Honeysuckle nodding - description, planting and care secrets. Decorative curly honeysuckle: types, description and care

June 1, 2015

Ornamental honeysuckles are extraordinarily beautiful during flowering and fruiting, so they should take their rightful place in amateur gardens. This honeysuckle is called the plant of love. At first, two buds are born on one peduncle, they also become flowers in pairs, simultaneously turn into berries and together "die". The legend of Tristan and Isolde tells that honeysuckle grew on their grave and in death the lovers became inseparable, like the buds, flowers and berries of this plant.

The most beautiful types of honeysuckle

In the conditions of central Russia, about 10 species of honeysuckle vines can be grown without much difficulty.

In nature, it is distributed in Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor. A climbing shrub up to 5 m in height is distinguished by a large variability in the color of leaves, dark green above and bluish below. Unlike other honeysuckles, its upper leaves on the shoots do not grow together into discs. Flowers in dense capitate inflorescences are yellowish, very fragrant. Blooms in June-July for two weeks. Berries are dark red, 0.8 cm in diameter, inedible.

In culture since 1814. Has several decorative forms: ‘Aurea’, which has golden leaves when blooming, ‘Belgica’ with thicker leaves and matte purple flowers. But special attention deserves a grade ‘Serotina’- liana up to 3 m long. Annual shoots are glabrous or slightly pubescent, red or yellowish at the top. The leaves are dark green above, below - gray, ovate. The flowers are two-lipped, at first they are dark red outside, later turn pale, inside are yellow. Corolla tube 4-5 cm long, stamens and pistil effectively protrude from the flower. It blooms for a long time and profusely from late June to early August. The berries are red. Very loved by gardeners. V middle lane Russia is recommended late autumn remove shoots from supports (like clematis) and cover with dry leaves and spruce branches from above. Very interesting variegated variety ‘Harlequin’, but it is not very hardy.

In natural conditions, it grows in the Caucasus, Central and Southern Europe. Beautifully blooming climbing shrub, whose shoots rise to a height of 6 m, in conditions of central Russia on a support reaches 4-5 m.

Young shoots are glabrous, light green, reddish on the sunny side. The leaves are elliptical, sometimes quite wide, dark green above, bluish-gray below; 2-3 pairs of upper leaves grow together with bases in an elliptical disc. In autumn, the leaves sometimes turn yellow. Flowers are sessile, collected in 1-2 whorls, located in the axils of the uppermost fused leaves, very fragrant, up to 5 cm in length, white inside, outside with purple-red stripes.

Honeysuckle honeysuckle is a good honey plant. Bees visit this plant willingly. Blooms in June, starting at 4 years of age. Duration of flowering 15-20 days. Grows best in the sun, although it can withstand partial shade. Orange-red fruits on short stalks seem to be glued to the leaf, ripen in August.

Honeysuckle honeysuckle lives up to 50 years. It grows quickly, light-requiring, demanding on soil fertility and moisture. Propagated by seeds and summer cuttings that take root 100%.

Cultivated for a long time, has decorative forms: 'Alba' with white flowers that bloom two weeks earlier than other species, and few-flowered 'Pauciflora' with pink-red flowers.

Homeland - North America. It grows in the mountains, in the undergrowth, often in rocky places. Weakly climbing deciduous shrub up to 2 m high. Interesting are its leaves 5-9 cm long: bright green above, gray-gray below, with a narrow, cartilaginous, transparent, often wavy edge. The flowers are greenish-yellow or golden, open in May-June. Fruits are large, up to 1 cm in diameter, red, ripen in August-September. The first flowering and fruiting from 4 years old.

Grows in Europe and North America, rarely found in Russia. Hardy, drought-resistant, shade-tolerant.

Brown's honeysuckle

A hybrid of evergreen honeysuckle and rough honeysuckle. Deciduous liana 2-3 m high. Leaves are elliptical, 6-7 cm long, dark green above, glaucous below. In the bright sun, young shoots turn red. Very decorative due to the bright color of flowers and their original form- with a long (up to 4.5 cm) narrow rim tube. The flowers are fragrant. Abundant flowering, inflorescences appear at the end of June. This vine rises low on the support, looks beautiful laid on the ground, like a ground cover plant. Propagated by cuttings. Needs shelter for the winter. Known varieties: 'Fuchsioides'- crimson flowers; ‘Dropmore’- scarlet flowers.

