Derain is a chic shrub that will adorn any garden plot, park or square. Due to its unpretentiousness and ease of maintenance, it is very popular with landscape designers.
Derain belongs to the dogwood family. In nature, it grows on forest edges, on the slopes of rivers and lakes. Its height can reach four meters. The peculiarity of the shrub is its shoots, which at a young age have a juicy green color, and then gradually acquire shades of red. Leaves are ovoid, green in color with numerous hairs, which by the end of autumn acquire a bright blood-red hue. The shrub blooms with creamy white inflorescences, with which it is abundantly strewn at the end of May. The flowering period lasts about three weeks. The shrub begins to bloom and bear fruit only at the age of seven. Its fruits are not eaten, they are black berries, up to seven millimeters in size.
Today, dogwood is successfully cultivated as a cultivated plant. The most popular are the following varieties:
- derain red compress;
- dogwood is white;
- scion grass.
Derain red compress is an ornamental shrub and one of the most sought-after representatives of the species. This plant, unlike its counterparts, does not bloom and does not bear fruit. Its originality is in the shape and structure of the leaves and the possibility of crown formation. The shrub leaves are small, about four centimeters. They have a wrinkled structure and are painted in a beautiful dark green color with gloss. Moreover, their tips are slightly bent towards the stem. With the onset of autumn, leaf pigments acquire a crimson red color. Derain retains its foliage for a long time, it crumbles only at the beginning of winter.
The red sod shrub is a small plant, up to one and a half meters high with erect stems. It grows slowly, with an annual growth rate of about seven centimeters.
The shrub is planted in single and group plantings. It forms beautiful hedges. It is characterized as an ornamental garden plant. In addition, its cultivation in our region is quite popular also due to the fact that the bush tolerates sultry drought and frosty winters well. Not picky about the composition of the soil and grows well in the shade. But like any garden plant and turf, there are certain principles that must be followed when growing an ornamental shrub.
Planting in the garden
Growing red turf has several features. Landing first. The shrub grows well and develops in the shade, but like any plant in such conditions, its shoots are extended, and the deciduous part is more rare. Therefore, if you want to have a thick and dense crown, you need to plant the grass in areas open to the sun. The next point to consider is the emphasis on the decorative feature of the shrub. In order to focus on the blood-red shoots and leaves, it is better to plant the bush near an appropriate background. These can be evergreen conifers or plain walls. Such a planting will only increase the contrast and add beauty to the shrub.
Even if the sod is unpretentious to the composition of the soil, gardeners still recommend preparing the soil and fertilizing it. Planting seedlings should be carried out in a nutritious soil. For this, after the planting hole has been dug, organic matter is introduced into it, it can be humus or compost. Also, the pits must be provided with a drainage layer of coarse river sand and broken brick or large stones. The deciduous soil is then mixed with organic fertilizers. In such a fertilized soil, the seedlings will be planted. When buying them, it is best to give preference to four-year copies. They are quite capable of quickly adapting to new conditions. Before planting, the seedlings are placed in water at room temperature for five to six hours. During this time, they are saturated with moisture and become elastic. The branches of the sod need to be cut a little, shortening them by ten to fifteen centimeters. Then the bush is planted in pre-prepared planting pits. The roots are gently straightened and sprinkled with earth from above, which is slightly trampled and poured with water. From above, the soil is mulched with peat and sawdust.
Saplings of blood-red sod are planted in early spring or mid-autumn. Autumn seedlings should have time to take root before the onset of cold weather. And for the winter, the root layer of the earth must be insulated with a layer of peat or humus.
Seedlings planted in spring require special attention. They need to be watered regularly, at first the earth should be constantly moist. To retain moisture, the soil is mulched.
After planting red turf, its cultivation requires some care.
Correct care
Blood-red svidina belongs to unpretentious plants, but elementary care for it is still required. To achieve the maximum decorative effect of the shrub, it needs a properly organized watering. Note that excessive moisture is harmful to him. Therefore, the lawn is watered only in two cases, when the summer is too hot and dry and in the first month after planting. The shrub itself will tell the gardener that the plant needs moisture. If the leaves have lost their turgor, it means there is not enough moisture in the soil and the sod should be watered.
Shrub care is not complete without fertilizing the soil. If this is not possible, then you can do without them. But, the dogwood responds well to mineral feeding. It forms beautiful succulent shoots and thrives on foliage. Therefore, we recommend applying a complex mineral fertilizer to the soil in the spring, after watering the shrub abundantly.
Turf trimming is a basic care that should be given sufficient time and attention. Shrub pruning begins at the age of four. In the spring, you need to inspect the turf and remove old shoots and young growth around from the bush, which spoils the appearance. You also need to cut off damaged and weak shoots.
