Plants of the chubushnik family are often called garden, or false jasmine.
These are ornamental shrubs with light, often white flowers and a delicate aroma, in fact, in some varieties, reminiscent of jasmine.
But even among this family, Lemoine's mock-orange variety rightfully takes pride of place.
Also, this plant will look good in a garden with lilacs.
What is "garden jasmine" or "jasmine bush"?
Chubushnik or "jasmine" garden with its magnificent beauty and indescribable aroma begins to delight in spring. A wonderful aroma is exuded by the abundantly blooming snow-white or cream flowers of a perennial plant. Shrub flowers can have a diameter of 2-5 cm. Their forms are simple, double and semi-double. Collected in a brush, they grow at the ends of young shoots.
The leaves of "garden jasmine" are 2-7 cm long, depending on the variety, they can be of various forms: simple, broadly ovate, oblong-ovate. Whole leaves of bright green color are located opposite on the shrub. In autumn, the leaves turn yellow, but there are types of evergreen bushes.
Garden jasmine is a deciduous shrub. Its straight trunks are covered with thin gray bark. The height of plants of dwarf varieties is only 70 cm. Tall varieties grow up to 6 m. The jasmine flower pleases with its beauty and aroma for about two to three weeks. For white clouds of flowers to envelop garden for a longer time, you can pick up varieties of chubushnik with different flowering periods.
Even one sprig of mock-orange in a vase looks beautiful, and can gracefully decorate, for example, your desktop or dressing table, and delight you with a marvelous aroma
Description
A perennial deciduous shrub is used not only as a decorative element. Chubushnik is suitable for beekeeping and the production of medicinal extracts used in perfumery and food.
An adult plant blooms in the 3rd year of planting in early summer. Characteristics:
- leaves 6-8 cm long, with a pronounced fluffiness of the lower part and a smooth top;
- the average height is from 1 to 3 m, some varieties reach 6.5 m;
- abundant inflorescences of 4-10 flowers;
- light color of petals from white to yellow-cream;
- the diameter of the flowers is up to 8 cm, in some varieties there are terry;
- seed pods contain about 9 thousand seeds per 1 g;
- tolerance of cold winters of the middle zone, endurance.
The pronounced aroma or its complete absence, the terry and dimensions of the shrub depend on the variety of the plant.
The life cycle of a chubushnik is more than 27 years.
Varieties and types of chubushnik
Thanks to the fruitful work of breeders, many new varieties of this plant have been bred. Let's talk about the most common types.
Common chubushnik (pale).
This species develops well and blooms well on fertile and well-moisturized soils. Its creamy white flowers are highly aromatic. The shrub can have a height of 3 m.Its leaves are weakly pubescent, on top - bright
green, below - pale green.
Familiar to all of us "garden jasmine" - delicate white flowers, exuding a strong warm sweet aroma
Crown chubushnik.
This shrub can reach a height of 3 meters. Its flowers are creamy and white.Flowers with a diameter of 2.5-3.5 cm are collected in inflorescences of 7-9 pieces. Large leaves 8 cm long are located on strong shoots. This species blooms in mid-June and has several forms, for example:
- terry, this is a very beautiful shrub with an unusual decoration in the form of multi-row flowers;
- yellow-leaved or golden-leaved, such an amazing color for the summer period, the color of the leaves looks very impressive against the general background of the garden until mid-July.
Philadelphus Coronarius Aureus, or yellow-leaved mock-orange, is distinguished by an unusual lemon-yellow leaf color for its species, which can be used in landscape design to create beautiful contrasts
Chubushnik Lemoine
... Deciduous shrub is 3 m high. Its branches are covered with white, large, very fragrant flowers and ovate-lanceolate leaves.
French breeder Lemoine has created many hybrid varieties of mock-orange that look quite varied.
Ermine mantle.
This species is the record holder for the duration of flowering (up to 50 days). Shrub height up to 1 meter. This variety is interesting for its semi-double white flowers, located on hanging stems. It is like an ermine mantle. The shrub has an amazing strawberry aroma.
The long-blooming variety of chubushnik "Manteau d'Hermine" ("ermine mantle") amazes with the beauty of white double flowers
Chubushnik "Avalanche".
A low, stately shrub with light green leaves and arched shoots. This species is distinguished by abundant flowering, which lasts three weeks.
