Bubbyplodnik is a beautiful shrub that retains its decorative effect during the whole vegetative period. Forms a dense spherical crown of drooping branches. Corrugated leaves give it a specific appearance. Along with its high decorative effect, the bambooberry is distinguished by its simplicity of cultivation.
Fulicaria: description
The plant is classified as deciduous shrubs of the Pink family. The name "bubble" is an exact translation from the Latin "physocarpus", where "physo" is a bubble, and "carpos" is a fetus. Grows mainly in North America and East Asia, has 14 different species. All of them are easy to grow, not demanding to the landing site, fast-growing. Therefore, they are willingly planted as a hedge or in a single landing.
Did you know? The fruits of the plant are loved by children. At the core of the flower are bubbles that, when pressed, burst loudly, which is very amusing to children.
The shrub grows up to 3 m in height, covered with corrugated leaves for three to five lobes resembling leaves of viburnum. Inflorescences are formed from 5 - 7 white simple flowers with numerous prominent stamens. Flowering begins in early summer, very abundant. By the fall on them are formed no less attractive fruits - swollen leaflets, which turn red as they mature. The adult shrub of the calinifolia plump drops the bark in wide stripes.
In our latitudes, cultivated two types of shrubs that have several different varieties. They differ mainly in the coloring of the leaves.
How to choose a place for shrubs
In general, the plant is not demanding to the landing site. But for it to reveal its beauty to the full, it is important to choose the right habitat for it.
Lighting for the cultivation of blueberry
In general, the plant likes abundant lighting, but it also feels good in partial shade. However, we must remember that with a lack of lighting, it loses its decorative effect. Therefore, try to plant shrubs with beautiful leaves away from spreading trees in sunny areas. Then the callophyllus grows according to the variety description. In the shade, it is permissible to plant a variety with low leaf ornamentation.
But no matter what sort you choose, they will feel equally well along the roads and in a gassed area.
Type of soil for growing
Like any other plant, the bladderberry feels better on fresh, loose, fertile soil. But also on less qualitative soil it will grow well if two basic conditions are observed. Planting calypod should be carried out in well-drained soil, which does not contain lime.
Basics of planting saplings of Califolia
Planting seedlings begins with the correct choice of planting material. Buy it only in the nursery or garden center. So you increase the chance to get a healthy plant that matches the selected species. If seedlings are sold with open roots, then they are best planted in the fall, although it is acceptable in the spring. If the roots are closed, such plants will take root even in summer.
Important! It is better not to propagate the plant with seeds. In this case, the calinifolia loses its decorative effect, no matter how proper the planting and care are.
Under the seedling prepare a hole with a diameter of 50 cm a week for two before planting. This is done to ensure that the disturbed land settles. Drainage is laid on its bottom, and then humus or garden soil on a peat base. The seedling is carefully removed from the container so as not to disturb the earthen room and not to damage the root system. Then it is immersed in a pit, sprinkled with soil and buried by 5 cm. This will help wake his sleeping buds.
After planting, the plant is abundantly watered. You can add a solution of "Kornevina", but the young shrub is unlikely to learn a lot of useful substances, since all the forces will be directed towards survival. Pristvolny circle is recommended to humus humus or peat. It is important to ensure that At first, the soil around the bush did not dry out and a crust did not form.
Green apple leaf: care
If the bladderwater gets proper care, he lives on average 25 years. During the growing season it develops very quickly, adding up to 40 cm in height, both in width and in height. It tolerates frosty winters even without shelter, although with strong frosts the tips of the shoots can be damaged.
Watering
The plant does not tolerate drought, so it is important to water on time and abundantly. Make sure that water does not get onto the buds or leaves during watering, otherwise burns may occur. Accordingly, the procedure is best done early in the morning or late in the evening. In the summer, it should be carried out twice a week, pouring 40 liters of water under each adult bush. If the soil around the shrub is not mulched, after each watering it is necessary to remove the weeds and loosen the soil.
The nature of the soil, the age of the plant, and the climatic zone also influence the frequency of irrigation. If the bubble grows on loams in a hot climate, watering begins in spring and ends in autumn. On clay soils there is a danger to pour the plant. With an excess of moisture, it can die, get sick.
