All gardeners dream of a plant that would bloom luxuriantly, brightly and for a long time, while being unpretentious. Buldenezh is a shrub that satisfies all these requirements. During flowering, the bush is strewn with lush snow-white flowers, for which the French called it the "snow globe".
Buldenezh - bush for the garden
Buldenezh is a shrub that will perfectly fit into the landscape design of any garden. An individual tree and a group of plants will look spectacular. To make buldenezh look even more interesting, the lawn around it is trimmed gently. Also, often landscape designers use such a technique as planting flowers in bright colors next to it. So emphasizes the exceptional whiteness of its inflorescences. In the suburban areas, you can see hedges from this plant. They look great all year long.
Flowering snow globe
Kalina buldenezh
Kalina buldenezh (Viburnum Boulle-de-Neig) got its name more than four centuries ago. The name was given to her by the French, who were the first to engage in its cultivation and use in the design of their gardens as an ornamental plant. The literal translation of the name is "snowball / ball." It reflects its main characteristic, due to which they drew attention to it - dazzling white flowers formed into inflorescences-balls.
The origin and appearance of the plant
A snow globe is a bush 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 spread in European gardens.
Buldenezh Hedge
For your information! Medieval gardeners were quite skillful, because they quickly realized that under natural conditions, this viburnum is able to reproduce only vegetatively. Initially, it was grown in the gardens of aristocrats, who could fill it with the whole garden. The appearance of the plant in the Russian Empire is associated with the name of Catherine II.
Descriptions flower plants snow globe
At a time when the shrub viburnum does not bloom, it is not very different from a wild relative.
Inflorescence of Viburnum vulgaris
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 has no fruiting flowers, and the 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.
Note! Snow globe is a long-liver. With proper care, he can live up to 60 years.
At the beginning of flowering, the balls have a light 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 garden viburnum is quite long - from late May to mid July. Most often, buldenege is cut to form a spherical shrub, but sometimes it is grown as a tree with a single trunk.
Tree Shaped Buldeneg
Transplant after purchase in a pot
On garden wounds and in stores, you can often find cuttings of plants that are just starting to start roots. They can be bought calmly, without fear, and grown from them an adult buldenezh.
What you need for landing
For rooting cuttings in this way, young shoots cut in the middle of June from an adult bush are best suited. Before they are transplanted into the pot, they must stand for some time in water, in which you can add a solution of growth stimulant. From the bottom of the branch you need to remove the bark.
Important! Each stalk should be about 10 cm and have at least three nodes.
The basic rule for transplanting a snow globe into a pot is highly moist soil. The plant starts up the first roots in a vessel of water, and after that it is transplanted into pots filled with very moist soil mixed with sand.
Note! Pots should be stored in a dark room, the temperature in which will not be lower than 15 ° ะก. They should be covered with a light cloth.
Already in spring, seedlings can be transferred to open ground.
Buldenezh seedlings in pots
Choosing the optimal soil
To transplant the handle of garden viburnum into a pot, a simple mixture of soil and sand is enough. The main thing is that this mixture is very wet. You can buy ready-made universal primer in the store.
But for the transplantation of a young plantlet to the garden site, 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. nitrofoski. 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.
- Put drainage base on the bottom. It can be crushed stone, fragments of brick. To fill up with several centimeters of sand.
- At the bottom of the pit, create a small mound of prepared soil.
- Put a seedling on it, carefully spread the roots, avoiding their bends and weaves.
- Deepen the root neck by 4-5 cm and fill it with the remaining soil mixture.
- Water carefully.
- After the earth has settled, add more on top.
- The planting site can be mulched from above to avoid quick drying of the soil.
Breeding
Seed propagation of this plant is impossible, therefore the only option is the vegetative method. It is preferable to practice this spring or autumn, but the first option is more advantageous.
Note! It gives the viburnum the opportunity to gain strength over the summer and prepare for autumn frosts and frosts.
Vegetative propagation of viburnum buldenezh
Kalina buldenez propagated in three main ways:
- Reproduction by layering. Occurs in the spring. To do this, choose young strong shoots growing close to the ground. Dig the soil under them and fertilize, then tilt the shoot and dig in 10-15 cm of soil. In this position, it is fixed with studs, supports or weight. The earth is carefully tamped and regularly watered until the roots appear on the lay. It will be ready for separation from the mother plant only in the fall, and it can only be transplanted to a new place in the second, or better in the third year of life.
- Propagation by cuttings. This is a more complex way in which a new plant can be obtained only for the next year. Cuttings are taken from last year's branches, which are not yet fully lignified. Cut off at an angle of 45 °, the length should be at least 10 cm. Three internodes should be 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 a jar. With the onset of autumn, transplanted into pots. For wintering, they are placed in a cool place. In spring, you can plant in a well-heated soil. If you plant two cuttings in one hole at once, you can get a more magnificent ornamental plant.
- Dividing a bush is the easiest and most effective way. For him, you need to find a young (better not older than one year old) shoot, separate it with a shovel from the mother plant and transplant it into a previously prepared place.
How to care
Buldenezh is a shrub, which is quite easy to care for. It is enough to follow a few rules. When choosing a plant location, you need to understand that he will need a fairly large space. It must be protected from wind and direct sunlight. Light penumbra 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 more magnificent flowering, pruning is necessary for buldenezh.
Important! Regularly in spring you need to trim old, dried branches. They will prevent him from fully developing and blooming.
Watering mode
Watering is the most important thing for buldenezha, especially in the conditions of hot summer. It should be performed regularly so that the earthen lump does not have time to dry out and is constantly in a moist state. Young seedlings need to be watered especially often. Watering should be done in the fall, especially during the first snowless frosts.
Top dressing
Fertilizing is not a prerequisite for caring for garden viburnum, but it will not give up organic and mineral complexes. Bushes need to be fed in the spring before the beginning of the flowering period and in the fall before the onset of the first frost.
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 towards it. In case of their appearance, the plant must be treated with an insecticide.
Note! From buldenezh you can make beautiful magnificent bouquets that will delight you with their beauty and delicate delicate aroma for up to 10 days.
Preparing the plant for winter
Buldenezh is a rather frost-resistant plant; it can freeze only in very severe winters. To avoid this, you should perform a number of steps in advance:
- in the second half of summer and autumn, do not fertilize with nitrogen fertilizers;
- remove young shoots starting in the second half of August;
- from September to gradually reduce watering;
- upon completion of leaf fall, produce one plentiful watering;
- mulch the layer with at least a 10-centimeter layer;
- Shelter young plants additionally, creating a mini-greenhouse.
Preparing a young buldenege for the winter
Buldenezh is a plant that is ideal for any garden site. It is growing rapidly, characterized by its unpretentiousness and vitality. His life expectancy is particularly pleasing. It is believed that every man should plant a tree, so why not become a beautiful buldenjeh tree? Every year it will grow, develop, gain strength, but it will never cease to bloom magnificently, emphasizing the whiteness of its inflorescences with the brightness and richness of dense greenery.
