White violets: features, varieties and care

Currant bushes at their summer cottage

However, before starting your acquaintance with the popular varieties of currants, I would like to tell you about one secret. Absolutely all varieties of black currant are self-fertile plants. However, when the bushes are planted, depending on the variety, all berries and the size of the plant itself will be different. You can even plant several bushes close to each other so that mutual pollination occurs.

If a person wants to have early currants on his site, you need to choose those bushes that begin to bloom at the end of May. In those regions that are characterized by frosts at night, currant bushes need to be covered. So, let's start considering the varieties of black currant:

Currant Yadrenaya: variety description, photo

The first type is Vigorous black currant. I must say that this is the largest currant that can only be. Berries are similar to grapes, but the size is not always the same. On average, the mass of a ripe berry can reach six grams. Bushes grow small, round in shape. Vigorous currant variety is considered to be medium late. After seven years, the bush is aging. This means that it needs to be updated. Vigorous currant berries have a sweet and sour taste. The versatility of the berries is that they have a dense skin.

Black currant Vigorous, photo

Many diseases, pests are absolutely not scary for vigorous black currant. Moreover, the bushes can winter well even in severe frosts. With good care, one bush can be harvested up to six kilograms of berries per season. The berry ripens in mid-July.

Black currant, grade Dobrynya

The next grade is Dobrynya. This is a large fruit currant. The largest berries grow up to seven grams. Thick skin, sweet and sour taste, and sugar content is 6.9 percent. The Dobrynya variety ripens quickly. It adapts perfectly to frost. The height of the bush is 1.5 meters. With proper care, up to 2.5 kilograms of berries can be harvested from one bush. The mass of one berry is 7 grams. The harvest ripens in the second half of July. The disadvantage of this variety can be called the unequal size of the berries, as well as the instability to ticks.

Selechenskaya: variety description

Black currant Selechinskaya - 2 is a variety in which the berry size reaches six grams. The fruit tastes sweet. The sugar content is 7.3 percent. The currant ripens early. The height of the bushes reaches 1.8 meters. The variety tolerates well not only drought, but also frost.
Proper care of the variety allows you to collect about 5 kilograms of currants from one bush per season. Flowering begins in early May.

Green Haze

The Green Haze currant is a sweet berry variety. The crop ripens quickly. It is noteworthy that in the first year after planting, the bush does not bear fruit, but only in the second year. The berries are sweet and sour. They contain up to twelve percent sugar. Approximately 190 milligrams of ascorbic acid. The variety tolerates powdery mildew, as well as winter.

Summer residents collect up to five kilograms of berries from one bush. The average weight of one berry is 2.5 grams. Flowering begins in the second half of May. The only drawback of the variety is the instability to the kidney mite.

Variety Nina

Blackcurrant Nina is a variety that ripens early. Many shoots are formed from the bushes. The berries are quite large - up to 13 millimeters in diameter. The sugar content is 11 percent. Ripening occurs evenly. The variety is considered self-fertile. Usually, up to four kilograms of the crop are harvested from the bush, but if the care measures are enhanced, then it will be possible to collect up to eight kilograms of currants.

Black currant variety: Bagheera

Another variety of black sweet currant is Bagheera. The bushes of this plant reach a height of one and a half meters. Ripening is medium late. The berries are large, after they ripen, they do not crumble. After the bush is planted, fruiting begins only in the second year. Heat, frost and disease do not harm the currant of this variety in any way.On average, up to 4.5 kilograms of harvest can be harvested from one bush. The fruit weighs approximately 2.3 grams. Bagheera blooms in early May, in July you can harvest.

Unpretentious perennials of medium height

The center of the flower bed should be thick and bright. For Siberian and Ural conditions, the following crops can become the best perennials of the middle tier:

1. Scylla.
Shade-loving graceful bulbous plant. It is a very frost-resistant crop, therefore it is ideal for northern latitudes. Scylla blooms early, loves loose soil rich in humus. Sensitive to waterlogging, like all bulbous. In compositions with snowdrops and crocuses, it gives a colorful decorative effect.

The shade-loving scilla blooms very early and is not afraid of frost - ideal for the Siberian region

2. Adenophora.
A frost-resistant, beautiful, medium-sized flower, which in the second year will delight you with lush inflorescences of blue bells. He is unpretentious in care, but he loves mineral fertilizing and moisture.

An unpretentious adenophore, like a scilla, tolerates frosts well, but requires more care: mineral dressings will be quite enough

3. Erantis Siberian.
An early flower of various colors. The plant is neither tall nor capricious. It is combined with snowdrops, tulips and other early flowers.

Siberian erantis is an extremely unpretentious plant, looks great with snowdrops and tulips

Perennials such as Anemone, Kandyk Siberian, Felicia Tender, Chrysanthemum, Orchis, Daylily, etc. are also suitable for the center of flower beds.

