Action strawberry meadow planting and care in the open field

Planting various exotic plants on your backyard is now in vogue. Breeders breed hybrids that can grow in the most inappropriate climates. Summer cottages often look like botanical gardens, and amateur gardeners continue to look for new pets.

The oriental beauty deytsia is a bright representative of the dacha flora.

The homeland of this flowering shrub is China. Only at the beginning of the nineteenth century, action was brought to Europe by Dutch merchants. As the story tells, the expedition of the Amsterdam mayors was sponsored by Johann van Deutz. This is how the action was later named in his honor.

Today there are many varieties of this flowering shrub. They differ in the shape of the flower, and in shades, as well as in their height.

The plant is whimsical, requiring attention, but it is becoming more and more popular from year to year. Difficulties in growing action do not stop not only experienced florists, but also beginners.

Gallery: action (25 photos)

Description

The height of the action ranges from very small, about 35 centimeters in height, to high. Sometimes the height of the plant reaches 4 meters. Action flowers are usually odorless white or yellow in color. More exotic pink and burgundy bushes. Due to its external similarity, the shrub is often confused with honeysuckle. The action lives for about 25 years.

Types of action

The wild plant can be found in Japan or China. In all other countries, action is cultivated. Wild action has small white-pink inflorescences and rough foliage. The height of the wild species is no more than 2 meters.

Rough action

The flowers of the action are rough so large that the branches often cannot hold them. The plant simply spreads along the ground, forming a blooming snowy mountain. Of all types of action, the rough is the most frost-resistant.

Gorgeous

Deutzia gorgeous is a hybrid of rough and Vilmoren. The flowers are white double, the leaves are elongated. The bush itself grows in height and reaches 2.5 meters. It is considered one of the most beautiful types of action.

Hybrid

This action is a hybrid of two plant species. The most popular hybrids are as follows:

• strawberry meadow is a wide, short bush with sharp leaves and large beautiful flowers. Usually begins to bloom only at the end of June;
• pink - rather high, reaching 2.5 meters in height. It blooms with double pink flowers. The leaves of this hybrid are dark and oval;
• Pink Pom Pom - sprawling, like a strawberry meadow. The flowers are pink, shaped like a bell. Leaves are oval, slightly rough.

Terry action

A low shrub, reaching 1.2 meters in height, usually spherical in shape. The flowers are terry white with one pink side, and the leaves are sharp and covered with hairs.

Unlike rough, terry action begins to bloom earlier and ends later. It is especially appreciated precisely for the duration of flowering.

Nikko or graceful action

The Nikko action bush barely reaches 80 centimeters in height. Deutia graceful begins to bloom at the end of May, and in September the leaves turn purple-crimson.

Amurskaya

This action can be recognized by the gray bark and oval leaves. The flowers of the Amur deycea are pure white without an admixture of pink or yellow, the foliage is bright green. The height of the Amur action reaches 2 meters in height.

Lemoine

A medium height shrub with a lush crown in the form of a ball. It blooms with small white flowers starting in late spring.

Lemoine Storberry

It differs from other species in pink-crimson swirling flowers. This action is very popular with flower growers.

Mont rose

A tall, frost-resistant shrub with lush inflorescences can often be found in household plots. The flowers of the action mont rose are terry white, collected in an inflorescence.

Tourbilon Rouge

This action has red-white flowers, collected in inflorescences. The shrub itself is quite tall, sometimes its height reaches 2.1 meters. It blooms late - in the middle of summer, but looks pretty decent until late autumn.

Pink action

This is a hybrid of Nikko action. A shrub of short stature, slightly higher than Nikko with dark leaves and small flowers.

Whitest

The most durable of all the representatives of this plant. There are cases when the whitest action grew and delighted its owners for 50 years. The bush is quite tall, about 2 meters tall, with double flowers. The whitest one got its name because of the surprisingly white color of the inflorescences.

