Guelder-rose - a bush with bright scarlet berries, is revered for its healing properties. Viburnum is also valued for its beauty. At any time of the year, she will decorate the garden with her appearance, if properly planted and taken care of.

Planting Viburnum Seeds

The bush of viburnum propagates both vegetatively and by seeds. For this, the plant needs special attention, and the process will take a lot of time. Fruits and blooms grown from seeds of viburnum only after 5-6 years. But such a shrub is much more resilient and more adapted to natural conditions.

Selection and preparation of planting material

There are two ways to grow a bush from seeds. You can sow freshly harvested seeds immediately into the ground in late autumn. They do not require special training. This is a long time, because the plant will begin to sprout only after 18 months. In the summer of next year, the sprout will completely form only the root system. It will take him two years to develop shoots on the surface of the soil.

It is enough to choose a well-ripened bone and place it in the soil.

A shorter way is to prepare seedlings through stratification. It consists of two stages and takes 3 months (more about it below).

Seat selection and disembarkation

It depends on the sowing places whether the plant will grow next summer. It is important that the seeds are constantly in moisture.

Did you know? Viburnum is a natural plant whose bones have the shape of a heart.

It is necessary to choose a plot of soil, poorly lit by the sun. There, moisture does not evaporate so quickly. The sown area should be clean so as not to agitate future shoots, therefore weeds must not be pulled out in the garden or the soil can be moved around the seeds in any other way.

Video: Kalina. Landing and care

Further care

To speed up the process of germination, preparation takes place in two stages:

1. Soaked in periodically changing water for two days, the seeds are placed in a humid environment (sawdust, sand or moss) for two months. The temperature at this time should be +18 ... + 28 ° C.
2. The second stage of preparation is to move the seedlings to a cold place with a temperature of +1 ... + 4 ° C for a month. After that, they can be moved to the greenhouse or sowing boxes. The sprouts need to be transplanted so that only the brown root penetrates into the soil.

Dates of transfer to a permanent place

After the seedlings develop 2-3 healthy leaves, they can be dived into the nursery on open ground. At this stage, special attention must be paid to the moisture level. Seedlings should be often watered and sprayed from the spray gun as necessary. After a year, they can be transplanted to a permanent place.

Planting Viburnum seedlings

Propagating a vegetative plant is easier and faster. The bush grown by seedlings will be able to bear fruit already in 2-3 years after planting. Also, viburnum can multiply by dividing the bush.

Planting material in this case can be vertical processes and cuttings.

When to plant

The most favorable time for planting seedlings is late autumn. Bushes planted at this time take root better. You should choose the time before the first frost. Landing can also be done in spring. This must be done before the kidneys open.

Read also how to plant viburnum in spring.

How and where to plant

Kalina is most comfortable in partial shade. She loves high humidity and slightly acidic soil. To plant a bush, you will need a pit 50 cm wide and depth. The top layer of soil must be mixed with a bucket of humus or peat or two glasses of Nitrofoski . The resulting mixture must be divided into 2 parts. Part of the soil needs to be poured into the pit for planting and form a mound. Up to 40 liters of water must be poured into it.

It will be possible to plant a seedling in a pit in two days . A three-year-old seedling should be installed on the resulting hill and spread its roots. After that, the pit is filled with soil. The trunk circle must be carefully rammed and then watered abundantly. After the water is completely absorbed, the soil around the trunk is sprinkled with peat or compost from above. It is important that the root neck of the bush is buried in the soil by 50-60 mm.

Viburnum care

The plant needs proper care. Its absence is fraught with various diseases and even death of the bush.

To maintain the health of viburnum it is necessary regularly:

• to feed;
• crop
• to prevent disease.

The bush needs proper care depending on the time of year.

In the spring

In early spring, viburnum is advised to feed with mineral fertilizers. This should be done carefully - a maximum of 50 g per bush. Around the plant, mulch is removed and fertilizer is applied. After the earth is dug up, and the plant is watered. To prevent various diseases, you can treat the tree with a urea solution of 7%. It will also help get rid of pests.

Important! Do not spray plants with blooming buds. Urea can burn them.

It is required to clear last year's fallen leaves and loosen the trunk circle. In May, the bushes are fertilized with complex fertilizer. To do this, first loosen the soil around the plant, and then add a teaspoon of fertilizer. Then the plant is watered and mulched. In the spring, humus or peat is used as mulch; it is distributed in a layer 2–3 cm thick.

Summer

Viburnum is fertilized immediately after flowering . After loosening, superphosphate and potassium salt are added to the soil, watered and mulched. It is important to monitor the health of the bush and systematically check it for pests or diseases. You need to treat as needed.

Plant in the summer you need to regularly water, remove weeds and loosen the soil of the trunk circle.

Fall

After harvesting, the bushes can be fertilized once again with superphosphates and potassium salt or make root feeding with ash 1 glass per plant. It is also recommended to treat the bush from pests that winter under the bark and in the upper layers of the soil, for prevention.

Important! You can not use nitrogen fertilizers in late summer and autumn. They can provoke the beginning of the growth of shoots, which do not have time to lignify before the first frosts.

