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Astilba Weiss Gloria is a perennial ornamental plant that attracts with delicate white inflorescences, bright green foliage, and an unusual aroma. Astilba blooms from the beginning of July, does not require special care, easily tolerates a frosty winter. It is appreciated by flower growers, landscape designers.
Description of Astilba Ardens Weiss Gloria
Astilba Arends Weisse Gloria is often used as the centerpiece of decorative landscape compositions. This is a perennial plant that blooms in conical panicles of small white flowers. In one panicle – several hundred inflorescences. The foliage is large, carved, richly colored.
About 40 varieties of astilba grow in the wild world. Another 300 have been selected by man. Astilba Arends is the result of crossing Astilbe and arendsii. Wild astilba grows in geographic regions:
- Japan;
- America;
- Kuril Islands
The human-grown Astilba Weiss Gloria is a beautiful, profusely flowering plant, ideal for shady areas of the garden. Landscape designers appreciate it for its elegance, subtlety of elastic shoots. The bush consists of numerous strong branches.
White Astilbe Weiss Gloria grows up to half a meter wide, reaches a height of 75 cm. In spring, the foliage is light green, over time it changes shade to a more juicy, rich and dark one. The edges gradually turn brown. In summer, the leaves shine, creating an additional decorative effect of the bush. Flowering is plentiful, inflorescences are numerous. The culture blooms in dense, large, diamond-shaped panicles. Each individual inflorescence is white with a creamy tint, sometimes with a slight yellowness. The flowers are small, fragrant, very delicate.
Astilba Weiss Gloria belongs to the shade-tolerant varieties of ornamental plants. It is chosen for decoration of shady corners of the garden. A constantly lit area is not suitable – the bush becomes smaller, loses its luxury, the shoots weaken. If there are no areas of natural shade, the crop is planted and artificially shaded over it. This is especially important during the hot season. In order for the bush to grow well, the following conditions are necessary:
- regular soil moisture;
- acidity level control (neutral environment is optimal).
On dry and poor soil, the specimen quickly dies.
Astilbe Arendsii Weisse Gloria is a frost-resistant crop. Cold can damage young plants going through their first cold season, as well as very old plants whose rhizomes are too close to the surface. To protect the specimen from frost, the area at the roots is covered with a layer of mulch 20 cm thick. Additional covering work is not required.
Astilba is suitable for decorating hedges, ponds, paths.
Features of flowering
Astilba Weisse blooms in panicles. Inflorescences are white, with a slight creamy tint in the first week of emergence. Paniculate inflorescences grow well and retain their beauty for a long time in a shaded garden area. They have a delicate, noble aroma, slightly reminiscent of bird cherry. The smell is inconspicuous: you can feel it if you sniff it. Flowering time – 2-6 weeks.
Inflorescence diameter – 10-12 cm. Panicle height reaches 25 cm. Astilba Weiss Gloria blooms from mid-summer. Decorative leaves of an unusual shape are valued no less than inflorescences. The splendor of flowering depends on the quality of the soil and the degree of soil moisture, on the abundance of shade.
Astilba leaves Weiss Gloria – with two or three feathers, the edges are serrated. The main color is a dark, saturated green. The degree of gloss of the leaf depends on the season and the characteristics of a particular plant.
In spring, the greenery is very light. Brownish border of leaves appears in summer. Possible brownish speckles in the internodes.
Application in design
Culture in landscape design is good both as a single element and as part of a group. Compositions formed by flowers of different varieties look very impressive. Astilba Weiss Gloria gets along well with other ornamental crops. Often it is decorated with alpine slides. A large bush can be a dominant foreground or a spectacular background for the main composition.
Astilba Gloria Weiss is suitable for decorating ponds in a garden plot. She is planted:
- ponds;
- swimming pools;
- edges of garden paths.
Create flowering hedges. If there is an unaesthetic area on the site that needs to be hidden from prying eyes, it is the sprawling astilba Gloria Weiss that will close this place.
Astilba Weiss Gloria is good as a tapeworm, that is, a single plant that adorns the landscape. The bush looks no worse in combination with other varieties of living decor. Often it is combined with conifers, hostas and ferns. White panicles are beautifully combined with bergenia, brunners. Against the background of the rich greenery of the bush, luxurious iris flowers look very impressive. The combination with bright varieties of geyher attracts attention with a pronounced contrast.
Like inflorescences, carved dark astilbe leaves are valuable for decoration.
Methods of reproduction
The classic option is the division of the bush. It is safe because Astilba Weiss Gloria recovers quickly. Use a copy of 3-4 years of age. They dig it up, cut the rhizome into pieces, making sure that at least 3 buds are preserved on each. The lower part of the rhizome is removed. After completing the division, the bush is immediately planted or added dropwise.