Planting and leaving

It is recommended to plant the action at the end of March, before the buds begin to bloom on the trees. When choosing a landing site, wind protection should be taken into account. Deytsia loves the sun, so try to keep a minimum of shadow on her. Poorly tolerates action and high humidity. The soil should be moderately moist and always loose. Loamy low-alkaline soil and super-sandy soils are suitable.

The most capricious varieties of action are Rose and Turbilon Rouge.

Saplings

Before buying seedlings, you should carefully inspect the trunk of the plant, buds and roots. Any damage should alert you. The roots are shortened before planting, and if they are dry, they are revived in water with clay. You can add potassium permanganate to the clay solution and keep the roots in this composition for at least five hours.

The pit for planting seedlings should be no more than half a meter deep... Before planting the plant, pour eight centimeters of sand on the bottom of the pit. You can add one hundred grams of fertilizer "Nitrofoska". Root necks are not recommended to be buried; it would be better to leave them at ground level.

After the seedling has been planted, mulch the ground with peat. Deytsia is very fond of loose soil.

Care

• Deytsia tolerates drought well, but excess moisture can seriously harm it. Water the bush as little as possible. In the summer, one bucket per week will be sufficient. At the end of summer, watering is reduced to allow the action to begin preparing for the winter. Loosen and weed the ground around the bush, the action loves this very much.
• Mulch the soil around the action. Peat or leaves are suitable for these purposes.
• Young bushes do not tolerate frost well, so insulate them with spruce branches, after covering them with dry foliage.
• The shrub is fed with ash and compost. Fermented manure diluted in water is also suitable.You can buy ready-made fertilizers such as Ammophos and Nitrofoska. The bush is fertilized once, this usually happens at the beginning of summer.
• So that the soil is not acidic, potassium sulfate is added to it, and clay soil can be ennobled with peat or sand.
• If the soil is not suitable for planting action, try to prepare the site for planting in the fall. Dig holes where the seedlings will be and add all the necessary mixtures and fertilizers to them.

Deutzia is one of the few plants that can be planted next to a road. It tolerates car gases well.

Pruning

Deutzia is an ornamental shrub, naturally, it needs some processing to maintain its shape. The deytion transfers the trimming procedure itself very easily. You cannot carry out the procedure during the flowering of the shrub, only after winter or just before winter itself.

Usually, broken and deformed branches are removed, and the inflorescences are also pruned to shoots.

Diseases

Deutzia is a sturdy plant that is not prone to frequent diseases. The only exception is such an attack as a proboscis. You can get rid of it with the help of "Carbofox".

Reproduction

There are three known breeding methods:

• cuttings;
• division;
• seeds.

Cuttings

If the shoots are strong, leafy, developed, they are quite capable of being suitable for the cuttings procedure. At the very beginning of June, cuttings are cut with a pruner, the cuts must be beveled, and the cutting itself is about 15 centimeters long. Germinate them using a greenhouse in the river sand. To form a root, the cutting is watered abundantly and often.

In order for the process of the appearance of roots to go as actively as possible, artificial fog is admitted in the greenhouse. After the first shoots have appeared, the cutting is planted in open ground and raised for two years.

You can also use woody cuttings, cut when all the leaves fall off during action. This is done in places with a warm climate. The cuttings are bound and sent for storage. The temperature during storage of cuttings should be no more than 0 degrees. They are usually kept in boxes with sand, after sprinkling them.

Division

An already overgrown action bush is dug up and the root system is shared with the seedlings. Divided seedlings should be immediately planted in pre-prepared pits until the root begins to dry out. All old branches should be pruned before planting.

This method of reproduction is not considered a priority, because sometimes it becomes destructive for the old bush.

Seeds

Action seeds are harvested from September to October. Sprout them in the spring using a film. Seeds should be constantly watered with as much water as possible. They are sown in the soil prepared in advance and fertilized with peat and humus. After a month and a half, the seeds germinate, they can already be planted in open ground. This usually happens in early summer.

Wintering action

They begin to prepare the action in August. Reduce watering, and already at the beginning of September, you can wrap the roots with a waterproof material so that the plant receives as little moisture as possible.