A complex hybrid with honeysuckle honeysuckle and evergreen honeysuckle. Liana rises to a height of 2-3 m and is very beautiful in bloom: the inflorescences are located at the ends of the shoots and consist of a large number large flowers, each up to 5 cm long, purple flowers outside, orange-yellow inside. Flowering lasts from June to August, rarely until October. To keep this honeysuckle from freezing, you need to plant it on the south side of the house. But still, in other years, damage to the shoots and weak flowering are possible, as, indeed, in all hybrid honeysuckles.

There are varieties in Russia: ‘Goldflame’- creamy pink flowers, ‘American Beauty’- flowers are yellow-orange.

A hybrid between honeysuckle and evergreen honeysuckle. It is prized for its abundant flowering and dense foliage. Liana 2-3 m long. Leaves are oblong, obtuse, up to 10 cm in length, bright green above, glaucous below. The upper pair of leaves under the inflorescence is fused. Flowers are tubular, golden-yellow or light orange-yellow in capitate inflorescences, large - up to 5 cm long. Blooms very effectively and profusely in May-June. The fruits are yellow-orange.

Requires rich organic matter and moist soils. Photophilous, but can bloom profusely in partial shade. In severe winters, it is severely damaged by frost. To avoid this, the vines should be removed from the supports and covered with lutrasil and spruce branches. Widely used for vertical gardening in countries Western Europe and southern regions of Russia.

American honeysuckle

A hybrid between honeysuckle honeysuckle and evergreen honeysuckle Tuscan native to the Mediterranean. It is a semi-evergreen liana, which rises high on a support in areas with a warm climate. Here it can be grown in a place protected from cold winds, and covered with dry leaves or spruce branches for the winter. This honeysuckle is interesting for its fragrant bright, yellow inside and purple outside flowers.

A popular variety in Canada ‘Blanche Sandman’- flowers are yellow or orange.

Agrotechnics

The above plants are light-requiring. A well-lit and wind-protected place is chosen for landing. However, Brown's honeysuckle, curling, Hecrotta in sunny places suffer from heating and drying of the soil. They need shading of the root collar.

Landing. Lianas prefer organic-rich and well-moistened soils, do not tolerate close standing groundwater and prolonged flooding. Acidic soils it is recommended to pre-calcify. The distance between plants is 1.5-2 m. The roots are carefully straightened and covered with earth. Then water and mulch abundantly. The root collar should be at ground level.

The soil mixture consists of sod land, humus, sand (3: 1: 1). The acidity of the soil should be in the range of 7.5-8.5. On heavy clayey and poor boggy soils, honeysuckle grows poorly. Drainage from broken brick or gravel is required with a layer of 5-7 cm.

Fertilization and watering. In early spring, they bring in full mineral fertilizer at the rate of 20-30 g per 1 sq.m. Before flowering, give a liquid top dressing "Kemiroi-Universal" (20 g per 10 liters of water). In the fall, they bring in for digging wood ash(100-200 g per 1 sq.m.).

Water it moderately 2-3 times per season in hot and dry weather, 10 liters per plant. Vines respond well to sprinkling. When it is compacted, the soil is loosened with a shovel bayonet. After planting, the trunk circles are mulched with peat with a layer of 3-5 cm.

Trimming and shaping. They are made as needed for one third of the length of the shoots. Sick and thickened branches are always removed. If you notice a decrease in growth, then rejuvenation of the bush is recommended. Liana is recovering well.

Diseases and pests. Ornamental honeysuckle species are rarely damaged by diseases and pests.

Preparing for winter. Winter hardiness is medium or high in honeysuckle, honeysuckle and curly honeysuckle. But in harsh winters they freeze a little too. Heat-loving decorative forms for the winter are removed from the supports and covered with spruce branches.

Reproduction of honeysuckle

Honeysuckle can be easily propagated by seed. It is better to sow them in the fall. At spring sowing need stratification within 4 months at a temperature of 2-5 ° C. Climbing and varietal honeysuckle is propagated vegetatively: by green and lignified cuttings, layering, overgrowth from the stump. The rooting rate of cuttings is high - up to 95%.

