Original variety of sterile viburnum " Snowball"received recognition for the unusual inflorescences reminiscent of snowballs that decorate our dachas and garden plots late spring and early summer.
Mature, formed bushes of viburnum Buldenezh are capable of carrying heavy balls, strung in garlands on bent branches, up to 500 pieces. Abundant inflorescences, going through a development cycle in 25-35 days, immerse us in the joyful anticipation of pleasant surprises of the coming summer. Blooming small flowers They have a pale green, then greenish-white color, and when they fully unfold, they crowd each other with bright, flat, large, five-lobed, pure white corollas, striking with the splendor of the inflorescences. These sterile plants have neither stamens nor pistils. In some varieties (“Roseum” - Roseum, “Pink Sensation” - Pink Sensation), the corollas turn pink as they fade.
Growing conditions
Viburnum “Buldenezh” is demanding in terms of growing conditions. Even though she belongs to frost-resistant shrubs, is inferior in winter hardiness to common viburnum. In a severe winter, the growth of last year may partially freeze over, but in the next growing season, new shoots appear from the upper buds that remain intact. After frosting it blooms poorly. Complete or partial freezing during cold winters also occurs in open lowlands and heavy clay soils.
A sunny or slightly shaded place is well suited for Buldenezh viburnum. Direct sun makes flowering short. Despite the shade tolerance, planting in the shade weakens flowering, gradually the inflorescences become smaller and degenerate.
Viburnum Buldenezh is drought-resistant and grows successfully on relatively dry soils, although it is quite moisture-loving and prefers moist or moderately moist soils. Viburnum Buldenezh grows especially well on garden and vegetable soils - loose, fertilized, nutritious, from moderately acidic to alkaline, optimal acidity soil pH 5.5-6.5.
Heavy clay soils cultivated - add humus (10 kg), wood ash (0.4 kg), peat (3-4 buckets), sand, phosphorus (40-50 g), potassium (25-30 g).
When leaving, observe optimal conditions humidity - frequent, watering, especially abundant during the dry period for young plants. In autumn, with the onset of cold weather, the soil is saturated with water to prevent tissue dehydration during the winter.
In spring, nitrogen (40-50 g/m2), phosphorus (30-40 g/m2), potassium (15-20 g/m2) are added to the dug up soil; in mid-August - phosphorus (30-40 g/m2), potassium (15-20 g/m2), then all feeding is stopped. During the season, water the soil 1-2 times with complex fertilizers and add a little ash under the bush.
Viburnum Buldenezh - reproduction
Viburnum Buldenezh reproduces well vegetatively: by layering, dividing the bush, and green summer cuttings. They propagate by layering in the spring: they bend and pin a shoot into a hole 10-12 cm deep, cover it with humus, compact it, and keep the soil moist. The shoots take root by autumn, however, the roots are weaker than those of the cuttings, and after 2 years they are separated from the main bush.
When pruning the bush in summer, a sufficient number of cuttings with one internode are prepared, which have time to take root and produce young shoots over the summer. In June, shoots from last summer are cut off (7-8 cm long) and planted in loose humus soil to a depth of 2-3 cm in a garden bed or in a well-washed river sand, under which humus is laid in a layer of 6-10 cm, in a cold greenhouse. At the same time, the plantings are protected with film on arcs or glass, shading from the sun and equalizing the air temperature with agrofibre folded in half.
The warm and humid microclimate inside the greenhouse before rooting of the cuttings is maintained by spraying them warm water(2-3 times). Then the young bushes are grown in a school. Cuttings can be cut in April - they will take root even with blossoming leaves and old wood.
Planting viburnum seedlings
Seedlings are planted according to a 2x2 m pattern, allowing the root collar to be deepened by 3-5 cm and compacting the soil. Young plants grow a little slower than common viburnum: the first year - slowly (0.3 m in height, 0.4 m in width), since root system is not yet developed, but can then grow up to 1 m per year.