The best season for work is early spring, before flowering. If reproduction is planned for the beginning of autumn, a copy is planted in advance so that it takes root before the cold snap.
The alternative is budding. The best season is spring, the period of active growth. The buds are cut off at the rhizome, the wound is sprinkled with activated carbon, and the removed part is planted in the ground, covered with a film (glass), creating the effect of a greenhouse. After waiting for the full formation of the plant, it is transplanted into open ground. Landing in the country usually occurs in autumn, spring.
Rarely propagated by seeds. 1 g of fruit contains approximately 24 seeds, but only a small number are really viable. Seeds are collected in early autumn in inflorescences. Sowing occurs at the end of February, March. Requires fertile, loose soil. Seeds are scattered on the surface of the earth, cover the container with a film. From time to time sprayed from a spray bottle. Shoots are visible in 000-2 weeks. Picking is recommended when the first true leaves appear. A transplant to the main place of growth is appointed at the beginning of summer or very much.
Landing algorithm
The growth rate of astilbe Weiss Gloria is determined by soil moisture, ambient temperature. Between large bushes, a distance of up to half a meter is necessary, 30 cm is enough for low varieties. Before planting, the soil is dug up, removing debris and weeds, and enriching the soil with compost, peat, and manure. 1 buckets of fertilizer are used per 2 m2. Carefully pour the soil.
The depth of the landing pit is 20-30 cm. 1 tsp is poured into the hole. granular fertilizer, a few tablespoons of ash. After that, the area is shed again. When planting a bush, the plant is buried so that the growth buds are separated from the surface by 4-5 cm.
The optimal place for planting is the shaded areas of the garden, the north side. Choose zones of high humidity, if any, plant near water bodies.
Astilba blooms in lush, large panicles of white, creamy shade.
Aftercare
Astilba Arendsa Weiss Gloria is undemanding. The most important thing is timely abundant watering. Even a short drying of the soil leads to a loss of decorative qualities: the leaves wither, the flowers become small, the specimen as a whole looks sloppy, unpresentable.
Astilbe Weiss Gloria winter frosts are not terrible, but temperature drops in spring can hurt. To protect the rhizomes, cover the soil with 2 layers of spruce branches. Mulch is laid between the bushes – pine needles.
In order for Astilba Weiss Gloria to bloom beautifully and profusely, once a year the specimen is fed. Dry soil is combined with peat, compost. Complex additives are useful if the soil is wet. After flowering, combined fertilizers with phosphorus and potassium are applied.
The life of the bush is 5 years. Then Astilba Weiss Gloria is transplanted. It is not necessary to completely dig out the rhizomes, it is enough to separate the upper part and disinfect the cut with charcoal.
Preparation for winter
Astilba Arendsa Weiss Gloria easily tolerates the cold. So that the rhizomes do not suffer from frost, cover the soil with mulch. Layer thickness – up to 20 cm.
In autumn, cut off the top of the plant to the roots. If the shoots are not pruned, it is necessary to remove them in the spring, before new ones appear.
In autumn, the soil around the bush can be sprinkled with ash. It protects against diseases, provides useful substances, helps to gain strength before the new year and the next flowering season.
The shade of astilba flowers varies from the purest white to cream and yellowish.
Diseases and pests
Astilba Weiss Gloria White is relatively resistant to pests and diseases.
The bush is dangerous slobbering pennitsa. This is a medium-sized cicada (body length – 5 mm). The pest leaves eggs on the shoots, leaves of the plant. The only way to eliminate penny is to collect by hand. The pest feeds on the leaves of Astilbe Weiss Gloria, inhibiting their growth. An infected specimen does not develop flower stalks, the leaves shrivel, wither, fall off.
Another pest is the strawberry nematode. This is a worm 0,5 mm long, capable of sucking juice from a leaf. You can notice the nematode in the spring, when young buds appear: the petioles are thicker than normal, the leaf blades are deformed. The pest slows down the growth of Astilbe Weiss Gloria. Having identified the nematode, they dig up a bush with a large clod of earth, take it outside the garden, and burn it.
Another dangerous worm is the gall nematode. The length of the pest is up to 2 mm. It penetrates the root system, inhibits the growth and development of the specimen. In the rhizomes, foci of decay appear, the leaves fall off. With a severe infection, there is no chance of a cure.
Astilba panicles attract with a delicate aroma
Conclusion
Astilba Weiss Gloria is an easy to breed, unpretentious and very beautiful plant. It takes root well in our climate, rarely gets sick, and does not require specific care. Culture fell in love with gardeners and gardeners, is highly valued in landscape design.