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Hybrid action Pink Pom Pom belongs to the hydrangea family. Valued by gardeners for its longevity and ease of care. A chic evergreen shrub with a huge number of soft pink flowers is used with pleasure in landscape design. The lush bush concentrates all attention on itself and looks equally good in group and single compositions. In the garden, deutzia is the central decoration.
Description of the Pink Pom Pom action
A green, spreading shrub, with long, cascading corolla-shaped inflorescences, each of which consists of a double perianth and five pointed petals. The flowers are bisexual, small, about 2 cm in diameter, similar to a bell, and have no aroma. The petals are double, white inside and pink outside.
The dense, dark green foliage turns yellow in the fall. Rough elongated leaves are located opposite each other. The stems are dark brown, smooth, hollow inside, so they break easily. The bark on old branches tends to peel off and hang in tatters.
Pink Pom Pom deutia bushes are quite large - adult plants reach a height of 2 m, the crown span in diameter is also approximately 2 m. The plant blooms for a long time, is unpretentious in care, adapted to urban conditions, resistant to gas and dust, but does not tolerate cold. May die during the first frost. With proper care, he lives 25 years.
Deutzia Pink Pom Pom is used to create garden sculptures, hedges, flower waterfalls, and decorate gazebos and park alleys. Amateur gardeners practice single plantings. Deutzia Pink Pom Pom, planted near the house, creates a spectacular composition and unique flavor.
How Deutia Pink Pom Pom blooms
Deutia Pink Pom Pom has a long flowering period; it blooms in late spring and, with proper care, pleases with bright flowers until the end of summer. The flowering period is influenced by the climate of the region; on average, it ends in July. After flowering, the deutia forms a spherical box with seeds, which, after ripening, crack and scatter in the wind.
Features of reproduction
You can propagate the action:
- layering;
- cuttings;
- seeds.
Layers are taken from a strong, healthy seedling. The selection of cuttings is made during flowering and is marked with a string or tape. After flowering, the shoot is bent to the ground, an incision is made at the point of contact with it, and then covered with soil. The main care for it is carried out together with the mother bush. By spring, the cuttings take root. It is cut off from the parent and transplanted to a permanent place.
Cuttings can be done from both green and woody shoots. Green cuttings are harvested in June.Planting in the ground is carried out immediately. Having sprinkled the cuttings with soil, you need to water them well and cover with a jar.
After rooting, the plants do not need shelter. For the winter, the seedlings should be transferred to a greenhouse. They will be ready for planting in open ground in the spring.
Lignified cuttings are cut at the end of autumn. The branches, about 20 cm long, connected in bunches, are covered with sand and placed in a greenhouse, where they will overwinter until spring. The greenhouse needs to be kept cool. When the snow melts and the soil warms up, the cuttings are planted obliquely in open ground and covered with non-woven material or film. The appearance of buds on them will be a signal to remove the cover.
After flowering, spherical boxes containing seeds appear on the Pink Pom Pom action. They ripen in September-October. They are easy to collect by tying plastic bags to the branches, then store them in a dark, dry room until spring.
In spring, seeds are sown in boxes or pots filled with soil made from humus, sand and peat. To prevent the appearance of a hard crust on the surface, the seeds are covered with sand on top. Cover the pots with film and water them daily. Shoots will appear in 1-2 months.
At the end of May you can transplant to a permanent place. Frail young seedlings are very sensitive to cold, so they need to be covered more thoroughly for winter than adult specimens. Flowering of Pink Pom Pom, propagated by seeds, will begin in 3 years.
Planting and caring for Pink Pom Pom action
The main condition for planting Pink Pom Pom action is the absence of cold winds and drafts in the selected area. Planting is done in already prepared, heated soil.If there are no natural shading conditions around the new plantings, artificial partial shade must be created to protect the shrubs from the scorching midday sun. We must not forget to insulate the seedling for the winter and carry out pruning correctly.
Recommended timing
The best time for landing is the end of April. At this time, the earth is already warmed up, but the buds of the trees are not open. If the weather in the region does not allow this to be done on time, then planting can be postponed. The deadline for planting deutia seedlings is mid-June. Before planting in open ground, it is recommended to store seedlings in a room with a temperature of 0+2ºС.
