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Planting material. Deciduous trees and shrubs. Deren. Derain white - decorative unpretentious shrub Decorative form: derain red compress

Masters landscape design upon registration garden plots It is advised to follow a practical line when choosing plants. They must have great decorative characteristics, please the eye for a long time and do not require too much labor for cultivation and care. White derain can be safely attributed to such plants.

This shrub can serve as a backdrop for bright flower arrangements. Under favorable conditions, an overgrown plant can mask an unsightly wall or any structure. It looks great in a single landing against a green lawn.

What is white derain characterized by

shrub with leaves white color belongs to the turf family (dogwood). Another name for it is swine. His homeland Eastern Siberia. However, in natural conditions it grows well throughout the European part of Russia, in North Korea, China and Japan. It can be found in floodplains, in floodplain deciduous forests and in dark coniferous undergrowth, in dense shrubbery.

Derain white - a bush, the height of which can reach 3-3.5 meters. mature plant often 1-1.5 m wide. Thin flexible branches are directed upwards. Some hang down to the ground, lie down on it, but do not take root. In landscape design, a crown is specially formed by trimming and does not allow it to grow randomly in different directions.

White pork has thin red shoots with a coral sheen. By autumn they turn brown. They have wide, elliptical-shaped leaves with a pointed tip. Their upper part is saturated Green colour, while the lower one is whitish. The leaves are medium-sized, about 10-12 cm long.

The buds on the stems begin to swell with the onset of the first heat. Then a delicate foliage with a white sheen appears. It persists throughout summer season in its original form. In autumn, the leaves fall off, revealing flexible reddish-brown twigs.

Derain blooms with lush fluffy snow-white inflorescences. They resemble beautiful round umbrellas 5 cm in diameter. On big bush there can be up to hundreds of such balls. Flowering occurs in May-June, depending on the region and the natural environment of the shrub. In sunny areas, it blooms faster.

White svidina is a winter-hardy plant that does not require the creation of a special shelter for the winter. It is enough to sprinkle the bush with snow and slightly compact it. Even very hard frosts are not able to damage the branched crown. Despite the fact that the white derain has a superficial, highly branched root system with big amount shallow roots, it has the ability to recover quickly.

However, the attractiveness of the plant is achieved not by the beauty of white flowers, but by the decorativeness of the foliage. It is for this that the bush is appreciated by lovers of natural aesthetics, and breeders breed new species and cultivate it in public and private landscapes.

Derain white: application in landscape decoration

Currently, a shrub from the dogwood family can be found in almost any area. It has long been cultivated and adapted to different conditions growth. Many new varieties of white turf with beautiful foliage and reddish shoots have been bred. Among them, the most common are white-colored and golden-colored. The main selection work on the development of new varieties of deren is carried out in Germany. From there, the culture is spread all over the world.

Derain white is planted in single or group compositions. In the middle of the lush greenery of the lawn, the light foliage of the decorative dogwood looks especially attractive. With such a plant, you can decorate the area around the gazebo, next to the pergola, gate or porch of the house. A small shadow does not harm the bush at all, and the foliage does not lose color and does not deform.

One bush per permanent place can be planted in the middle of the flower bed, on which annual crops will be planted. Against its background, a motley carpet of petunias, marigolds and other flowers looks especially attractive.

White pork is often used in the creation of hedges. This practice allows you to disguise a nondescript fence or “equip” a reliable obstacle to entering the site. In this case, the plant goes well with other shrubs. For example, boxwood, barberry.

Since this shrub loves wet environment, it is often used to strengthen the coast artificial reservoirs. Next to pale green hostas and other coastal perennials, the sod feels great, and its roots prevent soil from shedding. For the same purpose, it is planted in multi-level areas with complex terrain. The most acceptable way to land - in even rows or one plant.

IN natural environment deren feels great under the shade tall trees. Therefore, the artificial shade created by a spruce or other tree that is planted on garden plot, it won't hurt him.

periodic seasonal pruning and the formation of a round and semicircular crown allows you to give additional attractiveness to white deren. To ensure the growth of young shoots with a coral tint, old branches are usually removed. in early spring, leaving no more than 15-20 cm above the surface or in the fall before the onset of dormancy. Thus, the bush grows faster, becomes stronger and its decorative effect is higher.

