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Hybrid Action Pink Pom Pom belongs to the Hydrangea family. It is valued by gardeners for longevity and unpretentiousness in care. A chic evergreen shrub with a huge number of pale pink flowers is used with pleasure in landscape design. A lush bush concentrates all attention on itself, looks equally good in group and single compositions. In the garden, action is the central decoration.
Description of the action Pink Pom Pom
A green spreading shrub, with long drooping corolla-shaped inflorescences, each consisting of a double perianth and five pointed petals. The flowers are bisexual, small, about 2 cm in diameter, similar to a bell, they have no aroma. The petals are double, white inside and pink outside.
Dense dark green foliage turns yellow in autumn. Rough elongated leaves are located opposite each other. The stems are dark brown, smooth, hollow inside, so they break easily. The bark on old branches tends to peel off and hang in tatters.
Pink Pom Pom action bushes are quite large – adult plants reach a height of 2 m, the crown span in diameter is also about 2 m. The plant blooms for a long time, is unpretentious in care, adapted to urban conditions, gas and dust resistant, but does not tolerate cold. May die at the first frost. With proper care lives 25 years.
Action Pink Pom Pom is used to create garden sculptures, hedges, flower waterfalls, gazebos and park alleys. Amateur gardeners practice single plantings. Action Pink Pom Pom, planted near the house, creates a spectacular composition and unique flavor.
How the action of Pink Pom Pom blooms
The action Pink Pom Pom has a long flowering, it blooms in late spring and, with proper care, pleases with bright flowers until the end of summer. The flowering period is influenced by the climate of the region, on average, it ends in July. When flowering, the action forms a spherical box with seeds, which, after ripening, crack and scatter in the wind.
Features of reproduction
You can propagate the action:
- layering;
- cuttings;
- seeds.
Layers are taken from a strong, healthy seedling. The choice of layering is done during flowering, it is marked with a cord or ribbon. After flowering, the shoot is bent to the ground, an incision is made at the point of contact with it, then covered with soil. The main care for him is done together with the mother bush. By spring, the layering takes root. It is cut off from the parent and transplanted to a permanent place.
Cuttings can be done with both green and lignified shoots. Green cuttings are harvested in June. Landing in the ground is carried out immediately. Sprinkling the cuttings with earth, it is necessary to water them well and cover with a jar.
After rooting, the plants do not need shelter. For the winter period, seedlings should be transferred to the greenhouse. They will be ready for planting in open ground in the spring.
Lignified cuttings are cut in late autumn. Branches connected in bundles, about 20 cm long, are covered with sand and placed in a greenhouse, where they overwinter until spring. In the greenhouse you need to create coolness. When the snow melts and the soil warms up, the cuttings are planted obliquely in open ground and covered with non-woven material or film. The buds that appear on them will be a signal to remove the shelter.
After flowering, spherical boxes containing seeds appear on the Pink Pom Pom action. They ripen in September-October. They are easy to assemble by tying plastic bags to the branches, then they are stored in a dark, dry room until spring.
In spring, seeds are sown in boxes or pots filled with soil from humus, sand and peat. To prevent the appearance of a hard crust on the surface, the seeds are covered with sand from above. Covering the pots with foil, water them daily. Shoots will appear in 1-2 months.
At the end of May, you can transplant to a permanent place. Weak young seedlings are very sensitive to cold, so they need to be covered more carefully for wintering than adult specimens. Flowering action Pink Pom Pom, propagated by seeds, will begin in 3 years.
Planting and caring for the action of Pink Pom Pom
The main condition for planting Pink Pom Pom action is the absence of cold winds and drafts in the selected area. Landing is carried out in already prepared, heated soil. If there are no natural shading conditions around the new plantations, artificial penumbra should be created to protect the shrub from the scorching midday sun. We must not forget to warm the seedling for the winter and properly prune.
Recommended dates
The best time for landing is the end of April. At this time, the earth is already warmed up, but the buds of the trees are not open. If the weather in the region does not allow this to be done on time, then the landing can be postponed. The deadline for planting deutsia seedlings is mid-June. Before planting in open ground, seedlings are recommended to be stored indoors with a temperature of 0 + 2ºС.
