Planting and caring for curly honeysuckle - decorative varieties with photos

Curly honeysuckle becomes an adornment of any garden, it is considered a hedge. This ornamental plant is found in the forest belt of Northern and Central Europe, but is also common in the African jungle. The deciduous shrub has beautiful flowers that many gardeners love to observe. Before deciding to plant honeysuckle, familiarize yourself with the features of this ornamental plant.

Curly decorative honeysuckle

Curly honeysuckle has beautiful flowers

This type of honeysuckle makes a hedge.

Ornamental honeysuckle does not bear fruit

Description of the plant

Climbing (German) honeysuckle is a liana-shaped shrub of the Honeysuckle family. In its natural environment, it is found in the forests of Western and Central Europe, some varieties grow in Africa and Asia. Does not form edible berries, is grown for decoration of the territory.

Externally, the plant is represented by a deciduous shrub up to 6 m high. Petiole leaves can grow up to 10 cm in length, are arranged in opposite order. Depending on the variety, they can be lanceolate or oval. The upper side of the plates is colored dark green, and the lower side is gray. Petals are yellow-red in color, can reach 5 cm in length. During the entire flowering period from May to June, they exude a pleasant aroma. The fruit is an inedible red berry.

Honeysuckle Honeysuckle. What is this plant and where is it from?

Before starting to plant something on a personal plot, each summer resident must clearly understand and know this or that information about plants. After all, each of them has its own planting dates, cultivation techniques, sizes, flowering time. If you do not take these factors into account, you can turn your garden into a place with an absurd design, where flowers, shrubs, and greenery will dazzle.

Honeysuckle Honeysuckle, which you will learn about planting below, is used for landscaping summer cottages. Its charm is that it not only looks very aesthetically attractive, but has a subtle pleasant aroma, creating an unsurpassed comfort. The plant is a vine that braids any supports next to which it is planted. The beauty of honeysuckle is not only in its decorativeness, but also in its practicality, because you can close an ugly fence or, for example, unsightly household buildings with a vine.

Did you know? Many of us know the legend of Tristan and Isolde - tragic and romantic. The beautiful Isolde was a healer and saved her lover more than once. Her beauty was unmatched. And it is precisely with the honeysuckle Caprifol that the girl is compared.

In the wild, this plant is most often found in the mountains of the Caucasus, as well as in southern parts of Europe. It is noteworthy that in one summer, honeysuckle vines can grow more than two meters in length. Life expectancy can reach over 50 years.

Honeysuckle Honeysuckle Honeysuckle has an unusual appearance - its flowers sit close to greenery, but their stamens proudly move forward. Unusual flowers can be of different shades - red, pink, white, yellow.

Recommendation! If you want your garden to have a twist, then do not just plant Caprifol and provide it with care so that the view is luxurious, but also combine two different colors at once in one place. For example, red and white honeysuckle.

Views

Curly honeysuckle is a separate species of this culture. It is often confused with other liana-like forms of the genus. The following varieties are suitable for landscaping vertical surfaces:

• Honeysuckle... Outwardly, it resembles curly honeysuckle. Translated from Latin, the name means "goat leaf", as these animals love to feast on parts of the plant. Shoots can reach 6 m in height, the shrub is unpretentious in care and tolerates formation well;
• Brown's honeysuckle... A garden hybrid represented by a deciduous liana with bright orange flowers. The maximum length of shoots is 5 m. The plant is sensitive to external conditions and requires painstaking care;
• Serotin... Deciduous liana-like shrub, growing up to 4-5 m in height. Early and long flowering. Flowers are collected in capitate inflorescences of 25-30 pieces. Cropping required.

For many years of cultivation of decorative honeysuckle, many varieties and hybrids have been bred. When choosing a specific variety of culture, one should take into account climate and disease resistance, appearance, and care requirements.