Already with the onset of the first night frosts, the action should be hidden. The bush is pressed as much as possible to the surface of the earth and sprinkled with foliage. The branches of the trees are placed on top. It should be borne in mind that straight-growing types of action can break when bent, so hide them in burlap or simply tie them with a special cloth.

When the temperature drops below zero during the day and begins to hold on stably, they begin to wrap up in winter. One of the best materials for this is pine needles. In the spring, you need to have time to remove the branches of the spruce branches in order to prevent overheating of the action.

Problems

The most common problem of flower growers when growing deytion is the freezing of young shoots. Because of this, flowers are often missing on the bushes. It happens that in an area with severe winters it is very difficult to grow and care for this shrub, in such cases it is recommended to use the following winter-hardy plant varieties:

• pink;
• lemoir;
• Amur;
• graceful or nikko;

Winter hardiness of hybrid species of action was bred quite recently, but has already proven its effectiveness. Caring for hybrids does not require much effort, they are usually resistant not only to frost, but also to various diseases.

Action in landscape design

With the help of this shrub, the background of the garden or the rear view of the summer cottage is made out. If the action is spherical, it can be positioned in the center. The hedges of this plant look great. They are usually planted at a distance of two meters from each other.

In a word, the action plant is simply created to please the eye and decorate the personal plot.

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Deutzia is a deciduous perennial (lives about 25 years) shrub 0.4-4 m high. It belongs to the Hortensia family. The natural habitat is Mexico, Japan, China.

The name of the plant was given in honor of Johann van Deitz, the mayor of Amsterdam, who sponsored the expedition to the East. Dutch merchants brought the Japanese and Himalayan species to Europe in the early 19th century, and the Chinese species became known by the end of the aforementioned century.

Botanical description

The root system is of a mixed type: 1-2 core processes are combined with fibrous roots located in the upper part. The shape of the bush is erect or spreading. The branches are hollow inside, they break easily under load. The stems are covered with a smooth dark brown bark, over time the old bark flakes off and hangs in rags - this is a natural process and is not a sign of any problems.

Action in landscape design photo

Numerous elongated leaves are attached to short petioles, arranged oppositely, colored green - before flowering, action can be confused with honeysuckle. On the shoots of last year, racemose inflorescences begin to appear at the end of spring. Abundant flowering. The diameter of the five-petal corolla is 1-2 cm, the perianth is double.

The flowers are bisexual, painted in white, crimson, pink, purple hue, there is a double color. They can be plain or terry. The pith consists of an ovary and long stamens. Flowering lasts about 2 months and is accompanied by a subtle, subtle aroma. After flowering, spherical seed pods are tied.

Selecting seedlings and planting action in open ground

Deytion Captivity Deutzia 'Scabra Plena'

When choosing seedlings in the store, you must carefully examine the bush for damage, signs of disease, and whether the kidneys are intact. You can choose a seedling with open roots, and not in a container, since you will be able to inspect the root system well (the roots should not be overdried, damaged) and the cost is more budgetary. Purchase such seedlings just before planting, wrap the roots with thick paper during transportation.

But best of all is the survival rate of seedlings with a closed root system, planted in a container. Here it is important to pay attention to the purity of the leaves: so that there are no spots and various damages.

When to plant

It is necessary to plant in the spring, when the ground has already thawed, and the buds have not yet opened. Find an open area out of direct sunlight in the afternoon.

Preparation for planting and the distance between bushes

If the roots of the seedling are dry and bare, you need to hold the plant for 2-3 hours in a container with a clay mash made from a solution of potassium permanganate of a light pink hue; cut off the broken branches. The container plants are lightly watered and allowed to stand so that the roots can be carefully removed along with the earthy clod.

The bush grows quite strongly, so it is necessary to plant it at a distance of 2.5 m from other plants or any buildings. The soil needs to be loose, nutritious, drained. If the soil in the garden does not meet these parameters, the planting holes can be filled with a mixture of humus, peat, sand in a ratio of 2: 1: 2. In too acidic soil, 300 g of slaked lime should be added. The depth of the planting hole should be 40-50 cm.Coarse sand can be placed on the bottom as drainage.

