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Chubushnik: planting and care. Mock orange - planting this beautifully flowering garden plant

Chubushnik is a fairly common plant in Russia. The flower is called garden jasmine , however, mock orange and real jasmine are not the same thing.

It's two different types, which belong to different families, and they are similar only in flowers and a pleasant sweetish aroma.

Mock orange takes root well and blooms profusely in our climate zone. The plant has a high resistance to negative external conditions and does not require complex care. It is often grown by gardeners who want to give their landscaping a spectacular look.

Description of the plant, popular species

Mock orange belongs to the Hydrangea family.. In free conditions, it grows in Europe and North America, as well as in the east and southeast of Asia. In Latin, mock orange sounds like "Philadelphus". This name was given to the flower in honor of Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt and son of Cleopatra.

Since the strong wood of the bush was used to make chibouks and mouthpieces for smoking pipes, the plant was called "mock orange".

The wood is characterized by high hardness, which has a wide core. Thin bark is characterized grey colour; on young shoots it is brown and tends to flake off. Simple leaves 4-7 cm long are located oppositely. Leaf blades may have various form: ovoid, oval or elongated. The edges can be serrated or solid, the base is rounded or wedge-shaped.

The diameter of large flowers ranges from 3-6.5 cm. In specific mock oranges, they have a simple shape, in varietal ones they are semi-double. The flowers are white, cream and yellowish in color. Flowers of 3-9 pieces are collected in racemose inflorescences that form at the ends of young shoots of the lateral parts of the bush. The fruits are represented by three- or five-sided boxes containing small seeds.

Mock orange has a high degree of cold resistance, however, not all varieties are able to survive harsh winters in the open field. But, as you know, frost can only damage the above-ground part of the shrub, while powerful roots will remain intact. With the onset of spring, the damaged parts are cut off, and root system helps the plant recover and grow new healthy shoots.

Kinds

There are up to 70 species of mock orange in the world, and there are a great many varieties. The following types of flowers are grown in our area:

• Mock orange crown. The homeland of this variety is the Caucasus, Asia Minor and Southern Europe. The shrub can reach a height of 3 m. Young shoots have a cracked bark of a yellowish or red-brown hue. Petiolate leaves densely cover the branches. The leaf blades are oval in shape, with serrated edges, a bare upper part and a slightly pubescent lower part. Cream flowers adorn the shrub for three weeks.
• Chubushnik Lemoine. The hybrid variety, widespread in Europe and North America, grows up to 2-3 m. The spreading shrub has ovate lanceolate leaves growing up to 4-5 cm in length. The plant is known for its fragrant white flowers, which are collected in inflorescences of 4-7 pieces.
• Mock orange. Under natural conditions, it grows in the Caucasus and the south of Western Europe. Upright and bare shoots form a three-meter shrub. Leaf plates 6-9 cm long have a simple, oblong, elliptical shape. The edges have sparse teeth and pointed tops. The upper side of the leaves has a bright green color, the lower side is a pale green tint. Small flowers are characterized by a white-cream color and are collected 6-7 pieces in a racemose inflorescence. Winter-hardy species withstands temperatures down to -26 degrees.

Mock oranges are usually planted in autumn, in September or October. You can plant a plant crop in the spring, but you need to have time to do this in April, until the buds on the branches open.

For its landing, an open sunny area is selected. Without enough light, the flowers will be small, and the shoots will be too elongated. The best soil for mock orange there will be a substrate consisting of humus, leafy soil and sand. The soil must be drained.

When planting several bushes, the distance between seedlings should be at least a meter. If planned hedge, then the shrubs are planted at a distance of 0.5 m from each other. Planting garden jasmine in the fall is carried out as follows:

• A hole for each seedling is dug 60x60x60 cm in size.
• Lay at the bottom of the pit drainage layer from broken bricks or coarse sand. The thickness of the layer should be at least 12-15 cm.
• The prepared substrate is poured over the drainage.
• After a week and a half, when the soil settles, the seedling is immersed in each hole so that root neck was right at the surface of the earth.
• Mock oranges are covered with a fertile substrate and watered abundantly.
• After the moistened soil settles, dry soil is added to the pits. It is necessary to ensure that the root neck does not sink below 3 cm under the ground, otherwise it will rot.

