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A hedge of physocarpus is gaining popularity not only because of its beauty, because she is able to hold animals and also allows you to hide everything that happens in the area from prying eyes. Thus, the process of planting is not complicated, and the cost of seeds and seedlings small.
One variation of such fence becomes a hedge of physocarpus English, a photo of which can be seen below. These plants reach a height of three meters and have a thick crown. Physocarpus different resistance to drought and simplicity of maintenance.
How to prepare the site for planting ↑
Mowing hedges and planting are not difficult as it may seem to those who had no experience in this lesson. In order to plant a plant, you need to prepare the following tools:
- shovel;
- cord;
- several stakes;
- the pruner;
- roulette;
- pitchfork.
In order to hedge saved the owners of the site from dust and outside noise, you need to put quite a large number of bushes. If planting occurs in a row, then 1 meter square has from 3 to 5 bushes.
To hedge perceived one, it is necessary to dig not just pits and a trench. After preparation of land the seedlings are set in a staggered manner in 3 rows.
Stages of preparation:
- first, pulled the cord in the place where there will be hedge;
- along the marked line to be digging the earth to a depth of about half a meter. The same distance is between the edges of the trenches;
- land on the bottom loosened with a pitchfork in order to make organic and mineral fertilizers;
- before planting, the plants are pruned long or damaged roots;
- in the end, in a trench down saplings, which are then backfilled fertilized soil.
Plant care ↑
Physocarpus is not in need of constant care, but at the same time for its normal growth and preservation of the attractive appearance of the fence should follow a few simple steps. These include: removing frozen and broken branches, as well as maintaining some form of the shrub.
The frequency of watering plants depends on what kind of soil they are planted and the type of climate in a particular area. To feed a live fence should be in spring and autumn. Used fertilizer with nitrogen or mineral content. Apply the first spring and the second autumn.
Some owners of plots with hedges do not seek to trim the branches of the Bush in the first years of its existence thinking that promotes rapid growth. Just because of such action, the lower part of the fence can become bare, and the entire plot is visible from the outside of the fence. To avoid this, it is enough to cut off the bottom branches, which immediately begins to branch.
Methods of reproduction of physocarpus ↑
There are two basic ways used by many owners:
- With the help of cuttings. To produce a reproduction, you should choose one of the strong shoots and remove all the leaves except those that are located on top. After that, the cooked plant is to be placed in a groove depth of about 15 cm and sprinkle the bottom of the earth. It is necessary to periodically moisten the obtained strains. The procedure should be undertaken only in early spring, so the plant was able to harden before winter begins.
- Reproduction by cuttings. In order to grow the bushes with cuttings, you should choose the most healthy branches, cut them off and soak in stimulating root growth solution. Then you can just put them in a mixture of sand and peat, and then to cover with polythene and watered periodically.
Features planting ↑
Planting physocarpus for hedges in the area is more lit areas, because otherwise the leaves after some time become less vivid. One should not embark with seeds. This is because after the Bush increase, the color of its leaves can be uneven. Much easier to buy physocarpus with closed root system. Planting occurs in the fall or spring.
For planting dug a pit having a diameter of about half a meter on the bottom of which are placed fertilizer or humus. This is followed by straightening clod of earth on the roots of the plants and installation to the place prepared, which is then covered with soil and watered composition conducive to the enhanced growth of physocarpus. The hedge should be periodically watered with water, and the ground around the trunk needs to be loosened, so that its surface has formed a crust.
