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Nugget (or Nugget) is an unusually beautiful, hardy and undemanding shrub to care for. The plant is often used in landscape design, because, thanks to the bright color of the foliage, it can add zest to any composition.
Description of the bladder Nugget
The main advantage of the Golden Nugget is the lush foliage that changes color during the season. In early spring, the leaves are usually pure yellow, in summer they take on a lemon-green hue, and in autumn the color of the foliage changes back to rich yellow. The leaves themselves are large, corrugated, have serrate-toothed edges.
Viburnum bladder Nugget blooms for about three weeks. Flowering usually begins in mid-June. During this period, multiple snow-white or pinkish-white small flowers, collected in corymbose inflorescences, appear on the shoots of the shrub. The flowers acquire a special decorative effect due to the red fluffy stamens. Re-flowering is possible towards the end of summer. In the fall, after the bladder bushes have faded, the formation of swollen reddish fruits begins.
As you can see from the photo, the spreading, drooping branches of the Nugget bladder form a lush spherical crown. On old shoots, the bark peels off. The height of the bush is about 2 - 2.5 m. The plant lives for about 40 years.
Bubble Nugget in landscape design
Due to its unusual bright yellow color, the Nugget bladder plant looks spectacular even with single plantings against the background of a succulent lawn or evergreens. This shrub can be added to any flower arrangements.
When forming a hedge from the viburnum vesicle Nugget, you can get a bright and original result. The combination of various Kalinolist bladders with each other also looks interesting. So, for the lemon-yellow Nugget variety, varieties with purple-violet leaves, for example, Little Devil or Summer Vine, are ideal companions.
Growing conditions for the viburnum vesicle Nugget
It is possible to grow the viburnum-leaved nugget bladder practically in any area, but the plant shows its decorative properties to the fullest only in an open sunny area. In the shade and partial shade, the leaves take on the usual green tint.
The shrub is undemanding to the composition of the soil, but it does not develop well in soil with a high lime content. Waterlogging of the soil is detrimental to the plant. The Nugget variety is highly resistant to drought and low temperatures.
Planting and caring for the Nugget vesicle
Viburnum bladder Nugget is a plant that even the most inexperienced gardener can handle. Caring for the shrub is quite simple, it must be watered regularly, periodically fed, pruned twice a season, loosened up the soil in the near-trunk circle and removed weeds as needed.
Landing site preparation
In order for the crown of the plant to be lush, the soil must be loamy, loose and fertile. Soil mixture for the viburnum nugget can be prepared by mixing:
- garden land;
- peat;
- sand;
- turf.
The optimal size and depth of the planting pit is about 50 cm. The pit must be drained, covered with humus or peat. Then, a part of the fertile soil mixture should be placed in it in advance (about half a month before planting) so that it has time to settle.
Landing rules
Seedlings with a closed root system have a greater survival rate, they can be planted not only in autumn, but also in spring, and the likelihood of damage to the roots during transplantation is minimal.
Algorithm for planting the viburnum vesicle Nugget:
- carefully remove the seedling from the container;
- immerse in a planting pit along with an earthen clod;
- sprinkle with the remaining fertile soil mixture, deepening the neck by 5 cm to activate dormant buds;
- pour abundantly with water mixed with Kornevin if desired;
- mulch with a layer of peat or humus.
Watering and feeding
Watering should be regular and abundant, but the soil should not be waterlogged.
To ensure the intensive growth and development of the Nugget bladderwort, it must be fed periodically. A nutrient solution containing:
- 10 liters of water;
- 1 kg mullein (can be replaced with 10 g of urea).
Pruning
In its natural form, the Nugget bladder plant has a compact, spherical crown, but it can be trimmed to any desired shape by trimming. The shrub reacts very well to a haircut, after which the crown thickens, becomes more lush.
Sanitary pruning of the nugget is produced in spring and autumn. At this time, remove all damaged, dried and diseased shoots. Formative pruning is carried out in order to give the bush any shape. To maintain the natural shape of the bush, the shoots are cut at a height of about 1.5 m, while removing all thin branches.
Preparing for winter
Since the viburnum vesicle Nugget is highly resistant to low temperatures, and it requires preparation for winter only in regions with a harsh climate. To do this, it is enough to mulch the soil in the root zone. If the tops of the shoots freeze, they will quickly recover with the arrival of spring.
Nugget bladder breeding
Like all viburnum varieties, the Nugget bladder is propagated in several ways: by cuttings, layering and dividing the bush. Growing from seeds is practically not practiced, since in this case the varietal qualities of the plants are poorly preserved, and there is a high probability of getting green instead of the expected lemon-yellow color of the foliage.
Most often, the viburnum vesicle Nugget is propagated by cuttings, since the rooting rate in this case reaches almost 100%. Cuttings are taken from bushes at the age of 5 - 10 years. The optimal time for cuttings is mid-June, early August. The length of the cuttings should be about 10 cm, half the length of the leaves is removed.
Coarse river sand mixed with peat in a 1: 1 ratio is used as a rooting substrate. The cuttings are planted in the substrate at an angle, deepening by 2 - 3 cm. They are transplanted to a permanent place next spring.
It is possible to propagate the viburnum bladder Nugget by dividing the bush in autumn or spring. To do this, the bush must be dug out together with an earthen lump and, with the help of a pruner, carefully divided into parts that have at least two shoots and a good root system.
Reproduction by layering is carried out in early spring. Only strong, healthy branches are used as layering.Shoots, with the exception of the tops, are cleaned of leaves, placed in holes up to 15 cm deep and pinned to the ground with wooden staples. At the end of autumn, the layers are separated and covered for the winter.
Diseases and pests
Pests and diseases rarely affect the Nugget bladderwort. However, sometimes, due to a lack of nutrients, the shrub can get sick with late blight: in this case, the young foliage begins to turn yellow, and the shoots gradually dry out.
Spraying the leaves or watering the plant under the root with a solution of iron chelate, Antichlorosis or Ferovit will help to cure the disease.
Conclusion
Vine-leaved Bubble Nugget is an unusual plant that is gaining more and more popularity among gardeners and landscape designers. The shrub is undemanding to soil composition and care, resistant to low temperatures, most pests and diseases.