During the summer season, the sod is sheared 2-3 times. This update has a positive effect on aesthetic appeal the plant itself and its environment. The last haircut is carried out at the end of July. This is necessary for the plant to successfully prepare for winter and gain strength for the next season.

Derain white became popular ornamental shrub thanks to its expressiveness, tenderness and unobtrusive combination of colors. Unpretentiousness and undemanding to special conditions of care allows any even very busy gardener to grow it.

Derain white ( Cornus alba) - perennial belonging to the dogwood family. It has several names that have taken root among the people: red tail, white pork, white dogwood. The high decorative qualities of this unpretentious shrub could not fail to attract the attention of amateur gardeners and landscape designers.

Description

Derain white - a shrub consisting of flexible spreading branches of a reddish-brown color. Occasionally there are specimens with bright red bark. It blooms twice during the season - in June and September, although individual inflorescences may appear throughout the summer. Its flowers are small white or milky. Collected in corymbose inflorescences. Its leaves are slightly wrinkled and egg-shaped. Their upper part is green, and the lower part is gray. In autumn, the color changes to bronze-crimson, orange, burgundy. The fruits are white berries, less than 1 cm in diameter.

Interesting pollination details

As long as the flower has nectar reserves and is not pollinated, its nectar disk has green tint. After the product is collected by insects and passing pollination, it acquires a red color at the base of the column. This serves as a signal to the insects that there is nothing for them to do here. Krasnothal is also capable of self-pollination by contact of the stamens of one flower with the pistils of another in the same inflorescence.

Derain white is quite frost- and drought-resistant. Can grow on any soil. Responsive to watering and fertilizing wood ash. Easily tolerates stagnant water. Grows best in sunny areas. Variegated forms in the shade lose their beautiful leaf pattern.

The most attractive varieties and forms

In Siberia and the northern part of China, white sod Siberian grows. This is a tall deciduous shrub with erect branches and abundant growth. It is interesting in that the bark of its shoots is able to change color: in spring it is greenish, and by autumn it becomes brilliant red. The leaves, greenish in spring, turn red-violet in autumn. The fruits are blue in color. On the basis of this form, the variety "white turf Sibirik Variegata" was bred. Its distinctive feature is the compactness of the bush and quite large leaves having a wide whitish uneven border.

reproduction

Derain white is easy to propagate. And seeds, and cuttings, and layering are suitable for this. Seeds are best sown before winter, with spring sowing stratification is required. It is preferable to propagate decorative forms with lignified cuttings so that their distinctive qualities are not lost. It is advisable to cover rooted green cuttings in the first winter. In lignified cuttings, the survival rate is almost 100%. Even supports made from derain branches sprout. This is explained by the fact that under the bark there are root primordia, which are just waiting for suitable conditions.

Formation

Derain white is a very plastic plant, from which you can form whatever your heart desires: a column, an arc, a hemisphere, a cube, a ball, etc. To begin with, an old overgrown bush is thinned out: broken and ugly growing branches, excess growth are removed. They form the backbone of the intended figure. Corrective pruning is carried out throughout the season. Since its shoots grow rapidly, errors can be corrected quickly.

Finally

White derain is decorative at any time of the year, and if it is given an interesting shape, it can become the central figure of the site, pleasing to the eye.

The genus includes about 50 species of deren, distributed in the Northern Hemisphere and only one species each in Africa and South America. As a rule, these are decorative deciduous, sometimes evergreen shrubs, sometimes trees, bright in summer period its foliage, as well as white flowers. In autumn, deren attract attention with white and blue fruits - drupes, burgundy or pink leaves.

They are no less effective in winter period, with colored shoots (burgundy, bright red, yellow and green). Derain is frost-resistant, undemanding to the soil, perfectly tolerates the conditions of the city. Deren is propagated by seeds, cuttings, root offspring. Most of the types of deren are widely used in landscaping.

Derain white

It is one of the most common species in horticulture. Under natural conditions, it is found in floodplains, among shrubs throughout Russia, Korea, China, and Japan. It grows in the undergrowth of dark coniferous, sometimes swampy forests.

