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Among the wide range of horticultural crops, only a few plants combine unpretentiousness and excellent decorative qualities. However, the bladderwort can be safely ranked as such. Its simplicity in care and an abundance of varieties have contributed to the fact that more and more gardeners are using the bubblegum in landscape design.
Features of the vesicle in landscape design
The Vine-leaved Bubble, which is shown in the photo, is not without reason a popular element in landscape design. This deciduous shrub primarily stands out for its luxurious appearance. Depending on the variety, the physical characteristics of this perennial can vary widely, however, the following features apply to all plant varieties:
- high decorativeness of the plant from the second half of spring to late autumn;
- bloom with neat white or pale pink inflorescences, lasting from June to the end of July;
- spectacular appearance of fruits that form bunches of burgundy or cherry hue;
- the presence of glossy curly leaves that change color in autumn to gold, scarlet and orange tones;
- good growth rates;
- unpretentious care;
- fast recovery after pruning.
However, not only these plant traits have won the hearts of gardeners around the world. The bubblegum, among other things, has a huge assortment of varieties, among which everyone will find something to their liking for landscape design.
What types and varieties of vesicle are used in garden design
Selected as a landscape decoration, the Bubble Garden will attract admiring glances throughout the season with its delicate flowers or vibrant foliage. And if you think carefully about the choice of a variety, then you can create a garden that is unique in its design with minimal effort. Below are the favorite varieties of the bicarp with a photo used by gardeners for landscape design.
Nugget
The Nugget variety, whose bushes can reach 2 m in height, attracts attention with its golden-light green leaves. Against the background of a compact crown, white corymbose inflorescences with pink stamens look especially impressive. In warm conditions, the culture often pleases with repeated flowering, which occurs in late July - early August.
Dart's Gold
Another yellow-leaved variety with a characteristic lime-colored crown. This shrub is less vigorous and is 1.5 m in height. Unlike the previous variety, the flowers of this plant are creamy.
Diabolo
Diabolo, also known as Purpureus and Monlo, has crisp white flowers and a luxurious deep purple crown. When grown in the shade, the purple color of the leaf blades takes on a greenish tint. The shrub itself is capable of growing up to 2 - 3.5 m.
Amber jubilee
This species of bladderwort has a very unusual leaf color. In the spring and summer, the foliage is painted in orange-green shades, in the autumn it becomes crimson, like a ripe plum. Unlike Diabolo, Amber jubilee is not very tall and is 1.2 - 1.5 m in height.
Mindia
Also known as Coppertina, this variety is a hybrid of Darts Gold and Diabolo and grows up to 2.5 m. It boasts exotic coppery leaves that are very refreshing for landscaping green plants. By the middle of summer, the foliage palette is enriched with deep purple tones.
Summer wine
A distinctive feature of the Summer Wine, or Seward, bubblegum is its flowing, lush branches covered with dark grape-colored leaves. Due to them, this 1.5-meter plant will become a real decoration of gardens and plots of various designs.
Types of compositions with a vesicle
The advantage of using the bubblegum in garden landscaping is that it can be used in almost any composition.
So, they look very impressive in group plantings, thanks to the large patterned sheet plates. Bubbles in landscape design look very attractive against the background of plants of contrasting colors. The beauty of these unusual shrubs is especially well emphasized by conifers. Purple-leaved varieties favorably set off thuja and yellowish spruces, while yellow-leaved vesicles are more advantageously combined with plants with blue or green needles.
At the same time, this magnificent plant is completely self-sufficient, it is able to delight with its appearance even in complete solitude. This applies not only to the flowering time, but also to the entire spring-summer period.
With the help of a bubble plant, you can not only supplement group plantings, but also make hedges of amazing beauty to delimit the garden plot. The branchy crown, fast growth after pruning and the luxurious coloration of the bladder allow the creation of both molded and free-growing high and low hedges.
Solid hedges in garden landscaping are good on their own, however, they can be given variety and texture if you use several varieties of bubblegum of different colors, as shown in the photo below. So, the varieties of the golden-green Nugget and the purple-leaved hybrid Diable d'Or are in perfect harmony with each other. Lemon Dart's Gold and purple Diabolo look no less impressive. They are planted in two parallel lines or, alternating varieties with one another. In the latter case, the bushes are staggered, leaving a space of 40 - 45 cm between the plants.
Tidy small hedges made from mid-high Viburnus bladder garden such as Amber jubilee, Summer Wine and Dart's Gold are ideal for creating natural fences that can separate the playground from the garden or terrace, without breaking the uniform style of landscape design.
When decorating garden paths and the area in front of the house, border plantings from the bushes of the bladder have proven themselves well. They emphasize the well-groomed appearance of the site, and in the landscape composition they add completeness.
Bubbles in landscape design are also used for two-stage planting. If the lower branches are bare in tall shrubs, then a lower variety of plant is planted at a short distance from them. This technique not only hides the lack of green mass, but also looks very elegant.
The combination of the vesicle in the garden with other plants
The popularity of the viburnum bladder in landscape design is also explained by the fact that its physical characteristics are in perfect harmony with other plants.
So, for landscaping areas with an urban design, an excellent pair of the bladder will be:
- Japanese spirea;
- barberry;
- undersized almonds;
- chubushnik;
- honeysuckle;
- Kuril tea.
In colorful color compositions, the ideal neighbor of this culture will be:
- Chinese miscanthus;
- rudbeckia is brilliant;
- stachis byzantine.
Often in landscape design, they combine the bladder with different varieties of deren, for example, white or variegated. The unpretentiousness of these two plants, as well as their high decorativeness, allows you to show your creative imagination with might and main, without fear for the healthy growth of crops.
Caring for the bladder in the landscape design of the cottage
As already mentioned, the viburnum bladder is not a capricious culture at all, and therefore, when caring for it in the landscape design of a summer cottage, even a novice gardener will not have problems. When cultivating this plant, you should pay attention to some of the nuances:
- For planting the viburnum bladder, you should choose sun-drenched areas, as he loves warmth.
- The plant is not too picky about the quality of the soil, but the best substrate for it will be a mixture of turf, humus and sand in a ratio of 2: 1: 1.
- Bubble shrubs tolerate pruning well. It is carried out 2 - 6 times per season.
- The culture can be propagated by layering, cuttings or dividing the bush.
- In the middle lane, the plant is capable of hibernating practically without shelter, since it has high frost resistance.
- On light soils, the vesicle is watered at least 2 times a week. Heavy clay soil does not require such frequent procedures due to the danger of excessive moisture.
- Top dressing of the shrub is carried out 2 times, while in the spring it is fed with nitrogen-containing organic matter, and in the fall - with mineral fertilizers.
- For the winter, the trunk circle is mulched with peat compost or straw.
Here are a few more photos of the bladder in landscaping garden plots.
Conclusion
The bubble plant in landscape design opens up unimaginable scope for the creativity of gardeners. Due to the large number of varieties and the good compatibility of this plant with other crops, you can not be limited in the realization of fantasies to create a dream plot.
