Curly honeysuckle (photo) view, planting and care. Honeysuckle curly honeysuckle and others
IS ALL CAPRIFOLE CAPRIFOLE
Usually we call curly honeysuckle honeysuckle and sometimes we wonder why one honeysuckle rages in bloom on the site, and the other has been a deplorable sight for many years now. But the fact is that it can be either a honeysuckle hybrid or another type of climbing honeysuckle - all of them with shoots, flowers, fruits and leaves similar to honeysuckle, but can be more thermophilic and suffer from Russian winters. These creepers are grown like honeysuckle honeysuckle.
All climbing honeysuckles came to us from a warmer climate. Due to their properties, some of them grow without problems, recovering after a slight freezing of the tops of the shoots. Some need special care for growth and flowering - lower it from a support for the winter and cover it with dry leaves, spunbond or in another way. But even in this case, they will not become European beauties with us.
All climbing honeysuckles feel good in zones 6 to 9 at a temperature not lower than -15 degrees in winter - these are the southern regions of Russia. In zone 5 (Moscow, St. Petersburg) and at temperatures below -20 degrees, their annual shoots may freeze slightly, but in the spring they resume with renewed vigor. In zone 4 (Moscow region, Central Russia) the most resistant varieties and species grow, or heat-loving ones with good shelter, as we do with roses or clematis.
TYPES AND VARIETIES OF CURLING HONESTUCK
The most decorative and popular in vertical gardening, in addition to honeysuckle honeysuckle, can be the following species, hybrids and varieties of climbing honeysuckle.
Evergreen honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) – frost-resistant species, which gave life to many beautiful hybrids of curly honeysuckle, often surpassing them in frost resistance. Recommended for zones 4 to 9. Most frost resistant variety "Blanche Sandman" . it climbing plant all summer, tubular flowers of raspberry color are covered with yellow with inside.
From the evergreen and rough honeysuckle came Brown's honeysuckle (Lonicera x brownii)
. Its varieties have one and a half and three-meter stems. The original tubular flowers can be of all shades from white and beige to red and orange, they have no smell. It blooms for a long time until autumn all season, in the Moscow region - in summer and again in autumn. Orange-red fruits are formed in the middle of summer and keep until winter. In the Moscow region, Brown's honeysuckle does not bear fruit, here it is advisable to cover the shoots for the winter. Comfortable wintering temperature without shelter, including snow, is not lower than -15 degrees. Has several fine varieties:
three-meter liana with red-orange flowers "Dropmore Scarlet"
;
covered with yellow-brown flowers "Golden Trumpet"
, climbing bush grows up to 3 m;
at "Fuchsioides
» fuchsia flowers with orange, shoots no higher than one and a half meters.
As a result of the hybridization of caprefolia and evergreen honeysuckle, Telmann's honeysuckle (Lonicera × tellmanniana) . A high liana soars up to 6 meters, covered with eight-centimeter yellow flowers, does not drop leaves for the winter. In the Moscow region, the tops of annual stems suffer from frost, and red berries do not form, unlike the southern regions. Winters without damage down to -15 degrees.
Another popular variety of curly honeysuckle is "Serotina" (Serotina) - blooms later than many. This honeysuckle is called curly not only because of the properties of its shoots. Curly honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) her botanical name. The species can be recognized by the color of young shoots, they are red or yellow. The plant has fragrant flowers, white on the inside, burgundy red on the outside. Although its annual stems can freeze at temperatures below -20 degrees, in our country it blooms and forms fruits, because this happens on shoots growing in spring. Liana can reach a height of two and a half meters, and its flowering lasts almost all summer. Honeysuckle corollas of the Serotina variety are painted in a purple-red color scheme, beige inside.
Varieties of curly honeysuckle "Serotina" and « Graham Thomas» were awarded the Royal Horticultural Society. The Graham Thomas variety has creamy petals. In another variety of curly honeysuckle Belgica Select on the corollas are burgundy-carmine stripes.
Not so long ago, botanists ranked Henry's honeysuckle (Lonicera henryi) to the mind pointed honeysuckle (Lonicera acuminata) . Now these plants are one species of climbing honeysuckle. Honeysuckle pointed - its scientific name, Henry's honeysuckle is a synonym, or form of pointed honeysuckle. On sale you can find seedlings of both names. In a creeper, flowers can be colored from yellow to orange and red, and the berries are always dark blue. hallmark are oblong leaves with a pointed tip. View without shelter can withstand up to -15 degrees. AT southern Europe Henry's honeysuckle decorates the walls of tall buildings.