How to plant

The soil removed from the planting hole (if it is suitable for the plant) or the prepared soil mixture must be mixed with 100-125 g of nitrophoska. Place the seedling in a planting hole, cover it with earth, the root collar should be a couple of centimeters above the soil surface. Press the soil a little, water the bush. To stimulate tillering, shoots should be shortened to 3-5 buds. Cover the soil surface with a layer of peat about 5 cm thick.

How to take care of your garden action

Deutzia graceful Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’ photo

Watering

Watering is not required often. It is enough to add 1 bucket of water once a week, and in hot weather you will need 2 buckets of water at a time. Stop watering from mid-August.

After watering, loosen the soil to a depth of 20-25 cm. Remove weeds regularly.

Top dressing

Top dressing should be applied only during the flowering period. Fertilize with organic matter once a month (3-4 liters of manure solution for each bush). Apply 120-150 g of complex mineral fertilizers under each bush twice a season.

Pruning

Pruning should be done in the spring and fall. In the spring, shorten the frozen branches, cut off the broken ones completely. If almost all the shoots have suffered from frost, it is best to carry out a cardinal pruning: cut them almost to the base, leaving only hemp. In the same way, the plant is rejuvenated once every 5-8 years.

After the end of flowering, it is necessary to shorten the shoots that have faded this year to the first strong bud or to the base. Cut off old branches, thin out the bush, give it the desired shape.

Transfer

If there is a desire or need to transplant a bush, this should be done only in the spring, so that the action has time to take root in a new place before the onset of cold weather. Moisten the soil, carefully dig out the bush and transfer it along with the earthen clod into new planting holes. Place a drainage layer and 20-30 g of complex mineral fertilizer on the bottom. Fill up the earth, tamp it, water it abundantly. Old branches must be cut down, and young shoots must be shortened by 1/3 of the length. After transplanting, mature bushes adapt for a long time, but young ones take root quickly.

Diseases and pests

The plant is resistant to diseases and pests. Occasionally, the bumblebee-shaped proboscis can eat the leaves - treat it with an insecticide.

Frost resistance and shelter for the winter

The frost resistance of the action is low, so it must be covered for the winter. In areas with snowy winters, it is enough to bend the bush to the ground and cover it with snow. In severe winters with low temperatures, shelter is required. The safest way is to build an air-dry shelter (suitable for young plants): lay the bush on the ground, make a frame, cover with lutrasil or other non-woven material, additionally cover with spruce branches. Adult bushes should be tied with twine or twine, wrapped on top with breathable material (burlap, lutrasil, etc.).

Winter-hardy species suitable for the Moscow region and the middle zone, withstanding a decrease to -18 ° C, are long-leaved deytsia, Lemoine's deytsia, Amurskaya deytsia, Pink deytsia. However, shelter for the winter is still necessary. Rough action (rough, terry) also hibernates in the Moscow region, but it is more thermophilic and is often damaged by frost. Requires reinforced cover. Frozen branches are cut in spring.

Action from seeds

Seeds of action photo

How to sow in the ground

• You can sow seeds in open ground before winter (crops must be covered for the winter with non-woven material, which is removed with the onset of spring heat).
• The garden bed is prepared in advance so that the earth settles.
• Shallow furrows are stuffed at a distance of 25-30 cm, seeds are sown to a depth of 1-2 cm, keeping a distance of 8-10 cm.
• In spring, seedlings are weeded out of weeds, watered moderately during the dry season.
• For the winter, cover with a layer of fallen leaves.
• The seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place in 2-3 years upon reaching a height of 25-30 cm.

How to sow seedlings

• For sowing action seeds on seedlings, use boxes with moist nutrient soil.
• Spread the seeds over the soil surface, spray with a spray bottle, cover with foil or glass.
• Ventilate regularly, spray crops with water from a fine spray.
• Expect sprouting for about 3 weeks, then remove the shelter.
• Continue to provide plants with moderate soil moisture and bright ambient lighting.
• Plant the hardened plants in open ground in the spring of the next season, and in the fall, be sure to cover them for the winter.
• The full development of the bush will take about 3 years.

