Shrub - a reliable assistant landscape designer

Shrub sod is a favorite plant of landscape designers. Its name in Latin can be translated as "horn". The wood of the turf is very heavy and dense. In nature, its heat-loving species grow in southern countries: in Central Africa and Latin America. And more frost-resistant - everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Both deciduous and evergreen, the bush of the turf is amazingly beautiful. Effectively it looks like foliage, small, but elegant white flowers and contrast-stained shoots. Landscape architects often use a variety of turf shrubs for a variety of compositions, a photo of which can be found in any magazine dedicated to the decoration of the garden. Let's briefly consider what care this plant requires.

White sod (shrub): description and features

This is a very common species - in nature it grows throughout Russia, with the exception of the northern regions, in Korea, China. It reaches three meters in height. Shoots of the turf are dark red, brown or black with a reddish tint. This gives the bush more decorative. On young shoots, you can often see a matte grayish coating. It disappears when the turf shrub becomes larger. Small white flowers begin to appear in early summer. Re-flowering occurs in September. If, of course, autumn does not turn out to be too cold. Thus, the bush of turf in this period is simultaneously decorated with bluish fruits and numerous inflorescences. This gives him a very nice look. Flowering and fruiting of the turf begins usually after it reaches the age of three years. This shrub is extremely hardy: it tolerates heat, shade, poor soil, air pollution without deterioration in the quality of the deciduous cover. Because of this, he is a frequent guest of the city's front gardens. Used by designers for hedges, greening alleys and lawns. Decorative forms of the turf differ in the color of the leaves. Often they have a multicolored border. Or, conversely, the contrasting middle of the leaf. For example, the turf of the gaukhult is covered with yellowish and pink spots. Because of this, it looks blooming almost all year round. Red turf is above white. Its inflorescences are larger. The leaves are both green with a reddish tint, and almost burgundy. Some varieties are spotty with yellow specks.

Agrotechnics of the turf

Shrub must be planted in groups. Between the specimens should remain a distance of sixty centimeters. Plant them preferably in soil, fertilized with compost and humus. In the top layer add sand or clay, depending on what the ground is not enough. You can do without drainage and without acidity control: as already mentioned, the turf is unpretentious and grows well on any soil. In the summer, the bush can be fertilized with compost, and in spring - with mineral fertilizers. Moderate watering involves half a bucket of water per adult plant every week. Care of the turf will be incomplete if you do not regularly cut this bush. The decimation of the crown should not be too intense. It must be produced in the spring. Too much circumcision can provoke uncontrolled growth of the bush.