At the age of 3-4 years they reach a height of 1.5 m, 5-year-olds - 2-2.5 m, 12-year-olds - up to 3 m. Over time, asymmetrically scattered spreading bushes with a broadly ovate crown reach impressive sizes - 4-5 m in height and width. The garden cultivar Buldenezh lives quite a long time - about 60 years.
Formative pruning of viburnum - how to do it correctly?
To get a multi-stemmed bush, young viburnum is cut at a level of 15-20 cm from the ground. For splendor and abundant flowering in the future, in the first year, the emerging inflorescences are cut off unblown, and then the young growing shoots are pinched at the end of July - beginning of August.
With further formation of the crown, pruning is carried out in June-July, that is, after the end of flowering, so that new flower buds have time to form on the branches for next year. It cannot be carried out in the spring, so as not to weaken the intensity of flowering; at this time, before flowering begins, only branches broken during the winter are removed. During the summer, the shape is corrected - the side shoots are shortened, reducing the size of the bush, some branches are removed, the central part is thinned out - this pruning is tolerated by the plant painlessly. From the end of August, no pruning is carried out, because the plant must get stronger and prepare for the cold.
With age, the branches are tied up, as the abundance of inflorescences causes the bush to fall over and bend. With age, the outer branches become “weeping”, slightly hanging down. Knowing this feature, bushes are placed in areas with excess moisture, near bodies of water, using the reflection effect to create a picturesque picture.
Not only the bloom is reflected in the water, but also large beautiful foliage broadly ovoid or round in shape, bristling with smooth plates (3- or 5-lobed). In spring, the leaves are light green above, in summer - dark green, grayish-green below, and in autumn the bush turns into wine tones - from dark red, purple-red, carmine-red to yellow-orange. The foliage does not fall for a long time.
Viburnum Buldenezh combines beautifully with other flowering shrubs: garden mock orange, mauve common and Persian lilacs, early flowering spireas; its beauty is emphasized by the foliage of the Thunberg barberry (read more about it), and the lush image is taken over by paniculata hydrangea. Without it, it is impossible to imagine the concept of a white garden.
For more large areas singly or in a group planting, it decorates a sunny edge, emphasized by the dark greenery of conifers (spruce, western thuja), carved maple leaves, dense cover of lindens, drooping braids of white-trunked birches, cheerful feathers of rowan trees.
The hardy, gas-resistant shrub is used to create hedges, alleys, curtains, and plant areas and paths.
Standard form of viburnum
The tree’s own standard form during flowering is not inferior in beauty standard roses. The plant tolerates molding pruning well, which allows you to have specimens with beautiful crown on low and high stems. When pruning, one powerful shoot is left, forming a crown at a height of 1.5-2 m, then pinching off branches more than 25-30 cm long. The shoots and shoots under the bush are removed, and once every 7-10 years the crown is thinned out, cutting out broken, dry or branches spoiling the shape of the plant.
In addition:
- At the beginning of viburnum flowering, the flowers are greenish, then bright white.
- Caring for viburnum is traditional: weeding, loosening the soil and fertilizing.
- The flowering period of viburnum Buldenezh is 2-3 weeks.
- The sterile form of viburnum is well preserved when cut. Branches 30-50 cm long, bearing inflorescences and leaves, are cut in the morning and placed in water, where they are stored for a week. The plant, like Lilac, is often used for forcing.
Note: Questions and answers about viburnum
How to transplant a viburnum bush from the forest?
Please note that in general, according to the law, you can take a tree from the forest only with the permission of the forester. Maybe it’s better to find a beautiful bush from your neighbors from which you can take cuttings
Laugh with laughter, but in modern times it is quite easy to get fined (and there is also the danger that you will be charged with a couple of hetars of illegal logging, and then you have to prove that you are not a tree yourself).
