Deren variegated - fireworks in the garden

Derene variegated or swine, as it is otherwise called, is a low tree or a large shrub that landscape designers use to decorate the central part of the lawns, as well as for the hedgerows. With normal care, many varieties of this plant reach a height of up to three meters. They have unevenly widely white color fringed leaves with spots and stripes.

Svidina, apparently quite simple in the summer, surprisingly transformed in the fall. That is why it is so often used for landscape design. Derene variegated literally repainted in bright shades of orange, purple, green, red. And all this range of colors is observed not only on one tree, but also on each sheet of it. And when his black-blue, blue or reddish-gray fruits ripen in the autumn, the dern variegated, the photo of which can often be found in the magazines on plant growing and design, turns into colorful fireworks in the background of a green garden. In some varieties with the onset of cold and the bark changes its color, acquiring a bright yellow, greenish-coral or reddish color. In summer, the variegated foliage attracts with its flowers that blossom in June, and therefore it equally well animates and highlights the corners of the garden all year round.

Features of care and reproduction

Derene variegated, planting and care for which are fairly simple, to the composition of the soil is almost not exacting. He staunchly endures both drought and strong moisture, besides he is frost-resistant and indifferent to the conditions of his environment. The best variety of variegated foliage grows on the sunny or slightly shaded sides of the site. Before planting it is recommended to add a little humus to the prepared pit. A full set of mineral fertilizers is introduced into the soil in the spring, 20 grams per bush. Derene variegated water, usually in the season of prolonged drought. Pests of this plant are practically unaffected, and it is extremely rare. But the turf annually gives a lot of shoots. The bushes become much more compact and beautiful, if every third lowest process is cut off on them every year. Begin the formation of the crown from the age of three. First of all, cut old and weak branches, then those that break the shape of the plant, and only then - the lower ones. By this principle, only the one that is not used for the fence is formed. Propagates the dern variegated with seeds, cuttings and layers.

Decorating the garden

This beautiful bright shrub today enjoys increasing popularity among garden designers. Most of all on the countryside there is a variety of variegated variety "Elegantissima", which is planted alone and in large groups. This plant looks quite harmoniously and as a fringing of evergreen conifers, especially in the winter months on a snow-covered background. It is also convenient for podpushki other trees. Deren often landed in the foreground of the site in order to visually deepen the narrow space. Unformed bushes of this plant form quite dense thickets, in which birds like to like to settle. Derene variegated with its brightly colored leaves effectively looks in the hedges, however, so that there is no excessive monotony or variegation, it is better when planted alternating with plants that have green foliage.