Honeysuckle pointed is cultivated and how ornamental shrub and as a creeper, its stems are up to 2.5 m. It is well suited for hedges. In the southern regions, its green leaves decorate deserted gardens in winter. With more low temperatures evergreen leaves of honeysuckle pointed freeze slightly. Recommended for zones 6-9. For the winter in middle lane requires mandatory shelter.
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera ligustrina)
even more delicate plant. It is for zones 7-9. We grow it in the Caucasus, in the Crimea or in winter gardens. She has fragrant flowers: white and red, and the berries are blue with a black tint. Long-flowering climbing plant, often acting as a ground cover. In a popular variety Halliana
shoots up to 5 meters long. Variety "Aureoreticulata"
leaves are covered with light yellow veins. Variety Purpurea
foliage purple in winter.
In addition to highly decorative varieties, fill vertical space or an object and decorate our garden can some other types of climbing honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle (Lonicera prolifera) - with pale yellow flowers and red berries. A variety soaring up to 3-4 m in height. It originated from North America, stable throughout Russia. The size of the corollas, although somewhat inferior to honeysuckle, but in the fall the liana looks simply amazing when its red berries shine against the backdrop of golden-colored foliage.
Honeysuckle gray-ash (Lonicera glaucescens)
, she is gray honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)
- a North American species brought to us in the 19th century. Shoots are not as strong as honeysuckle. It grows rapidly, is found in many parts of Russia. Even in St. Petersburg (North-Western region), only the tips of one-year growth freeze slightly.
Rough honeysuckle (Lonicera hirsuta)
frost-resistant vine of Canadian origin. It is covered with multiple yellow flowers, but has no smell. Fruiting. Very decorative and durable. The leaves are pubescent - there are hairs along the edges and on the back.
Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa) , a western variety - a reliable beautiful liana. Corollas of yellow and red color, large. Annual shoots of yellow honeysuckle (Lonicera flava) freeze slightly in the Moscow region. It is for zone 5 and south.
Climbing types of honeysuckle are able to twist the walls of buildings, arches, pergolas and specially installed supports. These are wonderful plants for vertical gardening, which greatly decorate and enliven the garden.
Many creepers are good for their flowers (for example, clematis) or lush greenery (girl's grapes).
However, there are types that combine both of these advantages. Let's talk more about some of them. For more than one century gardens and parks have been adorned with climbing species of honeysuckle (genus Lonicera, honeysuckle family - Caprifoliaceae). The scientific name of the genus was in honor of the German botanist Adam Lonitzer. Tall and rather fluffy, honeysuckle is great for creating a green hedge in the garden.
On a note:
The genus Honeysuckle is numerous and diverse, it includes about 200 species distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. We will touch on only a few, the most common climbing species in decorative floriculture.
Before buying, ask the seller everything about the chosen species: variety, care features, whether the fruits are edible, what year the fruiting will begin.
Curly honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) naturally found in Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor. Outwardly, it is very similar to honeysuckle honeysuckle, but more thermophilic. In severe winters, it can freeze slightly, in the spring it grows quite quickly.
There are numerous garden molds and varieties that differ in flower color (dark crimson, yellow, pale pink). Blooms in May-June. The berries are bright red, in the conditions of central Russia they do not ripen every year. Curly honeysuckle has a unique aroma, so it is often used to decorate a recreation area. It can decorate arches and gazebos.
honeysuckle honeysuckle
Honeysuckle honeysuckle (L caprifolium) is a European species that has long been grown in gardens, near houses and buildings. The specific epithet caprifol is Latin for "goat leaf". Probably, the plant got its name due to the fact that goats like to feast on its large dark green leaves.
Honeysuckle blooms in May-July. In the second half of summer and autumn, the liana is covered with bright red-orange berries with a diameter of 6-8 mm, in sunshine they resemble elegant beads made of amber or carnelian. The fruits are inedible. The stalks are short, which makes it seem that the fruits are "glued" to the leaf.
Features of honeysuckle honeysuckle
Honeysuckle honeysuckle is often used as an ornamental garden plant for vertical gardening. It is unpretentious, perfectly tolerates pruning. The extract of its flowers is used in perfumery.
