Secrets of the overseas mistress: Kalina Buldonezh

Many people probably know Kalina, this unpretentious shrub grows almost everywhere, not only in the forests, but also in the vegetable gardens of the villages, in the dacha sections of the townspeople and even in the city alleys. Love Kalinin in Russia for the carved foliage - emerald in the summer and purple-red in the autumn, - for the snow-white flowering and for the scarlet bunches of berries that adorn the bush from autumn to deep snows. Berries are very bitter, so they can only be after cooking, turning berries into sweet and sour jelly, jam or compote.

But the relative of an ordinary Kalyna - the guelder rose Buldonezh - is little known to the present. This is a decorative form of shrubbery, which in May-June is covered with snow-white balls of inflorescences, in diameter reaching 12-15 cm. Flowers have no smell, they do not form berries. But for this abundant and long flowering (a month and a half), for the unusual shape of the inflorescences in the form of a ball, the guelder rose Buldonezh deserved the great love of landscape designers.

The name "Buldonezh" from French is translated as "snowballs". This is a frost-resistant shrub that can withstand pruning and forming a crown on the stem - low or high.

Kalina Buldonezh gratefully responds to the magnificent flowering, if you choose for her a sunny place, protected from the cold wind, and plant roots in fertile light soil. Open to the winds of low places and heavy clay earth, this noble overseas mistress does not like.

If there is a pond on the site, it is impossible to find a better place for the viburnum - it is very hygrophilous, and therefore the waterlogging suffers much better than the drought. A well-developed root system of the bush allows it to be used to strengthen the slopes on the site. Propagated clay Buldonezh is best in spring - cuttings or cuttings, as lignified, with already loose leaves, and young green shoots. Cuttings are carried out in April-May, placing the petioles in a soil-sandy moist mixture, covering them with a film and not allowing the drying of the soil. On a permanent place is planted for the next spring.

The recommended distance between the bushes is 1,5-2 m, the pit is prepared in the size of 50x50x50 cm, in which the young plant - Kalina Buldonezh is located. Planting shrubs in autumn or spring.

In order to see every spring abundant flowering, which pleases and surprises the viburnum Buldonezh (photo of it is given as an ornament of this article), growing young shoots after flowering (end of July) must be cut. To form a bush mold form 1 m high, one of the most powerful central shoots is driven out in three years - the trunk of the future tree, and the remaining shoots are removed. Rejuvenation of the viburnum is carried out by cutting all the old branches at a height of 20 cm from the ground level.

Fertilizer of a viburnum prefers organic, but do not forget thus about reasonable volumes of introduced nutrients. Shrubs at the beginning of flowering can be attacked by aphids and leafgrasses, which disappear after the treatment of bushes with preparations "Fitoverm" or "Aktelik."

Caring for the viburnum Buldonezh is uncomplicated, and the beauty of flowering is amazing - no one will pass by indifferently. Cultivate this overseas plant in its plots and rejoice in snowballs in early summer!