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The Diablo D'Or bubble plant is an ornamental garden plant that can grow in any, even the most unfavorable conditions. The plant has an attractive appearance throughout the warm season. The vital energy of the viburnum bladder is such that even in conditions of severe pollution and gas pollution of urban ecosystems, it grows without problems into full-fledged adult plants. Due to these properties, the plant is widely used in urban landscape design.
Description of the bladder diablo D'Or
The Diablo D'Or bubble is a deciduous shrub of the Rose family. The bush consists of 2-3 dozen drooping branches growing from the center and forming a hemispherical crown. The height of the shrub reaches 3 m. The life span of the plant is 20-30 years, however, there are also old-timers, whose age exceeds 50 years.
The bark of the stems is dark burgundy. The leaves, arranged in pairs, have a three- or five-lobed shape. Their length reaches 4-5 cm. The color of plants in sunny areas is red-violet, in bushes growing in the shade - purple-green. In autumn, the color of the leaves changes to golden.
During flowering, the bladder is covered with many pale pink flowers, collected in corymbose inflorescences. The diameter of the flowers is 1.5-2 cm, the inflorescences are up to 5 cm. Depending on the climatic conditions, the beginning of flowering occurs at the end of June and the beginning of July. Duration of flowering is 15-20 days.
Flowering and fruiting begins in the 4th year of the life of the bladder. The fruits of the bladder are multileaf, collected in several pieces.
Diablo D'Or bubble in landscape design
The bubble plant is widely used in landscape design. Most often, the vesicle is used to create hedges and hide problem areas. With a relatively high growth rate (up to 40 cm per year), it is excellent for design tasks.
When planted in sunny areas (where foliage turns dark), it is an excellent backdrop for light-colored perennials. Planting in the shade (with greenish foliage) is well suited for filling any mixborders, and for single compositions.
The crown of the vesicle tolerates pruning well, so the vegetative part of the vesicle can be formed in any form convenient for the designer.
Planting and caring for the diablo D'Or vesicle
The vesicle feels good in any area. Illumination, soil fertility, neighbors and other factors practically do not play any role for it. Certain restrictions on the landing site are imposed only by the acidity of the soil and the terrain. Diablo D'Or bubble plant should not be located on alkaline soils (pH more than 7), as well as in lowlands or areas with excessively moist soil.
Caring for the bladderworm consists of regular watering, fertilizing and loosening the soil. Because the bicarp has a significant growth rate and is dense enough, it may require pruning.
Diablo D'Or bubble plant is quite frost-hardy (4th zone of frost resistance, withstands temperatures up to -35 ° C).Young plants, the age of which does not exceed 2 years, can freeze slightly, so they require shelter for the winter.
Landing site preparation
The landing site for the Diablo D'Or vesicle does not require any specific preparation. When planting young plants with a bare root system, it is recommended to apply organic fertilizers (in the fall, under the snow for spring planting or in the middle of summer for autumn planting), however, such preparation is not required.
Landing rules
Bubbles from containers can be planted throughout the warm season. Planting bladders with a bare root system is carried out in early spring before the leaves bloom or in mid-September.
Soak the roots in warm water a few hours before planting. A hole 50-60 cm deep is dug under the bush, into which a pile of nutritious soil is poured (a mixture of earth with humus). Next, a bush is installed on this hill, the roots of which are straightened. After that, it is necessary to sprinkle them with earth, leaving the root collar slightly above the ground level. The soil is compacted and the plant is watered abundantly.
The first watering should be done with Kornevin's solution in warm water (2-3 ° C higher than the air temperature). After the water is completely absorbed, the soil within a radius of 50 cm from the central part of the bush is mulched with solid material. Straw, sawdust or a simple mixture of peat and dry garden soil are used as such material.
Watering and feeding
In general, the intensity of watering the bubblegum depends on the climate, type of soil and age. In hot climates and loamy soil, the bubblegum needs regular watering throughout the summer.
The frequency of watering is 3-4 days, the volume of water poured out during one watering is large enough - up to 40 liters. Heavier soils (for example, clay) require less intensive irrigation, no more than 1 time per week, and no more than 20 liters of water.
Top dressing is carried out twice per season:
- In early spring, organic fertilizers are preferred (solution of mullein, bird droppings, rotted manure, etc.). It is also recommended to use a mixture of organic and mineral fertilizers: 500 ml of mullein is diluted in 10 liters of water, 1 tbsp. l. ammonium nitrate and 1 tbsp. l. urea.
- In the middle of autumn, mineral fertilizers are applied. To do this, dissolve 1 tbsp in 10 liters of water. l. nitroammophos.
The given feeding rates are used for young plants, the age of which does not exceed 10 years. If the plant is already mature (over 10-15 years old) or its size is already large enough (the diameter of the hemisphere of the bush is more than 3 m), the rates are increased by 1.5 times. At the same time, the concentration of fertilizers remains the same, but a larger amount of solution is used.
Pruning
Bladder pruning, like most ornamental plants, is of two types:
- sanitary;
- formative.
Sanitary is traditionally produced after winter and aims to free the bush from sick, dried and frostbitten shoots. It is a standard procedure to completely remove from the plant the shoots that are not capable of vegetation and flowering.
Formative pruning, which gives the shrubs the desired look from the designer's point of view, can be done at any time of the year. Its main stages are performed either in the spring before the budding begins, or in the fall, after the end of the growing season.
There are two forms of form trimming:
- Getting a wide bush... Shoots are pruned at a height of 40-50 cm. At the same time, all trunks, both old and young, are preserved. After a year, pruning is performed at a height of 60 to 80 cm, after a year - even higher, etc.
- Getting a fountain-shaped bush... All thin and young shoots are cut at the base, leaving 5-6 of the strongest and most powerful. The remaining shoots are cut at a height of about 1.5 m from the base.
Corrective pruning is done during the season to give the bush its final shape. No pruning is done during flowering.
Preparing for winter
Plants over 2 years old do not need any specific preparation for winter. It is advisable to cover young plants for the winter, sprinkling the base of the bush with a layer of sawdust up to 30 cm high, and wrap the shoots with polyethylene.
Reproduction
Seed propagation of the Diablo D'Or vesicle is practically not used, since plants with this method do not inherit the color characteristic of the variety.
Propagation by cuttings is mainly used. For this, the shoots of the current year are used. At the end of summer, they are divided into cuttings with 4 to 6 buds. After harvesting, the cuttings are soaked in Kornevin's solution. Then they are planted in a mixture of sand and peat, taken in equal proportions.
After planting, the cuttings are watered and covered with foil or plastic bottles. Caring for cuttings consists in their regular watering and airing. At the end of autumn, the cuttings are covered with a layer of sawdust. During the winter, they form a root system, and with the arrival of spring, the rooted cuttings are planted in open ground.
Diseases and pests
The plant has a very high resistance to diseases and pests. We can say that neither the one nor the other Diablo D'Or's vesicle is not afraid. The only thing that should be paid attention to is the vulnerability of the plant to fungal diseases with too intensive watering.
If the plant is infected with a fungus due to excessive moisture, it is necessary to significantly limit watering, and either remove the damaged shoots or treat them with copper-containing preparations. In any case, with the normalization of the irrigation regimes, the plant will very quickly cope with the infection, and the next year it will fully recover.
Conclusion
Diablo D'Or bubble plant is an unpretentious plant that is widely used in landscape design. The plant has a long-lasting decorative effect that lasts almost the entire warm season. It can be used in group plantings as a hedge, as part of a mixborder, or as a free-standing plant. The bladder can grow in any conditions, it feels great both in rural areas and in urban areas.