Propagation of action by cuttings

Cuttings action in the open field photo of rooted cuttings

Most often, propagation is carried out by cuttings.

How to propagate with green cuttings

• In early July, cut green cuttings 20-25 cm long.
• Remove the lower leaves, keep the cutting in a solution of a growth accelerator for a day.
• Root in a container with sandy-peat soil, you can add humus.
• Place the twigs at an angle of 45 °, deepen into the soil 5-10 cm. Cover with glass or cling film and take outside. Bring it indoors for the winter, grow young seedlings until spring.

How to propagate lignified cuttings

Gather woody cuttings 20-25 cm long in small bunches, tie, sprinkle the lower part with sand, store in a cool room until spring. In April, plant in open ground and build a film shelter. When the buds begin to bloom, the shelter must be removed.

Reproduction by layering and dividing the bush

Layers

For reproduction by layering, you should bend the branch in the ground, make a shallow incision and sprinkle it with earth. The rooted layers are separated from the mother plant next spring.

By dividing the bush

The division of the bush is actively used during transplantation. The bush must be dug out, the roots must be carefully cleaned from the ground, and divided into parts. Each division must have growth buds. Plant immediately in open ground.

The easiest way is to propagate by root shoots, since the bushes quite actively form shoots, then the mother plant does not need to be disturbed. Young shoots should be dug up and planted separately.

Popular species and varieties

Deutzia Amur or small-flowered Deutzia amurensis

Deutzia Amur or small-flowered Deutzia amurensis photo

Originally from the Far East, China, North Korea. A spreading deciduous shrub reaches a height of about 2 m. The elliptical leaf plates are 6 cm long, pubescent on both sides, a bright green or ash-green color becomes yellow-brown by autumn. Scutellum inflorescences consist of white buds 7 cm in diameter. Flowering begins in June and lasts about a month.

Deutzia graceful Deutzia gracilis

Deutzia graceful Deutzia gracilis photo

Originally from Japan. The height of the rounded bush is 0.5-1.5 m. The stems are thin, bent in an arc. The color of the leaf plates is light green, the lower part is covered with hairs. Erect racemes, about 9 cm long, composed of many white flowers. Flowering lasts a little over a month.

Deutzia rough or star-shaped Deutzia scabra

Action rough or star-shaped Deutzia scabra photo

Originally from China, Japan. The bush reaches a height of 2.5 m. Shoots are covered with brown or reddish bark. The leaves are elongated, pubescent, dull green. The racemose inflorescences, about 12 cm long, are composed of white or pinkish flowers.

Decorative forms:

Action rough Captivity Deutzia Scabra Plena photo

• Terry - Terry corolla is white on the inside and pink on the outside.
• pure white - has snow-white double flowers.

Deutzia rough grade Pride of Rochester Deutzia scabra 'Pride of Rochester' photo

• Vaterera - the corolla is white inside, the outside is painted in a burgundy shade.
• pink-terry - terry corolla are painted pink.

Deytion rough White Candidissima Deutzia scabra Candidissima photo

• whitish - green leaves are covered with whitish specks.

Deutzia magnificent or lush Deutzia magnifica

Deutzia gorgeous or lush Deutzia magnifica photo

It is a shrub reaching a height of 2.5 m. The shape of the leaf plates is elongated-ovate. Abundant flowering, shoots tend to the ground under the weight of large umbellate panicles 10 cm long. Flowers are double, white.

Deutzia long-leaved Deutzia longifolia

Deutzia longifolia photo

The height of the bush is 1-2 m. The shoots and the underside of the leaf plates are pubescent. The leaf plates reach a length of 12 cm, the surface is dark green, the reverse side has a grayish tint.

Deutzia lemoinei

Action Lemoine Deutzia x lemoinei photo

Shrub, reaching a height of 2 m. Early flowering, abundant. The flowers are snow-white, the diameter of the corolla is 2 cm.