Reviews of gardeners about German honeysuckle

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Marina, 32 years old, housewife, Lyubertsy. I have a fence surrounded by decorative honeysuckle at my dacha. Nothing special in winter, but in summer I can't get enough of such beauty. The flowers are voluminous, deep pink in color, and have a magical smell. The plant is absolutely unpretentious, I water it 2 times a week and I don’t know the troubles. The only thing, in the fall, as if on command, all the flowers fall. It remains only to wait for the next beauty next summer.
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Svetlana, 45 years old, economist, Old Crimea. In our country house, honeysuckle grows like a weed. I don’t really water it, but she surrounded the whole gazebo. I found a loophole and went upward. At first I struggled with this, I wanted to plant a place with grapes, but then I looked and felt sorry for cutting off such beauty. Now the gazebo has shade and smells good. In summer, this is the only place where we spend our free time in the country. It's a pity only in the fall the flowers fall off, and the aroma quickly dissipates.
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Karina, 35 years old, salesman, Saratov. We live on the ground floor in a multi-storey building. There are bars on the windows, like in a prison. I thought for a long time how to disguise them and hide from prying eyes from the street. The idea was suggested by the mother-in-law. I bought honeysuckle and planted it in the front garden in front of the window. The bush reached the grate for 3 months. The first year was still so-so, and in the second year it turned out to be a real hedge. I'm happy with the result. The plant is unpretentious, I water it periodically and that's it. The scent and flowers are gorgeous.
Climbing honeysuckle is an ornamental shrub that has become a fresh solution for landscaping. Moreover, the plant smells good, and during the growing season it pleases with its lush buds.

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Application in landscape design

Climbing honeysuckle is grown as an ornamental plant. Due to the ability to grow in height, it is planted for landscaping walls and arches. Liana rises to a height of at least 3 meters; regular pruning is required to maintain a beautiful appearance.

The flower is also planted in a single-species group planting, since the plant has a short growing season, it is difficult to combine it with other vines. To increase the volume of green mass, some gardeners grow honeysuckle alongside other climbing crops, such as hops or girl grapes.

Design solutions

The climbing liana serves as an excellent backdrop for highlighting many other plants in the landscape. This is ideal for decorating gazebos or disguising outbuildings.

It is vertical gardening that will help hide many of the site's imperfections!

You can find many photos with examples of successful solutions in landscape design using honeysuckle honeysuckle.

It can serve for:

• wall masking;
• creating a hedge;
• delimitation of garden zones;
• creating shadows, etc.

Choosing a place on the site

For landing, it is advisable to choose a well-lit place with protection from the wind. With regular darkening, the growth and development of the shrub slows down, the flowers are small and inconspicuous. Honeysuckle prefers drained and fertile soil with moderate moisture. The substrate should be neutral or slightly acidic in the pH 5.5 to 6.5.

To retain moisture and heat in the soil, it is recommended to carry out abundant mulching or plant low-growing ornamental plants (geychera, hosta, geranium or cuff). To achieve the growth of vines in height, a support is required. It can be a wall of a building, a gazebo, an arch or any other vertically located surface.

Useful properties of edible honeysuckle berry

Edible honeysuckle berries contain easily digestible sugars (8-12%), organic acids, pectin substances, vitamins. Fruits of various forms and varieties accumulate from 16 to 178 mg% of vitamin C, P-active compounds, which prevent the oxidation of vitamin C and enhance its general strengthening effect on the body.

The beneficial properties of edible honeysuckle are due to the presence of provitamin A and vitamins B1 and B2. The berries also contain a significant amount of macro- and microelements. Honeysuckle ranks first among wild berries in terms of magnesium and sodium content; in terms of potassium, it is second only to lingonberries. Phosphorus, calcium and iron are also found in berries. Trace elements contain manganese, copper, silicon, aluminum, strontium, barium, iodine.

In folk medicine, the benefits of edible honeysuckle were used to treat skin diseases, and fresh berries were used for malaria, hypertension and anemia. Decoctions of the leaves and flowers of honeysuckle were used in the treatment of diseases of the throat, eyes and skin. Honeysuckle is recommended as a preventive and therapeutic agent for atherosclerosis, hypertension. The fruits have a bactericidal effect, they are used for digestive disorders, as a diuretic and fortifying agent, for the treatment of diseases of the stomach and liver.

Honeysuckle berries are consumed fresh, frozen, dried or processed into juice, they make jam, compotes, etc.

See what ripe edible honeysuckle looks like in the photo, which shows fully ripe fruits:

Landing rules

Decorative varieties of honeysuckle are planted with grown seedlings. They should be purchased from specialized stores or nurseries. It is desirable that the root system of the planting material is in a closed container. Planting is carried out from the second half of April in warm regions, in the northern regions it is advisable to wait until mid-May. It is desirable that the air and soil have warmed up to 10-14 ° C by this time, there should be no threat of night frosts.

Preparation of soil and seedlings

To enhance plant growth and achieve abundant flowering, in early spring, the planting site should be dug to the depth of a shovel bayonet. Fertilize it with a complex mineral fertilizer, for example, nitroammophos at the rate of 30 g / m2. It is recommended to add wood ash to the soil to prevent fungal infections.