Top dressing
Plant feeding is carried out twice a year: in spring and autumn. In the spring, mullein is used, dissolving 0.5 l of fertilizer, a tablespoon of urea and ammonium nitrate in a water bucket. One adult bush requires 15 liters of such a mixture.
Important! If there is a need to transplant an adult bush to another place, it must first be cut off, and then moved with a large lump of earth, adhering to the rules of the primary landing. All patients are cut, dry, thickening shoots, and the rest are shortened by 30 cm. Then the solution of Heteroauxin or Kornevina is poured at the root, and the leaves are treated with Epin or Ekogel-antistress. Transplantation is carried out either in the spring before the awakening of the kidneys, or in the autumn after dropping the leaves.
In the autumn another mixture is prepared: take 2 tablespoons of nitroammofoski on a bucket of water. Feed consumption is the same.
Pruning
The bush requires both sanitary and formative pruning, as it develops very quickly. In the spring remove shoots that grow inside the bush, as well as the sick, broken, frozen.
In the same period, it is recommended to do a formative pruning of the bladder stem, although it is permissible to do this in the fall. To do this, the branches are cut at a height of half a meter, then you get a wide and spreading bush. If you want to have a magnificent top, but a modest base, from the bottom it is necessary to cut thin shoots, leaving 5 - 6 main ones, slightly shortening them.
In the sixth year of bush life, rejuvenating pruning should be carried out, removing the plant on a stump. This is done at a height of 40 - 50 cm from the ground, then the bush will grow wide and powerful. For any type of pruning place cuts always need to handle garden pitch, so that they do not get infection inside the plant.
Did you know? Shrub found its place in landscape design. Due to its rapid growth and pomp, the calypus forms a beautiful hedge. It is also used to decorate borders, solo landings.
Major Diseases and Pests of Califolia
The bush is resistant to diseases and pests, therefore even beginning gardeners willingly plant it. Sometimes young leaves begin to turn yellow and the shoots at the top of the crown dry out. This suggests the development of chlorosis due to insufficient plant nutrition. In this case, it is necessary to pour the leaves under the root or spray the leaves with a solution. "Ferovita", "Ferrilina", "Antichlorosis" or iron chelate. Having filled up the lack of iron in the bush, you will quickly bring it back to normal.
Reproduction of bladder
Many gardeners have not only the question of how to grow a califolia, but also how to multiply it. At home it is propagated cuttings, layering or dividing the bush. Seeds, as already mentioned, to multiply the shrub is not recommended, as it loses its decorative effect.
Important! Although the plant is winter-hardy, sometimes it is recommended to cover it, especially young shrubs, on the threshold of particularly cold winters. To do this, shrub the bush and covered with lutrasilom or roofing felt, twisted into a cone. Be sure to pre-mulch the soil with peat 5 - 8 cm.
Fifth evergreen for reproduction by cuttings are cut before flowering. This year's shoots will fit with two or three internodes that have reached a length of at least 10 cm. Leaves are removed from the bottom of the cut-off shoot, and the top is shortened by half.
Cuttings should be soaked in a solution of any stimulator of root formation. Then it is planted in a temporary bed filled with a mixture of peat and sand. Landing watered and closed with a transparent film. Care is regular airing and watering. In winter, the bed should be wrapped, and in the spring, cuttings can be planted in a permanent place.
The easiest way to breed - layering. For this spring, choose a healthy and powerful shoots that grows out. Leaves are removed from it, leaving only the apical. Escape vertically immersed in a groove specially dug out next to the bush, leaving the green part of the plant on top, covered with soil and pinned with pins. The cuttings are watered, the soil is loosened and weeded around it. In the fall, the layering is ready for separation from the mother bush. She needs to be sheltered for the winter.
It is possible to multiply a bush by dividing a bush. But to resort to this method is recommended only if the gardener has a knack for transplanting shrubs. To this end, in spring or autumn (especially experienced gardeners can do it in summer), they dig up a bush, divide it and quickly replant it in previously prepared pits. The success of the event depends on how quickly you have time to plant the plant - it is important not to let the roots dry.
Caloniferous bilipod - beautiful shrub, which can be used to create a hedge, and for a single landing. Ease of care, low soil requirements, resistance to diseases and pests have made it a favorite plant for beginners and experienced gardeners.