Cut green cuttings at the end of June 15-18 cm long so that the upper cut is 0.5-1 cm higher and the lower one is 1-1.5 cm lower than the bud. They are planted in April on loose, previously watered ridges at a distance of 12-15 cm. Cuttings are regularly watered, loosened the soil. After the start of rooting, watering is reduced, and shading is left for a while. The next year, the rooted seedlings are dug up and planted for 1-2 years for growing in greenhouses.

Honeysuckle is propagated by layering by digging in a lignified shoot to a depth of 10 cm. mother plant it can be done next year.

Use in design

Honeysuckle can be used for vertical landscaping or as a ground cover. Vines are planted near terraces, railings, fences. In most climbing honeysuckles, the lower part of the vine is exposed with age, so you should consider planting other plants in the foreground near it: climbing roses, conifers and low-growing deciduous shrubs.

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Among the many species of honeysuckle (Lonicera), there are both bushy and vines - deciduous and evergreen. Honeysuckle-lianas are good as ground covers and for vertical gardening (design of arches, retaining walls and gazebos; masking the trunks of old trees and hedges). Curly honeysuckle adorns the garden at any time of the year, especially during the flowering period, when they are completely covered with elongated tubular flowers in spectacular inflorescences at the ends of the shoots.

Liana-like honeysuckle has many advantages: numerous leaves and abundant flowering, bright and fragrant flowers (these are wonderful honey plants), ornamental fruits. The leaves of most types of honeysuckle are elliptical, dark green above, and gray below.

Among the honeysuckle-lianas in the garden, the following species are most often grown:

Or fragrant(L. caprifolium) is a deciduous liana capable of rising up to 10 meters in height with the help of a support. In central Russia, it is the most common of the curly honeysuckle; it is quite frost-hardy, hibernates under the snow (the tips of the shoots often freeze slightly). Honeysuckle is photophilous, demanding on soil fertility and moisture. The leaves are rather large (the upper 2-3 pairs of leaves are fused), turn yellow at the end of October. The flowers that appear on honeysuckle honeysuckle in early summer are very fragrant (especially in the evening), white or yellowish inside, purple or reddish outside. It blooms for about 3 weeks. Elegant fruits ripen in early August and decorate the vine until late autumn. The orange-red berries of the honeysuckle have a short peduncle, framed by green leaves, they seem to glow.

- gray honeysuckle(L. dioica) looks very similar to honeysuckle, but more "miniature" (up to 2 meters high). Decorative, resistant, easily multiplies.

- curly honeysuckle, or German honeysuckle(L. periclymenum) - common European deciduous honeysuckle (up to 5 meters long). Unlike ordinary honeysuckle, this species does not have accrete leaves on the tips of the shoots. Grows successfully in partial shade in a well-ventilated place on rich soils. Blooms in June-August; depending on the variety, the color of the flowers is white, yellow-pink, purple. The fruits are red. In the conditions of Moscow, annual shoots freeze a little, but then the plant quickly recovers.

- American honeysuckle(L. americana) - the most powerful vine of all climbing honeysuckle (reaches a height of 6 meters) with dark purple-violet shoots and a dense branchy crown. Blooms in July for about 2 weeks; large fragrant cream flowers with a purple base. Prefers loose, nutritious, moderately moist soils.

- Honeysuckle Hecrotta(L. heckrottii) is a hybrid of American and evergreen honeysuckle, growing up to 3-4 meters. The flowers are bicolor (yellowish inside, purple outside) or orange-pink. Blooms continuously from June to September. In the conditions of Moscow, it suffers from frost.

- brown honeysuckle(L. brownii) - hybrid of evergreen and rough honeysuckle; reaches a height of 2.5 meters. Has a lot garden forms with a different color of flowers (they are usually odorless), appearing on the plant intermittently from June to late autumn.

- Thälmann's honeysuckle(L. tellmaniana) is a very decorative deciduous vine of hybrid origin. Blooms from the second half of June for 3 weeks; flowers are orange-yellow, odorless.

Evergreen and semi-evergreen honeysuckle-vines are very beautiful, but, unfortunately, they are very thermophilic; among them:

- Japanese honeysuckle(L. japonica) - semi-evergreen or evergreen liana with yellow flowers, climbing up a support to a height of 6 meters; there is a form with golden, wrinkled leaves. It is successfully grown in regions with a warm climate; in the conditions of Moscow, it freezes strongly (even under the snow) until death.