Decorative varieties:

• Boule-de-nezh - the height of the bush is 1.5 m.The flowers are white, with a diameter of about 2.5 cm.
• Mont Rose - the flowers are large, painted in a bright pink shade.
• Pink Pompon - dense hemispherical inflorescences consist of double flowers of bright pink color.

Other varieties are also popular: deytion of Vilmorin and Wilson, large-flowered, purple.

Deutzia x hybrida 'Strawberry Fields'

Deutzia pink hybrid Strawberry Fields Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ photo

One of the most popular hybrids based on graceful and purple action, with beautiful pink inflorescences from large double flowers.

Deutzia whitest Deutzia Candidissima

Deytion whiteness Deutzia Candidissima photo

Various interspecific hybrid forms with bright white double flowers.

Action Facts

It is a low, about 1.5 m, deciduous shrub from the Hortensia family. A characteristic feature of action, characteristic of many hydrangeas, is the flaking of the bark. If you look closely, you can see gray-brown shoots with thin sheets of bark hanging in "rags" under the white lace of flowers. This is a normal property of mature shoots, and not traces of a disease or pest.

In the garden, the action looks good, for example, in a conspicuous place with evergreen rhododendron and terry kerria. They all bloom at the same time, and the action creates a neutral white transition between lilac and yellow flowers. In landscape design, a combination of action with decorative conifers is often used, and hedges are formed from tall varieties. Action is not afraid of exhaust gases, so it can be planted as a fence in areas adjacent to the road.

Action: planting and leaving

Landing action

The plant is very light-requiring, for planting you need to choose the sunniest place, protected from cold winds. The soil should be loose, fertile, well-drained, with a neutral reaction. If the soils are acidic, when planting the action, 300 g of slaked lime or a glass of ash are introduced into the pit. The best soil for action is compost soil, humus and sand in a ratio of 2: 1: 1.

Areas with waterlogged soil and high groundwater levels are not suitable for operation.

The action is planted in the spring, it is best to buy seedlings immediately before planting. The depth of the planting pit is about 50 cm, for drainage, sand or broken creep can be poured into the bottom of the pit with a layer of 10-15 cm. It is recommended to add 100-120 g of nitrophoska to the soil mixture to fill the pit. In no case should it be possible to deepen the root collar of the seedling, it should be at ground level. The distance between the bushes is at least 1.5 m. After planting, the action is watered abundantly, the soil is tamped and mulched with a layer of peat 5-7 cm thick.

Action care 

Watering... Adult plants are drought-resistant and do not tolerate waterlogging well, so 1 bucket of water for each bush is enough for them once a week or less. After watering, the soil is loosened to a depth of 20 cm. In hot dry weather and during flowering, watering is increased, and in the first ten days of August, it is stopped to give action the opportunity to prepare for winter. Young plants during the period of active growth require more abundant watering.

Top dressing. Fertilize the action with compost with a glass of ash or fermented liquid manure (1 liter per 10 liters of water).Complex mineral fertilizers are applied twice a season (120-150 g for each bush). It is advisable to fertilize during the flowering period and in the first half of summer, fertilization in the fall has a bad effect on winter hardiness.

Pruning... The action is pruned in the spring and early summer. At the end of April, remove all branches growing inside the crown, broken or damaged, as well as the tips of the shoots that have not matured last year and are frozen. After flowering, each faded branch is cut to a strong young shoot. It is also shortened by a third or a quarter, and it begins to bush and lay future flower buds.

If the plant is more than five years old, every 3 years you need to remove 1-2 of the oldest shoots to ground level and thus rejuvenate the bush.

Preparing the action for winter. Deytsia winters not as easily as spirea. In severe winter, the shrub can freeze to the level of snow and then grow back, but there will be practically no flowering this year, because the action blooms on the shoots of the previous year.

Young plants for the winter can be bent to the ground, fixing the branches with two sticks crosswise or in small arcs, sketch the foliage on top and build a "hut" of sticks. Cover the entire structure with lutrasil and polyethylene. This design of the shelter will not allow the snow settling in the spring to bend and break the branches of the action.