1-2 days after planting, the soil around the seedlings is mulched with sawdust or peat at a height of 5 cm.

consists of the following activities:

• Watering,
• spraying,
• loosening,
• top dressing,
• pruning,
• Transfer.

Garden jasmine needs abundant watering. For each seedling, 2-3 buckets of settled water are needed, which are poured under the bush once a week. On hot and dry days, the degree of watering is increased. Due to lack of moisture, the foliage of the plant droops, and the expected flowering does not occur. When the plant begins to bloom, watering can be done almost every day.

IN spring period when the flowers have not yet blossomed, spraying is done for the shrub. For this purpose, warm and soft water is suitable, in which you can add a few drops of the Zircon biostimulator or

With each watering around the bushes, it is necessary to loosen the soil at a depth of 5-7 cm. It is important to remove the weeds that appear next to the bushes in a timely manner. If, after planting, the soil was well mulched, then moistening and loosening the soil can be done less frequently.

During the first two years, young seedlings are not fed. Fertilizers begin to be applied in the third year of their life in the open field. In April, until the leaves have blossomed, 10 liters of water with water dissolved in it are poured into the soil. fertilizers:

• Carbamide - 15 g,
• Superphosphate - 15 g,
• Potassium sulphate - 15 g.

alternative these components can serve as a mullein infusion (in proportions of 1:10). Top dressing is repeated in a month. When garden jasmine stops blooming, each square meter soil surfaces with mock orange are covered with superphosphate (20-30 g) and potassium sulfate (10-15 g). During the flowering period, mineral fertilizers can be replaced with wood ash.

A glass of fertilizer is diluted in 10 liters of water and left to infuse for two days. ready mix poured around the trunk of each bush.

Mature plants can overwinter without shelter, and young specimens should preferably be mulched with peat or pine needles. If the tops were damaged due to severe frosts, they are cut off in the spring, giving the opportunity to start growing new shoots. IN winter season mock orange does without watering and fertilizing.

pruning

For the annual lush flowering mock orange must be trimmed in a timely manner. The abundance of large and healthy flowers is observed only on strong shoots of the previous year. Old branches that have become thin and weak give rare and small flowers: because of them, the decorativeness of the shrub is reduced. When the garden jasmine has faded, the old branches are cut off, leaving the strong shoots of the current year located below.

Pruning is also done for sanitary purposes. It is necessary to remove diseased and dry branches in time, as well as specimens that are more than 11 years old. The rejuvenating procedure is carried out at the very beginning of spring: several shoots are cut by 20-25 cm, the rest - to ground level. The places of cuts must be treated with garden pitch, and the soil around the shrub should be mulched with peat. The procedure can be performed only before the start of sap flow in the plant.

Transfer

Garden jasmine tolerates transplanting well if the procedure is done correctly. True, there is one nuance in this: before transplanting, the plant is deprived of it. lush crown, and the next flowering can be expected only in 1-2 years. The procedure is performed in the fall, as well as landing.

2 weeks before the transplant, a hole of the desired size is dug for the mock orange; during this time the earth has time to settle. About half of the old branches are removed from the shrub, the rest are only shortened by a few centimeters. The bush is dug up and moved to a new hole, followed by watering.

Beginners often wonder how to propagate garden jasmine. There are several methods for this:

• Aphid. To destroy the pest, Karbofos or Rogor is used.
• . This insect can be dealt with with a 3% Keltan emulsion or a 2% solution of Phosphamide. Processing is carried out several times with an interval of a week.
• green leaf weevil. To exterminate the larvae and beetles of the weevil, Chlorophos is used for spraying.

Sometimes beginner gardeners wonder why the garden jasmine does not bloom. The reasons may be a lack of light, water or lack of top dressing. The mock orange does not bloom, and due to excessive spring pruning. Even too deep planting can cause a lack of flowering. In these situations, it is necessary to correct errors in caring for the plant.