Honeysuckle Brown
Brown's honeysuckle (L. x brownii) is a horticultural hybrid obtained in North America by crossing hairy honeysuckle and evergreen (L hirsuta x L. sempervirens).
It is a deciduous or semi-deciduous vine with bright flowers red-orange tones, the corolla tube is very long and narrow. The most thermophilic of the listed climbing honeysuckles. Requires a sunny location, protected from cold winds, for the winter needs shelter with spruce branches or fallen leaves. Requires good care.
Honeysuckle Brown Features
Honeysuckle shoots reach 5 m in height. In June, they open numerous creamy-pink flowers with graceful recurved petals and an elongated corolla tube, long stamens and pistil peep out of it. The flowers are collected in whorls in the axils top leaves escape and look very impressive, besides, they have a charming aroma, which is somewhat enhanced by the evening.
Planting honeysuckle
Honeysuckle is quite unpretentious, easily tolerate transplantation. Both spring (late April - May) and autumn (August - late September) plantings are practiced. The optimal age of seedlings is 2-3 years. Planting pits should be 25-30 cm deep and in diameter. If the bushes are older, increase the depth and diameter to 50 cm. The distance between specimens is 1.5-2 m. Rotted manure, phosphorus and potash fertilizers. The roots of the seedlings are carefully spread along the bottom of the pit, carefully covered with earth. root collar at ground level. Landings are lightly tamped, watered abundantly and mulched.
Decorative honeysuckle: care
Care consists of weeding and providing support. Honeysuckle responds well to the application of complex mineral fertilizer in spring period. 2-3 years after planting, annually in the fall, they bring under the bushes wood ash and nutrient compost. Curly honeysuckle practically does not need watering, they usually have enough soil moisture.
During growth, curly honeysuckle sprouts many shoots, some of which begin to creep along the ground, and then take root. Therefore, you need to constantly monitor the growth rate and remove unnecessary shoots.
Curly honeysuckle pests
Curly honeysuckle is quite resistant to diseases and pests. However, when high humidity, for example, in very rainy summers, they can be affected by fungal and phytovirus diseases, such as cerposcoriasis, rust, powdery mildew. Affected leaves become spotted, and then wither and fall off. Sick honeysuckle must be dug up and burned.
Of the pests for the plant, aphids and mites, scale insects, and whiteflies are dangerous. Spraying with special equipment will help to deal with them. But it is better to plant plants in the garden in advance that attract natural enemies of aphids ( ladybugs and lacewing) - dill, cumin, coriander.
Plant decorative curly honeysuckle for vertical gardening. The plant is represented by many species and varieties. Growing honeysuckle is quite simple, you just need to provide proper care and make the necessary dressings. Every gardener will be able to propagate the plant, regardless of the level of his skills.
Species and popular varieties
The genus Honeysuckle includes up to 200 species of shrubs and vines, including crops with edible fruits. In horticulture, preference is given to decorative curly species. Their densely leafy stems rise high up, the flowers are unusually beautiful and often fragrant. The fruits are dyed bright colors. In climbing vines, they are often poisonous.
- The most ancient and well-known cultivated species of honeysuckle is and. honeysuckle(or w. fragrant). This vine blooms earlier than others, in June. Cream or rose yellow lush flowers bloom in the late afternoon and fill the entire garden with their fragrance, attracting butterflies. From mid-summer, the flowers darken, up to brown shades. In autumn honeysuckle is strewn with bright fruits, reddening in a ring of large fused leaves. This species is winter hardy.
Honeysuckle Honeysuckle
- Much more thermophilic and. Curly(German, Lithuanian). Her white, pink or purple flowers- excellent honey plants, and crimson fruits are poisonous. The brightest variety of this species is "Serotina". Creepers of this variety are decorated with crimson flowers.
honeysuckle curly
- North American view and. Brown in the middle lane requires shelter for the winter. She has very decorative foliage, bluish blue below and bright green above. Large tubular flowers are painted in carrot color. The variety "Dropmore Scarlet" is interesting for the orange color of the flowers.
Honeysuckle Brown
- The most enduring species is and. Tatar. In May, the entire bush is covered with medium-sized white or pink flowers. Varieties "Amold Red" and "Morgen Orange" - with red, "Elegant" - with striped bright red flowers.