Viburnum reproduces by seeds, green cuttings, dividing the bush, layering and shoots. It is better to take shoots or part of a bush in the fall, but you can also take them early in the spring, before the sap begins to flow. In this case, you should try to damage the bush from which part or shoots are taken as little as possible.
Currently, the breeders of the Siberian Research Institute of Horticulture named after. M.A. Lisavenko also created cultivated varieties of viburnum: Vigovskaya, Zholobovskaya, Souzga, Taiga rubies, Ulgen.
Growing viburnum buldenezh - personal experience on planting and care
I want to talk about beautiful bush With beautiful name- this is viburnum Buldenezh (Boulle-de-neig), which is translated from French as “snow globe”, or, more simply, “snowball”. Its inflorescences, in whiteness, shape, and size, are really similar to those snowballs that we threw at each other in distant childhood, when even enemies were only momentary and make-believe.
This is a spreading shrub, about 2.5-3 m high. It does not produce berries, it is valued for lush flowering and spherical “snowball” inflorescences with a diameter of 7 to 15 cm. The inflorescences consist of sterile flowers, completely odorless.
This beauty settled with us in the spring about 10 years ago as a ready-made seedling about 30 cm high. We all took a very responsible approach to choosing a place for planting. It is known that the common viburnum Buldenezh is moisture-loving, loves fertile soils, sun-loving, but tolerates light shading. Taking this into account, it was decided to plant it in a sunny open place with slight shading from the house, on east side right under the windows. The soil at the planting site is moisture-absorbing and fertile (loam).
We prepared a planting hole, as this is the key to a good “start” for the plant. They made a hole 60x60x80 cm. They poured it well, then laid drainage (stones and bark) at the bottom. Then they filled the hole with a pre-prepared nutrient mixture consisting of compost and native loam (1:1), adding ash and potassium-phosphorus fertilizers, and again spilled water.
Then came an equally important moment - the landing itself. The seedling was carefully pulled out of the container without destroying it earthen lump. Then they made a hole in the planting hole and planted the viburnum, deepening the root collar by about 5 cm. After which, compacting the soil a little, they watered it thoroughly again.
In the first year, our viburnum did not grow very quickly; over the year its growth was approximately 30-35 cm. Then, apparently having gained root power, it was able to “produce” growths of 80-90 cm and has now reached 3 m in height and width .
To achieve the splendor that we have now, every year in the summer, after flowering, in July, we did formative pruning of the bush, preventing it from spreading too high and wide. I would like to note that we do pruning in July only because the shrub needs time after flowering to form flower buds. next year. Viburnum tolerates shearing very easily. Sanitary pruning we produce in early spring, before the start of sap flow, cutting out weak, diseased, and shoots broken during the winter.
Of course, it’s a pity to throw away the green cuttings formed after summer pruning, so we put them for rooting. Cuttings should have at least 8-10 buds. To root cuttings, we use nutritious and loose soil consisting of humus, coarse sand and garden soil (1:1:1). It is very important to ensure that the soil is constantly moist. Cuttings at good conditions They form roots within a few months, sometimes earlier.
But of course, we would not have achieved such beauty if we had not given our pet food every spring. We use compost as top dressing (1.5 buckets per bush) and add mineral fertilizers to the ground (1-1.5 tablespoons of urea, 2.5-3 tablespoons of superphosphate and 1 tablespoon of potassium sulfate).
Like ordinary viburnum, Buldenezh loves watering. During the flowering period, even short-term drying out of the soil is unacceptable, so during this period and in extreme heat we water the viburnum about once a week, 2-3 buckets.
I would like to talk separately about pests.
Viburnum Buldenezh is very often, at least in our country, affected by leaf beetle caterpillars and aphids. Some years there are a lot of them.
We fight this scourge in the following way. Twice a year we treat the bush with various insecticides (based on organophosphates); you can also use other means. We carry out the first treatment in early spring, before buds open, and the second after flowering. This is not to say that pests completely disappear, but there are definitely fewer of them, and accordingly, they cause less damage.
