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The Diablo D’Or vesicle is an ornamental garden plant that can grow in any, even the most unfavorable conditions. The plant has an attractive appearance throughout the warm season. The vital energy of the viburnum vesicle is such that even in conditions of severe pollution and gas contamination of urban ecosystems, it grows into full-fledged adult plants without any problems. Due to these properties, the plant is widely used in urban landscape design.
Description of the vesicle Diablo D’Or
Diablo d’Or is a deciduous shrub from the Rosaceae family. The bush consists of 2-3 dozen drooping branches growing from the center and forming a hemispherical crown. The height of the shrub reaches 3 m. The life expectancy of the plant is 20-30 years, but there are also old-timers whose age exceeds 50 years.
The bark of the stems is dark burgundy. The leaves, arranged in pairs, have a three- or five-lobed shape. Their length reaches 4-5 cm. The color of plants in sunny areas is red-violet, in bushes growing in the shade it is purple-green. In autumn, the color of the leaves changes to golden.
During flowering, the vesicle is covered with many pale pink flowers collected in corymbose inflorescences. The diameter of the flowers is 1,5-2 cm, the inflorescences are up to 5 cm. Depending on the climatic conditions, the beginning of flowering occurs at the end of June and the beginning of July. Flowering time is 15-20 days.
Flowering and fruiting begins in the 4th year of life of the vesicle. The fruits of the vesicle are multi-leaflets, collected in several pieces.
Bubble Diablo D’Or in landscape design
The vesicle is widely used in landscape design. Most often, the vesicle is used to create hedges and hide problem areas. With a relatively high growth rate (up to 40 cm per year), it is excellent for design purposes.
When planted in sunny areas (where the foliage turns dark) it is an excellent backdrop for light-colored perennials. Plantings in the shade (with greenish foliage) are well suited for filling any mixborders, as well as for single compositions.
The crown of the vesicle tolerates pruning well, so the vegetative part of the vesicle can be formed in any form convenient for the designer.
Planting and caring for the Diablo D’Or vesicle
The vesicle feels good in any area. Illumination, soil fertility, neighbors and other factors practically do not play any role for him. Certain restrictions on the landing site are imposed only by the acidity of the soil and the terrain. The Diablo D’Or vesicle should not be found in alkaline soils (pH over 7), as well as in lowlands or areas with excessively wet soil.
Caring for the vesicle consists of regular watering, fertilizing and loosening the soil. Since the vesicle has a significant growth rate and is quite thick, it may need to be trimmed.
The vesicle Diablo D’Or is quite frost-resistant (4th frost resistance zone, withstands temperatures up to -35 ° C). Young plants, whose age does not exceed 2 years, can freeze slightly, so they require shelter for the winter.
Site preparation
The landing site for the Diablo D’Or vesicle does not require any specific preparation. When planting young plants with a bare root system, it is recommended to apply organic fertilizers (in autumn, under snow during spring planting or in the middle of summer during autumn), but such preparation is not mandatory.
Rules of landing
Container vesicles can be planted throughout the warm season. Planting of vesicles with a bare root system is carried out in early spring until the leaves bloom or in mid-September.
A few hours before planting, it is necessary to soak the roots in warm water. A hole is dug under the bush with a depth of 50-60 cm, into which a hill of nutrient soil is poured (a mixture of earth with humus). Further, a bush is installed on this hill, the roots of which are straightened. After that, it is necessary to sprinkle them with earth, leaving the root neck slightly above the ground level. The soil is compacted and abundant watering of the plant is carried out.
The first watering is desirable to be done using Kornevin’s solution in warm water (2-3 ° C higher than the air temperature). After the water is completely absorbed, the soil within a radius of 50 cm from the central part of the bush is mulched with solid material. Straw, sawdust, or a simple mixture of peat and dry garden soil are used as such material.
