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Royal Purple tannery is a deciduous shrub that grows in southern Europe, Central Asia, the Himalayas, and northern China. Its second name, smoky tree, was due to the wavy hairs that cover the plant in fluffy, spectacular smoke-like puffs during the entire flowering period. The foliage of the royal violet changes color throughout the growing season from bright burgundy in spring to purplish-black in summer. In autumn, the color of the leaves varies from orange-red to red. Shrub Royal Purple is unusually decorative, decorates the garden from spring to late autumn. The following is a description of Royal Purple tannery with reviews, videos and photos.
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Description leather skumpia Royal Purple
Mackerel tannery Cotinuscoggigria Royal Purple is a vertical multi-stemmed deciduous shrub of the Sumach family. It has a compact wide oval crown, grows up to 5 m in height. The root system of Royal Purple skumpia is powerful, branched, deeply penetrating. The branches are covered with brownish-brown bark. Young shoots are greenish or reddish on one side; when broken, they secrete milky juice. The leaves of the Royal Purple Skumpia shrub are oval, shiny, in various shades of burgundy with a pink border around the edges. Flowers are bisexual, small, pinkish, collected in large loose panicles. When they fall, the elongated pedicels are covered with fine pink, burgundy or red hairs.
The flowering period of Royal Purple tannery is May-June. The fruits are small dry drupes, ripen in July-August, a year later.
The main characteristics of the plant
Skumpia Royal Purple is a light-loving, heat-loving plant, undemanding to the composition of the soil. In the shade it does not bloom well, the leaves lose their unique color. The culture is drought-resistant, the winter hardiness of Royal skumpii is average. In severe winters, young plants freeze through and recover at an average speed. For 3-4 years, the frost resistance of the Royal Purple variety increases.
The plant has great growth power – up to 1-2 m per year, needs annual pruning. Skumpia Royal Purple can live up to 100 years.
Breeding methods
Skumpia Royal Purple reproduces in two ways: seed and vegetative. The first method is the least popular, since Royal Purple seeds have poor germination, and the process of growing seedlings is quite lengthy.
Before sowing, the seeds are stratified and scarified, then immersed in the soil to a depth of 2 cm. Shootings of the Royal Purple variety often appear only the next year. As a result, specimens grow that are adapted to local climatic conditions.
Vegetative propagation of Royal Purple skumpii involves the use of green cuttings or layering. The best way is rooting branches. The selected branch is pinned to the ground, having previously cut the bark on the underside, and covered with soil. When the layer takes root, it is cut off from the mother bush and transplanted. Royal Purple cuttings are harvested in the middle of summer. Before planting, they are kept in “Kornevin” or “Heteroauxin”, placed in a greenhouse, watered a little several times a day.
In addition, Royal Purple skumpia gives a large number of basal shoots that take root well. Separate the shoot from the bush with a sharp shovel.
Planting and caring for skumpia Royal Purple
Sumpia Royal Purple does not require a large area to grow – the plant is compact. It is best to purchase ready-made Royal Purple seedlings in special containers. You should not buy planting material of dubious origin from random sellers. Quality assurance can only be given by specialized stores or nurseries. Planting and caring for the royal purple skumpia is not a big deal, the culture is not capricious.
Deadlines
Royal Purple saplings with an open root system are transferred to open ground in the spring, when stable positive temperatures are established, or in the fall – a month and a half before the onset of frost. Seedlings with a closed root system can be planted in summer. Planting and caring for Royal Purple tannery do not require much experience from the gardener, they are available even to beginners.
Site selection and preparation of soil
Royal Purple Mackerel should be planted in a sunny site, protected from northerly winds and drafts, with high snow cover in winter. The plant prefers loose, well-drained soils – sandy loams and loams with a neutral and slightly alkaline reaction and deep groundwater.
Before planting Royal Purple skumpia, the site must be prepared. A soil mixture consisting of soddy soil, peat and sand (2: 1: 1) will be optimal. Wood ash or dolomite flour is added to acidic soil.
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Planting Leather Scumpi Royal Purple
Royal Purple sapling with an open root system should be placed with roots in water the day before planting. After they should be examined, cut out sick and dry. Planting material with a closed root system must be released from the container immediately before planting, it is not necessary to shake off the earthen clod. Landing pits for Royal Purple skumpia are located at a distance of at least 1,5 m from each other. Their size should slightly exceed the volume of the roots. The order of planting bushes Royal Purple is as follows:
- A 10-20 cm drainage layer of crushed stone and sand is placed at the bottom of the pit, 100 g of lime is added to the soil mixture.
