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Snow buddleya (lat. Buddleja nivea) - flowering shrub; a representative of the Buddleya genus of the Norichnikov family. Uncommon species. Homeland - China. It is rarely found in nature. Possesses high decorative properties. A wonderful honey plant. It attracts with its aroma and rich shade of inflorescences of butterflies, bees and other insects.
Characteristics of culture
Snow buddleya is an ornamental deciduous shrub up to 3 m high with shoots pubescent over the entire surface. The branches are thin, greenish-gray, erect, or slightly spread out to the sides. Leaves are lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, pointed, up to 30 cm long. On the outside, the foliage is dark green in color, on the back - silvery due to strong tomentose pubescence.
The flowers are lilac, small, pubescent, fragrant, collected in cone-shaped paniculate inflorescences up to 15 cm long, developing at the ends of last year's shoots. Snow buddleya blooms in June-July for 25-30 days. Ideal for growing in warm climates. Suitable for cultivation in the southern regions of Russia. The species is thermophilic, resistant to pests and diseases, unpretentious to care and growing conditions.
Seat selection
Abundant flowering of snow buddlea can be achieved in sunny areas, protected from squally and cold winds. Soil conditions also play an important role in relation to rapid and active growth and flowering. The soils should be moderately moist, drained, with a high humus content. You should not plant a crop in areas with strongly acidic, heavy, clayey and poor soils, on which the plants will feel defective. Lowlands with stagnant water and cold air are not suitable for buddleya.
Care
One of the main procedures for the care of snow buddley is pruning. If you skip this procedure, the plant will look very unattractive. In early spring, the bushes are freed from old, frozen and damaged branches. During flowering, faded flowers are removed from buddleia, in this case the flowering will be lengthened. When planting, the main branches are cut off by 1/2 of the seedlings, this approach contributes to the development of young and healthy shoots. Non-viable, weak and thickening shoots are also subject to removal.
In general, pruning is recommended in March, again, a lot depends on climatic conditions. Pruning should be done before the buds are swollen. In the second year after planting, new growths are shortened by 2 buds, old ones are cut to the level of young ones. Subsequent pruning is the same as previously described. The snow is favorable to watering buddley, the procedure is carried out in a drought. Watering should be moderate, without waterlogging, the culture treats it negatively. Since buddleya is a native of a humid warm climate, it requires systematic spraying.
Culture will not tolerate frosts; it must be covered for the winter. You can carry out a short pruning, as in the case of David's buddle, and sprinkle it with humus, or you can do without pruning and cover the shrubs with spruce branches. The rapid growth and abundant flowering of the species in question is facilitated by feeding. Fertilizing is best done in early spring, as soon as buds begin to appear on the plants. Nitrogen fertilizers are used for feeding, they will help the shrubs to recover after a long winter. In the middle of summer, fertilizers are re-applied, but this time nitrogen fertilizers are excluded, instead they are used phosphorus and potash. Plants also require organic fertilizers such as humus, compost and chicken manure solution.
It is important to remember that planting snow buddley must be carried out in the place where it will grow for many years. The fact is that the culture has a negative attitude to transplanting, often shrubs do not take root in a new place. If possible, a transplant should be excluded. If the procedure could not be avoided, it is recommended to carry it out in the evening in cool weather. The bush is carefully dug out together with a lump of earth, trying not to damage the roots, and transferred to a previously prepared and moistened hole. In the future, it is necessary to monitor the condition of the transplanted shrub, especially the degree of soil moisture at the foot.
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