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Photos, types and varieties of wood help to concretize the desire to have a spectacular ornamental shrub in your yard. Almost all varieties are unpretentious, winter-hardy, shade-tolerant, and easily take root and reproduce. Groups of bushes create interesting compositions in summer, autumn and even winter.
Description of the tree
Derain, or svidina, is known for its durable wood. It occurs in the form of a tree or shrub with a height of 2 to 8 m. Varieties of dogwood have been developed with bark of various warm shades and variegated foliage, picturesque in summer and autumn. By autumn, small berries are formed from the inconspicuous flowers, characteristic of most varieties: inedible blue or white drupes. The roots of many species are branched, powerful, and located shallow from the surface.
Using derain in landscape design
Tolerant to growing conditions, turf is planted for urban landscaping.In garden compositions, the bush is plastic, combines and gets along with various crops, which is clearly visible in the photo of the tree in landscape design:
- species with variegated foliage in white or yellow shades highlight a shady area or a gloomy wall of conifers;
- although many varieties are universal, most often bushes, which can be trimmed, are used to create hedges from derain with a height of 0.5 to 2 m;
- planted on the edges of garden areas and as undergrowth;
- by selecting plant barks of different colors, designers create colorful ensembles that reveal their splendor in the cold season and enliven a frozen garden;
- derens are amazed by the elegant coloring of leaves in crimson-purple tones in the fall, the bush is chosen as a soloist against the background of deciduous trees;
- often plants of variegated varieties, formed into a ball, act as a bright tapeworm on lawns;
- plant 2-3 derain bushes in the foreground to visually deepen the space of the garden.
Types of derain with names and pictures
Breeders have enriched almost every type of wood with various varieties.
Men's derain
This species has edible fruits. Male dogwood - dogwood, which grows in the form of a tree up to 8 m high or a spreading bush 3-4 m. The species reproduces:
- seeds from sweet and sour fruits with a refreshing taste;
- layering from drooping branches;
- offspring.
It grows as a long-lived wild plant in the moderately warm climate of Asia, the Caucasus, and Crimea. The dark brown bark peels off, the light green leaves are large, 9-10 cm long. Yellowish flower clusters with small corollas bloom before the leaves. For the ovaries you need a pollinator - 1 more bush nearby. The oval, bright red or yellow berries will be ripe by September.Different varieties of dogwood have been bred for the middle zone, including those with decorative foliage.
Vladimirsky
A high-yielding variety of male tree tree, famous for its largest fruits, weighing 7.5 g. The berries are bright red, elongated bottle-shaped, uniform. Ripen from August 16-17 to September.
Grenadier
A medium-sized dogwood tree with annual fruiting. The dark red berries weigh 5-7 g and have an oval-cylindrical shape. They ripen early, from August 5 to August 16.
Coral Brand
The variety is mid-early, ripens on August 17-23. The drupes are bright coral, mixed shades of orange and pink. The berries are barrel-shaped, weight 5.8-6 g.
Gentle
A mid-early male tree variety with bottle-shaped yellow berries. The fruits with a pleasant sweet and sour taste ripen from August 17-18.
Derain female
This species is a wild plant of eastern North America. In cultivation it grows up to 5 m, the crown width is 4 m. The female derain blooms for almost a month, but late: from July 14 to August 10. The inedible blue drupes ripen by October. In our country it is not found in areas. There are only a few specimens in the State Botanical Garden.
Derain white
This decorative species, called white svidina, or Tatar, is the most common. A photo of the white dogwood shrub shows its characteristic feature: erect stems with red bark 2-3 m high. Large leaf blades are dark green above, bluish-white below. Before wilting, their color changes to red-purple. The flowers are small, creamy white, and bloom until autumn, when the inedible white berries are already formed.
Elegantissima
It stands out for its bluish-green leaves with a narrow white stripe along the edges. The variety retains its color even in shade. In autumn, the leaf blades turn orange-burgundy.The reddish stems grow up to 3 m and regrow easily after the recommended heavy pruning.
Sibirica Variegata
In winter, the stems of this variety against the background of snow create the impression of a coral fireworks thanks to the bright bark. The low shoots are dense, the leaves are green and white.
Aurea
The variety pleases throughout the warm season with its bright green-yellow dense foliage. The bush is compact, 1.5-2 m high, with a spherical natural crown. Amazing with the contrast of lemon leaves and branches red colors.
Derain red
Svidina blood-red grows up to 4 m. Young drooping shoots are green, then acquire a red-brown or yellow tint. The densely pubescent leaves are light green below. White buds create large, 7 cm, inflorescences that bloom in May-June. The shrub is beautiful in autumn, when ripe berries turn black against the background of burgundy leaves.
Variegata
The variety is lower than the mother form, 2.5 m, the shoots are the same green-brown. In areas where it is constantly exposed to the sun, the bark becomes brighter. The pubescent leaf blades are edged with white stripes. By September they acquire a purplish hue.
Midwinter Fire
Shoots are 1.5-3 m high, the leaves are light green. According to the name, the variety reaches its peak decorative value in winter. Bright red and orange, low shoots of a dense bush stand out on the snow carpet.
