Almond Pink Foam - planting and caring for ornamental shrubs

Decorative shrubs can transform your garden, give it a festive look. You can pick up necessary plants in specialized shops, in nurseries. As far as the ornamental shrubs look charmingly in the garden , the photo clearly demonstrates. In the spring flowering lush fragrant lilac, decorative cherry, Japanese quince. Decorate the borders of the garden barberry, dogrose, derehn, chubushnik. It will be profitable to shade flowering bushes coniferous evergreen plants. Unexpectedly and exotic will look dwarf shrubs and trees planted on the lawn.

A wonderful addition to the suburban area can be a spring shrub almond Pink foam. Planting and caring for him require special attention. This kind of almond is also called sakura or Luiseania trilobate. He has beautiful, pink flowers, which are located in pairs and cover the entire length of the shoot. The plant was discovered by European botanists in the 19th century, discovering it in the mountainous regions of northern China. Almond trilobate (or Pink foam) is a sprawling bush reaching up to two meters in height. Dark pink flowers resemble roses. Their diameter can be one to two centimeters. When the almond blossoms in the spring, it resembles a pink froth or a cloud that has descended into the garden.

In the garden, caring for trees and shrubs requires a choice of a place of planting and observance of the rules for their maintenance. The almonds are propagated by separate shoots, cuttings or grafting on other fruit trees, for example, apricots. The soil for the bush should be sandy loam, loose, loamy, nutritious. During flowering, especially if there is dry weather, the plant needs abundant watering. It is not necessary to plant ornamental shrubs singly, otherwise there is a feeling of detachment from the general composition of the garden and incompleteness. For the plant, a well-sunlit area, protected from the wind, is suitable.

The shading does not tolerate almonds. Pink foam. Planting and caring for it involves fertilizing and pruning. The last operation is necessary for its improvement and increase of flowering. Pruning is carried out when the shrub buds. Growths that have arisen since last year, greatly shorten. It is also necessary to thin the crown to avoid its thickening. The plant is then treated with a fungicide containing copper. This is necessary to protect almonds from moniliasis.

It is not entirely true that the almond Pink foam does not tolerate winters. Planting and caring for it requires the following. The plant adapts well to the cold. To almond to suffer frosts, it is necessary to provide him a snow cover, which will protect against freezing. If these conditions are met, the plant can tolerate even frosts minus thirty degrees. But even if the ends of shoots froze, the plant is quickly restored. In winter, it is recommended to tie the crown so that there are no faults under the weight of wet snow.

In the gardens, almonds are rarely found Pink foam, planting and caring for the bush, according to gardeners, cause many difficulties. Nevertheless, the plant transplants well. Almond is resistant to drought, disease and pests, and also serves as a magnificent garden decoration.