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Chubushnik - beautiful and fragrant plant, which gives the garden during flowering a unique charm. Garden jasmine can grow up to 30 years without requiring complex care.

Description of varieties and species

Chubushnik grows in nature in Western Europe, North America, the Caucasus and the Far East. It blooms in different time, it depends on the variety. Interestingly, mock orange flowers can smell like exquisite perfumes.

The first hybrid varieties appeared more than a century ago in France, in the nursery of Victor Lemoine. This group of plants is still called so - Lemoine mock oranges, they are thermophilic. However, there are several varieties that can be grown in Russia - Mont Blanc, Glecher, Ermine Mantle. Most of the Russian varieties were created by the breeder N.K. Vekhov.

Vekovsky mock orange, varieties popular today:

• "Airborne"– white simple flowers, lowered like flying parachutes, emit the aroma of strawberries, the bush is small, about 2 m, blooms very luxuriantly, no branches are visible behind the white lace of flowers;
• "Blizzard"- blooms magnificently with double white flowers, the maximum height is 2 m;
• "Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya"- tall mock orange, terry flowers, snow-white and fragrant, the bush looks attractive, thanks to the abundance of inflorescences;
• "Snowballs"- small flowers are collected in lush snow-white inflorescences, in winter the plant may freeze slightly, but is restored from the root;
• "Unusual"- a small bush, flowers are simple, white, with a delicate pink tint, very fragrant, smell of strawberries.

There are other varieties of garden jasmine:

1. Mock orange crown differs in creamy-white coloring of flowers, with saturated aroma, the bush grows up to 3 m in height, the plant is frost-resistant.
2. Decorative varieties small-leaved mock orange smell like strawberry or pineapple.
3. Chubushnik virginsky was obtained by crossing the small-leaved and coronal mock orange, the flowers are snow-white, double, up to 5 cm in diameter, the bush is up to 3 m tall, it can bloom again in September.

Spectacular flowering garden "jasmine" lasts about a month.

is a plant belonging to the Hydrangea family. This bush with beautiful white flowers and sweet aroma can be confused with jasmine. This article is about why it is worth planting garden jasmine and how to do it right.

Also consider proper care followed by the types of reproduction of the plant and the time of the year when it is worth planting a mock orange. Let's analyze the beneficial properties of garden jasmine and learn how to deal with pests and diseases of mock orange.

Did you know? The plant began to be called mock orange because chibouks and mouthpieces for smoking pipes were made from its wood.

Planting mock orange

The leaves of garden jasmine have a light green color. With the arrival of autumn, the color changes to bright lemon.

Inflorescences smell like strawberries.

The mock-up looks like this:

Now that we know what it looks like, we should start planting the mock orange itself.

Selecting a landing site

The mock orange loves the sun very much, but at the same time it feels great in the shade. If you plant garden jasmine in a sunny area of ​​​​the garden, it will bloom profusely and beautifully, and if in the shade, then the flowers gradually become smaller and the branches stretch.

The gerbil is considered the most comfortable soil for garden jasmine. But even on very moist soil, mock orange feels great. The main thing is to use drainage (rubble or pebbles).

Garden jasmine does not tolerate stagnant water near the roots. It is also resistant to temporary drought. The soil must contain leaf ground, sand and humus.

Basic landing rules

Now that we know which place is best for planting mock orange in your garden, let's move on to the rules for planting this plant.

Proper care of the chubushnik

Care for the mock orange garden won't be difficult. In this section, we will look at proper watering and top dressing of the soil, as well as the correct cutting and thinning of the bush.

Watering and fertilizing the soil

The bush needs to be watered very often. If the mock orange does not have enough moisture, the leaves begin to wither and lose elasticity. Only if you water it again, the plant becomes healthy again.

Also, during the cultivation of mock orange, it is required to fertilize the plant at least three times.

The first dressing of mock orange held in early spring. For this they take mineral fertilizer"Agricola" and bred 2 tbsp. for 10 liters of water. One bush is watered with this mixture.