Landing technology

The day before the procedure, the container of the seedling should be removed, the roots should be soaked in clean water or a growth stimulant solution for 6-8 hours. Step-by-step landing algorithm:

1. Dig individual holes with a depth of 30 to 45 cm. The interval between plants is 1.5-2 m. When growing a shrub as a hedge, the distance is reduced to 1 m.
2. Lay drainage (broken brick, expanded clay or pebbles) at the bottom, as well as humus up to 5 cm thick.
3. Place the seedling in the center of the fossa, straighten the adventitious roots. Cover with a layer of fertile soil. The root collar should be flush with the surface.
4. Compact the soil in the near-stem area.Water the plant abundantly and mulch the soil with sawdust, straw, peat or wood chips.

After planting, you need to install a support next to the plant so that already young shoots begin to twine around, grow in a vertical direction. The first feeding is carried out one month after planting.

Garden flower care

For honeysuckle, honeysuckle, planting, care and reproduction require certain knowledge. It is better to plant a plant in a sunny place.... Preference should be given to soils with a low groundwater table.

When planting, it is worth considering how many plants will be planted. If there is one, then a hole is dug up to a depth of 60 cm, drainage is laid on the bottom. For this, you can use crushed stone. When planting multiple shoots, a trench is required.

When replanting a plant, it is worth fertilizing the soil. It is good to use humus and peat for these purposes. Before transferring seedlings, you need to prune the roots, moisten the planting site, plant the shoot and pat the soil, and then water it again.

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Watering the honeysuckle requires moderate watering, in hot weather it is worth additionally moistening the soil, if the summer is dry, then it is also recommended to moisten the foliage. Loosening, mulching and feeding should be done regularly. Top dressing can be applied 2-3 times, preference is given to mineral fertilizers. Mulching is recommended with hay, sawdust, fine gravel.

Mulching aromatic honeysuckle will help when you need the following:

• reduce the number of weeds, as a result, it will save energy when weeding;
• reduce the amount of loosening of the soil around the plant;
• prevent overheating in summer or hypothermia in winter of the surface of the earth and root system;
• maintain soil moisture.

The plant should be pruned regularly; immediately after planting, weak stems can be pruned by about 1/3 of the part. It is necessary to inspect the honeysuckle in a timely manner, cutting off dry branches and part of the shoots. If this is not done, then the plant will grow and take on an ugly appearance. Old branches, after they become lumber, shed their foliage, after which the appearance of the bush deteriorates. For this reason, it is also recommended to remove obsolete branches.

For the formation of a vine, support is needed, if the honeysuckle does not grow near the fence, then you should worry about what it will rely on. Shoots can be guided independently and thereby shape the appearance of the bush.

It is not recommended to plant the plant in close proximity to the walls. Honeysuckle honeysuckle is a plant with powerful roots, therefore, in some cases, this feature can adversely affect the state of the foundation. It is recommended to maintain a distance of 80-100 cm between the bush and the building.

Care features

Ornamental honeysuckle quickly adapts to external conditions and shows active growth. Flowering is possible only in the second year after planting. The plant is undemanding to care, it is enough to follow a number of simple procedures:

• watering should be regular and moderate; prolonged drying of the soil and stagnant water should not be allowed. In dry weather, it is additionally recommended to spray the leaves to preserve their decorative effect;
• during the first year of growth, it is important to regularly loosen the area of ​​the trunk circle, combining the procedure with weeding. This allows you to accelerate the development of the root system, which has a beneficial effect on the appearance of the shrub;
• decorative shaping should be carried out throughout the summer. In spring and autumn, cut off all old and damaged shoots, as well as parts of the bush with signs of the disease;
• for the winter, the shrub should be mulched abundantly with peat, humus or sawdust with a layer of 8 cm or more. In cold regions, it is recommended to additionally cover the lower young branches with spruce branches or straw.

Curly honeysuckle can grow in one place for more than 10 years.A transplant is required to rejuvenate the bush, as well as when growth slows down or does not bloom. It is advisable to carry out the procedure only in the fall, so that in the spring the plant enters the growing season. For this, complete pruning is carried out, leaving 10-15 cm above the ground surface. Then the honeysuckle is carefully dug up and transferred to a permanent place.

Advantages and disadvantages of decorative curly honeysuckle

In the northern regions, the root system of climbing honeysuckle freezes, the bushes are deformed, the plant does not bear fruit. Therefore, it is better not to grow it in Siberia. There are a number of significant advantages to choosing curly honeysuckle:

• unpretentious care;
• drought tolerance;
• fast growth rates;
• stable immunity;
• long flowering period;
• growth with limited access to light;
• ease of reproduction;
• resistance to harmful insects;
• the average life expectancy is 50 years.