- honeysuckle henry(L. henryi) - semi-evergreen liana with brownish-red flowers; takes out shading. It is thermophilic and freezes under the conditions of Moscow.

- evergreen honeysuckle blooms for 4-5 months with large reddish or orange flowers up to 5 cm in diameter, which are then replaced by brightly colored fruits. Very thermophilic.

Most species of honeysuckle-lianas like a sunny location, but shading at the base is very favorable for them. Lianas are quite shade-tolerant (however, in the shade, the flowering of honeysuckles begins later and it is less abundant).

Honeysuckle-lianas grow quickly, many species are undemanding to the soil (but develop better on fertile, moist soil), they tolerate transplanting and pruning the crown well due to their high shoot-forming ability. The liana is thinned out after flowering, while cutting out the excess old stems.
It is recommended to feed honeysuckles growing on marginal soils with mineral fertilizers in the spring.

Breeds curly honeysuckle easy: seeds, green cuttings, layering.

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Evergreen honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) is a beautiful liana that blooms profusely in warm, sheltered places throughout the summer with bright red and orange flowers.

This climbing evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub reaches a height of up to 3 m. The shoots are glabrous.

Elliptical or ovoid leaves, 3-8 cm long and 1.5-5 cm wide, sit on short petioles. The upper side of the leaves is smooth, dark green, the lower is bluish-gray, sometimes with soft pubescence. Often 1 or 2 pairs of leaves under the inflorescences grow together to form a round or slightly oblong disc.

Evergreen honeysuckle flowers are odorless. Their color changes from yellow to orange-red. The corolla is 4-5 cm long. The stamens and the column protrude slightly beyond the limb. The color of the berries is scarlet red.

Evergreen honeysuckle is widespread in North America. Introduced in 1686 Introduced in our country in 1816

In the European part of the USSR, young shoots of this species of honeysuckle suffer from frost. It is quite justified for Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine.

A more stable hybrid of evergreen and rough honeysuckles is Brown's honeysuckle, which has forms with flowers of red, orange-red, dark orange-red shades.

Brown's honeysuckle blooms annually in Moscow, secondary flowering is often observed early autumn but the fruit is often not set.

There are many honeysuckles decorative species, but domestic gardeners are poorly aware of them. One of these rare, but very interesting varieties is Shapochnaya's honeysuckle. Its natural habitat is the mountainous regions of central and western China. It is there that the shrub reaches its greatest picturesqueness.

Honeysuckle Hat came to us from distant China

Botanical description of the species

Honeysuckle was introduced into the culture at the beginning of the last century. Thanks to the unusual outward appearance, the variety quickly spread throughout Europe, and then penetrated into Russia, but took root only in the southern and middle regions.

A low evergreen shrub in the conditions of native China reaches a meter in height, but in the climate of Moscow it grows only up to 30 cm. It has a flat, spread crown with a diameter of up to 1.5–2 meters. Rigid, non-bending shoots spread along the ground, easily rooting in the place of contact with the soil.

It is interesting. Chinese honeysuckle is resistant to urban environments, tolerates air pollution and is not attacked by pests.

The leaves are small, oblong, lanceolate, glossy above, dark green, and pubescent along the veins below. The petioles are thick and short. At home, Honeysuckle Shapochnaya blooms with fragrant white flowers, tubular-funnel-shaped. In September-October, fruits appear - rounded berries of a red or purple hue.

In the conditions of Russia, Chinese honeysuckle barely reaches 30 cm in height.

Honeysuckle is an evergreen shrub. If the microclimate of the site allows, you can try to plant it amazing plant... Thanks to the open crown, it overwinters under the snow, and in the spring it will delight you with bright green foliage. But the culture will not bloom and bear fruit.

Planting and breeding

Most honeysuckles are not picky about the composition of the soil, but prefer loam. The Chinese guest is not original in this respect either. The form grows well in any drained soil with an alkaline or neutral environment. Feels great in the sun, but prefers light partial shade.

Honeysuckle is planted only in autumn, with the beginning of leaf fall. This is due to the early awakening of culture. Already in mid-March, buds swell on the bush and roots begin to function, which are easily damaged during spring work.

