Viburnum - what are its beneficial properties? 80 photos of berries

Shrubs or small trees of common viburnum are quite common in central Russia. The tree will decorate the infield. Its fruits have healing properties. In order for viburnum to bear fruit and delight the owner with its appearance, you need to know how to properly care for it.

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General characteristics of the plant

Currently, about 200 species of viburnum are known. Viburnum vulgaris is especially common. It belongs to deciduous trees of the Adaks family. In umbrella and spherical inflorescences, there may be light pink or white flowers. Blooming viburnum pleases the eye. Leaves grow in pairs, opposite. They are especially beautiful in the fall. The fruits of the plant are red berries, bitter in taste.

A tree lives on average up to 60 years. The height of the plant is 2-3 meters, less often you can meet specimens up to 5 m. Kalina grows in a temperate climatic zone.

Currently, gardeners are happy to plant it along with other fruit trees. Look at the photo of how the viburnum looks separately growing and together with other fruit trees.

Basic landing rules

Growing viburnum does not require any special approach, it is well established. He likes peaty, sandy or podzolic soil types more. You can plant viburnum in autumn and spring. Dig the soil, removing all the weeds.

During spring planting, you should prepare a pit 40x50 cm in size and about 50 cm deep. If several bushes are planting, the distance from the pits should be at least 2.5 m. Three-year-old seedlings are better to take root.

In each hole, pour a mixture of the following composition:

soil from the topsoil;
humus;
fertilizer.

As a fertilizer, you can take Nitrofoska in the amount of 2 glasses, mix with a bucket of humus and soil. We put in the pit 2/3 of this mixture. Pour 4 buckets of water and leave for about a week. At the end of the period, we fill the pit with the rest of the soil mixture with a slide of about 10 cm. We straighten the roots of the young plant and compact the soil around it.

The seedling should be well watered and mulched with compost, peat or humus. The root neck should be 5 cm underground. Autumn planting is carried out according to the same rules. It is better to do this before the onset of frost.

Plant care

Landing needs care. This is soil cultivation, fertilizing. It is also necessary to protect viburnum from pests and diseases.

In the first spring months, you need to loosen the ground near the trunk. To destroy the pests remaining after winter, it is necessary to treat the viburnum bushes with fungicides. It is important to do this before the kidneys open, otherwise a burn may occur.

You can feed the tree with a 7% urea solution. In May, fertilizing is carried out with potash fertilizer. After flowering, a complex fertilizer is applied.

If pests appear, they must be destroyed. This can be done with environmentally friendly infusions. To prepare them, use tobacco, potato tops, husks of onions or garlic.

You need to water viburnum regularly, especially in hot and dry weather. About 3 buckets of water are required per bush. Young seedlings require less moisture. Watering viburnum is better in the evening. Soil cultivation and weed control are also carried out.

To prevent pests in the fall, liquid top dressing is applied to the soil. It is necessary to dissolve 30 g of potassium sulfate and 30 g of superphosphate in 10 l of water.

How to prune a plant

The tree is pruned in spring or autumn. In spring, this is best done before the movement of the juice.First you need to think about how exactly you want to trim the viburnum, in the form of a tree or bush?

At the beginning we do sanitary pruning, and then formative. For a tree you need to leave one branch growing up. At the bottom of the stem, the kidneys are removed. Within two years, the trunk is withdrawn. When its height becomes approximately 1.5 m, a growth point is attached. In subsequent years, the tree will begin to branch.

Basal shoots are constantly removed so that a bush does not form. If you decide to grow viburnum in the form of a bush, then pruning is still necessary. Too thick a crown is not convenient when removing fruits. Their quality will begin to deteriorate over time.

Just like on other trees, you need to remove bushes that grow inward, or intertwined with each other. For rejuvenation, cut old branches at 1/3 per year.

In the fall, sanitary cutting of viburnum is performed. It is necessary to remove dry, broken, diseased branches. If the cut is thick, then it must be treated with garden var. The pruning procedure is carried out in calm, dry weather.

Breeding species

Propagation of viburnum is carried out by seeds or vegetatively. The latter includes cuttings, layering, root processes.

With seed propagation, wait a long time for the result, since germination lasts 2 years. Seeds are collected and stacked in wet sawdust and stored for about 2 months. When germination begins, the seeds are moved to a cool place. A month later, they are planted in boxes to a depth of 3-4 cm. In the spring, seedlings are planted on the street.

The easiest way is vertical layering. Autumn branches of plants are cut, leaving 2-4 buds, the stem is spud. In the spring produce re-hilling.

At a shoot height of about 20 cm, they need to be excavated and tied at the base with copper wire, spud by 1/3. After two weeks, again spud a young plant. In autumn, such shoots are transplanted into the open ground.

When propagating by cuttings, they take the middle of the shoot 10-12 cm long with several nodes. The bottom cut is done obliquely. It must be treated with Kornevin or other suitable means. After this, the stalk is planted in a substrate from peat and sand in an oblique form to a depth of 2 cm.

If there are several cuttings, then the distance between them should be about 5 cm. Close the cuttings with a glass container and keep at a temperature of 27-30 ° С. Several times a day they should be moistened with water using a spray gun. After a month, they should take root. The container is removed first for a short time, and then left without it. In spring, the cuttings are hardened and planted in open ground.

Horizontal layering can propagate a three-year plant. In the spring leave an escape with several buds. After a year, it is shortened by 1/5 and pinned to the ground with hooks.
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Shoots should form from the kidneys. When they grow by about 10 cm, they are covered with earth. Only tops remain on the surface. Over the summer they are spud 2-3 times. In autumn, twigs are separated from the main bush and transplanted to the right place.

The use of viburnum

Viburnum berries have useful properties. Their taste is not very attractive, but the pulp contains a large amount of vitamins.They treat the kidneys, heart, stomach and other organs. The fruits of viburnum help boost immunity.

Useful infusions and decoctions of berries. With their help, skin diseases are treated. The leaves and shoots of the plant also have healing power. Guelder-rose is used in the food and cosmetic industry. Harvesting is recommended after the first frost.

It is contraindicated to some people as an allergen. Pregnant women and people with low blood pressure are not recommended to consume the berries of this plant. There are other limitations. Therefore, before use, you need to consult a doctor.