Chubushnik commercial grade "Avalanche" ("Avalanche")
Chubushnik "Airborne landing".
Tall (up to 3 m) spreading bush with drooping bell-shaped flowers, similar to small parachutes.
Domestic hybrid variety, bred in the 1940s, and got its name from the similarity of white cupped flowers with parachute domes
Chubushnik "Mont Blanc".
Of the low species, these shrubs deserve special attention. Their densely double and strongly smelling flowers delight with their beauty for about a month. The maximum height of this type of bush is 2 m.
One of the hybrid varieties of chubushnik, smelling of strawberries, "Mont Blanc", bred in 1884 by the French breeder V. Lemoine
Chubushnik "Ballet of Moths".
Flowers-"moths" of this charming variety seem to "flutter" over a high (up to 3 m) and wide shrub. Semi-double petals of a greenish hue create the illusion of a moth.
Domestic variety of chubushnik, bred by Academician Komarov in the middle of the 20th century, "Ballet of Moths"
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
A very popular variety of chubushnik. The bush is 2 m high and has large double flowers with a greenish tint. Their aroma is weak.
The bushes of the chubushnik variety "Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya" are spreading, their height is up to 4 m. Double flowers, up to 5 cm in diameter, greenish-white with the smell of pineapple
The height of the bushes of different varieties of chubushnik is very different, this should be taken into account when thinking over a hedge or shaded places in the landscape design of your site
Chubushnik will decorate your garden with abundant flowering, and in June it will also let you enjoy the most beautiful fresh aroma
Use in landscape design
In landscape design, chubushnik is used with various plants. Suitable:
- shrubs that bloom beautifully;
- large trees with bright foliage;
- climbing plants (for example: clematis, actinidia, climbing roses).
Chubushnik in landscape design
Thus, chubushnik is a plant that even a novice gardener can grow. It is used to create bright green flower beds. Chubushnik tolerates winter normally.
Chubushnik. Planting and leaving
Though plant and it is not particularly demanding in care, but in order to grow a really beautiful and well-groomed shrub, you must adhere to the following agrotechnical techniques:
- "Jasmine" garden normally develops in shaded areas, but if you want to grow abundantly and beautifully flowering bush, plant it in the sun.
- Planting seedlings should be done in early spring or autumn. It is these periods that have a beneficial effect on the good acceleration and further development of young plants.
Chubushnik accepts different soils, but only on fertile land will he be able to show all his beauty. Before planting the plant, the site is well dug, then a hole is dug up to a depth of 0.5 m.Since the shrub does not like stagnant groundwater, at the bottom of the hole it is necessary to organize drainage from gravel, crushed stone or broken bricks.
"Garden jasmine" or chubushnik is an unforgettable aroma in the evening garden in summer
You can make a beautiful bouquet of chubushnik by supplementing it with white flowers with umbrella inflorescences
There should be a distance of 10 cm between the root system of the seedling and the walls of the pit. The pit is filled with fertile soil, into which mineral fertilizer is then introduced. Nitrophoska is a good fertilizer for chubushnik. It contains three elements vital for any plant: nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. For one seedling, 30 grams are introduced. nitrophosphate.
The root collar of the plant deepens only by 3 cm. The soil around the seedling is well compacted, then it is watered abundantly with water. Once the small shoot is rooted, you can shorten it a little. This will allow the plant to bush well.
Growing and caring for a chubushnik requires mandatory compliance with the actions necessary for the plant. This is timely watering, feeding shrubs, loosening the soil around the seedlings, eliminating weeds.
Asian variety of chubushnik, "Satsumi", practically not found in landscaping in our country, but popular in the east
The smell of chubushnik flowers is strong, memorable and a bit like the smell of real jasmine flowers
Watering
Chubushnik requires abundant watering from spring to autumn. It is better to defend water, it should be warm and soft. The shrub loves high humidity, so it is recommended to spray it, just not during the flowering period.
Chubushnik - a moisture-loving garden plant
Chubushnik branches are a great way to gracefully decorate an interior where white tones prevail
White chubushnik flowers and vintage accessories are a great way to add shabby chic to your site design.
Top dressing
Top dressing of bushes can be started only a year after planting. To do this, use the following amount of mineral fertilizers:
- 15 g of potassium sulfide;
- 15 g of urea;
- 30 g superphosphate.