Derain white- shrub 3 meters high, with flexible, thin, coral-red branches, sometimes black-red or red-brown. Young shoots with a bluish bloom. The leaves of the white turf are dark green, they are bluish-white below, somewhat wrinkled, broadly ovate, about 12 cm long, turning purple-red in autumn. The flowers are white, small, collected in corymbose inflorescences 5 cm in diameter. Flowering is lush in the first half of summer, and then again in the fall, when you can see spherical, ripe, berry-shaped fruits of snow-white color with a bluish tint immediately with flowers. White deren begins to bloom and begins to bear fruit at the age of 2.

Heat-resistant, very winter-hardy, grows on different soils, shade-tolerant, tolerates city conditions. Propagated by layering, seeds and cuttings. White turf is used to create edges, undergrowth, hedges and large groups. Can also be grown in standard form. If you do not cut the bush form, the bush begins to become bare at the bottom and does not look neat. Therefore, low pruning of old specimens in early spring makes the bush much more magnificent. Young shoots appear very quickly.

Derain white deserves the most widespread in the landscaping of the middle and northern zones of Russia, not only for frost resistance and its unpretentiousness, but also due to its high decorative effect. In summer, beautiful foliage has a whitish-gray color, in autumn it is dark and red-violet, in summer the foliage goes well with red shoots. White derain is especially decorative in winter against the background of snow and conifers. Looks great in singles group landings. Very effective in the undergrowth of birch groups.

Decorative forms of white turf:

Derain white Elegantissima ("Elegantissima"). The height of the shrub is about 3 m. This variety is very winter-hardy. Red shoots are very spectacular, they are especially bright in winter. The leaves of the derain of white Elegantissima have a creamy white wide border of uneven width, as well as stripes and spots. It grows very fast.

Derain white Siberian ("Sibirica"). Shrub, whose height is 3 m, crown diameter is about 440 cm. Plant grows from April to October. Blossoms and bears fruit deren whiteSibirika annually. Flowering occurs at the end of May. The fruits ripen in late July until frost. Full winter hardiness.

Derain white Siberian Variegata ("Sibirica Variegata"). Shrub up to 2 meters tall, leaves with creamy white wide margins, stripes and spots. In autumn it also gets very beautiful shades. During this period, the white border does not surround the green, but already the purple middle of the sheet. In winter, shoots of white Siberian turf Variegata have a bright, rich red color of the bark. Fruiting is weak.

Deren Couza

Homeland is China and Japan. Deren Couza is a tall deciduous shrub or tree about 9 meters in height. Its bracts look more elegant and graceful. In autumn, the foliage color is bright red. Deren Couza prefers light shade and acidic soil. Winter-hardy.

Derain red

It grows in the undergrowth of light mixed and deciduous forests, along the banks of lakes and rivers in the European zone of Russia, and in Western Europe.

Derain red- This is a deciduous shrub 4 meters tall, with a branched crown and drooping shoots of various colors. The leaves are bright green, roundly ovate, with fine hairs, green or whitish below, blood red in autumn. Corymbose inflorescences about 7 cm in diameter, downy, of 50 small, dull white flowers. The duration of flowering is about 15-20 days. It looks very elegant in autumn in black, pea-sized fruits.

Derain red undemanding to the soil, perfectly tolerates the conditions of the city and drought. Good for a haircut. Differs in high winter hardiness and shade tolerance. In culture for a very long time.

Has decorative forms:

At the red deren Compress (Compressa) unusual small glossy leaves look beautiful on vertical shoots. Shrub about 1.8 m tall, crown width about 2 m. Vertical, compact crown. Shoots are green-brown, slow growing. Small leaves, glossy, wrinkled, dark green, the upper end of which is gracefully tucked up to the stem, when falling off a reddish hue. Derain red Compressa does not bloom. Shade-tolerant. Prefers drained, moderately moist soils. Does not tolerate moisture stagnation. Frost-resistant. Does not need supplements. Derain red Compressa is used for planting in rockeries, as well as Alpine rollercoaster. Looks great in the foreground for low groups of shrubs and flower beds.

Deren offspring

Homeland is North America. It grows along with other deciduous trees in moist forests, as well as in thickets of shrubs along the banks of rivers.