It will not be possible to bend an adult bush - its thick branches will break immediately, they are very fragile. Adult plants are prepared for winter before the leaves have completely fallen off, so that they can serve as additional protection in the cold. The branches of the action are carefully pulled together with a rope and a bag or any non-woven material with a density of 60 is put on the bush. From above it is fixed with clothespins. Such a shelter protects not so much from frost as from drying out the shoots: without a bag, flower buds are likely to dry out.

Reproduction of action

The plant reproduces well at the beginning of summer with green and lignified cuttings, but bushes obtained by layering grow fastest. Sowing with seeds is also possible. Preliminary preparation of the seeds is not needed, they are simply sown in the spring, pressing them tightly to the ground without embedding them in the soil. It usually takes about 3 weeks before germination.

Annual seedlings are easily damaged by frost, so they are covered for the winter. The flowering of seedlings begins in the third year.

Pests and diseases of action

The plant is very resistant to pests and diseases. Sometimes its leaves are damaged by the bumblebee proboscis, which will help to get rid of the treatment of the bushes with phthalophos or karbofos (15% solution).

Types and varieties of action

The following species are grown in central Russia:

Small-flowered action, or Amur (Deutzia parviflora, Deutzia amurensis). Sprawling shrub up to 2 m high (in the Moscow region - up to 1.5 m). It blooms with small (up to 1.2 cm) white, odorless five-petal flowers. Flowering time - June, duration up to 20 days.

The action is great, or lush (Deutzia magnifica). Shrub up to 1.5 m high with a wide crown that grows rapidly. It blooms with large, up to 3 cm, bright white flowers, collected in umbrellas. Flowering time in the suburbs - late June - early July. In culture, decorative forms of action are grown magnificent with double flowers (Formoza), with bell-shaped flowers (Superba), with especially dense inflorescences (Erecta).

Action Lemoine, or hybrid (Deutzia x lemoinei). Taller, up to 1.6 m, with a wide rounded crown. White flowers up to 2 cm in diameter are collected in pyramidal panicle inflorescences, standing straight. Blooms early, in May; in the suburbs, flowering may be later. Decorative varieties of Lemoine action, which are popular with gardeners, have been bred:

Boule de Neige - with white flowers in panicle inflorescences.

Mount Rose (Mont Rose) - flowers are large, up to 3 cm, bright pink, unusually wide open.

Pink Pom Pom (Pink Pompom) - double flowers, saturated pink color, hemispherical inflorescences.

Strawberry Fields (Strawberry Fields) - with flowers of an unusual color: crimson outside and pale pink inside.

Rough action, or star-shaped (Deutzia scabra) has rough, hairy leaves. The crown becomes spreading with age, in the middle lane the bush grows up to 1.5 m.It blooms with white or pink flowers of small size (up to 1.5 cm) with characteristic oblong-pointed petals. The inflorescence is an elongated, narrow panicle.

In gardens, there are rough forms of action:

Plena - with pale pink double flowers;

Roseo-plena is very hardy with pink double flowers.

CARE RECOMMENDATIONS

It is thermophilic, grows well and blooms in sunny places, sheltered from the wind.

Requires loose, well-drained, fertile soil. Dislikes acidic soils.

Drought-resistant, watering is very moderate, except for young plants and the flowering period.

Cropping is required.

Shelter is needed for the winter.

Not so long ago, an exotic flowering shrub called

action

, originally from East Asia. The East is a delicate matter, and in gardening chores it is also very pleasant when you watch how, thanks to your efforts, a blooming splendor is born from a small nondescript seedling. Openwork flowers of action, collected in tassels of inflorescences, abundantly cover the bush during flowering, giving the suburban area a light Asian shade. You just want to dress up in an embroidered kimono and lie down on a chaise longue, languidly fanning yourself and breathing in the scent of a blooming garden.

Action If the action bush is not trimmed and it grows naturally, it becomes unusually lush, spreading. Therefore, the "child of the East" of the hydrangea family looks great both as single bushes and in company with other flowering perennials.