And so, following all these simple agricultural techniques, every summer we admire the indescribable beauty when the Buldenezh viburnum blooms. White balls hang on it like garlands. When blooming, the flowers first have a greenish color, and then, when fully bloomed, pure white. Flowering lasts approximately 10-15 days, and if the weather is cloudy, the inflorescences may hang longer. Its spherical white inflorescences look very impressive in bouquets. But even after blooming, viburnum Buldenezh does not lose its decorative effect - in the fall, burgundy-red foliage adorns the garden.
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Kalina buldenezh- a lush shrub, beautiful in all seasons. However, in spring it becomes the most attractive and spectacular, becoming covered with large ball-shaped inflorescences white. The French named the plant “Snow Globe” (Boulede Neige).
Official name - Viburnum sterile(Viburnum opulus). Buldenezh was obtained due to sterile inflorescences that lack stamens and pistil.
Grow viburnum quite easy, because it is resistant to most climatic conditions - aridity, cloudy weather, frost.
Selecting a location
Very important event! Being in the shade for most of the daylight hours will lead to the gradual shredding of the inflorescences. Constant exposure to the sun will shorten the flowering period. Ideally, you need a golden mean - half a day in the shade, half a day in the sun.
It should also be taken into account that viburnum love t humidity. IN wildlife it grows in coastal zone any bodies of water. When planting on dry soils, frequent watering will be required.
TO soil composition does not make any special demands, does not grow only on loams. If the soil on the site consists mainly of clay; before planting it is necessary to add peat, sand, and wood ash.
Planting a young seedling
Release not less square meter for one plant. Dig a hole of a suitable size and place the sprout in it. Deepen the root collar by 3-6cm. Fill the hole and compact the soil. Certainly, water generously.
Buldenezh grows very slowly, increasing in the first year by only 30 cm. In subsequent years, the root system begins to develop, so growth can reach 1 m. The lifespan of a viburnum bush is about 60 years.
Reproduction
Infertility inflorescences does not allow the Buldenezh viburnum to be propagated by seeds, so only vegetative methods are used. Cuttings, dividing the bush, layering in most cases give a positive result.
Reproduction by layering
Produce in the spring. It is necessary to dig a hole 10-15cm deep, tilt the selected shoot and secure it with a wire bracket. Then fill it with soil, compact it and water it.
Subsequently, monitor the constant humidity of this area. Rooting is completed by autumn, but replant permanent place possible only after 2 years. Only by this time will the root system become sufficiently strong.
Propagation by cuttings
The way the most time-consuming and labor-intensive. At the beginning of summer, Buldenezh is pruned. Cuttings are prepared from cut branches.
Suitable planting material are last year's shoots that have at least one internode. They are cleared of leaves and left 8-9cm long.
Planted out into a prepared greenhouse, for which the soil is dug up, mixed with sand and humus and moistened. After planting the cuttings, they are covered with glass or polyethylene film.
Periodically required spray cuttings to support high humidity.
Reproduction by dividing the bush
Doesn't present any difficulties. You just need to find young daughter shoot and carefully detach from the main plant.
Watering
Buldenezh loves moist soil, so watering is necessary. Especially in hot, dry summers. Young bushes are watered even more often than adult plants. IN autumn period before the onset of frost, abundant, repeated watering is carried out in order to prevent soil dehydration during winter cold.
Top dressing
Before flowering dig up the soil in the tree trunk circle and place potassium (20g per bush), phosphorus (35g) and nitrogen (45g) into it. In mid-August, phosphorus and potassium are reintroduced. During the entire warm season you can feed wood ash And mineral complexes.
Wintering conditions
Fully viburnum Buldenezh It rarely freezes, this is facilitated by heavy clay soil and open terrain. A shrub that has been subjected to frost blooms much more reluctantly, produces few inflorescences and fades quickly. Young shoots are most often affected. To maximize reduce the impact of frost, cover the root system of viburnum.