All components are stirred in 10 liters of water, this amount is enough for two seedlings.
For organic fertilizers, slurry has proven itself very well. One part of this fertilizer is diluted in ten parts of water. Feeding with slurry is carried out once a year.
You can also embed apple ash or birch wood into the soil under the chubushnik. For one bush, 100 g of fertilizer is enough.
Most varieties of chubushnik bloom in June.
From chubushnik and other small white flowers, delicate graceful bouquets are obtained that will decorate any interior
Pruning
To enhance the growth of young shoots and give the chubushnik bush a beautiful appearance, it is necessary to regularly prune it. This is done in early spring. Weak branches are cut in half, too long are cut a little.
Rejuvenating pruning is carried out when the branches of the bush are bare and begin to drown out the plant itself. This kind does not decorate the plant at all.
Sanitary pruning is done every year. Flowers that have lost their attractive appearance must be removed. Excess shoots are cut off, the bush is thinned out.
The long branches of the spreading bushes of the chubushnik are beautifully nipped due to the severity of the leaves and flowers
A bouquet of chubushnik flowers will fill your home with the warm sweet aroma of early summer
Beneficial features
Chubushnik is often used in the design of parks and other urban areas because of its useful property to remove harmful elements from the air. The plant cleanses it, oxygenates it and depletes the pleasant aroma around it.
Shrub adds elegance to the plot
Chubushnik Lemoine is an incredibly beautiful plant that does not require difficult and costly care. In addition, the shrub has high winter hardiness and practically does not get sick. Chubushnik will give coziness to even the most ordinary-looking area and cleanse the air of harmful substances.
Reproduction of chubushnik
The plant is propagated by seeds, layering or cuttings.
- Seeds are sown in pre-prepared soil before the onset of severe frosts. For the winter, beds with seeds embedded in them are covered with spruce branches. In the spring, the snow melting under the sun will saturate the seeds with moisture, and young shoots will soon appear. Seedlings grown from seeds are more resistant, they are less susceptible to diseases. But this breeding method is very long. The plant blooms only after 7-8 years.
- Reproduction by layering is carried out in the spring. To do this, the strongest lignified branch bends to the ground and fits into prepared grooves. For good fixation, you can fix the shoot in several places with wire. The grooves are covered with a layer of sand, then peat. New shoots will appear on the layers in 1.5 months. For the entire growing season, they need to be huddled a couple of times. In autumn, the shoots are separated and dived to a permanent place.
- Cuttings are cut only from well-developed shoots. This must be done in June. Their length is about 5 cm. The lower leaves and inflorescences are cut with sharp scissors. Each cut should contain no more than three pairs of leaves and one internode. Cuttings will successfully root in a mixture of sand and peat. First, a small depression is made in this mixture, then a cutting is inserted there at an inclination of 30-40 °, and all this is neatly squeezed. Cover the cuttings glass and put in a bright place. For favorable growth, they must be sprayed daily. After good rooting, the cuttings are transplanted into open ground. During the summer, young sprouts are periodically watered, and the soil around them is loosened.
Chubushnik bushes of many varieties are quite tall and are suitable for creating shade, which can be taken into account when thinking over the landscape design of your site
Chubushnik flowers are combined with many other flowers, white and other flowers, which made them popular in wedding floristry.
Preparing for winter
When the chubushnik has faded, it is prepared for wintering. Autumn pruning is carried out: diseased and thick branches are removed. After that, the mock-orange is fed with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers and mulched. A thick layer of sawdust or peat is suitable for this.
The plant does not need shelter for the winter. As mentioned earlier, the chubushnik tolerates frosts down to -25 ° C. Even if some of the shoots are frozen, the bush will not die. In the spring, dead shoots are pruned to stimulate the growth of new shoots.
Diseases and treatment of chubushnik
Spider mites, aphids and leaf weevils can become dangerous pests for the plant.
You can drive away the tick by spraying the shrub with fufanom. Aphids will die when sprinkled with potato tops. A small number of weevils can be simply shaken off the branches, or sprinkled with the same fufanom.
An alley with a fragrant mock orange in the summer garden - there is nothing better for a romantic walk
A bouquet of chubushnik flowers looks very different depending on the environment - simple and elegant in a strict interior, luxurious - in a classic