Site selection and soil preparation
Choosing a site for action is a key stage of planting. The area should be illuminated, large and open, since the crown of the bush can reach up to 2 m in diameter, but at the same time protected from the wind and bright midday sun.
The soil must be selected previously cultivated, nutritious, loose, with neutral acidity. Soil with a high pH can be neutralized with lime; in soils that are not acidic enough, peat can be added. Clay soil needs to be amended with sand. Groundwater should not pass closer than at a depth of 2-3 m.
On the eve of planting the seedlings, the area should be dug up, compost, humus and peat should be added.
How to plant correctly
When planting several bushes in a row, holes are dug for them at a distance of 2.5-3 m. When planting deutsia near a house, the distance to the building should also not be less than 2.5 m. The hole is made at least 50 cm deep.Dry or broken roots of the plant must be cut off and placed in a root growth stimulator dissolved in water for a day.
When planting deutia, the roots are carefully straightened, placed in the hole, and covered with earth or a mixture of humus, peat and sand, leaving the root collar on the surface. Then the soil around the seedling should be lightly compacted, watered abundantly, loosened to a depth of 15-20 cm and mulched with a layer of sawdust or peat. Mulch will retain moisture in the soil and protect against weeds and heat.
Growing rules
The plant is unpretentious, adapted to the urban environment, and requires a minimum of effort: watering, loosening, several feedings, cutting off excess shoots and covering the bush for the winter. By following these simple steps, you can grow a gorgeous shrub that will become the main decoration of your home.
The photo shows the Pink Pom Pom action during flowering.
Watering
Deytsia Pink Pom Pom is drought-resistant. For watering, 1 bucket of water per bush 1-2 times a month is enough. In sweltering heat, the amount of watering is doubled. Young bushes, as well as flowering shrubs, can be moistened more - up to 12-15 liters of water per bush.
Mulching and fertilizing
Pink Pom Pom deutia bushes need to be fed three times per season:
- At the time of planting the seedling (0.5 buckets of humus per bush).
- Mineral fertilizing (a mixture of ash, compost and rotted manure in equal parts) during the flowering period, 0.5 buckets per bush.
- Before autumn pruning of shrubs - 1 bucket of mullein diluted in water 1:10.
Weeds are pulled out as necessary, and after each watering the soil is loosened to a depth of 20-25 cm. Plants mulched after planting do not require weeding, since mulch inhibits the growth of weeds.It is recommended to mulch twice more during the season, each time removing the old layer of mulch.
Pruning rules
Trimming the action is a mandatory procedure. The shrub tolerates it well and grows back easily. You need to trim 2 times a year - in autumn and spring, removing ¼ of the crown.
Autumn pruning is carried out after the bush has faded. Old shoots that thicken the bush are cut out completely, young branches are shortened to the level of the first strong bud.
Bushes older than 5 years need to be rejuvenated every 3 years, getting rid of 2-3 shoots at ground level. Flowering after rejuvenation will occur two years later.
It is very important to prune on time. Bushes that are pruned late will not have time to produce new shoots, and the plant will bloom later or not at all. And the prolonged restoration of the bush after winter pruning will delay its flowering for 2-3 years.
Preparing for winter
Preparation for winter begins at the end of summer. In August, it is necessary to stop watering so that the bark ripens before the onset of cold weather. Deytsia Pink Pom Pom is sensitive to cold weather, so it needs shelter from September. To protect from cold autumn rains, it is recommended to cover the bushes with film.
With the onset of night frosts, the stems should be bent to the ground, covered with non-woven material and dry leaves, then covered with a layer of at least 15 cm. When snow falls, it is thrown over the covered bushes. This multi-layered cover will perfectly protect the shrub during the cold winter. As soon as the snow melts, all coverings are removed, otherwise the plant will rot.
You need to bend the branches to the ground carefully and carefully. It is not recommended to bend branches of tall bushes; it is better to carefully cover them with burlap.
Pests and diseases
Deytsia Pink Pom Pom is not susceptible to diseases and is unattractive to pests due to the lack of aroma. Only the bumblebee proboscis can be of concern. A one-time treatment of a bush with a 15% karbofos solution will scare it away from action forever.
Conclusion
Hybrid Deutzia Pink Pom Pom is an incredibly beautiful plant. It is not difficult to grow, and maintenance of the bushes is minimal. With properly organized care, the culture will delight you with its splendor for 25 years.
