Action: planting and caring for exotic shrubs

For those who are engaged in the landscape design of their site or equip the garden, there will be a great interest in the beautifully flowering shrub - action. This plant has recently settled in our latitudes and has already become very popular due to its lush flowering and variety of species. The native land of this shrub is East Asia, where there are more than 50 species of this plant. We do not get too well in 10 species.

With the correct choice of a place for planting, you will see that this is absolutely non-cultivation. Action is capricious only in strong and cold winds and frosty winters. This can be avoided, if you know some of the nuances in caring for the bush, we'll talk about this a little later.

Action: planting and caring for the plant

Planting of a bush

To buy such a plant is better in nurseries, although it multiplies easily and by dividing the bush, and by seeds. When buying in specialized places you will be told about your brand and its features, which will help to avoid mistakes in growing. Action loves a lot of light, so it should be planted on sunny places.

The depth of the pit for planting should be 50x50 cm. At the bottom, put a layer of drainage, it may be sand. You can fertilize a small amount of hydrated lime and ash.

Care of the bush

Now let's move on to what this Asian beauty does not like, and how this can be remedied.

The bush is most afraid of severe frost and waterlogging. Therefore, the best place to plant will be a gentle slope that will look southward. In this case, water will not stay in the root system, and the warm side will "warm" the plant in winter and close it from cold winds.

In arid summer, the shrub should be watered several times a month. After watering or raining, the ground beneath it should be loosened up. And since August, try not to water the plant at all. At a time when a lot of precipitation falls, it will be absolutely superfluous around the bush to put a waterproof material, so that moisture does not damage the roots. In the flowering period, the action needs to be fed with fertilizers that stimulate growth. After the plant fades, you must gradually prepare it for the winter. First you need to cut the bush. Action perfectly tolerates pruning, so it can be given absolutely any shape. Adult branches can be cut off, leaving only 10-15 cm with lateral growth. Young pruned only to give the bush a shape. In case you do not want to trim and provide natural growth, it will grow into a very lush and spreading bush.

Before the arrival of cold weather, it is necessary to cover the foot of the bush with coniferous branches or fallen leaves. And when the snow has already fallen, for safety, bend the young branches of action to the ground and sprinkle them with snow.

Some varieties of shrubs

Graceful action: planting and caring for her will not require special efforts also because this shrub in height is gaining from 50 to 120 cm. Early and plentiful flowering in early June. During this period, the bush resembles a snowball.

Pink action: planting and caring for this hybrid has one big plus: this species is quite resistant to frost unlike other shrubs. The plant does not grow more than 150 cm. The peculiarity of this plant is the flowers of bell-shaped form, from below they have a bright pink color, and upward they gradually turn into pale pink.

Large-flowering action: planting and caring for this shrub requires a southern mild climate. This plant practically does not experience persistent frosts. Large-flowered action - a tall and early-flowering shrub. It stretches to 2 meters in height.

Action rough: planting and caring for this hybrid requires more care, as the bush grows up to 3 meters in height. The branches cover the reddish-brown scaly bark. The leaves are rough, covered with hard hairs, which gave this bush the name "rough". Flowering period is in June-July. Undisclosed buds have a pink-red color, opened - white or pinkish.

This shrub is a find for arid areas.