Many owners of private houses and summer cottages began to pay great attention to landscaping their backyard territory. There are many ways to decorate a site and one of them is vertical gardening. Using this method, you can divide the area into separate zones, create a shadow. For this purpose, perennial and annual plants are most often used.
The hedge has also become a very popular technique for landscaping a home garden. As a hedge, curly honeysuckle has recently become often used. One of the many types of honeysuckle will be discussed in the article.
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Honeysuckle honeysuckle photo, description of the species
There are many types of honeysuckle, their total number reaches 200 varieties... They can be conditionally divided into three main categories:
- trees,
- shrubs;
- lianas.
There are no more than 10 types of honeysuckle for growing in your garden. Shrub and climbing varieties are very popular in the country. Among the most common for planting in the garden is honeysuckle honeysuckle. This view can decorate any part of the territory:
terrace,- porch;
- gazebo; the wall of the house.
Most gardeners love this plant for its easy maintenance and fast growth. It is capable of its abundant decorative foliage and beautiful fruits as well as its wonderful aroma to give the beauty of any territory of the site.
Honeysuckle refers to liana-like plants, to the type of climbing honeysuckle. It grows as a shrub, which is what made it so popular. She has beautiful pale green leaves, with beautifully colored inflorescences up to 50 mm in size. In the photo, you can see that flowers can have different colors;
- red-violet;
- white;
- yellow.
In summer, the liana-shaped shrub blooms and a wonderful aroma comes from the flowers. With the onset of evening, the smell of flowers intensifies. Flowers of this type of honeysuckle have far protruding stamens. They gather in bunches of 5-6 pieces and are located in lush thickets foliage. The bush has a short flowering period, about three weeks. A single flower lives for 3 days and withers. Many bees always gather around the flowering shrub, they are attracted by the scent of honeysuckle flowers. Ripe small fruits are bright red.
Vine branches are capable of growing up to 2 meters in one season. Its life expectancy can reach 30 years. The plant belongs to frost-resistant and even frost-damaged shoots tend to recover.
A distinctive feature of this type of honeysuckle is its leaves. They acquire a gray-green color and remain in this form until late autumn.
Liana care
Honeysuckle honeysuckle is undemanding to care for, therefore it is suitable for novice gardeners. The plant must have a support for normal development. If there is no way to build a support nearby, then honeysuckle should be planted near the wall of the house or gazebo... Any vertical surface is suitable for support. The liana needs a support so that its branches can crawl up. The height of the support will allow it to grow more and more. Horticultural crops usually grow to a height of 4–5 meters.The vine can reach this size in 5 years after planting.
Vine shoots have small roots, which, as they grow, can cling to a rough surface. When there is no support, the branches spread over the surface and the reproduction process is solved without problems.
Honeysuckle is usually planted in spring. For this, young shoots with buds are selected that are capable of producing healthy shoots during growth. It will depend on them how well and actively the bush will grow in the future. Liana is not very responds well to transplanting, so it is better to immediately decide on a permanent landing site. The soil for planting should be loose and well moistened. A more lush shrub will turn out if 2-3 buds or more are used on a plot. The buds will give young shoots of liana, they, with proper care, will create a hedge.
If honeysuckle is planted through a hole, then soon the shoots will form a bush. The trench planting method will ultimately result in vertical landscaping. They will create rows of honeysuckle. Plant likes well-lit places and this must be taken into account when landing. The abundance of flowers on honeysuckle will depend on the light of the place where it grows. If you choose a shaded place, the vine will give good and healthy shoots, but it will not bloom luxuriantly.
Plant feeding
In order for the plant to actively develop and delight the eye with its color, it is necessary to apply fertilizer to the soil with bright fruits before planting. Suitable for this purpose:
humus from manure;- organic and mineral fertilizers;
- peat;
- trace elements.
Any of these components are combined with the soil for planting and honeysuckle buds are planted in the finished soil mixture. First nrun-offs after landing can be seen in late May or early June... With good care, shoots can grow up to 2 meters in one year of life.
In the future, honeysuckle honeysuckle also needs periodic feeding. It responds well to nitrogen and potash fertilizers and humus for 2-3 years. Plant fertilizer can be used from your site. Experienced gardeners use fertilizer that they harvest themselves. Each summer cottage has a compost pit, where all plant waste is sent. They should be periodically sprinkled with peat and after a year you can use your own peat compost.
Reproduction of honeysuckle
The simplest way to reproduce this type of plant is by planting seeds. For this, seeds are selected, they germinate and then the sprouts are planted in the ground. There is another popular breeding method - cuttings and branches.
Cuttings are usually planted in spring, summer or fall. If the cuttings are done in the fall, then it is necessary to select strong shoots 10-15 cm long. There should be at least 4-5 eyes on them. Their planted in prepared loose soil and well moistened... Only 1 kidney remains on the surface. The planting site must be mulched with leaves.
In summer, planting is also carried out, after the honeysuckle has faded around the end of July. For this, cuttings are selected, which have 2 internodes, and the lower leaves are removed. They are placed in a greenhouse, in a place protected from direct sunlight. The distance between the cuttings is approximately 15–25 cm, with a depth of 2–3 cm. It is best to cover them with glass and remove it after the appearance of new leaves.... The kidneys need to be moistened several times daily. For the winter they are mulched with peat, so they are left until spring and then transplanted into open ground.
Seed propagation is a lengthy process if the seeds are harvested on their own. They are taken immediately after flowering honeysuckle honeysuckle in late July. They must be selected, thoroughly rinsed and dried, stored in a dry place. In February, prepared seeds are mixed with wet sand and kept in the refrigerator for 2 months. Then they are ready for sowing into the soil.After their germination, you should monitor the soil moisture, loosen it and remove weeds. Finished seedlings are usually planted in a permanent place in the fall or early spring.
Pruning and shaping the bush
In order for the plant to decorate the backyard territory, you need to follow it. Correct and timely pruning will help form the honeysuckle vine. Honeysuckle cannot become a full-fledged element of landscape design without pruning.
A well-chosen support, strong and high, is of great importance. As a material, you can use a support made of wood, metal, or just a nylon mesh. Honeysuckle branches must be guided manually in the right direction. They grow quickly and need proper distribution to create a beautiful and well-groomed look.
When the honeysuckle has reached the required height, its top is cut off. Immediately after this, lateral shoots begin to develop intensively. In vines of this type, the lower ones usually fall off, so you should pay attention to this. To hide such a flaw, you can plant another plant next to it, closing the shoots without leaves.
Almost all types of honeysuckle have beneficial properties. Honeysuckle is no exception, its leaves, flowers and stems are considered medicinal. Decoctions and tinctures from them are used for the prevention and treatment of many diseases..
Thanks to these medicinal properties, honeysuckle should grow in every garden. A beautiful and well-groomed bush will give its scent during the flowering period. He will create a beautiful composition in the landscape design of the garden - a cozy corner, vertical arch or hedge.
