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Elderberry fluffy (Latin Sambucus pubens) - decorative and healing culture; a representative of the elder genus of the Adoksovye family. A native of the eastern regions of North America. In nature, it is found on hills, in meadows, forests and river valleys. It has several decorative forms, which are actively used in ornamental gardening.
Characteristics of culture
Elderberry fluffy is a deciduous shrub or tree up to 4 m high (in nature up to 8 m) with light yellowish-brown shoots, pubescent in youth. Leaves are compound, light green, pinnate, opposite, consist of 5-7 oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong leaves, densely pubescent on both sides.
The flowers are yellowish-white, small, later turn brownish, collected in pyramidal (sometimes ovoid) loose paniculate inflorescences up to 7-10 cm long. Fruits are berry-shaped, red or crimson-red, up to 6 mm in diameter, contain a wrinkled rough bone. The fluffy elderberry blooms in the middle - end of May, the fruits ripen at the end of July. Annual flowering, abundant, lasts 1-1, 5 weeks. The culture enters fruiting in the 3rd year after planting.
The species in question grows from April to October (the exact dates depend on the growing region and its climatic conditions). The species is winter-hardy; in severe winters, young shoots can freeze slightly. In regions with cold climates, young plants need shelter for the winter. Elderberry fluffy is an adherent of loamy soils with a pH of 6, 6-6, 8. Propagated by seeds, green and lignified cuttings, root shoots and layering. Seed germination is high - up to 90%.
Elderberry fluffy has several decorative forms, namely:
* f. xanthocarpa - the form is represented by shrubs with yellowish-orange fruits;
* f. dissecta - the form is represented by shrubs with deeply dissected leaves;
* f. rosaeflora - the form is represented by shrubs with pink flowers;
* f. leucocarpa - the form is represented by shrubs with white fruits.
Seed propagation
Unlike other ornamental and berry crops, fluffy elderberry is easily propagated by seed. The only drawback of this method is the loss of species characteristics, that is, the specimens obtained from the seeds differ from the parent plant. This method is good in that it will allow you to get a huge amount of high-quality seedlings in a shorter period of time. Both autumn and spring sowing is possible. In the second case, it is important to carry out scarification and stratification, these procedures will give up to 95-100% of seedlings.
Scarification is carried out by grinding the seeds with coarse sand, you can also treat the seeds with sulfuric acid, the results will be the same. Seeds are sown in prepared beds. The soil is preliminarily moistened abundantly. When sowing in autumn, seedlings appear in spring, usually in mid-April. After a year, the seedlings can be transplanted to a permanent place. It is important to provide shelter for crops and young seedlings for the winter, otherwise they will freeze out.
Reproduction by layering
Reproduction by layering gives good results, sometimes up to 95-98% of the seedlings obtained in this way take root. For laying in grooves, green shoots or 2-3-year-old lignified branches are used, they are pinned, covered with earth, leaving only the tip of the shoot or branch above the soil surface. A layer of mulch is applied on top of the soil. Rotted manure or sawdust can be used as mulch.
With lignified shoots, the situation is more complicated, at the very base they are overtightened, for these purposes you can use aluminum wire. Under optimal climatic conditions and regular watering, the layers take root by autumn, then they are separated from the mother bush and transplanted. Green shoots are left to grow, they are separated and transplanted in the spring.
Care
Elderberry fluffy care consists in the standard procedures for most ornamental and berry bushes. To be more precise: in top dressing, sanitary and formative pruning, watering, weeding and loosening. Watering is carried out as needed, special attention should be paid to this procedure during a prolonged drought. Sanitary pruning involves the removal of broken, frozen and dried branches; it is better to carry out this operation in early spring, in extreme cases - in late autumn (after the foliage has been dropped).
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