Vesicle viburnum Aurea: photo and description

The basis of landscape ensembles of gardens and parks located in areas with a temperate climate are frost-resistant, undemanding plants that maintain the effectiveness of compositions for a long time. These characteristics are possessed by the viburnum vesicle Aurea. The yellow crown of this shrub adds color and brightness to the design of home gardens and urban areas.

Description of the vesicle Aurea

The vesicle (spirea) is an unpretentious ornamental deciduous shrub belonging to the Pink family. Its homeland is the eastern regions of Asia and North America. Under natural conditions, it grows in valleys and on the banks of rivers, in mixed forests.

Popularity for landscape design has gained a variety of vesicle Aurea. This shrub up to 2,5 m high and up to 3 – 4 m wide has the following features:

• the brown or brownish bark of the plant exfoliates in longitudinal stripes with age;
• oblong rounded leaves with 3-5 lobes with serrated-toothed edges are unevenly colored yellow: the upper side is a saturated shade, the lower side is lighter;
• white flowers are collected in 10 – 15 pieces. in convex corymbose inflorescences;
• small fruits in the form of swollen leaflet bubbles connected to the infructescence burst when pressed.

This description is demonstrated by photos of the vesicle of the Aurea califolia variety.

Aurea vesicle blooms in June-July for 20-25 days. The color of its leaves during the growing season changes: when blooming, they are reddish, in early summer they are yellow. During the flowering of the shrub, the foliage fades, but by the beginning of autumn it again acquires a bright orange hue. Maximum coloration is achieved in sunny locations. Leaves turn dull green in shade.

During the year, the culture grows by about 0,5 m. It reaches the height of an adult plant in three to four years. The life expectancy of the Aurea vesicle is up to 30 years.

Vesicle viburnum Aurea in landscape design

Due to its decorative effect and good pliability for shearing, the Aurea vesicle is used in the design of household plots, parks, gardens, squares. It is not characterized by the brightness of flowering. This shrub attracts more attention with the color of the leaves and the original forms of the crown.

Some types of landscape design in which the Aurea vesicle looks spectacular:

1. Mixborders. The yellow foliage of this plant highlights the background of the shrub group when arranging a one-sided mixborder. If a two-sided option is organized, then Aurea is placed as a tapeworm, surrounding it with lower representatives of the flora.
   Important! Mixborder represents a flower garden with free outlines.

   The photo shows a variant of the mixborder with the Aurea vesicle.

2. Contrasting compositions. The color of the shrub expands the possibilities of using contrast in the garden. The light color of Aurea leaves is emphasized by darker conifers and deciduous plants. It also looks great in combination with red-leaved vesicle varieties, such as Diablo or Red Baron.
3. Hedges. Sheared, geometrically shaped hedge from the vesicle is an exquisite element of decor. It fits into modern urban courtyards, where there is no place for large trees. It can enclose a children’s or sports ground. Hedges above eye level create a sense of isolation. In gardens and squares, they are used to organize U-shaped niches for relaxation.
4. Curbs. Zoning the space of an urban area or giving splendor and completeness to the decor of a personal plot can be done by forming a border 40–60 cm high from the vesicle. The arabesques created from this shrub look attractive.
   Advice! To make an arabesque (ornamental border flower bed), draw a sketch on millimeter paper, transfer it to scale on the ground. Shrub seedlings are planted according to the resulting pattern at a distance of 20 – 50 cm. In a year or two they will grow up, forming a unique pattern.
5. Emphasis on manicured lawns. The plant is placed as a tapeworm on a green area. Periodically pinching its shoots and carefully trimming, they achieve a smooth shape of the Aurea vesicle.

Conditions for growing the vesicle of the Kalinolist variety Aurea

The Aurea variety is unpretentious to the composition of the soil and the sunshine of the area, it is frost-resistant and drought-resistant. In order to fully reveal the varietal characteristics of the plant, the following conditions are recommended for its cultivation:

• loose slightly acidic drained soils that allow oxygen to pass through are preferred;
• undesirable proximity to groundwater and land with a high lime content;
• the plant is shade-tolerant, but when choosing a place for planting, preference should be given to open, well-lit areas.

Planting and caring for the Aurea vesicle

Compliance with the rules of planting and appropriate care for the Aurea viburnum vesicle will allow you to grow a beautiful plant with bright foliage and protect it from diseases.

Site preparation

The best option for growing the Aurea viburnum vesicle is medium loam containing a large amount of humus. The nutrient substrate for planting it can be prepared independently using one of the methods:

• mix in a ratio of 1: 1: 2 leafy soil, humus and sand;
• combine in a ratio of 1: 2: 2 sod land, peat and sand.