Watering and top dressing
In general, the intensity of watering the vesicle depends on the climate, soil type and age. In hot climates and loamy soil, the vesicle needs regular watering throughout the summer.
The frequency of irrigation is 3-4 days, the volume of water poured out for one irrigation is quite large – up to 40 liters. Heavier soils (for example, clay) require less intensive watering, no more than 1 time per week, and no more than 20 liters of water.
Top dressing is carried out twice per season:
- In early spring, organic fertilizers are preferred (mullein solution, bird droppings, rotted manure, etc.). It is also recommended to use a mixture of organic and mineral fertilizers: dilute 10 ml of mullein in 500 liters of water, 1 tbsp. l. ammonium nitrate and 1 tbsp. l. carbamide.
- In the middle of autumn, mineral fertilizers are applied. To do this, dissolve 10 tbsp in 1 liters of water. l. nitroammophoski.
The above dressing rates are used for young plants whose age does not exceed 10 years. If the plant is already an adult (over 10-15 years old) or its size is already large enough (the diameter of the hemisphere of the bush is more than 3 m), the norms are increased by 1,5 times. At the same time, the concentration of fertilizers remains the same, but a larger amount of solution is used.
Trimming
Pruning the vesicle, like most ornamental plants, is of two types:
- sanitary;
- formative.
Sanitary is traditionally done after winter and aims to free the bush from diseased, dried and frostbitten shoots. This standard procedure consists in the complete removal of shoots from the plant that are not capable of vegetation and flowering.
Formative pruning, which gives the bushes the look required from the designer’s point of view, can be done at any time of the year. Its main stages are carried out either in the spring before the buds open, or in the fall, after the end of the growing season.
There are two types of shaping pruning:
- Getting a wide bush. Pruning of shoots is carried out at a height of 40-50 cm. At the same time, all trunks, both old and young, are preserved. A year later, pruning is performed at a height of 60 to 80 cm, a year later – even higher, etc.
- Getting a fountain-shaped bush. All thin and young shoots are cut at the base, leaving 5-6 of the strongest and most powerful. The remaining shoots are cut at a height of about 1,5 m from the base.
During the season, corrective pruning is performed, giving the bush its final shape. Do not prune during flowering.
Preparation for winter
Plants older than 2 years do not need any specific preparation for winter. It is desirable to cover young plants for the winter, sprinkling the base of the bush with a layer of sawdust up to 30 cm high, and wrap the shoots with polyethylene.
Reproduction
Seed propagation of the vesicle Diablo D’Or is practically not used, since plants with this method do not inherit the color characteristic of the variety.
Mostly propagated by cuttings. For this, shoots of the current year are used. At the end of summer, they are divided into cuttings with 4 to 6 buds. After harvesting, the cuttings are soaked in Kornevin’s solution. Then they are planted in a mixture of sand and peat, taken in equal proportions.
After planting, the cuttings are watered and covered with foil or plastic bottles. Caring for the cuttings consists in their regular watering and airing. At the end of autumn, the cuttings are covered with a layer of sawdust. During the winter, they form a root system, and with the advent of spring, rooted cuttings are planted in open ground.
Diseases and pests
The plant has a very high resistance to diseases and pests. It can be said that neither the one nor the other is scary for the Diablo D’Or vesicle. The only thing you should pay attention to is the vulnerability of the plant to fungal diseases with too intense watering.
If the plant is affected by a fungus due to excessive moisture, it is necessary to significantly limit watering, and either remove the damaged shoots or treat them with copper-containing preparations. In any case, with the normalization of irrigation regimes, the plant will quickly cope with the infection, and the next year it will fully recover.
Conclusion
Bubbleweed Diablo D’Or is an unpretentious plant that is widely used in landscape design. The plant has a long decorative effect, lasting almost the entire warm season. It can be used in group plantings as a hedge, as an integral part of a mixborder or as a stand-alone plant. The vesicle can grow in any conditions, it feels great both in the countryside and in the city.