Compressa
The blood-red dogwood variety got its name because of its small, wrinkled leaves. The plates are dark green, curved. The shoots are low and erect. There is no flowering.
Derain sucker
The natural range of the species is North America. The bush looks like white derain, but produces a lot of root shoots. Its long, flexible branches that touch the ground take root easily.Oval leaves up to 10 cm long, small yellowish flowers. The drupe is white. The shrub is used in landscaping to strengthen slopes and create dense hedges, given its ability to produce numerous offspring.
Flaviramea
The variety grows up to 2 m. Growing shoots with bright green-yellow bark. The branches are flexible, the bush has a spreading crown.
Kelsey
Dwarf form of derena. It grows only 0.4-0.7 m. The crown of the bush is wide, formed by branches with light yellow bark, turning red towards the tops.
White Gold
The bush is tall, up to 2-3 m. The bark of flexible, long branches is yellow. Large leaves have a noticeable white border. Yellowish-white petals bloom from the buds.
Swedish Derain
This is a type of tundra plant, a subshrub, common in the north of both hemispheres. Herbaceous shoots 10-30 cm grow from a branched creeping rhizome. The leaves are small, 1.5-4 cm. Small, up to 2 mm, dark purple flowers, collected 10-20 pieces in inflorescences, which are surrounded by 4-6 petal-shaped white leaves 10-15 mm long. Spectacular flowering occurs in June and July; the berries ripen from late July to September. Red berries up to 10 mm are mealy, tasteless, non-toxic. Dwarf bushes are beautiful in autumn, when the leaves turn bright, warm colors.
Variegated dogwood
Such wild plants do not exist in nature. Variegated varieties have been bred by breeders based on white, red and scion wood. The variegation of the leaves is imparted by uneven stripes along the edges, as well as spots or streaks, which in some varieties spread across the blade. The shrub is vigorous and recovers quickly after pruning. Tolerates frosts down to – 30 °C.
Gouchaultii
The bushes are low, 1.5 m, dense. The leaves are edged with a light yellow stripe. The flowers are cream.
Argenteo marginata
The variety is tall - up to 3 m, with a spreading crown, slightly drooping branches. The color of the leaves is bluish-green with a creamy-white border. In autumn, the shades are rich: from lemon to ceramic colors.
Ivory Halo
A low-growing new variety, grows up to 1.5 m. The natural spherical crown in summer is silvery with leaves bordered by a wide ivory stripe. In autumn it turns purple.
Japanese derain
The species is better known as Deren Kousa. Its natural habitat is Southeast Asia, where it occurs in the form of a tall tree, up to 7 m. The crown is tiered, turning into horizontal. The bark of the trunk and branches is brown, young shoots are green. The leaves, bluish below, are large, up to 10 cm long and 5 cm wide. In autumn they turn yellow or become purple.
In June it blooms small flowers surrounded by 4 petal-shaped large yellow-green bracts. In August-September, edible fruits up to 2 cm in size, pink in color: juicy, sweet-tart, ripen.
Venus
A beautiful flowering tree with 4 white round bracts. Withstands frosts down to – 20-23 °C.
Satomi
Grows up to 6 m, spreading, branched tree. At the time of flowering, pale pink bracts with a diameter of 8 cm are attractive. Non-frost-resistant.
Cornus kousa var. Chinensis
A vigorously growing tree up to 10 m. Elegant during flowering with large white bracts 9-10 cm.
Features of caring for derain shrubs
Almost all types and varieties of derain are undemanding to growth conditions:
- TOIzilu Fertile, fairly saturated loam with neutral acidity is suitable.
- Derain female Grows well in fertile, moist soil. Does not like areas with stagnant water. The cuttings are all taking root.
- Derain white grows on wet sandy loams, near reservoirs, in floodplains, is not afraid of rising groundwater, for which it is valued by gardeners with similar characteristics of sites. It can grow not only in partial shade, but completely under trees, the roots do not spread out. Tolerates cold winters and recovers well after frost damage.
- Derain red grows well in calcareous areas, is not afraid of shade, and can be trimmed.
- Swedish Derain propagated by seeds stratified for 3-4 months or by dividing the bush in the spring. The plant is frost-resistant, prefers partial shade, although it develops in the shade and in the sun. Planted on loams, sandy loams, peat bogs with a slightly acidic reaction. Moist, drained areas, including swampy ones, are suitable for planting. In the middle zone, collectors grow Swedish derain together with heathers, since the crops are characterized by the same requirements for composition, lighting and soil structure. The plant is provided with partial shade, especially in the middle of the day, and moisture.
- Deren kouza Grows well on light soils, slightly acidic or neutral. Propagated by stratified seeds, sown in spring, green cuttings or grafting. Tolerates frosts down to – 17-23 °C.
Plants are watered during drought, fed with nitrogen fertilizers in the spring, and maintained with compost or peat in the summer. Pruning is carried out in the spring. All species are less susceptible to diseases and pests if you adhere to agricultural practices. An infusion of soap, soda or mustard is used against aphids. Pesticides are used if necessary.
Conclusion
Photos, types and varieties of derain highlight the diversity of the culture. Not all varieties will take root in the middle climate zone.It is better to choose zoned trees among male, white, offspring and red trees, for which there is minimal care - watering in the heat and cutting.
