a pot, they must stand for some time in water, to which a growth stimulant solution can be added. The bark must be removed from the bottom of the branch.
The basic rule for transplanting a snow globe into a pot is highly moistened soil. The plant starts up the first roots in a vessel with water, and after that it is transplanted into pots filled with very moist earth mixed with sand.
Already in the spring, seedlings can be transferred to open ground.
Buldenezh seedlings in pots
Choosing the best soil
To transplant a stalk of a garden viburnum into a pot, a simple mixture of soil and sand is enough. The main thing is that this mixture is very moist. You can purchase ready-made universal primer in the store.
But to transplant a young plant into a garden plot, you will need soil of a more complex composition. The mixture should consist of four compost buckets, 2-3 tbsp. wood ash and 1 tbsp. nitrophosphate. You can treat the composition with any universal fertilizer.
Step by step process
Description of the process of transplanting a young plant into open ground:
- Dig a hole 50 × 50 × 50 cm.
- Place the drainage base on the bottom. It can be rubble, brick fragments. Cover with a few centimeters of sand.
- At the bottom of the hole, create a small mound of prepared soil.
- Put a seedling on it, carefully spread the roots, avoiding their bends and weaves.
- Deepen the root collar by 4-5 cm and cover with the remaining potting soil.
- Water thoroughly.
- After the earth has settled, add more on top.
- The planting site can be mulched from above to avoid quick drying out of the soil.
Reproduction
Seed propagation of this plant is impossible, therefore the only option is the vegetative method. It is preferable to do this in spring or autumn, but the first option is more advantageous.
Vegetative propagation of viburnum buldenezh
Kalina buldenezh is propagated in three main ways:
- Reproduction by layering. Occurs in the spring. To do this, choose young strong shoots growing close to the ground. The soil under them is dug up and fertilized, then the shoot is tilted and 10-15 cm of soil is added dropwise. In this position, it is fixed with pins, supports or a load. The earth is carefully tamped and watered regularly until roots appear on the cut. It will be ready for separation from the mother plant only by autumn, and it can be transplanted to a new place only in the second, or better, in the third year of life.
- Propagation by cuttings. This is a more complicated method in which a new plant can only be obtained the next year. Cuttings are taken from last year's branches, which are not yet fully lignified. Cut at an angle of 45 °, the length should be at least 10 cm. There should be three internodes on the handle. The leaves are removed completely, the bark is removed from the bottom. First, they are planted in greenhouses in well-moistened soil and covered with a film or jar. With the onset of autumn, they are transplanted into pots. For the winter, they are placed in a cool place. In spring, it can be planted in well-warmed soil. If you plant two cuttings in one hole at once, you can get a more lush ornamental plant.
- Dividing a bush is the easiest and most effective way. For him, you need to find a young (preferably not older than one year) shoot, separate it with a shovel from the mother plant and transplant it to a previously prepared place.
How to care
Buldenezh is a shrub that is easy to care for. It is enough to follow a few rules. When choosing a place for a plant, you need to understand that it will need a fairly large space. It must be protected from wind and direct sunlight. Light partial shade is perfect.
The snowball also needs pruning, which is carried out in spring or autumn, and helps to form the necessary appearance of the bush. Even if a certain shape is not needed, then for a more lush flowering, pruning is necessary for the bulldozer.
Watering mode
Watering is the most important thing for bulldozing, especially in hot summer conditions. It should be performed regularly so that the earthen lump does not have time to dry out and is constantly moistened. Young seedlings need to be watered especially often. Watering should be carried out in the fall, especially during the first snowless frosts.
Top dressing
Top dressing is not a prerequisite for caring for garden viburnum, but it will not give up organic and mineral complexes. You need to feed the bushes in the spring before the beginning of the flowering period and in the fall before the onset of the first frosts.
Features of care during the flowering period
During the flowering period, it is necessary to thoroughly water the plant and make sure that pests do not appear on it, which are very positive about it. If they appear, the plant must be treated with an insecticide.
Preparing the plant for winter
Buldenezh is a fairly frost-resistant plant, it can freeze up only in very harsh winters. To avoid this, you should perform a number of actions in advance:
- in the second half of summer and autumn, do not feed with nitrogenous fertilizers;
- remove young shoots starting in the second half of August;
- gradually reduce watering from September;
- at the end of the leaf fall, make one plentiful watering;
- cover the layer with at least 10 cm layer;
- cover young plants additionally by creating a mini-greenhouse.
Preparing a Young Bulldog for Winter
Buldenezh is a plant that is ideal for any garden area. It grows rapidly, is distinguished by its unpretentiousness and vitality. Particularly pleasing is the length of his life. It is believed that every man should plant a tree, so why not become a wonderful bulldozer with this tree? Every year it will grow, develop, gain strength, but at the same time it will never stop blooming magnificently, emphasizing the whiteness of its inflorescences with the brightness and juiciness of dense greenery.