Honeysuckle Tatarskaya
- Famous for its profuse flowering and. Korolkova. Its pale pink flowers cover the bush so densely that neither branches nor foliage are visible.
Honeysuckle Korolkov
- Unlike other types, and. Gerald does not shed its foliage for the winter. In the spring, when young shoots grow, last year's foliage falls off. The yellow flowers are very fragrant.
Honeysuckle Gerald
Reproduction techniques
Like others climbing vines and ornamental shrubs, honeysuckle propagates by seed and vegetatively.
Most reliable way breeding - cuttings of green shoots. The shoots of the current year are cut into cuttings with two or three internodes. Broken off side shoots with a “heel” also take root well.
Important! Cuttings are cut at a time when green fruits appear on the bush. Shoots ready for cuttings are brittle and break with a crack when bent.
Cuttings are immediately planted in light soil for rooting in a shaded place. If there is no greenhouse or greenhouse on the site, where it is easier to maintain high humidity, the cuttings can be covered with cut plastic bottles without a lid.
honeysuckle seeds
Subject to optimal conditions, the cuttings will take root in 10 days.
Advice. Rooted cuttings should be transplanted to a permanent place in the spring.
seeds must be stratified (kept at temperatures up to +3º for several months) and sown in early spring. Stratified seeds give friendly shoots, without this procedure, a smaller part of the seeds germinate, and shoots develop slowly. Seedlings bloom in 5 years.
Important! At seed propagation varietal properties of the plant are not preserved.
Dropping branches of honeysuckle in spring, by autumn you can get a good planting material – layering. Also, honeysuckle gives shoots used for reproduction.
Landing and care
Ornamental honeysuckle is planted with south side at home. It grows well and blooms on sunny areas and in partial shade. In shading, the plant will also grow, but flowering will not be as plentiful.
A young honeysuckle bush must immediately be tied to a support
Ornamental honeysuckle does not grow in sandstone and clayey wet soils. All other soils are quite suitable for its cultivation. The plant prefers loose fertile soils with a neutral alkaline reaction and good drainage.
Advice. When choosing a place to plant, it is worth remembering that decorative honeysuckle grows quickly and requires a strong support.
Landing is carried out early autumn maybe even at the end of August. Landing pits are generously filled with organics and minerals. The roots of the seedling are cut, straightened and carefully sprinkled with earth. The root neck is not deepened. It should remain at ground level. The landing site should be watered abundantly and mulched.
Advice. It is advisable to plant several types of honeysuckle at the same time on the site. So the plants will be better pollinated and bloom more abundantly.
Further care for curly honeysuckle is extremely simple. It comes down to abundant watering several times over the summer, loosening the soil and removing weeds, pruning vines. The soil under the honeysuckle is loosened deeply, by 20 cm. The honeysuckle responds very well to sprinkling.
It is very important to water honeysuckle in a timely manner.
Pruning is carried out in March or post leaf fall. Formative and sanitary scraps needed annually, rejuvenating every 2-3 years. When rejuvenating, old trunks are cut out, leaving 5-6 younger and well-developed ones. Old bushes periodically completely rejuvenate. To do this, pruning is carried out "under the stump", leaving several shoots of 50 cm each.
Important! It is not advisable to shorten young shoots, as there are many flower buds in their tops.
Application of fertilizers and dressings
Abundantly flowering plants require fertilization. Decorative honeysuckle is no exception. Well-fertilized soil when planting is able to provide the plant nutrients for several years. In this case, additional feeding is not needed.
Every year in the spring, honeysuckle must be fed.
In the future, in early spring and after flowering, a complex mineral fertilizer is applied under the honeysuckle. If development is weak, it is possible foliar top dressing phosphorus-potassium fertilizers. In autumn, rotted manure or compost and wood ash are brought in for digging.
Dangerous diseases and pests
At favorable conditions growing ornamental honeysuckle is rarely affected by diseases and pests. However, in a too rainy summer, the development of fungal and phytovirus diseases, such as cerposcorosis, rust, powdery mildew, etc., is possible. Affected leaves become stained, and eventually wither and fall off.
Powdery mildew on honeysuckle
Of the pests for the plant, the following are dangerous: honeysuckle aphids and mites, scale insects, whitefly, fingertip. The first signs of trouble should serve as a signal for spraying with special equipment.