Second top dressing passes before flowering. This time we use organic fertilizers, for example, "Effecton". It is bred in the same way as Agricola.

More can be added liquid fertilizer Rossa. One bush will now require 2 buckets of diluted top dressing.

Third held in autumn. This strengthens the plant for the winter. Apply superphosphate and potassium sulfate. In 10 liters of water, add 1 tbsp. each fertilizer.

Watering should now be half a bucket for each shrub. If suddenly the bush is frozen in the winter, do not worry, it will quickly recover.

The earth, preferably in the root circle, should be loosened a couple of times during the summer. Also, do not forget about mulching in winter, with a layer of up to 4 cm.

Shrub pruning and thinning

Let's find out when and how to prune garden jasmine.

It's worth doing it every year. Mock orange needs to remove wilted flowers and pruning shoots over 12 years old. You can also form crowns at your discretion.

In early spring, half-strong branches should be cut, which will contribute to the development of shoots of normal growth on them. All procedures help the mock orange grow quickly.

In winter, cold weather can cause young shoots to freeze, but if you cut them off next year, the young shoots will restore appearance mock orange. In adult plants, the trunks thicken and become bare. Such bushes should be pruned.

At the end of winter or early spring, the trunks are cut to 40 cm. The rest are cut to the ground.

Important! After pruning, treat the cuts with garden pitch.

Shoots that grow in autumn should be removed next spring, leaving 3 shoots on each stump.

The following year, new bushes are formed from these processes. In a couple of years, the mock orange will bloom in full force.

Mock orange transplant

In this section, we will figure out how to transplant mock orange without harming the plant itself.

Since garden jasmine tolerates transplanting easily and recovers quickly, part of the foliage should be sacrificed and, unfortunately, the plant's flowering year will be lost. You need to transplant the mock orange until mid-September.

It is worth waiting for a rainy or cloudy day. Before digging up a shrub, it should be well watered and left for a day. Then half of the old shoots are removed under the root, and the rest are shortened.

After that, we dig up the mock orange and move it to new site, watering it before and compacting the soil. In order for the garden jasmine to quickly adapt to a new place, after transplanting, we advise you to trample the soil under the bush a little and water it abundantly.

Reproduction of mock orange

Propagating a mock orange will not be difficult. It can be propagated using seeds, cuttings and layering, which will be discussed in this section.

seeds

In this way, specific mock oranges are propagated, and not plants bred by crossing. Sowing is carried out in autumn, winter or spring.

If you decide to sow in winter, then you should do it at a temperature not lower than 10 ° C, in weather without wind. Sow directly into a layer of snow at a depth of 30 cm and cover the seeds with straw. From above you can press large branches. In the spring, the shelter is removed and the emerging sprouts are shaded.

If planting is carried out in the spring, then the seeds are planted in greenhouses or greenhouses. Before sowing, future plants are placed in a gauze bag and immersed in water at room temperature for an hour and a half.

Then the seeds in the bag are transferred to wet sawdust or peat. On the 3rd day, when the seeds swell, they are mixed with dry sand and sown, and then sprinkled with humus.

After the sprouts sprout, they must be shaded.

cuttings

In order to propagate mock orange by cuttings, you need to tear off a small branch from the bush you like. Semi-lignified cuttings should be taken during or after flowering.

On the cuttings are lateral branches with flowers. It should be a sharp movement to tear off the branch from the main shoot. A piece of wood with bark should remain on it.

To root the cuttings, it is required to pour a layer of drainage (for example, expanded clay) on the bottom of the dish and cover it with a mixture of peat and sand in equal proportions on top. Before mixing, we advise you to moisten them a little. Pour sand on top with a layer of 3 cm and pour the fungicide solution.

Preparation of cuttings is also very simple. To do this, we cut off the lower leaves and flowers on the cuttings and soak them in the Epin solution for 12 hours.

Dip the cut of the cutting in powder to stimulate root formation. We plant the cuttings in a container at an angle of 40 degrees.

