Spirea Goldflame: planting and care
Spirea is a flowering shrub. Its varieties differ in shape, size, color of inflorescences and flowering period. One of the most popular varieties is Japanese Spirea “Goldflame”. This variety is resistant to cold, unpretentious, reaches a height of 1 meter. The flowers of all Japanese spirits are pink. Goldflame changes color of its leaves during the season.
Spirea Goldflame: Landing
Landing doesn’t require a lot of hassle, but you need to be aware of certain features. If everything is done correctly during planting, and in the future proper care is taken, then flowering will last almost all summer.
Spirea “Goldflame” perfectly adapts to weather conditions, therefore it is grown everywhere in Russia
Consider the following when landing:
- Place the seedling in the sunny part of the plot, as the spirea loves the sun.
- It is unpretentious to the soil, but in fertile land it blooms more magnificently and more abundantly. The best combination for her is peat, sand and leafy soil.
- Plant in the spring.
The planting process includes several stages:
- Dig a hole of a suitable size and leave it for 2-4 days.
- Plant in cloudy or rainy weather.
- Place a drainage layer at the bottom of the pit so that water does not stagnate in the soil and the roots of the plant do not rot.
- Prepare the soil with peat, sand, and leafy soil.
- Place the seedling in the hole, straighten its roots and sprinkle it with earth.
- Then pour abundantly and mulch.
Planting a spirea is easy. It is because of this that she is popular with summer residents. They are also used to decorate city parks.
Caring for her is as simple as possible:
- Provide moderate watering.
- Loosen the ground. This contributes to a greater access of oxygen to the soil.
- Get rid of weeds.
- In the summer, you can feed the spirea twice. Use mineral fertilizer complexes.
- Prune in the spring. Remove any old and dry shrub branches so that they do not drain its energy. Pruning can be done in early spring, but only in summer-flowering varieties. Goldflame is a summer-flowering variety.
- Also, so that the bush does not grow, carry out pruning in the spring, which forms the crown. Thanks to this, the bush will look neat and will not grow.
Caring for her is as simple as possible. Spirea is able to survive even without any care, but then its flowering will not be so abundant and lush.
Planting and caring for the Goldflame spirea is simple. Such a plant is suitable for people who are not ready to spend a lot of time and effort caring for the garden. Its inflorescences always attract attention, and the flower itself has excellent decorative properties.