Forsythia often acts as a decoration for landscape design of gardens and courtyards.dressing and caring for it does not cause much difficulty. Due to its aesthetic appeal and spectacular appearance, this shrub looks much more profitable than many other ornamental cultures.
How to choose a seedling in the store
The first and, perhaps, fundamental question concerns the purchase of a forsythia seedling. How to make the right choice in the future not to regret it?
We do not recommend buying plants from people without the necessary documents confirming their trading activity and professionalism in the field of trade in plants. Simply put, it is better not to take "hands". Order seedlings in organizations, shopping centers, in a word, from those who specialize in landscape design and have well-established connections with reliable nurseries and suppliers of plants. It is better to entrust the choice to an experienced dendrologist. Plus, this is the one that you, being next to him, get elementary, but necessary information about your future plant.
If you decide to make a choice on your own, then definitely move to the trade fair ground. Since choosing a forsythia sapling, like any other plant, is not easy, it is better to have a specific reference book with you. According to it, you will choose, ask leading questions and generally navigate in this type of product.
You have the full right to ask for a quality certificate regarding the selected forsythia. The main points to pay attention to are the supplying country and the climatic zone of growth. What looks great when landing doesn’t necessarily stay that way until the very end.
Pay attention to the age of the seedlings. The greater the age of the plant and the more different the conditions for future planting with the same, the more difficult the shrub will adapt.
Choosing a sapling, inspect not only liked, but the rest. If among them was at least one patient, leave with nothing. An infected plant will be too troublesome for you, since it will not only require special care, but it will also infect the nearest plants. Buy only seedlings with thick and strong branches, on which there are many buds. Do not purchase plants with broken branches or damaged shoots.
Did you know? The ornamental shrub got its name in honor of the botanist from Scotland, William Forsythe, part-time chief gardener of the Kensington Palace and one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society. He was the first to bring a Forsythia bush from the Celestial to Europe.
Forsythia seedling planting
To make a forsythia bush with yellow flowers become the decoration of your garden, need to know a few basic aspects of his landing.
Optimum landing times
Plant forsythia, in principle, as well as transplant it, better in spring or in early autumn until you hit the frost. The plant must take root for the winter.
Choosing a landing site
Forsythia is a warm and sun-loving plant. Accounting for this factor is important for planting and further care of the shrub. In the rays of sunlight, the development of forsythia occurs much better, and flowering is more effective. But in the penumbra, this ornamental shrub feels good. Forsythia must also be well protected from the wind. Usually group planting shrubs produce along the tracks and fences.
How to prepare the ground for planting
Nutrient-rich and well-ventilated soil is best suited for the development of forsythia. For this plant, of course, it is better to prepare a special soil mixture. Perfectly take root in the soil of such a composition of humus, sand and leaf earth in a ratio of 1: 2: 1. Forsythia will not be able to grow fully in acidic soils. If the soil is low in pH, it must be balanced by adding wood ash.
Proper planting seedling
The forsythia hole should be about half a meter deep and wide. If on the site it is planned to plant several shrubs, then between them you need to leave a distance of not less than two meters. The process of planting forsythia occurs as follows:
- At the bottom of the pit ten-centimetric layer should lay out the drainage, consisting of broken bricks or rubble.
- On top of the drainage - a layer of coarse sand of five centimeters.
- The plant must be carefully removed from the container and lowered into a hole so that the root neck is visible on the surface.
- Roots need to fall asleep prepared soil mixture.
- Pristvolny circle need a bit trampled.
- At the end, the forsythia needs to be watered and mulched with humus, straw, or fallen leaves.
Comprehensive plant care
Unpretentiousness is a kind of "slogan" of almost all types of forsythia. Caring for this shrub is not particularly difficult. All that needs to be done by a forsythia gardener is:
- Water periodically.
- Loosen and weed around the trunk.
- Trim the bushes.
Soil care
In this sense forsythia is an unpretentious plant. Especially it is possible to distinguish such a species as forsythia is the average yellow. Many gardeners may not water the forsythia at all. It perfectly tolerates arid climatic conditions. But when warm winds blow, it is recommended to moisten the soil from time to time. This is done very rarely - about once a month. One bucket of water per plant will suffice.
Important! After each watering, it is imperative to loosen the trunk circle of centimeters by thirty and then mulch again.Spring forzition feeding consists of spreading manure around each bush in early March. Further in April, you can feed with fertilizers in the amount of 70 g for each bush. The following feeding is done when the forsythia blooms, more precisely, at the end of this period. Here use the tool "Kemira Universal" and only according to the instructions on the package.