Landing rules

Landing and hat is not as difficult as it might seem. There are several simple rules, compliance with which guarantees a good result:

1. Wells for young plants are prepared in advance. The selected area is cleared of weeds and debris, lime if necessary.
2. At a distance of 2 meters from each other, holes with a diameter of 40x40 cm are dug. Upper layer soil is mixed with a bucket of humus, a glass of ash and 2 tablespoons of superphosphate are added to the mixture. The composition is shoveled and put back into the hole, covered from the rain.

Step-by-step process of planting Honeysuckle Hat:

1. Nutrient soil is poured into a hole prepared in advance with a cone.
2. A seedling is placed on top, the roots are straightened and covered with light soil. Container plants transshipped along with a lump of earth.
3. The soil is compacted and well spilled with water.
4. The trunk circle is mulched with peat or sawdust.

After planting, young seedlings are not pruned. The formation of the plant begins from the second year, removing diseased and broken shoots.

Reproduction

Cap with green cuttings and layering. An adult shrub easily takes root at the point where the shoots touch the ground.

Advice. To speed up the process, the selected branch is pinned to the soil, watered and covered with foil. After 2-3 months, the young bush will grow a powerful root system and will be ready for transplant.

Chinese Honeysuckle Care

Honeysuckle Honeysuckle is demanding on hydration only at a young age. Adult plants easily tolerate lack of water and dry air. Watering crops are trying to coincide with the morning or evening hours, bringing under each bush 10-15 liters of liquid.

Loosening of the near-trunk zone is carried out at a shallow depth, since the roots of adult honeysuckle often rise to the surface. For 5-6 year old plants, it is better to use mulching.

The first feeding is carried out 2 years after planting. In early spring, 25-30 grams of ammonium nitrate is applied under each bush. In July, the culture is fertilized with organic matter at the rate of 1 m² of compost bucket. In the fall, 1-2 glasses of ash are placed in the root zone and Matchbox double superphosphate.

Pruning Honeysuckle Cap

The Chinese guest tolerates pruning well. During sanitization, dry, frozen and damaged shoots are removed. This heals the bush and enhances branching.

Starting at the age of 5, rejuvenating pruning is started. 1-2 old shoots are removed annually, replacing them with young ones. Frozen branches are shortened to the point of damage. The procedure is carried out after the appearance of a green cone. During this period, the stems beaten by frost are clearly visible.

How to properly prune Shapochnaya's honeysuckle can be seen in the photo.

Honeysuckle molding pruning scheme

Winter hardiness of culture

The Chinese form is able to withstand temperatures as low as -23.0 ° C, which corresponds to the south and center of Russia. In other regions, the bushes must be covered and additionally covered with snow. However, even such measures will not help to grow Chinese honeysuckle in northern regions country.

Diseases and pests

The culture is rarely affected by insects and, but in a damp, cool summer, fungal infections and viruses can appear on the plant. The former include powdery mildew and rust. Of viral diseases, mesh mosaic is most often encountered. Young succulent shoots are often attacked by aphids, leaf rollers, moths and spider mites.

To combat fungal and viral diseases, systemic fungicides are used:

• Vectra;
• Topaz;
• Speed;
• Gamair.

They get rid of harmful insects with the help of Inta-Vira, Fitoverma, Aktara, Aktellik, Fufanon.

Honeysuckle can be used as a ground cover, creeping plant. This unpretentious and frost-resistant crop is especially good in the foreground in a composition with conifers. Single bushes can be planted on alpine coaster or to decorate retaining walls with them.

In the spring, gardeners are faced with the task of how to decorate the site, what to plant, to add beauty and charm to the garden. An amazing decorative curly honeysuckle comes to the rescue. She can quickly grow on the site and decorate a wall, fence, gazebo or arch. The advice of experts will help you figure out how to grow properly, protect against diseases and propagate a beautiful plant.

The shrub is used as decorative decoration... This plant is able to give a unique charm to the garden, create coziness and saturate the space with aroma. The site will be filled with bright colors if you plant different types of honeysuckle.

The plant fell in love with gardeners for its unpretentiousness, beauty and fragrance. The stems of the plant rise up, obediently wrap around the supports, so it is ideal for vertical gardening.

Curly honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) is a climbing bush. The species of the genus Honeysuckle belongs to the Honeysuckle family.