Diseases and pests
Derain is resistant to disease, but improper care can lead to the fact that the shrub begins to grow and develop poorly, and also loses its visual appeal. Most of this is due to the accumulation of a large amount of moisture in the soil. Therefore, you need to stop watering and make additional drainage near the shrub (a special pit, which is covered with sand and stone).
Also, bushes of red sod can attack aphids, a yellow-orange fly that lays larvae on leaves, and a sawfly These pests feed on the sap of the plant, thereby causing great harm to it and eating the leaves. When found, the shrubs are treated with insecticidal preparations.
Reproduction
Derain reproduces in the following ways:
- seeds;
- layering;
- cuttings;
- dividing the bush.
The seed method at home is rarely used, and it cannot be applied to all varieties of red turf.
This process is particularly long. The seeds must be stratified. This can be done by planting seeds in the ground in the autumn or by keeping them in the refrigerator for sixty days.
Seeds are planted directly into open ground to a depth of five centimeters. Young seedlings need to be watered regularly for one to two months. In the future, caring for them is the same as for an adult bush. But it will take at least seven years to grow an adult full-fledged plant from seeds.
Therefore, gardeners prefer to use more optimal methods for reproduction.
The branches of the shrub are quite flexible, so they can be bent to the ground and thus layering, from which to get a new turf bush. The shoot, which is crushed in the ground, must be fixed with a bracket and sprinkled with a mixture of earth and humus. It is in this place that young roots will form. And next spring, young shoots will appear. Now the cuttings can be separated from the mother bush and planted in a permanent place.
Cutting will require a little more effort from the grower. In early summer, cuttings are cut from young green shoots. They are planted at an acute angle to a depth of seven centimeters. The soil for rooting cuttings should consist of peat and sand and be moist. Cuttings are planted in special containers, which are then covered with glass or in greenhouses. The temperature at which the shoots are kept for rooting should be within twenty three to twenty five degrees. The entire period of germination they need to be sprayed and ventilated. By the fall, roots will appear and the cuttings can be planted in open ground. For the safety of the planting for the winter, it is recommended to cover it.
In the spring or fall, you can split up an adult bush that has grown a lot. To do this, dig it up, release the roots from the ground and divide it into parts with a sharp knife so that each section has a full-fledged root and a ground shoot. The separated roots are sprinkled with wood ash and planted in the soil.
Dividing the bush allows you to quickly get new full-fledged turf specimens.
Red Derain, also called blood-red pig, grows in deciduous and light undergrowths and also in bushes. It can often be found along the banks of rivers and lakes located in the European zone of our country, in the territory stretching from the Baltic to the very lower reaches of the Don.
Red Derain is a deciduous shrub, sometimes reaching four meters in height, it has a very branched crown and drooping shoots of green and purple-red color, different in color. The leaves of the svidina are round, ovate, with small hairs. Below they are light green, in autumn they turn blood red. Derain red blooms from fifteen to twenty days. Its corymbose inflorescences are up to seven centimeters in diameter, they are very fluffy. The shoots of this plant are greenish at first, with adpressed hairs, but gradually they darken, becoming naked and staining a blood-red bright color. Actually, it is for this that Svidina got its name. Most varieties of deren have shoots that are brighter colored from the brighter side, therefore, when planning planting, you need to take into account the location of the viewpoints. Fruits, bluish black, inedible.
Lawn care
Derain blood-red is quite unpretentious. He prefers slightly dark or light areas. Any soil is suitable for this plant. It grows well not only on wet, but also on dry soils. Derain red, a photo of which demonstrates to the reader all the brightness of its color, is drought-resistant, tolerates heat well. In addition, it is moderately winter hardy. Svidina is planted on any soil, but always very wet. This plant does not need feeding, although in the summer months treatment with anti-aphid preparations is required.
Kinds
One of the varieties of red turf - the "Compressa" variety - has small wrinkled
shiny leaves that look great on upward-growing shoots. The crown of a plant of this species is compact. It is shade-tolerant, but grows well on semi-shaded alkaline or neutral soils. "Compressa" does not tolerate stagnant water, has good winter-hardy and frost-resistant qualities. Gardeners use this plant for planting in alpine slides and rockeries, in addition, it looks great and how
foreground in front of low groups of shrubs and unshaped low
Another variety - "Midwinter Fier" - is striking with its spreading crown, red and orange shoots. Its branches reach a height of one and a half meters. "Midwinter Fier" looks especially impressive in late autumn or early spring. And although the bush grows rather slowly, it is frost-hardy and unpretentious. In addition, red derain easily tolerates urban conditions. Experts recommend periodically cutting off the lower, as well as outdated and dull shoots so that the bushes are one-color and neat. This variety is used to create edging plantings and hedges.
Red Derain "Variegata" grows up to four meters, has bright variegated yellow leaves and maroon shoots. It is usually grown on the edges of large gardens and undergrowth.