Anemone is an original and alluring flower, which, in combination with the plants listed above, forms a wonderful flower bed

Siberian kandyk with its purple flowers will attract the attention of any visitor to your front garden

Video master class on creating a flower bed from Siberian perennials:

Landing

The honey plum variety has many positive reviews from gardeners because of its unpretentiousness and good survival rate. It is successfully grown both in the south and in the northern latitudes. However, when planting a young tree, spring should be preferred. When planting in autumn, there is a possibility of freezing of the roots and branches. And during the spring-summer period, the tree will have time to get stronger.

For planting plums, it is necessary to select an area located in the sun and not shaded by other tall trees and buildings. You should also avoid lowlands where sediments accumulate - stagnant water can lead to rotting of the root system. For the same reason, it is necessary that the groundwater on the site is located at least 2 m below ground level.

Plum Medovaya prefers fertile loamy or sandy soils with low acidity. To deoxidize the earth, use lime, dolomite flour or wood ash. The latter can also be used as a natural fertilizer.

When preparing the planting pit, it must be borne in mind that it must be harvested in advance. That is, in the fall - if planting is planned for the spring, or at the beginning of September - if the work will be carried out at the end of autumn.

The description of the step-by-step process of planting plums of the Medovaya variety is as follows:

1. A hole is dug to a depth of 50 cm and a diameter of 60-70 cm. The upper fertile layer (20-25 cm) is laid separately - it will be needed to prepare the soil.
2. Drainage from broken brick or crushed stone is laid at the bottom, and a support is installed (a thick high wooden stick).
3. The pit is covered with soil, which is prepared as follows: 1 bucket of organic fertilizers (rotted manure or compost), 400 g of superphosphate or 1 liter of wood ash are used for 2 buckets of fertile land. On clay soils, add a bucket of sand.
4. Before planting, the hole is dug in half and a small mound is formed at the bottom, on which the seedling is installed.
5. The roots are spread in different directions and gently buried with earth so that the root collar is above ground level.
6. A near-trunk circle with a roller and a trench is formed, where I pour in 2-2.5 buckets of warm, settled water.
7. The trunk circle is mulched.

It is not necessary to cut the White Honey plum immediately after planting. The tree does not respond well to unnecessary pruning. It is necessary to remove only those branches on which damage is found.

Separation of varieties according to the main criteria

To choose a currant for your summer cottage or garden plot, you have to go through dozens, even hundreds of varieties. To facilitate the choice, you should select the varieties methodically - by color, ripening time, fruit size. Below are several tables comparing currant varieties according to different criteria. Table 1 shows varieties that differ in ripening time.

Table 1

Comparative characteristics of different varieties of red, black, white and green currants in terms of yield and size of fruits - in table 2.

table 2

Once, currants with berries of 1.5 g were considered large-fruited, today new varieties have appeared, pushing the "old-timers" into the small-fruited category. In table 3 - varieties of currants, distinguished by especially large fruits.

Table 3

Currant is a plastic, truly diverse culture. Breeders have created dozens of varieties that differ in ripening time, purpose, taste, color, fruit size and other characteristics. Having picked up several varieties, you can provide yourself with berries for the whole season and for any occasion.

How to reproduce?

White violets at home are usually propagated in several ways: by cuttings, peduncles, stepsons and seeds. The most common option is leaf cuttings. To perform this procedure, take a dense medium-sized leaf (from a healthy mother plant), carefully cut it off at an angle, then place it either in water or in moist soil for rooting. In order for root shoots to appear on the cuttings, you must perform the following steps.

• Prepare soil and container for planting. The stalk can be planted in a small pot, and a plastic cup will do just fine. Drainage must be placed on the bottom of the container, then it is covered with earth.
• Now you can start landing directly. To do this, a small depression is made in the soil, which is filled with small scraps of moss, it will help to strengthen the cutting. The planted stem is lightly sprinkled with soil and immediately watered with warm boiled water. Then, in order to create a greenhouse effect, the pot with the shank is covered with a plastic bag and the temperature in the room is maintained at least + 22 ° C.

You can also root the cuttings by another method by placing the leaf in a glass with settled water. The roots will become visible in 6-7 days. When they reach a length of 1.5 cm, you can transplant the plant into a permanent pot, having prepared special soil in advance. Good care and protection from drafts will help a young violet take root faster.

If the flower is planned to be propagated by the stepsons, then the stepson is separated from the adult plant in advance and planted in the ground. Thanks to this planting technique, the plant retains its varietal characteristics. For the reproduction of a snow-white beauty by seeds, the simultaneous presence of a "father" and "mother" of a flower is required. Pots with "parents-to-be" are placed next to each other, after a while, pollination will occur, and a mother capsule will form. After that, you need to wait for it to dry and collect the seeds.

You can find out about the secret solution for watering violets by watching the video below.