As coating material For viburnum buldenezh, humus and peat are used, covering the tree trunk circle with them.
Pruning viburnum buldenezh
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Kalina calmly endures this procedure. You need to start in the first year, having previously chosen the shape of the plant. It can be bush or standard.
To do single trunk, you need to ruthlessly cut out all the shoots except one. Subsequently, cut off the young shoots every summer and form a crown when the plant reaches 1.5-2 m in height.
Periodically required thin out finished tree, removing aged branches from the middle.
For getting multi-stemmed viburnum young plant cut almost to the stump, leaving no more than 2 decimeters. This procedure stimulates the development of many side shoots. In the first season, pruning is carried out before flowering begins. In the future, you should wait until the “snow globes” fall and prune the bush between June and August.
Pests
They love Kalina many harmful insects. The most harmful and frequent guests are scale insects, aphids, viburnum leaf beetles and many caterpillars.
Viburnum leaf beetle. A beautiful shiny beetle of light brown color from the Leaf Beetle family. Large populations of beetles can completely eat all the foliage on a shrub and destroy it.
Actellik, Karbofos, Fosbecid, Fufanon help against leaf beetles at all stages of development.
Small insects that look like small bumps on leaves. Sticks to the surface They close with a wax shield and begin to suck out the juices of the plant. You can get rid of it with the help of Aktellik, Aktara, Askoris.
Massive colonies of these small pests can weaken even a large tree and slow down its development. You can spray the affected bushes with Tanrek, Actellik, Aktara, Agravertin.
And for the most curious, we suggest you watch the video about Viburnum Buldenezh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjCylks6ths
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Snezhnik, snow bush - viburnum boule de neige in Russia has had such names since the eighteenth century. It was at this time that passionate gardeners grew a wide variety of forms of this ornamental shrub. Viburnum could be seen in the gardens:
- standard;
- With double flowers;
- variegated leaves.
What most attracted the eye were the bushes, whose flowers were collected in spherical, snow-white inflorescences.
Viburnum Boule de neide or snowball, is how the name of this magnificent shrub is translated from French.
Buldenezh, general description, varieties, where to plant
Viburnum boule de neige is an ornamental deciduous shrub, which is a sterile form of the common viburnum. All the flowers of this viburnum are sterile; they have neither pistils nor stamens. Enough large flowers collected in spherical inflorescences.
The shrub begins to bloom after the twentieth of May; at the beginning of flowering, the flowers are pale green, gradually opening and becoming white or pink. The flowering period lasts a whole month.
In some varieties of sterile viburnum, the snow-white inflorescences turn pink; this occurs in the forms Roseum and Pink Senation.
Important! The flowering branches of Bulldonezh are excellent for cutting. Bouquets of them remain fresh for a week. The plant is also suitable for forcing.
Buldenezh has five or three-lobed, pointed, green leaves; there are varieties with variegated foliage.
Many varieties of sterile viburnum reach a height of 2 m to 4 m; there are compact forms up to one and a half meters in size, but there are also dwarf plants, they are no higher than 60 cm. Viburnum boule de neige is grown:
- in bush form;
- in one trunk;
- in the form of a standard tree.
To get healthy and beautiful bushes bulldonezh you need to choose the right place to place this plant.
The optimal location is sunny plot, well protected from the wind. The plant can withstand partial shade, but at the same time loses part of its decorative effect.
It grows on any soil, but it is preferable to plant on loose, loamy and sandy loam soils. It is demanding on the amount of moisture, so in dry summers, viburnum boule de neige needs regular, abundant watering. A sufficient amount of moisture is especially important for young plants. During the rooting period of seedlings, in the first year following planting, the shrub needs regular watering.
Bulldonezh does not like highly alkaline soils; it is optimal to plant shrubs on slightly acidic soils with a pH value of 5.5 to 6.5.