In addition to the intolerance of severe cold weather, the ornamental plant has other disadvantages, which it is important to familiarize yourself with before planting:

• the need to form a bush;
• pruning, garter of honeysuckle;
• cleaning plants for the winter;
• poor growth in the shade;
• poor growth when transplanting from place to place;
• risk of damage by harmful insects.

Reproduction methods

In practice, only vegetative reproduction methods are used. Planting honeysuckle with seeds is practiced only to obtain new varieties, as this is a long and laborious process that does not always lead to a positive result. Basic breeding methods:

• Layers... A shrub from 2 years old acts as a mother plant. Work should be done in spring or early June. To do this, choose a powerful annual shoot, which is laid in the ground in a previously dug furrow with a depth of 3 to 5 cm. After that, it must be firmly fixed, covered with earth. The rooting process takes up to 2 months, but it is advisable to transfer the layer only closer to autumn;
• Cuttings... The most popular way to get daughter plants. Annual shoots 15-20 cm long and 6 mm thick are used as planting material. Rooting is recommended in water or a moist nutrient substrate, young roots appear in a month. Propagation by cuttings is permissible throughout the summer.

The choice of breeding method depends on the skills and characteristics of the mother shrub. For beginner gardeners, it is recommended to use cuttings only.

Prevention of diseases and the influence of parasites

Like most plants, honeysuckle honeysuckle, the care of which also involves protection from external factors, is susceptible to diseases and pests. Aphids and mites prefer to settle on the leaves and branches of honeysuckle. There are some ways to reduce the likelihood of attack by harmful insects:

• Insects avoid plants, in the leaves of which they feel potassium and phosphorus. It is necessary to apply mineral fertilizers with these components;
• In winter, insects will avoid wintering on those plants that have urea in the soil. Spray a substance with such a composition on the soil until the foliage falls;
• Already settled insects must be destroyed with special means.

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Not only pests, but also diseases can destroy honeysuckle. Brown-gray leaves indicate that honeysuckle has overtaken the disease ramulariasis. Honeysuckle begins to lose nutrients, which leads to the death of leaves and twigs. Cercosporosis is no less dangerous disease: the leaves are covered with burgundy spots in a frame of the same color. In the fight against these diseases, copper sulfate or Fundazol helps.

Red bumps on the leaves make it possible to determine that the plant is occupied by a fungus, which can settle not only on the leaves, but also in the bark of the tree. This disease is called Tuberculariosis. Damaged leaves and branches must be cut and destroyed, and copper sulfate or Bordeaux liquid must be used to combat the disease.

Diseases and pests

All cultivated varieties of climbing honeysuckle have strong immunity, are rarely infected with diseases and pests. A young plant is especially susceptible to damage, therefore, in the first year, you need to monitor the appearance of the stem and leaves.

The greatest harm to honeysuckle is caused by fungal infections, for example, powdery mildew. The provoking factor is hot and humid weather, as well as non-compliance with the rules of care. The main symptom of the disease is the appearance of white spots on the vegetative parts of the bush, which gradually grow and acquire a brownish tint. For treatment, only chemicals with a high copper content are used.

Care and reproduction of honeysuckle Honeysuckle. Pruning

The beauty of honeysuckle is that it is quite unpretentious. It must be watered periodically, and if the summer is rainy, then watering is not required. Usually only 4-5 waterings are required over the summer, but they should be plentiful.

Always remove weeds around the bush and loosen after rains and watering to avoid stagnation. But be careful, as the root system is close enough to damage it.

As for feeding, honeysuckle loves it. It responds well to natural fertilizers. You can use manure, humus, compost. Ash is also recommended. Top dressing is applied in the spring about a bucket under the bush. In autumn, they protect the soil with ash (250 grams). In summer, it is good to pour in slurry from manure - a ratio of 1: 4. It also responds well to feeding with ammonium nitrate - about 20 grams per square meter.

Attention! The plant is not fed for the first two years, it needs to root well and adapt. Fertilizing is applied in the third year under each honeysuckle bush Caprifol.

Pruning in the fall

Sanitary pruning helps the plant to develop better, not to get sick, to bloom and bear fruit more actively. It is necessary to cut off all branches that have already dried up, have become old, they have traces of the disease or branches that do not grow. Inside the bush, you also need to cut off some of the branches so that the sun can better penetrate.

