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Photos, types and varieties of deren help to concretize the desire to have a spectacular ornamental shrub in your backyard. Almost all varieties are unpretentious, winter-hardy, shade-tolerant, easily take root and multiply. Groups of bushes create interesting compositions in summer, autumn and even winter.
Derain description
Deren, or svidina, is known for its durable wood. It occurs in the form of a tree or shrub with a height of 2 to 8 m. Derain varieties have been developed with bark of various warm shades and variegated foliage, picturesque in summer and autumn. By autumn, small berries are formed from nondescript flowers, characteristic of most varieties: inedible drupes of blue or white color. The roots of many species are branched, powerful, and are shallow from the surface.
The use of deren in landscape design
Hardy to growing conditions, sods are planted for urban landscaping. In garden compositions, the bush is plastic, combines and gets along with different cultures, which is clearly seen in the photo of the derain in landscape design:
- species with variegated foliage of white or yellow shades illuminate a shady area or a gloomy wall of conifers;
- although many varieties are universal, most often shrubs that lend themselves to shearing are used to create hedges from turf with a height of 0,5 to 2 m;
- planted on the edges of the garden massif and as undergrowth;
- by selecting plants of different bark colors, designers create colorful ensembles that reveal their splendor in the cold season and enliven a frozen garden;
- they amaze the derens with the elegant color of the leaves in crimson-purple tones in the fall, the bush is chosen as a soloist against the background of deciduous trees;
- often plants of variegated varieties, formed by a ball, act as a bright tapeworm on lawns;
- 2-3 derain bushes are planted in the foreground to visually deepen the space of the garden.
Types of deren with names and pictures
Breeders have enriched almost every type of turf with different varieties.
Deren male
This species has edible fruits. Deren male – dogwood, which grows in the form of a tree up to 8 m high or a sprawling bush 3-4 m. The species reproduces:
- seeds from sweet and sour fruits with a refreshing taste;
- layering from drooping branches;
- offspring.
It grows as a long-lived wild plant in the warm temperate climate of Asia, the Caucasus, and the Crimea. The dark brown bark exfoliates, light green leaves are large, 9-10 cm long. Yellowish flower clusters with small corollas bloom before the leaves. For the ovaries you need a pollinator – 1 more bush nearby. Oval bright red or yellow berries ripen by September. Different varieties of dogwood have been bred for the middle lane, including those with decorative foliage.
Vladimirsky
A high-yielding variety of male derain, famous for the largest fruits, weighing 7,5 g. The berries are bright red, elongated bottle-shaped, uniform. Ripe from August 16-17 to September.
Grenadier
Medium-sized dogwood tree with annual fruiting. Dark red berries weighing 5-7 g have an oval-cylindrical shape. They ripen early, from 5 to 16 August.
Coral Brand
The variety is medium early, will sing on August 17-23. The drupes are bright coral, a mixed shade of orange and pink. The shape of the berries is barrel-shaped, weight 5,8-6 g.
Tender
Mid-early variety of male derain with yellow bottle-shaped berries. The fruits of a pleasant sweet and sour taste ripen from August 17-18.
Derain female
This species is a wild plant of eastern North America. In culture it grows up to 5 m, the width of the crown is 4 m. The female deren blooms for almost a month, but late: from July 14 to August 10. Inedible blue drupes ripen by October. In our country, it is not found on sites. There are only a few specimens in the State Botanical Garden.
Derain white
This decorative species called white svidina, or Tatar, is the most common. A photo of a white derain shrub displays its characteristic feature: erect stems with red bark 2-3 m high. Large leaf blades are dark green above, bluish-white below. Before withering, their color changes to red-purple. The flowers are small, creamy white, bloom until autumn, when there are already formed inedible white berries.
Very elegant
It is distinguished by bluish-green leaves with a narrow white stripe along the edges. The variety retains its color even in shade conditions. In autumn, the leaf blades turn orange-burgundy. The reddish stems rise up to 3 m and grow back easily after the recommended heavy pruning.
Variegated Sibirica
In winter, the stems of this variety against the backdrop of snow give the impression of a coral salute due to the bright bark. Low shoots are dense, leaves are green-white.
aura
The variety pleases during the warm season with bright green-yellow dense foliage. The bush is compact, 1,5-2 m high, with a spherical natural crown. It strikes with the contrast of lemon leaves and red branches.
Derain red
Svidina blood-red grows up to 4 m. Young drooping shoots are green, then acquire a red-brown or yellow tint. Densely pubescent leaves are light green below. White buds create large, 7 cm, inflorescences, bloom in May-June. The shrub is beautiful in autumn, when ripe berries turn black against the background of burgundy leaves.
Variegata
The variety is lower than the mother form, 2,5 m, the shoots are the same green-brown. In areas where it is constantly under the sun, the bark becomes brighter. The pubescent leaf blades are bordered with white stripes. By September, they acquire a crimson hue.
Midwinter Fier
Shoots 1,5-3 m high, leaves are light green. According to the name, the variety reaches its peak of decorativeness in winter. On the snow carpet stand out bright red with orange, low shoots of a dense bush.
Tablet
The blood-red turf variety got its name because of the small, wrinkled leaves. The plates are dark green, curved. Shoots are low, erect. Flowering is absent.