Reproduction, planting and care of viburnum boule de neige
Viburnum boule de neige in some cases can produce a small amount of berries that contain seeds, but this form of propagation is very difficult, since the seeds of Viburnum vulgaris a long period peace. And after many months of preparing seeds for sowing, seedlings do not appear immediately and grow very slowly in the first three years. Therefore, it is advisable to use the vegetative method of propagation of bulldonezh.
Important! Viburnum ordinary, sterile form, reproduces well by layering, dividing the bush, and summer green cuttings.
Green cuttings are best taken from three-year-old bushes. Cuttings approximately 10 cm long are cut from shoots cut between June and July. The upper cut is made straight, the lower cut obliquely.
Cuttings pre-soaked in a growth stimulator are placed in a box filled with peat and sand. At a temperature not lower than + 25 degrees, maintaining the humidity regime, almost all cuttings take root.
Viburnum boule do nezh, grown from cuttings, blooms in the second or third year.
Before planting viburnum seedlings in a permanent place, you need to dig up the selected area while simultaneously adding up to ten kilograms of humus per square meter. meter and integrated mineral fertilizer according to instructions.
The size of the planting hole depends on the size of the root system of the bush, but should not be less than 40 cm in depth and width. The roots of a seedling placed in a planting hole are straightened, covered with soil, lightly compacted and watered with at least 15 - 20 liters of water. After watering, the tree trunk circle is mulched with compost.
In subsequent years, viburnum boules until tender in early spring need:
- sanitary pruning;
- mineral fertilizing;
- loosening the soil;
- removing weeds.
IN middle lane Young plants must be protected from frost. To do this, it is enough to cover the root zone in the fall with a layer of peat or garden soil.
If the bulldog needs formative pruning, then it can be done only after flowering has ended. Spring pruning can greatly weaken the bush, viburnum boule de neige will lose its decorative effect.
An important part of care is disease prevention and pest control. Basic preventative measure in the warning powdery mildew and spotting for buldenezh can be treated with a solution of copper or iron sulfate. This should be done in early spring, before the buds open. You can take one part of rotted manure, pour it with three parts of water and leave everything to infuse for three days. Then dilute the infusion with water in a ratio of 1 to 3. Viburnum treated with this solution receives additional resistance to disease.
Against the main pests of viburnum:
- viburnum aphid,
- viburnum leaf beetle,
- sawyer,
Spraying with a solution of laundry soap, carried out before and after flowering, helps a lot.
IN landscape design buldenezh is indispensable when decorating reservoirs, in single and group plantings, in combination with deciduous and coniferous trees. The shrub grows well suburban areas, and in populated areas, so it can also be used in urban landscaping.
Kalina buldenezh – decorative variety viburnum with large, spectacular white inflorescences in the shape of a ball with a diameter of 15-20 cm, thanks to which it got its name. Buldenezh is a lush shrub with abundant flowering, which looks gorgeous on a summer cottage or in the garden. Translated from French “Boulede Neige” means “snow globe”. This plant is highly valued by summer residents, as well as landscape designers who are ready to decorate almost any gardens and summer cottages. The plant is unpretentious. It does not require complex care, so it is often used instead of other plantings. In our article we will talk about planting and caring for viburnum buldenezh.
Varieties of viburnum buldenezh
There is another variety of decorative viburnum buldenezh - Viburnum vulgaris Roseum or a double type of decorative viburnum buldenezh. At the beginning of its flowering, the flowers are white, sometimes with green tint, and at the end they acquire a soft pink color. This is the difference between the Roseum variety and the decorative viburnum. It is a large shrub reaching a height of more than 3 meters. The shrub is used in standard plantings. The conditions of care, planting and characteristics of the variety are similar to those of decorative viburnum.
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Planting viburnum buldenezh
For the Buldenezh viburnum bush, a semi-shaded area with loose and nutritious soil is best suited. In an open place, not protected from bright sun, the leaves of the plant may be damaged. And in deep shade, flowering will be sparse and short-lived.
