Among all the variety of ornamental plants, the bubblebear of canniferous can boast of exceptional unpretentiousness and decorativeness, due to what this plant is very fond of growing gardeners around the world.
A spectacular spherical bush is very adorned by a small plot of land. Its lush crown with large, like corrugated leaves looks luxurious from roots to tips.
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Vesicle bushes have a spreading form with drooping branches, which when properly trimmed form a dense spherical crown. Vesicle bushes are very decorative, and throughout the season. The bush is evenly covered with large leaves of beautiful shape and texture.
Its flowering lasts about 3 weeks in June-July. His flowers are white or pink, depending on the variety. In the middle of each flower are long fluffy stamens. All the flowers are collected in lush inflorescences. No less effective are the fruits of vesicles, which are vesicular leaflets, for which the plant has its name.
Varieties of cannulated vesicle
There are several varieties used for decorative purposes:
- Diablo . It grows up to 3 meters in height, its leaves are glossy, purple in color. If you plant the plant in the shade, the foliage will turn green with a barely noticeable purple tinge.
- Summer Wine . The height of the bush is up to 2 meters. In spring, the leaves have a wine-red hue, changing in summer to green.
- Red Baron . It blooms with pink flowers, which then turn into red fruits. It grows up to 2 meters in height.
- Luteus . Refers to yellow-leaved varieties, grows up to 3 meters in height. Its leaves have a greenish-yellow color. If it grows on a sunny spot, then the leaves become completely yellow.
- Dart's Gold . The bush grows to 1.5 meters. In summer, the leaves are green, in the autumn - yellow-bronze hue.
How to plant a vesicle vesicerberry?
It is advisable to select open solar areas for the planting of vesicle cannulae. Then the plant will have a more decorative appearance.
As for the soil, there are two requirements: it must contain drainage and no lime. The plant feels very well on light, fertile, loose soils, although on a poor substrate it will not lose much in its decorativeness.
It is not accepted to plant seeds with a bubble, as in this case the original color of the leaves is lost. For the initial planting it is better to purchase plants with a closed root system in a nursery or a garden center. Such saplings can be planted in any period of vegetation, previously digging a pit with a diameter and depth of about half a meter, to the bottom of which is laid garden peat or humus.
In the future, the bush can be propagated by the method of dividing the bush, as well as cuttings and layers. Care of the plant is very simple: it needs timely watering (1-2 times a week in the amount of 40 liters under one bush), fertilizing with nitrogen and mineral fertilizers, pruning.
Bubbly canopy in landscape design
Unbelievably beautiful such a bush looks on any sites. His extraordinary and bright appearance, he is very adorned with landscape design.
Since vesicle is a rapidly growing shrub, it needs timely and proper pruning. Cutting the vesicle of the vinus is a radical pruning of the bush at the stage of its early formation. If you do not spare the shoots and cut them to the level of 10-15 cm from the root neck, then after 3-4 years you will get a thick and three-dimensional crown. To maintain a spherical shape, produce a regular haircut.