Plants for individual compositions are planted in the wells. When organizing a border and hedges, trenches are made. They should have a depth and width of 40 – 50 cm. They are prepared two to three weeks before planting and a fertile mixture is poured into them.

Rules of landing

In order for the Aurea vesicle bush to take root, the following rules should be followed:

1. When planting in the soil do not apply fertilizer. A young plant cannot fully assimilate them.
2. The seedling is placed in the hole along with the earthy clod strictly vertically.
3. The hole is covered with earth in portions, compacting each layer.
4. After planting, the bush is well watered.
5. If after watering the plant the earth has settled, then pour the soil to the level of the root neck.
6. The surface of the hole is mulched with peat or humus.

Watering and top dressing

Watering and fertilizing are important steps in caring for the Aurea vesicle. Watering rules:

1. During drought in extreme heat, the plant is watered at least 2 times a week.
2. Water is poured in small doses under the root.
3. Stagnation of water at the roots of the shrub should be avoided, otherwise it can lead to infection with powdery mildew.

Aurea is fed twice a year:

• in spring – nitrogen-containing fertilizers (urea, ammonium nitrate);
• in the fall – mineral top dressing, for example, nitroammophos (1 matchbox per bucket of water).

Trimming

Aurea vesicle tolerates pruning well. He is cut for the purpose of:

• stimulate the active growth of shoots;
• give the crown the necessary shape;
• make sanitary pruning.

When forming the crown of the Aurea vesicle, the following pruning methods are used:

1. if you need to get a powerful, wide shrub with a large number of trunks, then it is cut at the level of 40 – 50 cm;
2. if the plant is given the shape of a fountain, then thin branches are removed, leaving up to five strong shoots, which are cut to a height of 1,5 m.

Preparation for winter

Bubble variety Aurea is a frost-resistant shrub. In the middle lane for the winter it is not covered. Rarely, after severe frosts, the tops of the plant can freeze slightly.

Newly rooted young shoots require special preparation for winter. In autumn, the soil around them is mulched with peat with a layer of 8 cm. Then the plants are covered with spruce branches.

Reproduction

The Aurea vesicle is propagated by seeds, cuttings, dividing the bush or layering.

1. Reproduction by seeds. This method is rarely used for vesicles. Despite the high germination, it is likely that the varietal characteristics of the plant, for example, the color of the leaves, will not be preserved.
2. Cuttings. An effective and fast way of propagation is cuttings. For it, green shoots are used, cut into 10-20 cm, with several points of growth. To prepare the cutting, a thick healthy branch is separated from the shrub before flowering, the leaves are removed from its lower part, and half is cut off from the upper part. For several hours, the base of the cutting is immersed in a solution of root formation stimulants. Then it is planted in sand or a soil mixture of sand and peat, watered, covered with polyethylene. Before the appearance of leaves and shoots, the young plant is periodically ventilated and watered. Then the film is removed from the bushes. For the winter they are covered with spruce paws. The soil around them is mulched with peat, leaves or earth. In the spring, a new vesicle is transplanted to a permanent place.
3. Division of the bush. The disadvantage of this method is the application of significant physical effort and a small number of new plants obtained. The division is carried out in early spring or late autumn. The shrub is cut to 60 – 70 cm, then dug out, removing the entire root system from the soil, and dividing the bush into 4 – 6 parts. The divisions of the vesicle are immediately transplanted into pre-prepared holes, preventing their rhizomes from drying out. After watering, and the soil is mulched. In the first year, new plants are covered for the winter.
   Attention! The division of the Aurea vesicle is carried out so that each new plant gets good roots and a long, healthy, powerful branch.
4. Reproduction of the vesicle by layering. The optimal time for this method is the beginning of April, after the appearance of the first leaves. On the vesicle of the Aurea variety, a developed shoot directed outward is selected, from which the leaves are removed, leaving a few at the top. Under it, a ditch is made with a depth of 12-15 cm. Without cutting it from the bush, layering is laid, fixed and sprinkled with fertile soil. The tip is not covered with earth. In drought, the bush is watered abundantly. In autumn, the rooted vesicle is separated from the parent plant. For the winter it is covered with spruce branches.

Diseases and pests

A varietal feature of the Aurea vesicle is resistance to diseases and pests. In rare cases, with improper care, underfeeding, excessive watering, improper pruning, the shrub may be affected by chlorosis. A symptom of a plant disease is yellowing of the leaves on young shoots and drying of the apical stems.

Conclusion

The Aurea vesicle is used to implement landscape solutions that are diverse in form and purpose. This highly decorative plant will decorate single and group plantings. Shrub seedlings are affordable, take root well, do not require special care and growing conditions.