Important! The lower petioles of the leaves should not sink into the sand.

After planting, we cover the cuttings with a transparent bag or a jar and transfer them to the shade in the garden. We also advise you to spray the cuttings every day so that rooting is successful.

When the cuttings have taken root, we plant them together with a clod of earth in a permanent place, at first shading it.

layering

Mock orange easily forms layers that take root by 70%. Previously, the bushes are cut to a stump (height is about 5-7 cm from the ground). This stimulates the growth of young shoots.

In the spring, they dig up the earth around the mock orange, level it with a rake and feed it with fertilizers. After that, the overgrowth is made at the lower kidney to the ground and fixed with wooden studs. The constriction should be done with a soft wire.

After fixing, the shoots are covered with soil. By the end of the growing season, shoots, layering, independently develop into bushes with good roots.

The following spring, they are dug up and cut off with pruners from the bush. Grow layering should be within two years.

Mock orange in garden design

Chubushnik in landscape design used in large unformed hedges as the main shrub.

The plant goes well with lilac and hydrangea. You can also plant several types of mock orange varieties, creating unusual compositions and a play of color. They may differ in crown shape, height and foliage texture.

Example landscape design garden with mock orange:

Useful properties of mock orange

Mock orange is not only a beautiful decoration for your garden, but also has useful properties, which will be discussed in this section.

Garden jasmine is used in cosmetic and medicinal purposes. The smell of the plant is good for nervous system and relieves anxiety and nervousness.

For medicinal purposes, flowers, leaves, young shoots and roots of mock orange are used.

Did you know? Baskets are woven from thin rods of mock orange.

The flowers of the plant begin to be collected in July and until October. This should be done in clear weather, at about 5 am or at night. After collecting the flowers, they are spread in a thin layer in the shade and dried. Thus, part of the essential oils and aroma are preserved.

Garden jasmine is dried in ovens at 35°C. When the flowers are completely dry, they are put in a glass jar and closed with a lid.

Garden jasmine oil has disinfecting and healing properties. Also, decoctions and infusions will help you relieve pain.

Jasmine flowers can be used to make an oil tincture. To do this, place the flowers in a glass jar and fill with any vegetable oil and close the lid. The jar is wrapped in dark paper and placed in the sun. Leave it there for 40 days, shaking twice daily.

Did you know? Jasmine is used as an additive in green tea.

Jasmine oil does not require filtering and is used externally for the following diseases:

• Cold;
• Migraine;
• convulsions;
• Paralysis;
• nervous trembling;
• Inflammation of the sciatic nerve;
• Skin chapping.

The oil is stored in a dark and cool place.

Essential oil is used in aromatherapy. And in cosmetic applications, it restores the youthfulness of the skin and tones it.

Pests and diseases of mock orange, their control

Deformation, drying out, twisting and falling of leaves occurs due to lack of air humidity, poor watering or direct influence of direct sunlight. If you have such problems, you should transplant the plant to a shady place and constantly spray and water.

If the buds of the mock orange have wilted and do not want to bloom, it means that the plant has little light. If the flowers began to darken, then this indicates dry and warm air.

Also, mock orange can damage gray rot on leaves and shoots and septoria.

This disease develops with strong temperature fluctuations and high precipitation. The whole plant is completely affected by gray rot.

The causative agent is a fungus of the genus Botrytis. Brown spots appear on mushrooms irregular shape. They quickly dry out, crack and fall out.

The fight against this disease is simple: you need to spray Bordeaux liquid bush and remove fallen leaves and diseased shoots.

The causative agent of this disease is the fungus Septoria. Signs of the disease are the appearance of small round dark brown spots on the upper leaf plate. These spots are 2-6 mm in diameter.

The fungus grows into all leaf tissues and causes leaf drop. In this case, the entire plant is completely damaged, it blooms poorly and is subject to other diseases caused by the fungus.

You can deal with them in the same way as with gray rot.

Of the pests, mock orange can suffer from aphids, mealybug, spider mite and whiteflies.