But young plants do not need the procedure. Only that honeysuckle that is older than 6-7 years. In the spring, cut off all branches that are frozen on all bushes. The plants tolerate the procedure quite well. If the pruning was cardinal, then the places of the cuts can be sprinkled with ash or activated with charcoal.

Reproduction

How to propagate honeysuckle is a fairly frequently asked question. There can be several ways of reproduction:

• with the help of seeds (but this process is long and the result does not always meet expectations);
• cuttings;
• using layering;
• dividing the bush.

Let's take a look at the three most popular methods.

Honeysuckle is propagated by cuttings in July and August. To do this, cut off several branches so that they have buds. The leaves are removed. The soil is prepared from humus, sand, garden soil and compost in equal proportions. Cuttings are additionally processed in "Kornevin". Then they are planted in a row and covered with bottles, pre-watered. Every day the seedlings are sprayed and the shelter is opened.

Recommendation! Honeysuckle, propagated by cuttings, will take root within about a month, but in the fall, cover the soil with peat so that the seedlings do not freeze.

It is easy to propagate by layering - from an adult honeysuckle, they take a branch that has roots, tilt it to the ground and sprinkle it. Soon the new cut will take root and can be replanted.

Dividing a bush is also a fairly simple process. It is necessary to dig in the honeysuckle at the roots, then cut off part of the root with branches with a sharp knife or shovel.Then plant the root, and process the cut points.

These are all basic agricultural techniques that will help you grow a luxurious, lush honeysuckle bush. But one more question cannot be ignored. Without it, all efforts can be wasted, and the honeysuckle Caprifoli will die or get sick.

Growing conditions for edible honeysuckle

In nature, honeysuckle is found on soils with different reactions - from strongly acidic (pH 3.2) to neutral (pH 7). Accordingly, in culture, honeysuckle develops well on different types of soils: sod-podzolic, gray forest, chernozem, peaty, and with good filling, also on clay and sandy. Usually honeysuckle in nature grows on moist soils, at the same time, it does not tolerate high groundwater levels and prolonged flooding. Be sure to consider the recommended growing conditions for edible honeysuckle - this will help you get rich harvests of berries.

Honeysuckle in general has a very high winter hardiness, under natural conditions tolerates frosts down to -40 ° C and below. Even in the most unfavorable winters in the Moscow region, no serious damage was noted in the honeysuckle. Late spring frosts also do not have a significant effect on the harvest.

In a warm, long autumn, repeated flowering of plants can be observed, which reduces the next year's harvest. In nature, honeysuckle is often found in conditions of significant shade, but in culture it gives large yields in open areas. For planting honeysuckle, choose even, well-lit areas with sufficient, but not stagnant moisture.

Top dressing

Curly honeysuckle needs additional feeding. She needs a large amount of minerals. You also need to feed the plant before flowering. Due to the large number of inflorescences that delight the eye for a fairly long period, the shrub needs a lot of strength. For this, you can use a special liquid fertilizer. And in the fall, it is advisable to pour wood ash under each bush.

Features of growing different types of decorative honeysuckle in the regions

Among the types of decorative honeysuckle there are curly and erect. It is the curly honeysuckle that is grown much more often than others.

Erect honeysuckle

Of the upright species, Tatar honeysuckle (a dense shrub up to 4 meters in height) and Korolkov's honeysuckle (well-trimmed, used for highly decorative hedges) are more or less known. Both species are quite drought and frost-resistant and are grown in different regions, often do not require shelter for the winter, especially Tatar honeysuckle.

Many upright honeysuckle species are also very decorative during the flowering period.

Alpine honeysuckle (shrub no more than a meter in height) is distinguished by its shade tolerance and winter hardiness, it grows for many years and can also be planted in almost any climate. Covering honeysuckle (shrub up to 3 meters high with beautiful flowers) lives up to 100 years, is not afraid of severe frosts, but requires high soil moisture.

Curly honeysuckle

Of the vines (climbing species), it is the honeysuckle that is most widely known. In addition to it, for decorative purposes honeysuckle called "German honeysuckle" is planted, blooming with large flowers that attract bees, but it is much more thermophilic and feels good only in warm regions. A vine called Brown's honeysuckle is very picky: it can grow only on highly fertile soils, does not tolerate dry weather. Hecrotte's honeysuckle makes similar demands.

Brown's honeysuckle has very original flowers, but it is more difficult to grow than honeysuckle.