To create original compositions, landscape designers use tamping of woody groups with miniature varieties of action. It looks especially exotic against the background of decorative conifers. And if you plant a white action in the company of forsythia with lemon-yellow flowers and bright pink weigela, you get a most picturesque composition that can give a unique aura to any summer cottage.

In a mild climate, hedges are created from tall action. It is not susceptible to smoke, so it is often planted in front gardens in front of country houses located along the roadway.

Planting and caring for the action

The Asian beauty is quite capricious. She does not like cold winds, does not tolerate waterlogging and is not very frost-resistant. The action can be killed by a frost at -25 ° C, so it is best planted on gentle southwestern slopes, where there is a thick snow cover in winter.

Asian beauty is pretty moody

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landing action one of the main conditions for its successful growth is the right choice of location.

• Plant her in a well-lit area, sheltered from the wind, place the bushes at a distance of 1.5–2 m from each other, depending on the type of plant.
• Remember: Action requires well-drained, loose and fertile soil. The ideal soil mixture for her: compost soil, humus and sand in a ratio of 2: 2: 1.
• The depth of the landing hole must be at least half a meter. A drainage layer is poured at the bottom (sand is possible). After that, 200-300 g of slaked lime and a little ash are added to the hole.

If you did everything correctly, then a beautiful Asian woman will delight you with abundant flowering.

When caring for the action, you need to remember - oh, how she does not like waterlogging, it is enough for her 1 bucket of water 2-3 times a month... After watering or rain, it is advisable to immediately loosen the ground under the bushes. Starting from mid-August, the action is stopped to water. And in September, during the period of prolonged rains, it is not superfluous to overlay each bush with a waterproof material.

Feed the action you need to monthly: apply 3-4 liters of liquid manure under each plant and add 120-150 g of superphosphate or NPK fertilizer twice a season. All growth-stimulating procedures (feeding, watering, fertilizing) are carried out only during the flowering period.

As soon as the action fades, its preparation for winter begins - pruning, and then wrapping. A beautiful Asian woman tolerates pruning well and can be given any shape. Branches from 4 to 6 years old are cut off, leaving a small stump 10-12 cm in size with lateral shoots. Young branches are pruned, giving the bush a more neat, rounded shape. As a rejuvenating technique, pruning of a bush "under a stump" is used.

After pruning, the action is prepared for wintering: the foot of the bush is thoroughly covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves and / or coniferous spruce branches, and when the snow is densely covered, you can bend the flexible branches of the bush to the ground to insure against freezing and cover them with snow.

Types and varieties of action

And now I present to you the most popular types of action, which have many decorative forms and varieties:

Deytion graceful

Deutia graceful is distinguished by its small size: from 0.5 to 1.2 m in height, neat bush shape and early, abundant flowering. Unlike other types of shrubs, the graceful deytion blooms already in the second year after planting. Its snow-white flowers are collected in graceful tassels, each of which contains from 40 to 50 flowers. A sort of small bouquets against the background of oblong-lanceolate light green leaves.

The action is graceful.

Deytion purple

Deytion purple, up to 2 meters high, has thin, flexible shoots, slightly pubescent. Flowers of all shades of purple, up to 2 cm in diameter, are collected in semi-umbellate baskets of 10-15 pieces each.

The action is purple.

Deytion pink

Pink action is an original hybrid of purple and graceful action. She never grows more than 1.2 meters. A peculiarity of the hybrid is the unusually delicate bell-shaped flowers, which have a bright pink color below, smoothly turning into a pale pink color from above. Inflorescences racemose, collected in 20-25 pieces in each cluster.

The action is pink.

Deytia grandiflorum

Deutzia large-flowered is a tall, early-flowering perennial. Its height reaches 2 meters. The flowers are large, about three centimeters in size, grow singly, but sometimes there are 2-3 flowers per inflorescence. The leaves are dark green, slightly rough in the lower part, of a beautiful oval shape.

Deyzia large-flowered.

In general, action has more than 50 varieties, I have given only the most common in our gardens.