Adults and larvae of this pest feed on plant sap. As a result, the leaves are damaged - twisted and deformed. Then these leaves dry out and remain underdeveloped. In addition, the bean aphid carries viral diseases.

To get rid of them, you should spray the bush with Karbofos or Rogor.

These pests are easily recognizable by their white, cotton-like coating and are well distinguished on the foliage. The insects retard the growth of the plant by sucking the juices of the leaves, buds and young shoots.

If this pest is damaged, the bush should be sprayed with one of the preparations: Aktara, Calypso, Confidor or Confidant, with an interval of 7-14 days.

This pest gets on your mock orange in different ways. Don't wait for the tick to multiply and get rid of it as soon as possible.

This is done by spraying with a 0.3% Keltan emulsion. It is worth doing this 2-3 times with an interval of 6-8 days.

If you grow a young mock orange in a place with high temperature and humidity (i.e. in greenhouses or greenhouses), you should prepare for such a scourge as whiteflies. Thank you for your opinion!

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Many have seen a mock orange at least once in their lives, but not everyone knows that it was he. Fragrant shrubs with white flowers are found in parks and resemble jasmine. For this, he was nicknamed the garden jasmine. It got its name because of the so-called chibouks - pipes for smoking, which were made from its branches. An unpretentious plant is loved by gardeners and landscape designers. It is easy to grow and care for, and looks like a luxurious green fountain. The homeland of the mock orange is Europe, North America and eastern regions Asia.

general characteristics

Mock orange is a perennial that belongs to the Hortensia family. These are small shrubs with small leaves and thin flexible shoots. They bloom throughout the summer. The brown-gray bark is notable for the fact that it flakes off a little. Shoots reach 3 m, but more often grow up to a meter. They thicken and stiffen only towards the base.

The leaves are ovoid, elongated or oval, up to 7 cm. They are smooth and dark green, with pronounced longitudinal veins. Simple or double flowers with pointed petals are collected in brushes up to 9 buds. The maximum diameter is 6 cm. The fruits are sectional boxes about a centimeter, they contain tiny dusty seeds.

Mock orange needs sun, but tolerates shade well. It requires moisture and constant moisture, but withers if the water stagnates. Short-term drought has almost no effect on the condition of the flower. Fragrant flowers attract numerous insects to the garden.

Dense thickets make an excellent hedge. They are used in the design of fences, borders, facades and household objects. When flowering, the bushes turn into fragrant cascades. Tall varieties are an ideal backdrop for flower beds and seedlings, while low and miniature ones will harmoniously fit into alpine slide or rockery.

Types of mock orange

There are approximately 60 types of mock orange. They differ in aroma and slightly in appearance. The smell of some varieties resembles citrus or strawberries.

Classic upright branched mock orange with graceful three-meter shoots. The leaves are simple oval, medium in size. Loose brushes with delicate cream flowers appear on the shoots. Like the whole variety, they are small and elegant.

This is a frost-resistant spreading three-meter shrub. His homeland is the southern regions and Asia Minor. Shoots are flexible, long and branched. Bark - with an unusual reddish or yellowish tinge. Oval dense leaves are located oppositely. They are smooth on the outside, but reverse side- slightly pubescent. Flowers - about 5 cm in diameter, delicate cream shade, in large and loose brushes.

The flowering period begins by the end of spring and lasts up to 3 weeks. Crown mock orange tolerates winters down to -25C. Of the interesting subspecies are the golden Aureus, the wide and dark Variegata with bordered leaves, and the sprawling Innosens with rare flowering and decorative marble patterns on the leaf plates. Such a mock orange lives up to 30 years.

The extensive breeding category includes dozens ornamental varieties and their interspecies combinations. For example, compact colorful Moonlight, sprawling Majorie, graceful Elbrus, slender Snowflake, high weeping Schneeshturm and others.

This variety got its name because of the light air lower sheets. Large and neat cup-shaped flowers are almost odorless. But large inflorescences of 5-10 buds are very decorative. tall bush grows up to 3 m. Flowering begins at the height of summer.