Thus, we can say that among the types of decorative curly honeysuckle, only honeysuckle is relatively unpretentious, which, due to its properties, is planted in almost all regions of our country, except for the north itself. In the northern regions, special conditions must be created for growing honeysuckle, especially carefully covering it for the winter.

The agricultural technology of decorative honeysuckle is radically different from the agricultural technology of edible honeysuckle. For the latter, the conditions of cold regions are preferable to those in the south: in heat and drought, edible honeysuckle grows poorly and bears fruit poorly. Edible honeysuckle is rarely cultivated south of Tambov or Samara, and in the Crimea and Ukraine, its cultivation has no practical value.

Ornamental honeysuckle, on the contrary, is much easier to grow in the south: there the liana does not even need to be removed from the supports for the winter, and in cold regions, honeysuckle must be sheltered from frost. In the wild, honeysuckle grows in the Crimea, the Caucasus and European countries, it is even called Italian honeysuckle. As it has been growing for many decades in the Crimean forests, not knowing what winter is, so in gardens and near houses, it also feels calm in winter.

Where the temperature in winter drops below 20 degrees below zero (this is an approximate figure), honeysuckle has to be protected from frost. It grows successfully in the Moscow region and even in the Leningrad region. Some amateurs, for fear and risk, do not cover the honeysuckle for the winter. Some varieties really tolerate frost well, but many freeze from the tops. Subsequently, they recover, but this takes time and effort. Therefore, at the end of October, in problem regions, vines are lowered from supports and covered, for example, with coniferous spruce branches or spunbond. This is especially required for young plants, in the first 2–4 years of life.

Covering vines is not easy, but in harsh climates you have to

In Crimea, as in other southern regions of our country and Ukraine, honeysuckle grows well, blooms profusely. It is usually planted in the spring, choosing a place according to the principle of "head in the sun, and legs in the shade", that is, where the bloom will be in the sun, and the roots are wrapped from the heat so that soil moisture does not evaporate. The Crimean climate, if not talking about the coast, is famous for its heat and dry air, so you often have to water the vine. In top dressing, they try not to overdo it with nitrogen, so that the foliage does not fill the entire vine to the detriment of flowering. Otherwise, caring for honeysuckle in the region is carried out according to general rules.

Growing bait outdoors

Curly honeysuckle is propagated by dividing the bush, layering, cuttings, seeds.

In the spring, the vine can be propagated by layering; for this, the honeysuckle branch is bent to the ground, laid in a shallow trench dug in advance, buried in earth and pinned with pegs. The point of contact of the branch with the ground is regularly watered. By autumn, the branch forms roots, in September or spring, the cuttings are separated from the mother bush and transplanted to a permanent place. When planting, the root collar is not buried.

Reproduction by cuttings is carried out after the end of flowering. Semi-lignified cuttings about 10 cm long with 1-2 internodes are rooted in a nutrient substrate, under a plastic bag or glass in partial shade. In this case, the lower leaves on the handle are removed, and the upper leaves are cut in half. When new leaves appear, the package (glass) is removed.

Sowing seeds is carried out in autumn, usually at the end of October. For spring sowing, seed stratification is required. Seeds are sown directly into open ground, on ridges. The next year, the grown seedlings are planted. When propagated by seeds, flowering begins 4-5 years after sowing.

Honeysuckle is a plant that relatively recently settled in gardens and flower beds in Russia. Until now, it has not received the proper distribution. There are about 200 varieties of honeysuckle. They are slightly different in appearance. All varieties are divided into three groups:

• low trees;
• bushes;
• lianas.

Many edible berry honeysuckle grows as a bush. Their flowers are yellow-green in color, almost invisible among the foliage.The berries are blue, with different ripening periods and sizes depending on the variety.

Liana, or climbing honeysuckle, is often a vigorous bush, which is distinguished by fragrant, beautiful flowers of an unusual shape. In spring, it is decorated with bright inflorescences. The tubular flowers that form them are monochromatic or two-colored.

Ornamental honeysuckle flowers

The shape of the flower is original, 4 petals are wrapped in one direction, and the fifth in the opposite direction. Long stamens are curved in an arc. The size of one bud can reach 5 cm. In autumn, small bright berries form in place of flowers. Mostly they are inedible, but there are varieties whose fruits are eaten. In any case, they decorate the bush.

The egg-shaped leaves of honeysuckle can be dark green or bluish. In the sinus, they can be located from one to several (in honeysuckle).