Site selection and preparation of soil
Choosing a place for action is a key stage of landing. The site should be lit, large and open, since the crown of the shrub can reach up to 2 m in diameter, but at the same time protected from the wind and the bright midday sun.
The soil must be selected previously cultivated, nutritious, loose, with neutral acidity. Soil with a high pH can be neutralized with lime, peat can be added to insufficiently acidic soils. Clay soil needs to be sanded. Groundwater should not pass closer than at a depth of 2-3 m.
On the eve of planting seedlings, the site should be dug up, compost, humus and peat should be added.
How to plant
When planting several bushes in a row, they dig holes for them at a distance of 2,5-3 m. When planting an action near the house, the distance to the building should also not be less than 2,5 m. The hole is made at least 50 cm deep. Dry or broken roots of the plant must be cut off and placed for a day in a root system growth stimulator dissolved in water.
When planting the action, the roots are carefully straightened, placed in a hole, and covered with earth or a mixture of humus, peat and sand, leaving the root collar on the surface. Then the soil around the seedling should be lightly tamped, watered abundantly, loosened to a depth of 15-20 cm and mulched with a layer of sawdust or peat. Mulch will retain moisture in the soil, protect against weeds and heat.
Growing rules
The plant is unpretentious, adapted to the urban environment, requires a minimum of effort: watering, loosening, a few top dressings, cutting off excess shoots and sheltering the bush for the winter. By following these simple steps, you can grow a chic shrub that will become the main decoration of the house.
The photo shows the action of Pink Pom Pom during flowering.
Watering
Action Pink Pom Pom is drought tolerant. For irrigation, 1 bucket of water per bush is enough 1-2 times a month. In sweltering heat, the number of waterings is increased by 2 times. Young bushes, as well as flowering shrubs, can be moistened more strongly – up to 12-15 liters of water per bush.
Mulching and top dressing
You need to feed Pink Pom Pom action bushes three times per season:
- At the time of planting a seedling (0,5 buckets of humus per bush).
- Mineral top dressing (a mixture of ash, compost and rotted manure in equal parts) during the flowering period, 0,5 buckets per bush.
- Before autumn pruning of shrubs – 1 bucket of mullein diluted in water 1:10.
Weeds are weeded as necessary, after each watering the soil is loosened to a depth of 20-25 cm. Plants mulched after planting do not require weeding, since mulch inhibits the growth of weeds. During the season, it is recommended to mulch twice more, each time removing the old layer of mulch.
Trimming rules
Pruning action is a mandatory procedure. The shrub tolerates it well and grows easily. You need to cut 2 times a year – in autumn and spring, while removing ¼ of the crown.
Autumn pruning is carried out after the shrub has faded. Old shoots thickening the bush are cut out completely, young branches are shortened to the level of the first strong bud.
Bushes over 5 years old need to be rejuvenated every 3 years, getting rid of 2-3 shoots at ground level. Flowering after rejuvenation will come two years later.
It is very important to trim the action in time. Shrubs cut late will not have time to produce new shoots, and the plant will bloom later or not at all. And the protracted restoration of the shrub after winter pruning will postpone its flowering for 2-3 years.
Preparation for winter
Preparation for winter begins at the end of summer. In August, it is necessary to stop watering so that the bark ripens before the onset of cold weather. Action Pink Pom Pom is sensitive to cold, so it needs shelter from September. To protect against cold autumn rains, it is recommended to cover the bushes with a film.
With the onset of night frosts, the stems should be bent to the ground, covered with non-woven material and dry leaves, then spud with a layer of at least 15 cm. When the snow falls, it is thrown over the covered bushes. Such a multi-layer cover will perfectly protect the bush during a cold winter. As soon as the snow melts, all shelters are removed, otherwise the plant will overheat.
Bend branches to the ground carefully and carefully. It is not recommended to bend the branches of tall shrubs; it is better to carefully cover them with burlap.
Pests and diseases
Deutsia Pink Pom Pom is not susceptible to diseases and unattractive to pests due to the lack of aroma. Fear can only represent a bumblebee proboscis. A single treatment of a bush with a 15% karbofos solution will scare it away from action forever.
Conclusion
Hybrid action Pink Pom Pom is an incredibly beautiful plant. It is not difficult to grow it, care for the bushes is minimal. With properly organized care, culture will delight with its magnificence for 25 years.