Pruning and shaping the bush
So, the forsythia has been sorted out with watering and dressing, now let's move on to the aesthetic part - crown formation. Cut the shrub should in any case - this is a mandatory requirement, because otherwise it will look untidy. For a plant that is positioned as a decoration for landscape design, it is not permissible. But you need to perform the trimming procedure as carefully as possible. So, when and how to properly trim the forsythia?
In the first years after planting the shrub does not form. Only deletion of frozen branches is permissible. To begin pruning the crown should be the third or fourth year. When the frosts are over, frostbitten ends of the branches are cut off at the forsythia. The main pruning is carried out in the summer, when the bush blooms. Branches need to be shortened by half and remove old and dry shoots, leaving five-six centimeter hemp. From them and formed new shoots.
Forzition crown is usually shaped in the shape of a bowl or bowl. If forsythia participates in hedgerows, then it is periodically rejuvenated, cutting branches by two-thirds or to hemp by a few centimeters. After that, the plant begins to grow new young and strong shoots in even larger quantities. Forsythia is pruned no more than once every three years. Otherwise, the plant will be strongly stretched in breadth and ill bloom.
Preparing bushes for winter
Preparing forsythia for winter is similar to the procedure for relatively similar representatives of ornamental crops. Even frost-resistant varieties tested by "minus" must be warmed without fail with the onset of extreme cold. This is done with lots of dry leaves or needles. Particular attention should be paid to young shoots. If they freeze in the winter, they will not be able to bloom in full in the spring.
Important! Before starting to warm the branches of a bush, they need to be pressed to the ground and only then covered.This is the way to take care of forsythia. Planting, care, pruning, watering and feeding - all this is done according to very simple rules.
Did you know? The most frost-resistant variety of forsythia is ovoid forsythia.
How to propagate forsythia on your own
Breeding forsythia, similarly with care for her, is not difficult. The simplest and most used method is grafting, but we will look at all three.
Layering
Forsythia reproduction by layering occurs in the spring. The shoots of the uterine tree are cut off under the stump. This is done so that over the summer new young and healthy branches will grow. In the fall, they are bent to the ground and placed in the grooves to a shallow depth. To make it more reliable, the shoot is pinned and then covered with earth.
Such a "transplant" of forsythia requires special processing of the soil composition. To begin with, it is necessary to loosen it well, then lay out the bottom of the grooves with a layer of drainage from fine rubble, and sprinkle it on the top with soil. Reproduction of forsythia by layering is permissible not only in the autumn period, but also in early spring. One condition: shoots must be young.
Cuttings
If you are unable to cut the shrub at the root, then it will suit you The next breeding method is grafting. Take half-woody twelve centimeter cuttings and plant them in a box filled with a moistened mixture of soil and sand. The twig should be stuck in the ground at a slight angle a couple of centimeters. From above everything is covered with a film.
Important! An unused aquarium is perfect as a greenhouse.Maintaining sufficient moisture and pritenaya, when necessary, from the scorching sun, in a month you will receive rooted cuttings. It is better to plant them in open ground in spring.
Seeds
It is possible to propagate forsythia with seeds both in spring and autumn. In the spring, seeds are sown in boxes of soil. After a month and a half, shoots can be seen. The plant dives in the second year. In the winter cover with a layer of leaves of 20 cm.
Important! Only with this method will the forsythia bloom later than with the vegetative one.
The use of Forsythia in design
Because forsythia is an ornamental and unpretentious shrub, It is widely used for gardening and landscaping gardens, holiday homes, parks and country residences.
Forsythia is most popular in Western Europe. In confirmation of this, you can find this shrub in every landscape park. Most often, they are planted in the back rows of mixborders and in an ensemble with other bushes and trees. They look great among natural gardens imitating yellow forest plantations, among rockeries on slopes and embankments, in the form of hedges.
We emphasize one unique ability - the absorption of air pollution by exhaust and other gases that soar in the city. Therefore, Forsythia is very indispensable for landscaping urban landscapes: streets, squares, squares. Beautifully decorated ornamental shrubs are very picturesquely combined with park arbors and benches. They are planted against the background of "boring" walls of buildings and fences.
When creating landscape design compositions using forsythia, it is preferable to compare them with other plants, which bloom during the spring months.
Resistance of forsythia to diseases and pests
Forsythia is good enough to resist diseases and pests. Sometimes succumbs to wilt, bacteriosis and moniliasis. Withering is treated with a five percent solution. "Fundazole". If you hit bacteriosis, alas, the plant will have to be destroyed entirely, having previously dug.
In the case of moniliosis, the affected areas with brown spots on the leaves are cut out and cleaned up to healthy places. It happens that formatsyu attack nematodes. In this case, you need to use "Carbation", which disinfects the soil.