- Pour 2 buckets of water, let it soak.
- The Royal Purple seedling is installed, the roots are straightened, carefully covered with earth, tamped, watered.
The root neck when planting should be a couple of centimeters above the soil level, subsequently it will fall.
Growing rules
According to gardeners, growing Royal Purple skumpia does not require much trouble. Plant care involves watering as needed, loosening and weeding, fertilizing, pruning the bush.
Watering
Young bushes of Royal Purple should be watered daily, especially in the heat. After the plant has taken root, watering should be reduced. The soil should be moistened rarely, but plentifully, 1-1,5 buckets of water are required per plant. To preserve moisture in the roots, it is advisable to mulch the soil in the near-stem circle of the Royal Purple shrub.
Additional fertilizing
If the soil is fertile enough, then in the first year after planting, Royal Purple does not need additional fertilizers. In the second year, the plant should be fed according to the following scheme:
- in the spring, add a nitrogen-containing composition – ammonium nitrate or urea;
- in summer, the plant needs potassium and phosphorus;
- in poor soils, 200 g of nitroammophoska are added to the roots in spring and summer.
Trimming
Scumpia Royal Purple bush needs to be trimmed regularly. In the spring, before the flowers appear, dead branches should be removed, the annual growth should be shortened by 2/3. Favorable for Royal Purple will be rejuvenating pruning “on the stump”, as a result of which the plant produces a strong growth with larger leaves. Due to the increased branching, a compact spherical crown will form, but flowering will be significantly reduced. Also, by regularly pruning a young seedling, you can grow Royal Purple skumpia in standard culture.
Preparation for winter
The Royal Purple variety needs protection of young plants from frost. 3-4 years after planting, the frost resistance of skumpia increases. Before the onset of cold weather, the soil around the Royal Purple bush needs to be loosened, spudded, and mulched with peat or compost. Above it, it is desirable to build a frame on which the covering material will be laid. You can also bend the bush, pin it to the ground and cover it. It is first recommended to lay burlap, leaves or sawdust on the ground. You need to cover the royal purple skumpia in dry weather with the onset of the first frost.
Pests and diseases
Royal Purple is practically not susceptible to diseases and pest attacks. There is some susceptibility to leaf spot, rust and verticillium. The causative agents are fungi, the activity of which increases with high humidity. Phosphorus-potassium top dressing, which increases the immunity of the plant, serves as a preventive measure for Royal Purple skumpii diseases. If a disease is detected, skumpia should be sprayed with a 0,2% solution of one of the drugs:
- “Vitaros”;
- Fundazol;
- “Previkur”;
- “Topsin-M”.
Occasionally, the skumpia is affected by the beetle, leaf beetle, leaf beetle. In the fight against them, insecticides help to cope:
- Carbophos;
- “Kinmix”;
- “Decis”.
Insects harm the Royal Purple variety, not only feeding on foliage and young shoots. They also carry fungal spores that get caught in the sores left by parasites on parts of the plant and cause the onset of disease. Therefore, it is important to identify uninvited guests in a timely manner and promptly take action.
Application in landscape design
Skumpia Royal Purple is widely used in urban landscaping, in single and group plantings, as part of a variety of landscape compositions. It is readily grown in parks, squares and home gardens. The Royal Purple variety is planted in mixborders, as part of a variety of tree and shrub groups. It goes well with undersized barberries, cotoneasters, spireas, coniferous crops. The space between the bushes in the group is filled with herbaceous perennials.
Royal Purple can serve as a background, form a hedge, be a bright color accent in the garden. Skumpia Royal Purple has soil-protective and ameliorative properties, it is used to create protective forest belts and strengthen ravines.
Conclusion
Leather skumpia Royal Purple is a magnificent, unusually beautiful and spectacular plant. It organically fits into any design, looks great both in a small garden and in a city park. Undemanding to climatic conditions and care, the Royal Purple variety can be grown without much difficulty even by a novice gardener. A description of the experience of growing Royal Purple tannery can be found on the wide expanses of the Internet.