Guelder-rose does not demand additional protection against frosts. It is enough to introduce liquid top dressing into the soil or cover its surface with mulch. After the onset of the first frosts, the fruits are harvested. After frost, the berries become sweeter and they are used in cooking and traditional medicine.

Watering viburnum

The bush loves moisture and needs regular watering, especially in the summer. Watering volume depends on age. Plants older than 6 years need about 3 buckets of water. For shrubs younger than 1-2 buckets.

Moisture should not be allowed to evaporate, so immediately after watering the soil is mulched.

Viburnum dressing

Kalina is able to function normally without fertilizer. But to improve its general condition and increase productivity, fertilizers can be used. This requires caution, because irresponsible feeding may be fraught with diseases or death of the bush. Additional dressing is carried out along with mulching.

Humus, peat or compost are added to the soil.

What can be vaccinated on viburnum

Inoculation of plants is done to improve their characteristics. It is recommended to plant plants of one species, cultivated and wild variety. For example, you can increase the resistance to pests of Viburnum vulgaris by grafting it with the Pomegranate bracelet. Vaccination between different species will not bring satisfactory results.

Did you know? Some varieties of viburnum do not bear fruit and are used exclusively for decorative purposes. For example, viburnum Buldenezh, which is appreciated for its unusual beautiful flowering.

Pruning viburnum

Once every 7 years, the plant needs pruning. This is due to the fact that the trunks of the bush retain their activity for about 30 years, and over time the crown thickens so that it becomes problematic to collect fruits, and their quality deteriorates. The shrub will rejuvenate by removing a third of its branches. It is important to leave the most developed young stems intact.

All old, dry and competing branches are removed immediately.

How to crop

There are no strict rules for cutting viburnum. Old and shrunken branches should be removed. You can also adjust the height of the plant by cutting the shoots at a height of about 1.5 m to facilitate harvesting. Too thin and broken branches, as well as those that grow inside the crown, must be removed. After trimming, it is imperative to treat the affected branches with garden var.

Learn more about the medicinal properties and contraindications of viburnum flowers.

Tree pruning

To give the shape of a viburnum a tree will require a lot of effort and time. To do this, you need to choose the thickest and most direct shoot, coming from the root. It will be used as a trunk. The remaining basal shoots are pruned. The remaining trunk needs to be fertilized twice a year and regularly fed. At a height of 45 cm, all side branches and shoots are cut, leaving one stamb.

Above the mark for creating the trunk, the branches do not touch and give them time to grow and thicken. Further, depending on the desire of the gardener, the crown of viburnum can be given any desired shape. The formation of the trunk and crown takes about 3 years.

Growing and forming the stem: a - the first year; b - the first and second; c - the second and third year; d - the third and fourth year.

Bush pruning

For such pruning, you need to select about 5–7 skeletal trunks and trim the rest around them. On the remaining trunks, side branches are cut. This should happen in late autumn.

In summer you need to make a modeling haircut: ]

1. Cover the bush with a net.
2. Give it with her help the desired shape.
3. Cut all branches that go beyond the grid.
4. If necessary, in a week, make a correction of the shape and outline the silhouette more clearly. No mesh is needed for this.

You can carry out corrective haircuts up to 3 times a season.

When to crop

Trimming time depends on its purpose. It should be carried out infrequently so that the plant can rest and gain strength.

There are three types of pruning viburnum:

• sanitary;
• thinning;
• formative.

Each of them should be produced at the right time so as not to harm the plant.

Spring pruning

Usually, they recommend cutting the viburnum in the first weeks of March. Sanitary pruning to remove dry and damaged branches can take place at any time of the year. In early spring, shaping and thinning trimmings can also be made.

They must be performed before the sap flow begins.

Pruning in autumn

Viburnum branches can be cut after all leaves have fallen. During this period, you can carry out a sanitary haircut. Remove all non-viable and inward growing branches to healthy tissue. Also in the fall, you can carry out forming pruning. It is performed when viburnum is at rest - after leaf fall.

Viburnum Prevention

To prevent various diseases, fungi and pests, the bush needs to be processed. Preventive measures should be taken in the fall and spring. Thus, viburnum can be protected from many serious diseases and insect attacks. Prevention will save time and effort spent on treating the plant.

Prevention will save time and effort spent on treating the plant.

From diseases

Viral diseases are almost impossible to cure and difficult to prevent. Extermination of pests can reduce the chance of developing such diseases in the plant. The extermination of insects that carry them will significantly reduce the risk of disease. To do this, spray trees with insecticides. Fungal diseases perfectly prevent fungicides.

From pests

At home, you can treat the plant with insecticides. It is also necessary to prevent the appearance of leaf beetle caterpillars on the plant. To do this, after falling leaves in the fall, cut off all dried branches and destroy them. It is in dry branches that the pest lays eggs.

Viburnum is a very beautiful plant. With proper agricultural technology, she will give a rich useful crop for many years and please the eye. The bush is able to become an ornament of any garden and cottage.