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Viburnum viburnum Nugget (or Nugget) is an unusually beautiful, hardy and undemanding shrub in care. The plant is often used in landscape design, because thanks to the bright color of the foliage, it can add zest to any compositions.
Description of the vesicle Nugget
The main advantage of the vesicle of the Kalinolistny Golden Nugget is considered to be lush foliage that changes its color during the season. In early spring, the leaves are usually pure yellow, in summer they become lemon green, and in autumn the color of the foliage changes back to rich yellow. The leaves themselves are large, corrugated, have serrate-toothed edges.
Kalinolistny vesicle Nugget blooms for about three weeks. Flowering usually begins in mid-June. During this period, multiple snow-white or pinkish-white small flowers appear on the shoots of the shrub, collected in corymbose inflorescences. Flowers acquire a special decorative effect due to red fluffy stamens. Toward the end of summer, re-flowering is possible. In autumn, after the vesicle bushes have faded, the formation of swollen reddish fruits begins.
As can be seen from the photo, the sprawling, drooping branches of the Nugget vesicle form a lush spherical crown. On old shoots, the bark peels off. The height of the bush is about 2 – 2,5 m. The plant lives for about 40 years.
Bubble Nugget in landscape design
Due to the unusual bright yellow color, the viburnum Nugget looks spectacular even with single plantings against the backdrop of a lush lawn or evergreens. This shrub can be supplemented with any flower arrangements.
When forming a hedge from the viburnum vesicle Nugget, you can get a bright and original result. The combination of various viburnum vesicles with each other also looks interesting. So, for a lemon-yellow variety Nugget, varieties with purple-violet leaves, such as Little Devil or Summer Vine, will be ideal companions.
Conditions for growing the viburnum vesicle Nugget
It is possible to grow the viburnum Nugget in almost any area, but the plant shows its decorative properties to the full extent only in open sunny areas. In the shade and partial shade, the leaves acquire a normal green tint.
The shrub is undemanding to the composition of the soil, but it does not develop well in soil with a high lime content. Waterlogging the soil is detrimental to the plant. Variety Nugget is highly resistant to drought and low temperatures.
Planting and caring for the vesicle Nugget
Kalinolistny vesicle Nugget is a plant that even the most inexperienced gardener can handle planting. Shrub care is quite simple, it must be watered regularly, periodically fed, pruned twice a season, loosen the soil in the trunk circle as necessary and remove emerging weeds.
Site preparation
In order for the crown of the plant to be lush, the soil must be loamy, loose and fertile. The soil mixture for the viburnum Nugget can be prepared by mixing:
- garden land;
- peat;
- sand;
- turf.
The optimal size and depth of the landing pit is about 50 cm. The pit must be drained without fail, laid out with humus or peat. Then it should be placed in advance (about half a month before planting) part of the fertile soil mixture so that it has time to settle.
Rules of landing
Seedlings with a closed root system have a greater survival rate, they can be planted not only in autumn, but also in spring, and the likelihood of damage to the roots during transplantation is minimal.
Algorithm for planting the viburnum vesicle Nugget:
- carefully remove the seedling from the container;
- immerse in the landing pit along with an earthen clod;
- sprinkle with the remaining fertile soil mixture, deepening the neck by 5 cm to activate dormant buds;
- pour abundantly with water mixed with Kornevin if desired;
- mulch with a layer of peat or humus.
Watering and top dressing
Watering should be regular and plentiful, but the soil should not be waterlogged.
To ensure intensive growth and development of the Nugget viburnum, it must be periodically fed. Ideally, a nutrient solution containing:
- 10 L of water;
- 1 kg of mullein (you can replace 10 g of urea).
Trimming
In its natural form, the Nugget viburnum has a compact spherical crown, but with pruning it can be given any desired shape. The shrub reacts very well to a haircut, after which the crown thickens, becomes more magnificent.
Sanitary pruning of the viburnum vesicle Nugget is carried out in spring and autumn. At this time, all damaged, dried and diseased shoots are removed. Formative pruning is carried out in order to give the bush any shape. To maintain the natural shape of the bush, the shoots are cut at a height of about 1,5 m, while removing all thin branches.
Preparation for winter
Since the viburnum vesicle Nugget is highly resistant to low temperatures, and it requires preparation for winter only in regions with a harsh climate. To do this, it is enough to mulch the soil in the root zone. If the tops of the shoots freeze, they will quickly recover with the advent of spring.
Reproduction of the vesicle Nugget
Like all viburnum varieties, the Nugget vesicle is propagated in several ways: cuttings, layering and dividing the bush. Growing from seeds is practically not practiced, since in this case the varietal qualities of plants are poorly preserved, and there is a high probability of getting green instead of the expected lemon-yellow color of the foliage.
Most often, the viburnum vesicle Nugget is propagated by cuttings, since rooting in this case reaches almost 100%. Cuttings are taken from the bushes at the age of 5 – 10 years. The optimal time for cuttings is mid-June, early August. The length of the cuttings should be approximately 10 cm, the leaves are removed half the length.
Coarse-grained river sand mixed with peat in a ratio of 1:1 is used as a substrate for rooting. The cuttings are planted in the substrate at an angle, deepening by 2 – 3 cm. Transplantation to a permanent place is carried out next spring.
You can propagate the viburnum vesicle Nugget by dividing the bush in autumn or spring. To do this, the bush must be dug together with an earthen clod and, using a pruner, carefully divided into parts that have at least two shoots and a good root system.
Reproduction by layering is carried out in early spring. Only strong, healthy branches are used as layering. The shoots, with the exception of the tops, are cleaned of leaves, placed in holes up to 15 cm deep and pinned to the ground with wooden staples. At the end of autumn, the layers are separated and covered for the winter.
Diseases and pests
Pests and diseases rarely affect the viburnum vesicle Nugget. However, sometimes, due to a lack of nutrients, a shrub can become ill with late blight: in this case, the young foliage begins to turn yellow, and the shoots gradually dry out.
Spraying the leaves or watering the plant under the root with a solution of iron chelate, Antichlorosis or Ferovit will help cure the disease.
Conclusion
Bubbleweed Nugget is an unusual plant that is gaining more and more popularity among gardeners and landscape designers. The shrub is undemanding to the composition of the soil and care, resistant to low temperatures, most pests and diseases.
