If you decide to decorate your site, and the main criteria have chosen a bright flowering and a gradual change in the color of the foliage, then spiraea will be the ideal solution for you. Conditionally all its types are divided into spring and summer. This time we will consider landing and caring for Japanese spirits, which will please the color in the summer period, and also we will choose the suitable variety for ourselves.
Types of spiraea, peculiarities of their planting and care
Surprisingly, the beauty of flowering and external fragility did not prevent the plant from successfully settling in almost any strip from warm to cold. Almost certainly, you will be offered vesennetsvetuschie species, but do not rush to immediately dismiss the option with summer. The Japanese spiraea will delight you with the overflows from white to bright red on each inflorescence.
So if you decide to do planting and caring for spiree in the open ground, do not be lazy to spend enough time to choose a variety. Of course, each blossom in its own way is beautiful, but after all we are looking for the most suitable shrub and from different points of view:
- pay attention to the variety "Golden Princess", it's a chic golden spirea, which, with proper planting and care, the leaves gradually change their color, depending on the season, the height of the bush rarely exceeds half a meter;
- spirya "Crisp" is elegant, if you observe all the subtleties of planting and care, you will receive neat balls, covered with pink and purple flowers, but the leaves themselves are no less decorative and have an original wavy form with denticles;
- another no less tidy and compact grade "Little Princess", leaves in it in the shape of an ellipse, flowering pink and a bush is recognized by gardeners as one of the most beautiful;
- and finally, in search of a powerful and fast-growing variety, pay attention to "Goldflam", its foliage changes its color from red-orange to bright yellow.
Planting spiraea and caring for it in the open ground
The main points in the issue of planting and care are valid for all varieties and species of spiraea. Below, we consider in more detail all the conditions for growing this culture:
- The bushes tolerate frosts well, and adult plants do not need any covering material at all. But while they love a lot of light and your task is to find a place on the site with good abundant lighting. The second point, which is important to take into account when selecting a site, concerns the features of the root system. Remember, who will grow roots quickly enough, so the pit drips at least half a meter. The same should be between landings.
- The difference is in the landing of Japanese spiraea, although the care will be approximately the same. The Japanese planted in the early spring before the bud opening, since it will blossom in the summer. If you get a spring-springing appearance, you must start landing in autumn. But regardless of the time of planting, it is necessary to prepare bushes in the same way. All the roots, obviously too overgrown, cut off with a pruner, similarly with damaged roots. Everything that will be above the ground is shortened by about a third. If you bought a seedling in a package, before planting it should be taken out and abundantly watered the roots with water.
- In the matter of caring for spirits, the moment with the soil for planting is also important. Sod land is considered the most
a good solution, a mixture of common garden land with peat and sand is allowed. The fact is that on one-component soils the bush will grow, but slowly, and on abundant flowering can not be counted. After excavating the pit, it is left to air for a couple of days. The bottom is laid with drainage from broken brick or stones. After landing, the soil is mulched , before it is watered with two buckets of water. - Care can not be called difficult. To achieve good growth and abundant flowering you will be helped by constant weeding and loosening of the soil, abundant watering, and also fertilizing.