Karl Linnaeus, a famous botanist, gave the name to this type of shrub-Lonicera. In memory of the 15th century German scientist Adam Lonitzer. For the first time, a description of the plant appeared in the writings of Stepan Krasheninnikov, the famous Russian explorer of the 18th century. Honeysuckle has spread throughout Russia since the beginning of the 20th century.

Types of decorative curly honeysuckle

In nature, there are many species of this plant. The following are popular:

1. The most common honeysuckle is Honeysuckle. From the middle of May it is covered with flowers, and by the end of summer wears beads of bright berries. Frost resistant. Up to 6 meters high.
2. Curly Honeysuckle has flowers of white, purple and Pink colour... Flowers of the Serotina variety are crimson. The fruits are poisonous.
3. Brown's honeysuckle does not tolerate frost well. It has flowers of the original carrot color, and the "Dropmore Scarlet" variety is orange. The height of the bush is 5 meters.
4. Honeysuckle Tatarskaya is the most hardy species. Flowers are white and pink. Red flowers in the varieties "Amold Red", "Morgen Orange", "Elegant". They are bred along the Middle Volga, Kazakhstan, from Siberia to Altai.
5. Korolkov's honeysuckle is distinguished by abundant flowering of lilac and pink hues. Unpretentious, loves the sun.
6. Gerald's honeysuckle is frost-resistant, does not shed leaves for the winter, flowers yellow tint, fragrant.
7. Honeysuckle-Hekroth species. Abundant flowering yellow-pink hue. The height of the bush is up to 4 meters. Blooms for a long time.
8. Maak-honeysuckle is frost-resistant. Large white flowers, pleasant aroma. Bushes up to 3-4 meters in height.
9. Serotin's honeysuckle blooms all summer. The aroma is delicate, like the scent of linden. The flowers are claret-brownish, moth-shaped.
10. Japanese honeysuckle. Differs in the originality of the foliage. Leaves are light green with yellow veins. Afraid of frost.
11. Real honeysuckle grows in the forests and groves of Russia. Or wolf berries. Differs in flowers white and red berries.
12. In the Caucasus, Georgian Honeysuckle and Caucasian Honeysuckle are known. The flowers are purple. The fruits are red and black.
13. Evergreen honeysuckle is the most frost-resistant look... All summer, the vines are strewn with flowers of a crimson shade on the outside and yellow with inside flower.

Description of honeysuckle Honeysuckle

The most popular among gardeners is the decorative curly honeysuckle Kaprifol.

Description:

1. Honeysuckle Honeysuckle (decorative inedible liana). Lonicera Caprifolium tolerates heat and cold. It blooms from the second half of May and exudes an extraordinary aroma for a month. Honeysuckle is called Honeysuckle fragrant vine... Plant height reaches 4-5 meters. The branches are strewn with flowers. The flowers are complex, unusual and change color when blooming.
2. The name "Caprifol" means "goat leaf". The type of flower resembles the horns of a goat and originally grew in an area where goats walked.
3. Shoots glabrous, green. During the season they grow by 1-2 meters. The life span of a bush with good care is 50 years. Old shoots with dense bark. The branches have suction cups that are attached to the trellis or wall. The leaves of the vine are dense, medium-sized, green. Oval or oblong. The leaves on the shoot grow together at the base.
4. Shade of flowers from light pink to burgundy. Inside, yellowish, white, outside dark, purple colors. The shape is unusual. The stamens are long, protrude far, collected in bunches, located at the base of accrete leaves.
5. In flowering time-s May to July, emit a pleasant aroma. It intensifies in the evening.
   Fruits are orange-red, small, round. 6-7 mm in diameter, bitter, inedible.
6. The stalks are short, the berries are glued to the leaves. Bright berries look beautiful against a background of green leaves. This gives charm and sophistication to the garden. It grows preferably in sunny and warm places. It tolerates light darkening and city conditions well.
7. The place should be protected from drafts as much as possible. Likes to curl up on the wall, on which the tapestries are stretched.
8. Honeysuckle tolerates frost and drought, is undemanding to watering. Feels great on different soil. Tolerates acidic and salty soil. Doesn't lose its attractiveness on rocky ground.
9. All types of curly decorative honeysuckle decorate the garden from spring to autumn. They add mystery and privacy to the site. Climbing vines used in landscape design for decorating a playground, decorating a gazebo, fencing from neighbors, decorating a barn or an unpresentable wall. Often used to decorate pillars.
10. Also, honeysuckle is used to decorate the entrances of offices, shops, clinics located on the ground floors.