In addition, viburnum loves moisture, so it feels good near a pond. However, water should not stagnate at the planting site, so you need to take care of good drainage in advance.
Viburnum is planted in spring and autumn. Since the bush develops a rather voluminous root system, the planting hole should be at least 50 cm deep and about 60 cm in diameter. It is filled with drainage, and then with a mixture of 3-4 buckets of compost, 2 cups of ash, 1 cup of nitrophoska. You can also add a little peat and sand.
The seedling is buried so that the root collar is located 3-4 cm below the soil surface. After planting, the bush is watered abundantly and mulched with humus or peat, and the shoots are shortened by 1/3 so that the plant takes root better.
Fertilizers and fertilizing of viburnum buldenezh
For abundant and long-lasting flowering, Viburnum buldenezh needs to be fed regularly. In the first 2-3 years, the plant has enough nutrients stored in the planting hole. In subsequent years, it is fed with nitrogen fertilizers or compost in the spring, and phosphorus and potassium fertilizers in the fall. Fertilizers can be scattered in the tree trunk circle, loosened with a rake and watered abundantly. In order for everything nutrients got straight to the roots, use another method:
- along the entire circumference of the trunk circle, make holes in the ground 20-30 cm deep using garden borer, scrap or wooden stake;
- a little fertilizer is poured into each;
- the entire norm calculated for the tree is divided by the number of holes;
- then the tree trunk circle is spilled with water.
The fertilizer rates indicated on the packaging should not be exceeded. The plant will not be able to absorb them. This will lead to the growth of weeds and contamination of the soil with nitrates and other chemicals.
Before flowering, viburnum can be sprayed with a complex fertilizer containing boron. This microelement stimulates abundant flowering.
Pruning viburnum buldenezh
In a year or two, seedlings need to form a crown. Then the bushes will be neat and lush. To do this, leave no more than four pairs of buds located at the base. This is done until the desired type of plant is obtained. Those viburnums that do not bloom well are cut off at the root, leaving the stem at a level of up to 30 cm.
Within 2 years, a shoot about a meter high appears. It is left as the trunk of the plant, and the rest is pruned.
The crown is formed after the bushes have faded and new buds begin to form. You can thin out the branches until autumn.
Pests of viburnum buldenezh
Kalina Buldenezh is not afraid of frost. If the ends of the branches freeze, which is no more than 12 cm, they are simply cut off. This is not reflected in flowering. Bushes and trees can only be covered in the northern regions of mid-latitudes. They wrap only forked, laurel-leaved, black, evergreen. In this way they are protected from freezing. But mainly these varieties are grown in the south.
Some gardeners wonder why this exquisite plant does not decorate so many areas.
At the end of spring, insects settle in the leaves of viburnum. The emerging aphid promotes their curling; the beetles gnaw the plates, leaving only veins. This will not happen if pests are detected in time and begin to fight them.
Sometimes one treatment is not enough to control insects. Then the bushes are sprayed again. For such a purpose would be better suited sprayer with a long boom.
Preparing viburnum buldenezh for winter
Kalina Buldenezh - enough frost-resistant plant and freezes only in very severe winters. To help her transfer them, you need to prepare the plant for winter.
- Do not feed with nitrogen fertilizers in the second half of summer.
- Do not allow young shoots to grow starting from the end of August. Pinch them if necessary. Reduce watering starting from the last ten days of August until the end of leaf fall.
- After leaf fall, carry out water-recharging irrigation.
- Mulch the tree trunk circle with a layer of mulch of at least 10 cm.
- Cover additionally young plants in a mini greenhouse.
Proper preparation will mobilize all the forces of the plant, and it will safely survive the winter, showing all the frost resistance given to it by nature.
Any landscape designer sooner or later has the idea to use viburnum of the Buldenezh species in his work. After all, the plant looks luxurious and is considered a win-win option. Viburnum Buldenezh can be grown in landscape design as a standard tree or a single bush. They use it both as an individual object and to create original composition. A good idea is to plant the plant near a fountain or pond. The reflection of flowers in water creates an interesting picture, adding originality to a park or garden.