Deren
The natural range of the species is North America. The shrub is similar to white derain, but gives many root shoots. Its long, flexible branches that touch the ground are easy to root. Oval leaves up to 10 cm long, small yellowish flowers. White drupe. The shrub is used in landscaping to strengthen the slopes, the device of dense hedges, given its ability to produce numerous offspring.
Flaviramea
The variety rises up to 2 m. Growing shoots with bright green-yellow bark. The branches are flexible, bush with a spreading crown.
Kelsey
Dwarf form of deren. It grows only 0,4-0,7 m. The crown of the bush is wide, formed by branches with light yellow bark, reddening towards the tops.
White Gold
The bush is high, up to 2-3 m. The bark of flexible, long branches is yellow. On large leaves, a conspicuous white border stands out. Yellowish-white petals open from the buds.
Derain swedish
This is a type of tundra plant, semi-shrub, distributed in the north of both hemispheres. Herbaceous shoots 10-30 cm grow from a branched creeping rhizome. The leaves are small, 1,5-4 cm. Small, up to 2 mm flowers are dark purple, collected 10-20 pieces in inflorescences, which are surrounded by 4-6 petal-shaped white leaves 10-15 mm long. Spectacular flowering takes place in June, July, the berries are ripe from late July to September. Red berries up to 10 mm are mealy, tasteless, not poisonous. Dwarf bushes are beautiful in autumn, when the leaves are painted in bright warm colors.
Derain variegated
In nature, such a wild plant does not exist. Variety varieties bred by breeders on the basis of white, red and offspring turf. The variegation of the leaves is reported by uneven stripes along the edges, as well as spots or strokes, which in some varieties spread along the plate. Shrub vigorous, quickly recovers after pruning. Tolerates frost down to -30°C.
Gouchaultii
Bushes low, 1,5 m, dense. The leaves are edged with a light yellow stripe. Cream flowers.
Silvery marginata
The variety is high – up to 3 m, with a spreading crown, slightly drooping branches. The shade of the leaves is bluish green with a creamy white border. In autumn, the shades are rich: from lemon to the color of ceramics.
Ivory Halo
Low-growing novelty variety, grows up to 1,5 m. The natural spherical crown in summer is silvery from leaves bordered by a wide strip of ivory color. Turns purple in autumn.
Deren Japanese
The species is better known under the name deren coase. Natural range – Southeast Asia, where it occurs in the form of a tall, up to 7 m, tree. The crown is tiered, turning into a horizontal one. The bark of the trunk and branches is brown, the young shoots are green. The leaves are bluish from below, large, up to 10 cm long and 5 cm wide. In autumn they turn yellow or turn purple.
In June, it blooms small flowers, surrounded by 4 petal-shaped large yellow-green bracts. In August-September, edible seed fruits up to 2 cm in size, pink in color, ripen: juicy, sweet-tart.
Venus
A beautifully flowering tree with 4 rounded white bracts. Withstands frosts down to -20-23 °C.
Satomi
Grows up to 6 m, spreading, branched tree. At the time of flowering, pale pink bracts with a diameter of 8 cm are attractive. Not frost-resistant.
Cornus kousa var. Chinensis
A vigorous tree up to 10 m. Elegant at the time of flowering with large white bracts 9-10 cm.
Features of caring for deren shrubs
Almost all types and varieties of deren are undemanding to growth conditions:
- КI left suitable fertile, sufficiently saturated with moisture loam with neutral acidity.
- Derain female thrives on fertile, moist soil. Dislikes areas with stagnant water. The cuttings are all taking root.
- Derain white grows on wet sandy loams, near water bodies, in floodplains, is not afraid of rising groundwater, for which it is valued by gardeners with similar site characteristics. It can grow not only in partial shade, but completely under the trees, the roots do not spread. Endures cold winters, recovers well after frost cracks.
- Derain red grows well in calcareous areas, is not afraid of shade, lends itself to shearing.
- Derain swedish propagated by seeds stratified for 3-4 months or by dividing the bush in spring. The plant is frost-resistant, prefers partial shade, although it develops in the shade and in the sun. Planted on loam, sandy loam, peat bogs with a slightly acidic reaction. Suitable for planting wet drained areas, including marshy. In the middle lane, collectors grow Swedish turf along with heather, since crops are characterized by the same requirements for composition, lighting and soil structure. The plant is provided with partial shade, especially in the middle of the day, humidity.
- Cooper Derain develops well on light soils, slightly acidic or neutral. Propagated by stratified seeds that are sown in spring, green cuttings or grafting. It tolerates frosts down to -17-23 °C.
Plants are watered at the time of drought, in the spring they are fed with fertilizers with nitrogen, in the summer they are supported with compost or peat. Pruning is carried out in the spring. All species are a little susceptible to diseases and pests, if you adhere to agricultural technology. Against aphids, an infusion of soap, soda or mustard is used. If necessary, use pesticides.
Conclusion
Photos, types and varieties of deren emphasize the diversity of culture. Not all varieties will take root in the middle climatic zone. It is better to choose male, white, offspring and red zoned among the derain, for which care is minimal – watering in the heat and a haircut.