• Honeysuckle is the most famous and widespread species. It is distinguished by beautiful large flowers. They are bright yellow inside and dark pink outside. Blooms for about 20 days. Its tenacious lashes can be held on to any support. Easy to clean.
• Tatar early flowering has several subspecies and varieties. Flowers bloom in mid-May. They are white, pink, red. Fruits of different shades of red make the plant attractive. Can grow in arid regions, tolerates air pollution. Therefore, it is planted in city parks and squares.
• Serotina loves sunny places. There it grows up to 4 m. This is a late variety that blooms from mid-summer to early autumn. The flowers are purple outside, cream inside, very fragrant. The berries are red, inedible. It is undemanding to the quality of the soil.
• Brown is prized for its beautiful bright flowers that bloom in summer. The berries are red. The disadvantage is low frost resistance and flowering frequency. The bush is afraid of cold winds, so it is covered with spruce branches for the winter.
• Alpine honeysuckle is planted on rocky hills, because its height is 1.5 m. It grows in lime sandy loam. Tolerates temperature drop and shading.
• Telmana is a medium-sized liana with bright yellow flowers. The leaves are bright green, long. Blooms in early summer.
• Japanese variegated is distinguished by dark green leaves with light veins. The flowers are at first white, later they become lemon and honey. The fruits are purple-black. The species is resistant to frost.
• Climbing honeysuckle has large flowers that attract bees. Not very frost-resistant species.
• Belgica Select is an early flowering cultivar with fragrant purple flowers. Repeated blooming in autumn, from July to frost.
• Graham Thomas with yellow-red fragrant flowers with a narrow tube. Blooms from June to September. In the southern regions it is used for vertical gardening, in the northern regions it is used as a ground cover plant.
• Seaside Caprilia Imperial changes the color of the petals during the flowering process. They are pink at first, then yellow and white.
• Maak's honeysuckle reaches a height of 10 m. It is distinguished by white shoots and large leaves with cilia at the edges. The flowers are yellow, the berries are coral.
• Korolkova is the most abundant. Its advantage is its resistance to diseases and pests. The species is not afraid of frost or drought.

Decorative curly honeysuckle is widely used for landscaping various areas. She is decorated with metal structures: arches, gazebos. Honeysuckle is used to create hedges. They close the site or territory from spring to autumn.

Honeysuckle on a support

Low species are planted on alpine slides. Aromatic zones are created from varieties with a pleasant strong odor. From cherry plum, evergreen Iberis, hawthorn, hazel, honeysuckle they form garden compositions.

Transplanting an adult bush is impractical. It is better to root one of the many shoots, and transplant it to the right place the next year.

To root the shoot, they dig a small hole near the bush, put a part of the shoot in it so that the top looks out.In order for the roots to form faster, several shallow longitudinal cuts are made at the point of contact with the ground. They are pinned with a metal bracket or a fork made from a tree branch so that the wind or running animals do not pull it out of the ground.

Honeysuckle can be propagated by root shoots and cuttings. The shoots are dug up, cutting off the root from the mother plant, and planted in a new place.

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Species that have strong vertical branches are propagated by cuttings. It is difficult to tilt them to the ground to make a layering. Cuttings are cut at the end of flowering so that each has 3 buds.

Propagation of honeysuckle by cuttings

The upper sheet is shortened, the lower ones are cut off. Longitudinal cuts are made on the lower part, treated with a root former, placed in a jar of water or planted in a greenhouse. It is necessary to maintain high humidity in it. Germinate for about a month. Then they are planted in a separate bowl. In spring or autumn, they are transplanted into the ground.

If there is no curly honeysuckle nearby and there is nowhere to take a stalk, you can grow it from seeds purchased at the store. But this is quite troublesome, and their germination rate is low.

The buds begin to wake up, and the frosts that come soon lead to their death. But the bush itself will not disappear after that. It grows due to dormant buds located in the lower part of the vine. Shoots that are not branches are cut at the end of spring.

Climbing honeysuckle usually does not require regular watering. They are carried out only in case of severe drought.

In order for the vine to bloom abundantly and regularly, it needs to be fed at a certain time. In early spring, organic fertilizers are applied under the bush. In April, fertilized with mineral fertilizers, replenishing the supply of potassium and phosphorus. You can carry out foliar dressing with liquid fertilizers. In the fall, wood ash is poured under the bush.

Honeysuckle is damaged by pests. Among them:

• aphids;
• leaf rollers;
• smoky moths;
• honeysuckle mite.

Trichograms released into the garden after the threat of recurrent frosts has passed will help to overcome them. It is impossible to use chemical treatments after that, because the trichograms will die.