If all conditions are met, your garden will be replenished with another beautiful ornamental plant. Kalina Buldenezh can occupy any niche in landscape design. This is a beautiful single planting, group planting with conifers or lilacs, the center of the composition, living fence and much more that your imagination tells you.
Decorate with viburnum high fences. For this purpose, Buldenezh is planted along the fence as a tree or bush. The standard crown begins to form when the bush is still young.
Many gardeners choose it to decorate their garden. Frost-resistant, not required special conditions for growth and flowering. not picky about soil and easy to propagate. Read more about cultivation and methods of reproduction in this article.
Botanical description
One of the varieties decorative species this plant. This beauty will never go unnoticed in the garden, as it attracts attention with its huge (up to 20 cm in diameter) snow-white balls of inflorescences. These balls can change color during the flowering process, which further arouses the interest of others. The bush itself sometimes reaches three meters in height, although it belongs to low-growing shrubs. Its crown is bright green, lush, well emphasizing the beauty and splendor of flowers. From a distance, they can easily be confused with snow globes that so mysteriously appear out of nowhere on a green bush in the summer.
Translated from French, Boule de Neige means a lump of snow. This variety of viburnum is widely used in a variety of fields: medicine, cosmetology, folk medicine. Landscape designers love to use this plant to create their masterpieces. Decoctions based on leaves and flowers have a beneficial effect on immune system, gastrointestinal tract, and also on condition of hair and skin.
How to propagate a plant correctly
Viburnum buldenezh has several methods of propagation: dividing the bush, layering and cuttings. Each method has its own time of year: for example, spring is suitable for propagation by layering; it is better to divide the bush in the fall, before frost, and cuttings - in the summer.
Timing for harvesting cuttings
Cuttings are prepared for planting in early June. Young green branches are required and take a long time to take root.
How to properly cut and prepare cuttings
To propagate the common viburnum buldenezh by cuttings, you will need several young healthy branches of this bush. The branches are cut into pieces 10 cm long at an angle of 45 degrees so that each has at least three nodes, and the edges are lowered into water, after removing part of the bark from them, until they take root.
What to root the workpieces in
The blanks, if they are young, healthy and green, will take root even in idle water, but you can also play it safe and dip them in a solution of a growth stimulator for several days. For example, in a solution Or you can resort to help
Rules for planting cuttings
The main planting rule for viburnum cuttings “Snow Globe” is well-moistened soil. After the preparations have taken root in water, they are transplanted into pots with very moist soil, half mixed with sand. Gardeners say that cuttings can be planted in open ground in the spring.
Important! Pots with viburnum should be stored in a dark room, covered with a light cloth, at a temperature not lower than 15 degrees.
There is another way - the cuttings are planted in fertilized soil in a garden bed and covered with film, creating greenhouse conditions. They are watered abundantly for several months, after which they become seedlings. 
Did you know? The Buldenezh variety practically does not bear fruit; it is very rare and causes a lot of controversy about its suitability for consumption. Therefore, the seeds of this plant are very difficult to obtain, and the method of propagation by seeds is not considered.
Reproduction by dividing the bush
For the buldenezh variety, in addition to propagation by cuttings, even more in a simple way propagation will be a method of dividing the bush. It can be used both in spring and autumn when replanting shrubs. To do this, you need to pinch off a part or several from the rhizome, making sure that each new bush has its own healthy roots and a pair of strong shoots.
Important! It is better to pour drainage into the ground under the bush so that the roots do not rot in the constantly wet soil.
How to propagate viburnum buldenezh by layering
This is a fairly simple and common method of propagating viburnum.
Terms and conditions
It will require a bush at least one year old, several healthy shoots and moistened, fertilized grooves directly under the bush. Best time years for this type of reproduction - spring.