This type of derain is close to white deren. It differs only in that it is capable of producing a large number of root offspring around the bush, and the shoots of "spreading" bushes are capable of contacting the ground. Shrub 2.5 meters high, with red shiny shoots and green leaves.

Hanging long shoots, when in contact with the ground, take root very easily. Blooms from 4 years of age. Inflorescences bloom in May with a diameter of about 5 cm with milky flowers. The fruits are bluish-white.

The offspring derain also has variegated forms and varieties:

Derain offspring Flaviramea ("Flaviramea") is a wide, rounded shrub, 5 m high and 3 m wide, fast growing. In winter and spring the bark is yellow, in summer it is yellow-green; once every few years, you need to cut to the ground in order to restore color. Flaviramea offspring deren has white umbellate inflorescences. Leaves: oval, pointed, green. The root system is stable, superficial, gives offspring. Frost-resistant. Flaviramea offspring sod grows on moist soil, tolerates excessive moisture.

In the conditions of the cold Russian climate and constant employment, amateur gardeners in ornamental plants they appreciate, first of all, unpretentiousness in care and lighting, high winter hardiness, attractive appearance, good growth vigor. Few representatives of the flora are able to pass these strict selection criteria, and among them the deren is an elegant shrub, recognizable in summer and in autumn on spectacular foliage and brushes of white berries, in winter and early spring - on bright red stems.

You can’t confuse the rich palette of derain with anything

Shrub with Siberian character

Deciduous shrub deren belongs to the dogwood family and is represented by almost 50 species. There are among them vigorous sprawling forms, standard representatives that grow into a tree, creeping varieties that cover the soil with a dense carpet. The main area of ​​growth is the temperate climatic zone of the Northern Hemisphere, which affected the resistance of the plant to adverse external factors.

Among cultivated species that gave parent material to numerous decorative forms, the most popular is white turf, also known in botany as svidina. This is a fast growing shrub up to three meters high, forming a branched bush of many flexible stems with bark of red shades - blood-purple, coral, red-brown. Quite large clean leaves(the plant has practically no diseases and pests) retain their decorative effect throughout the season. In spring and summer they are juicy, dark green, covered with a bluish-white bloom on the reverse side, in autumn they are bright, purple-red.

Deren blooms profusely, large inflorescences crown the tops of young shoots reminiscent of snow-white caps of bulldenezh, spirea or hydrangeas. In autumn, in place of inflorescences, clusters of rather interesting fruits appear, similar to rowan berries, only white with a bluish tint.

For exceptional frost resistance, deren is often referred to as Siberian plants, although it is found and feels comfortable throughout Russia.

Note! To the classic garden forms belongs to the white deren Sibirik - undersized, exceptionally cold and drought-resistant shrub. It will decorate the garden at any time of the year - with delicate light green foliage, boiling white inflorescences, autumn purple, reddish shoots.

Types and garden forms

Derain or white svidina has been known in culture for over 200 years, but there are others no less interesting views and varieties.

• Deren Coase is valued for its ability to grow into a single trunk and form a low spreading tree. Varietal varieties are distinguished by beautiful yellow-white or creamy-white foliage, which acquires a purple-red hue in autumn.
• Blood-red derain, named for its bright autumn outfit, spectacularly complemented by black fruit beads, has an unusual look. Without pruning, it grows up to 4 m, the same can reach in diameter. In cold climates, some of the branches may freeze and require shelter.
• Offspring turf was brought from North America, biologically having much in common with white pork. Differs in long flexible shoots, capable of rooting tops when in contact with the soil. Another feature is the long flowering (June - September) with the simultaneous setting and ripening of fruits.
• Of the creeping varieties, Canadian sod deserves attention. A plant 20 cm high is interesting with whorls of leaves, in the middle of which flowers first appear, and then a small brush of red berries.

Tree variety of Coase

Autumn crimson blood-red svidina

Variegated varieties

Sod of variegated varieties is of particular attractiveness, and, therefore, in demand among gardeners. Variability is manifested in the bordering of the leaf plate with white, yellow or cream color, strokes, stripes, spots in the center of the sheet.