LATIN NAME:Cornus sanguinea (Swida sanguinea).
DESCRIPTION: Grows in the undergrowth of light deciduous and mixed forests, in thickets of bushes, along the banks of rivers and lakes in the European part of Russia, from the Baltic to the lower reaches of the Don, in Western Europe from southern Scandinavia to the Balkans. Deciduous shrub up to 4 m tall, with a highly branched crown and drooping shoots of various colors (from green to purple-red).
The leaves are rounded, bright green, with fine hairs, light green or whitish underneath with dense pubescence, blood red in autumn. Shield inflorescences up to 7 cm in diameter, fluffy, of 50-70 small, dull white flowers. Duration of flowering 15-20 days. Very dressed up in autumn in black, numerous pea-sized fruits.
MAIN TYPES AND VARIETIES:
Has several decorative forms:
dark red(f. atro-sanguinea) - with dark red shoots;
greenest (f. viridissima) - fruits and shoots are green;
variegated ("Variegata").
Tall (up to 4 m tall) shrub with yellow-variegated leaves, beautiful young shoots of delicate green color, then they become burgundy. Fruits - blue-black; leaves are yellowish-white-spotted;
Mitch (f. Mietschii) - leaves and young shoots are pale yellow and small-spotted.
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Planting in lighted and humid places. Blood-red derain endures partial shade. |
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Any soils except very acidic and poor sandy, does not tolerate salinization. It develops better on fertile and humid ones, although it is drought-resistant. |
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| Average winter hardiness (in winter it partially freezes over), seedlings need shelter. | |
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The tree is propagated vegetatively (by cuttings), root layers and seeds. Derain can be propagated by root and lignified cuttings (in spring), but it is best propagated by green cuttings (cuttings are carried out in the first half of June). |
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Landing: There are no special requirements. All plants purchased in the Proxima nursery are provided with modern prolonged (long-playing) fertilizers and can be sold in your garden center without additional fertilizing for a whole year. It is better to buy seedlings in a plastic container with prolonged fertilizers, so the plant is not dug out with inevitable damage to the root system and after planting is guaranteed to take root. Care: The main care is regular but moderate watering, weed removal, shallow and sanitary mowing. Mineral fertilizers: Near the trunks, sprinkle 3 g per 1 kg of an imaginary coma with balanced NPK + Me (with trace elements) in the spring - nitrogen, in the summer - phosphorus, August - September - potash. We recommend to carry out regular foliar treatments with mineral and organic fertilizers with an adhesive with acidified water, for example Valagro (Plantafol, Megafol), vermiculture, etc. Diseases and pests: Derain Compress is weakly affected by diseases and pests. Untreated plants can be damaged by fungal diseases. The main thing is to identify the pest or make a diagnosis in order to choose the right plant protection product. To protect the plant from diseases and fungal infections, it is necessary to treat the plants with fungicides (Skor, Switch, Maxim, Ordan, Horus, Quadris, Radomil Gold, etc.). In the spring and again in the summer, preventive spraying with insecticides is carried out (Aktara, Engio, Aktellik, Match). A modern gardener, using the Internet, can independently identify the enemy and pick up drugs that will help in protecting the plant. It is better to carry out preventive treatments once a month than to cure when the pest multiplies and "eats up" the plant. An example is the war of Ukrainian gardeners with Colorado beetles, which, like their human "cotton" namesakes - the Kremlin occupants of the "Colorada", are gluttonous and climb into other people's gardens. The first and second must be destroyed before spreading over large areas. Ground pests: An untreated plant can damage the scoop. Compared to the gluttonous larva of the May beetle, other pests on a well-groomed plant are rare. Over the past 10 years, Khrushchev, especially on humus-rich, weed-free soils, has become the most dangerous pest of garden plants in Ukraine. One beetle larva can nibble the root system of a young 10-30 cm seedling in 1 day, completely destroying it. Since mid-April, having seen the first flying beetle, we URGENTLY treat the crown with any of the numerous preparations based on imidacloprid, for example Prestige (Bayer), Antichrusch, while part of the solution must necessarily fall on the trunk (10 cm above the ground) and the root collar and not spill to the side ... We repeat such treatments every 40-50 days of the growing season. We pour into the ground according to the instructions, Aktara is also effective. Processing along the crown and pouring along the root collar into the ground from the end of April to September 1 time in 40-60 days. Derain variegated - an ornamental shrub with bright and large leaves. Due to its high and lush crown, densely dotted with variegated leaves and beautiful white inflorescences, it is often used as a hedge and garden decoration. The shrub has unusually strong and durable wood, and it was thanks to it that the deren got its name. The homeland of deren is the forests of Siberia; it can also be found in China, Japan and Korea. Derain perfectly takes root on any soil, frost-resistant and unpretentious in care.
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