If there is no opportunity or desire to use insects, they are treated with folk remedies: a solution of laundry soap, tobacco, garlic. If this does not help, apply insecticides: "Fitoverm", "Aktaru".

The plant is affected by fungal diseases. This is powdery mildew. You can fight it by spraying with Fitosporin. If the honeysuckle is sick with a viral disease, they dig it up and burn it. In addition to harmful insects, many varieties of leaves, such as honeysuckle, are popular with goats. Therefore, the plant must be protected from the access of these pets.

Anyone who has seen how the honeysuckle grows will inevitably want to have this vine in his possession. Reproduction of honeysuckle honeysuckle is possible in several ways:

• seeds;
• layering;
• cuttings.

Honeysuckle can only be propagated with fresh seeds of the second year. The harvested fruits should be freed from the pulp, rinsed and dried. Seeds must be stratified before spring sowing. Seeds for seedlings are sown in the spring, and in the summer the grown seedlings are placed in a permanent place.

Planting material for cuttings is harvested in August. Cuttings with three internodes are rooted in autumn in a special nursery with a sand-peat mixture. In the spring, the rooted plant is planted in a permanent place.

The easiest way is to propagate honeysuckle honeysuckle by rooting a layer, which is incised and buried in the ground on a liana that continues to grow. In the place of the incision, roots are formed, the twig is separated from the liana and planted in a permanent place.

Elliptical leaves of honeysuckle below shimmer with a bluish tint. And the upper leaves grow together in such a way that they look like a circle pierced with a skewer.

Do not expect rapid flowering from a young plant. However, depending on the variety, very soon honeysuckle can grow in length from 2 to 6 m.

Often, honeysuckle has a bright color, and the inflorescences are collected in a bunch at the end of the shoot.

1. Cuttings.
2. Division of the bush.
3. Seed planting.

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Pruning

In order for the Kaprifol liana to have a decent look, it is necessary to arrange a support. The support can be wooden, metal, from a strong net or twine. The shoots spread out and create a colorful oasis. When the shoot has grown, it is shortened.

Cut off the top. After that, young side branches grow. Caprifoli has one peculiarity. The honeysuckle stems are attached to the surface with roots and braid the support counterclockwise. Pruning gives the bush its shape and rejuvenates the plant.

Breeding history of the variety

Curly honeysuckle has been studied for a long time. Back in the 18th century, the then famous Russian scientist Stepan Krashennikov mentioned it. In his writings, he described her as a curly, erect, creeping shrub belonging to the family of Honeysuckle (Caprifoliaceae). But it got its Latin name thanks to the Swedish botanist and zoologist Karl Linnaeus (1707-1778), who named it honeysuckle after the German mathematician, physicist and botanist of the 16th century Adam Lonitzeri (Adamus Lonicerus 1528-1586) in 1753. Carl Linnaeus originally planned to call curly honeysuckle Caprifolium, since in European countries the most common variety of honeysuckle Caprifolium was found.

Interesting. Various types of curly steel honeysuckle spread massively in Russia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Expert advice

If the soil is sandy or simply depleted, then organic humus from composted manure is poured under the roots of the climbing honeysuckle. Food waste compost is also suitable. Organic matter promotes the reproduction of soil bacteria, improves the structure of the soil.

It turns out a perpetual organic engine, which is served by worms. You can forget about expensive imported fertilizers. No need to fertilize plants with nitrates, which destroy the human body. Organic waste is an excellent fertilizer. In Europe, waste has long been sorted and used for its intended purpose.

Honeysuckle Morrow

This variety is undersized. Its height does not exceed 1.5 meters. The flowering period begins in late spring. Snow-white flowers appear on the shrub, which look charming against the background of rich green foliage. It is no less attractive at the end of summer. It is decorated with red and orange fruits arranged in pairs. You can use them to decorate the alleys.

Curly honeysuckle, the varieties of which are now difficult not only to list, but even to count, is an indispensable plant for creating cozy corners in your garden, magnificent arches or hedges. It is not for nothing that it is so often used for landscaping. Curly honeysuckle, the photo of which does not exaggerate the true beauty of the plant, will make any site inimitable.

Characteristics

Honeysuckle "Tatar"

This variety is popular for its light pink flowers, which bloom in the second half of May. The length of each flower reaches 2 centimeters. And in August, delicate flowers are replaced by decorative fruits, the color of which can be yellow, orange or red. These decorative fruits hang on the branches for a long time. This variety is one of the most unpretentious. Honeysuckle "Tatar" can grow even in conditions of severe air pollution and drought.Due to these qualities, it is often used for landscaping cities.