Bush with large green four-meter shoots and large leaves It has no smell even during the flowering period, as indicated by the name of the variety. But it is beautiful and decorative, with large white flowers of 5 buds in a brush. The length of the leaves on shoots on which buds do not grow sometimes reaches 12 cm. This variety is notable for its width. The flowering period begins at the end of June and lasts almost until August.

His homeland is the Far East, China and Korea. main feature – early flowering. It blooms one of the first in the middle latitudes. The oval narrowed leaves resemble an egg. Delicate fragrant flowers reach 4 cm. The inflorescence has an average of 9 buds. The flowering period stretches from June and lasts 3-4 weeks.

This is a hybrid, including several dozen subspecies. They are united by a rich sweet smell. Bushes grow into dense three-meter thickets. Small and bright leaves are diluted with fragrant flowers. Among the most famous species are the frost-resistant terry mock orange, dense and compact Mont Blanc, fluffy bell Snowbel, flexible and spreading Virginal, fluffy decorative Bicolor and luxurious Ermine mantle.

This is one of the most high grades, which, under favorable conditions, grows up to 5-6 m. It has large glossy leaves and large snow-white flowers, which also make it one of the most decorative varieties. The aroma is almost indistinguishable. The flowering period begins at the end of June.

Breeding varieties

The number of decorative types of mock orange bred artificially is almost unlimited. These are the high Airborne assault, the snow-white Arctic, the miniature Unusual, the original Ballet of Moths, the elegant Pearl and others.

By its nature, the mock orange is very unpretentious ornamental bush arnica. But it is important to choose the right place. In order for it to intensively turn green and bloom, you need as much sun as possible, and in order to grow and stretch out, you need a shadow.

The ideal earth is leafy, mixed with humus and sand. It must be loose, lightweight and nutritious, certainly with a neutral level of acidity. Periodically, the soil needs to be loosened and weed weeds. Fertilizers are applied systematically. In the spring - organic, and directly to flowering - mineral mixtures with potassium and phosphorus.

Drainage is needed to avoid stagnant water. The easiest option is a fifteen-centimeter pebble layer. This is more than enough for the comfortable life of the plant. As for watering, natural rainfall is enough for mock orange. Additionally, it needs to be watered during the dry season.

Mock orange is cut in several passes. In the spring, all damaged, dried and frozen shoots are removed. At the same time, the crown can be shaped. Old thickets must be rejuvenated by completely cutting off the stems to stimulate growth. This will increase the number of buds and greatly improve the appearance of the crown. In autumn, sanitary cleaning is carried out, shoots growing inside and excess ground growth are removed.

Transplant and reproduction

Mock-orange planted in autumn takes root best of all. In the spring, this can only be done before the leaves bloom. Otherwise, the bush may die. During planting, lower only the root into the ground, but not the stem, so that it does not start a thread. The average planting depth is about 0.5 m. The interval between shrubs is up to 1.5 m. When forming a bushy hedge, it can be reduced. The decorative bush propagates in any classical way.

For growing from seeds, take only fresh material that is not yet a year old. A couple of months before planting, mix the seeds with sand and leave in the refrigerator. By early spring, they can be planted in containers. The first shoots appear within 10 days. After another 2 weeks, the seedlings can be dived, and by the beginning of summer they can be transplanted into open ground. But keep in mind that such a shrub will not bloom soon. Sometimes - only after 5-8 years.

Comfortable natural way- Root shoots or air layering. In early spring, large, mature and healthy bushes are dug up and divided. But this method is not very suitable for miniature varieties.

Cuttings are an effective and almost win-win option. It does not even require special experience and skills. During the summer, cut the shoots to 10 cm and treat the cut with charcoal or special composition for rooting. After that, plant the cuttings in a box with garden soil and cover with a film, spraying systematically. Roots appear within two weeks.

Pest and disease control

The most common diseases of the mock orange are gray rot, septoria spotting and other fungal infections. The fight mechanism is standard: collect and destroy all damaged leaves and prophylactically treat the bushes with Bordeaux liquid and its analogues.

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