Decorative curly honeysuckle is very loved by gardeners for its lush bloom and fragrant aroma. In cultivation, it is unpretentious and is able to decorate in a short time large areas, braid a gazebo or arch.
Pruning honeysuckle: video
Decorative honeysuckle: photo
creeper features
The decorative liana has shoots with dense foliage and can climb high up the supports. It blooms unusually beautifully and for quite a long time 20-25 days, emitting a wonderful aroma. Flowers are an excellent honey plant and attract many beneficial insects to the site. Liana begins to bloom in the fourth year of planting. Ornamental honeysuckle has bright garden-decorating fruits that appear in August and are often poisonous.
The plant tolerates cold well, although decorative varieties more warm-hearted than garden views. However, if the plant freezes, it quickly grows back.
Varieties of honeysuckle decorative curly
This shrub has many varieties.
- The most popular climbing shrub is cultivar Honeysuckle, known as fragrant honeysuckle. She is the first to bloom with pink-yellow fragrant flowers. After 3-4 weeks, the flowers gradually darken to a brown hue. In late summer, bright red fruits appear in ring-shaped leaves. Variety Honeysuckle tolerates winter well without special shelter.
- honeysuckle curly(Lithuanian) has pink, white, purple flowers and crimson poisonous berries. Popular liana of this species " Serotina", she decorates vertical gardening crimson flowers.
- Honeysuckle Brown belongs to the North American species and in the middle lane needs shelter for the winter. Liana has a beautiful decorative look the foliage is bright green above and bluish-blue below, the flowers are large tubular carrot-colored.
- Honeysuckle Tatarskaya very unpretentious and hardy shrub with white or pink flowers.
Planting creepers
It is advisable to choose a landing site on the south side. Abundant flowering of the shrub occurs when it is grown in partial shade or in a sunny place. Liana does not like sandy and clayey moist soils. acidic soils must be notified and landing pit arrange drainage from stones, broken bricks. It is better to plant it in early autumn so that the plant can take root well before winter. Fertile soil is placed in the planting hole, mineral fertilizers, lime (ash). The root neck should be at ground level. The seedling is watered abundantly and the surface is mulched to protect the earth from drying out.
remember, that for abundant flowering plant a few Jan.
Care
Whole further care be timely loosening the soil to a depth of 20 cm. Curly honeysuckle loves sprinkling.
pruning shrub tolerates easily. This operation is best done in early spring before the buds break out or in autumn, when the leaves fall. To form a bush, pruning should be carried out annually, and for rejuvenation, the procedure should be carried out after 2-3 years. Liana can grow in one place up to 50 years. Old bushes can be completely rejuvenated almost under the stump, leaving 4-5 shoots up to 50 cm long.
top dressing creeper is required for abundant flowering. If you filled the soil well when planting, then you can not worry about top dressing for a couple of years. But if the plant grows poorly, then it should be brought under the vine in early spring and after flowering complex fertilizer, additionally during the autumn digging of organic matter or compost and always wood ash.
Reproduction of honeysuckle
Traditionally, an ornamental shrub can be propagated vegetatively and by seed.
The easiest and most reliable way to breed vines - green cuttings
. After the appearance of green fruits on the vine, cuttings are cut from the shoots of the current year. The cutting should have 2-3 knots, you can use side shoots broken off with a “heel”. Ready cuttings are added dropwise to loose soil in a shaded place. Can be used to create a greenhouse effect and root cuttings plastic bottles. To do this, cut off the bottom of the bottle, remove the lid and cover the cuttings, which are watered daily. If everything is done correctly, then the cuttings will take root in 10-12 days.
You can grow a new plant with layering. To do this, in the spring, the lower shoot is pinned to the surface of the soil and covered with earth. Do not forget to water the layers, by the fall you can get excellent shoots.
seeds you need to stratify, then you can get friendly shoots in the spring. Creepers from seeds will bloom in five years.
Pests and diseases
In rainy summers, decorative curly honeysuckle can become ill with powdery mildew, rust, and cerposcorosis. At the same time, the foliage of the vines is covered with various spots and dries up.
Of the pests, gardeners know honeysuckle mites, aphids, whiteflies, scale insects, and fingerworms. At the first sign of damage to the vine by diseases or pests, it is necessary to treat it with the appropriate chemicals.
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