Further care
Weigela is a rather unpretentious plant that does not require special care, however, there are certain rules that contribute to good growth and beautiful flowering of the plant.
If you decide to plant this luxurious flower in the open ground, then planting is best done in the spring. Choose a sunny and spacious location, protected from wind and draft. Dig a hole 50x50 cm in size, fill the bottom with rubble or stones for good drainage. Add 50 grams of superphosphate and potassium salt. The soil should be loose and fertile in composition. Weigela does not like dense and waterlogged soil. The soil mixture should contain sand, sod and humus. If you are planting several low-growing varieties of weigela, then make a gap of at least one meter between them. If the varieties are tall, then the distance should be from two to three meters. The root collar of the weigela should not go deep, leave it at ground level. Place sawdust or grass near the trunk. In autumn, planting is not carried out, because the plant does not have time to adapt to the arrival of winter.
Care for young shrubs is carried out more carefully, because the plant has not yet fully matured.
If weigela is developing too actively, be sure to add nitrogen fertilizers. Add them to the water, spray the plantings every 2 weeks. When budding occurs, it is necessary to feed the shrubs with superphosphates. Top dressing is carried out several times a year. The first begins in early spring, the second - during the formation of buds, in early June. Urea or superphosphate is suitable for fertilization.
The plant is quite hygrophilous, but you need to water it as the soil dries up. Moisturize once a week so that the clod underneath the plant is moistened. During flowering, watering can be slightly reduced - excess moisture affects the duration of flowering, and at the end of this process, watering is resumed. After each procedure, the soil is loosened and weeds are removed. This will provide good air access to the root system.
When a shrub is affected by a fungal infection, the following signs will appear: white bloom on the leaves, purple or red spots, twisting and falling of greenery. These diseases appear due to inadequate care such as abundant watering, irregular weeding. To combat the fungus, spraying the bush with a mixture of Bordeaux liquid and milk of lime or with such a remedy as Topsin is used.
For the winter, an adult plant is not covered, but only the root system is covered with leaves or a mound of earth. But young plantings need shelter. To do this, you can build a wooden box. It will protect the weigela from wind, frost and snow. Wrapping the shrub with covering material is also suitable. If the winter is snowy, shake off the snow to keep the branches from breaking. The older the shrub is, the better it will endure the winter.
In the spring, prune the shrub, remove dry and frozen shoots. This procedure is needed to form a well-groomed shrub shape, as well as for the emergence of new shoots with flowers. Pruning in the fall is not recommended, as it can harm the flower buds of the next season. In order to model the shape of the bush, pruning is done during and after flowering.
With proper care and proper cuttings, you can spruce up your garden with this gorgeous shrub and add more to your garden. The color of the flowering plant will make your garden look like a fairy tale for many years to come. Weigela looks amazing both in a single planting and in a composition with other plantings.
For breeding methods of weigela, see the next video.
Spirea care in the garden
How to care for spirea
What kind of care will spirea need? The same as other ornamental shrubs.You will need to water it, loosen the soil in the near-trunk circle after watering, while removing weeds, apply top dressing, form the crown and maintain it in optimal shape, and also protect the plant from pests and various kinds of infections.
Watering spirea
The root system of the spirea is superficial, so it does not tolerate drought well. You will have to water it during the dry season, spending 10-20 liters of water for each bush.
The next day after watering or rain, the soil in the trunk circle must be carefully loosened. It is also more convenient to weed the weeds after watering.
Spirea feeding
As a fertilizer for spirea, you can use a mullein solution (1:10) or 8-10 g of superphosphate in a bucket of water. You can feed the shrub with fertilizers Kemira wagon at the rate of 100 g of granules per 1 m² of the trunk circle, but after that it is necessary to water the soil. Top dressing is applied in the spring after pruning and in the middle of summer.
Spirea transplant
It is advisable to transplant spirea until she is four years old: at a young age, the bush tolerates such stress more easily. The procedure is carried out in the spring, before the buds begin to bloom, or in the fall, during the period of leaf fall. The rules and procedure for transplanting the spirea are the same as for the initial planting, however, you need to dig out the bush with a large lump of earth: the roots of the spirea should in no case dry out. Before transplanting the spirea, be sure to prepare the planting hole and nutrient potting soil in advance.
Step 4. Building a cuticle
Since we recently talked in detail about the construction of such a cuttings, this time we will list only the main points.
Personal experience: how to propagate hard-to-root plants with green cuttings
Cuttings don't take root? Try the simple but effective method of the Altai agronomist.
Select, weed and loosen the ridge, pour it abundantly with water until the soil gets wet to a depth of 10-15 cm. Install on the ridge of the arc.
Plant the prepared cuttings in the cuttings and cover it with foil.
Sprinkle the film around the perimeter with earth so that air does not penetrate under it.
On all sides (except for the north), install a tyn from the branches of deciduous plants so that the cuttings are in a sparse shade.
After 10-14 days, start airing the cuttings a little, and then open them completely - they should give roots and be adapted to life in the fresh air.
The survival rate of spirea after summer cuttings is about 70%. Take this into account when rooting, planting cuttings with a margin so that you definitely have enough.