• Deren white varieties Gardeners value Siberian Variegata for its compact bush, not as prone to growth as other members of the genus, and the special decorativeness of the crown. In summer, the green leaf plate is decorated with a wide white border around the edge. It looks even more elegant in autumn, when the green part turns purple. No less interesting are coral shoots, flaming in winter against the backdrop of snow or coniferous trees.
• Similar to Sibirika, but more whitish variety - Derain Elegantissima. Is different rapid growth- a bush, cut off on a stump in spring, in one season drives out young shoots with red shiny which and variegated yellow foliage. In addition to the light border, the center of the sheet is decorated with white or cream stains and stripes.
• The undersized group of Siberian includes white derain Aurev. A compact shrub with a height of no more than 1.5–2 m is suitable for hedges, tapeworms in small gardens. Against the background of coral shoots, pale yellow leaves and creamy white flowers look very elegant. It blooms twice - in early summer and autumn.
• An unusual color of leaves from the general row stands out Shpet's turf. At the time of blooming, they are painted in reddish-orange tones, in summer the golden border gives elegance to the shrub, in autumn it dresses it in crimson and purple. Without pruning, this variety grows up to 2.5 m, in middle lane freezes without shelter.

Note! Variegated forms are not only in white, but also in other types of derain. In offspring - varieties White Gold and White Spot, in red - Mitch, Variegata.

Silver Grade Elegantissima…

… and Shpeta gold

Applications in garden design

Landscape designers love to use shrubs for urban landscaping. Variegated forms, thanks to light leaves, set off dark green plantings; in parks and squares they create volume in the wings of trees.

Variegated varieties of white deren - Sibirika, Elegantissima are often used for hedges. Gardeners choose this particular plant because it is beautiful all year round.

In single plantings on lawns, red turf and its garden forms look original.

Such a hedge is good without leaves!

Features of shrub agricultural technology

Derain is white and its variegated forms are extremely easy to plant and propagate, do not require special care.

Under natural conditions, the culture grows in the undergrowth, therefore, in the light mode, it prefers alternating sun and partial shade. Variegated varieties are more demanding on the light - they fade in the shade, lose the contrast of colors. And yet when choosing a place big role it is not the light that plays, but the protection of the site from the withering north and east winds. In an open area, a draft, the plant will periodically freeze over, it may even die.

Landing

In terms of soil, the shrub is not picky - any will do, as long as there is no stagnation of water in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe roots. If ground water close to the surface, plant sod on a hill or when planting, provide drainage from crushed stone, pieces of stone, broken brick, sand.

The plant loves spacious landing pit, in which it is desirable to put the stock nutrients for several years ahead. It is better if it is organic - compost, rotted manure, humus. When planting a hedge between seedlings, leave an interval of 30–40 cm.

Advice! Before planting, a seedling with a closed root system (in a pot), together with a container, is immersed in water for several hours so that the roots straighten out and the earthen ball is saturated with moisture.

Trimming nuances

Of all the maintenance activities, trimming the turf in the spring is the most important. If the plant is not formed, then in a few years it forms shapeless thickets, displacing more modest neighbors in its path. What pruning options are there?

1. annual sanitary pruning involves the removal of dry, frozen, deformed and growing shoots inside the bush.
2. The hedges are sheared, thinning out from the dead wood and giving the crown the desired shape.
3. Rejuvenation and formation of an adult bush is achieved by annual pruning of about a third of the old branches. Each of them will give several young stems, give the planting splendor.
4. In order to annually obtain compact young bushes of white-edged derain with bright stems in the winter, they practice full pruning in the spring “on the stump”. During the summer, the shrub fully grows, although it does not bloom so profusely.

Reproduction methods

Gardeners prefer vegetative methods of shrub propagation, as they are less troublesome, completely preserve the varietal characteristics of the plant, and allow a full-fledged bush to form in a few years.

An almost 100% result is obtained by propagating the deren by cuttings in the spring. They are cut from last year's shoots (not older!), The lower cut is treated with a growth stimulator and planted in a cold greenhouse, container or garden bed. By autumn, the stalk will take root, but the seedling is not yet ready for wintering in open field. Therefore, it is carefully covered and left in a greenhouse, the potted version is brought into the room with a cool, but not sub-zero temperature. In the spring, the seedling continues to grow, and in the fall they are transplanted to a permanent place.

Offspring species reproduce well with young shoots, which form a viable root system by autumn.