Planting decorative honeysuckle

The best time to plant is April, May. In the spring, the plant wakes up. Can be planted in the fall. The soil must be free of weeds before planting. The land must be rich in nutrients. The reaction of the soil is desirable PH 5.5-6.5. If the soil is acidic, add lime. Add 200 grams of lime per m2 to the soil before planting.

Buy honeysuckle seedlings in plastic containers with fertilizers. In this case, the root system is not damaged and will take root well. Saplings with bare roots are planted in the fall or in early spring when the plant is sleeping.

For landing you need:

1. Two to three days before planting, dig holes at a distance of 2.5-3 meters.
2. Lower drainage in the form of expanded clay, crushed stone or other.
3. Cover with fertile soil. For 2 buckets of compost, 50 grams of superphosphate and 1 kilogram of ash. For sandy soil, add clay.
4. Water abundantly.
5. They put the seedling in the center, on a small hill.
6. Filled with soil, the root collar is not buried.
7. Water and add soil.
8. The land around the seedling is mulched.

Watered often, covered with dry grass for the winter.

Care

Honeysuckle does not require special care. Each spring must be brought in organic fertilizers and pour with ash solution. In hot weather, it is advisable to water abundantly, loosen and cover the root system with mulch.

Adult plants are fed with humus in the spring. In summer, mineral fertilizer or mullein infusion is added. It is best to produce it before mid-July. Pruning and shaping the bush is best done in the spring. When there are no living buds yet.

So that honeysuckle does not suffer from aphids, insects and larvae, in trunk circle sprinkle with superphosphate, ash or lime. For the winter, sprinkle with 5% urea solution. For prophylaxis, use the drug Bitoxibacillin or Lepocid. With the onset of cold weather, it is better to cover the liana from freezing.

Reproduction of honeysuckle

• cuttings;
• seeds;
• layering;
• division of the rhizome;

For grafting, it is necessary to prepare a sand-peat mixture. The twigs are cut into cuttings with three internodes. You can hold it in Kornevin's solution or just dip it in powder. After that, the cuttings are buried in the prepared mixture. The twigs take root. In the spring, cuttings are planted in the ground.

For planting with seeds, you need to take seeds of the second year. Sow in spring. Remove the seeds from the fruit, rinse, dry, stratify. After that, they are sown on seedlings. Ready grown seedlings are transplanted in the summer to permanent place residence.

An easy way to propagate Caprifoli is by layering. To do this, a branch of a growing liana is dipped to the ground and fixed in several places with staples. A small incision is made on the branch. Roots grow in the place of the incision. After that, the branch is separated and transplanted to another place.

In the fall, the rhizomes of the plant are divided. The root is dug up and divided into parts. Parts of the roots are buried in, covered. Young shoots grow in spring.

Pruning

In order for the Kaprifol liana to have a decent look, it is necessary to arrange a support. The support can be wooden, metal, from a strong net or twine. The shoots spread out and create a colorful oasis. When the shoot has grown, it is shortened.

Cut off the top. After that, young side branches grow. Caprifoli has one peculiarity. The honeysuckle stems are attached to the surface with roots and braid the support counterclockwise. Pruning gives the bush its shape and rejuvenates the plant.

Diseases and pests

In the summer, in the heat, Honeysuckle is attacked spider mite... In this case, the leaves of the creeper are rolled into tubes. The plant is susceptible to damage powdery mildew and aphids. To protect the plant from pests, the bushes are treated with fungicides. The gardener chooses a product on his own or with the help of a specialist. You can also find advice on the internet. It is preferable to do the processing in advance.

If the soil is sandy or simply depleted, then organic humus from composted manure is poured under the roots of the climbing honeysuckle. Food waste compost is also suitable. Organic matter promotes the reproduction of soil bacteria, improves the structure of the soil.

It turns out a perpetual organic engine, which is served by worms. You can forget about expensive imported fertilizers. No need to fertilize plants with nitrates, which destroy the human body. Organic waste is an excellent fertilizer. In Europe, waste has long been sorted and used for its intended purpose.