The queen of the garden is honeysuckle. Varieties, technology of planting and methods of care.

Who does not know such amazing for its decorative and a lot of useful substances, like honeysuckle? Varieties are so diverse that it can become not only your vitamins storehouse, but also a beautiful ornament of the garden plot. Honeysuckle can be in the form of a tree, a vine or a spreading bush. But whatever form she took, the one remains unchanged-this is the very first berry that ripens on the plots in the early summer.

It is the early ripening of berries and the large number of useful vitamins and amino acids that they contain, have become the main reasons for our love for this shrub. They help with beriberi and obesity, diabetes and allergic reactions. And the ability to remove radiation from the human body, with these oblong blue berries can not be compared to any medical product.

If you decide to plant on the site of honeysuckle, the variety should be selected taking into account the climatic conditions of your area. To obtain the greatest number of berries, it will be necessary to plant three different species. Honeysuckle is a cross-pollinated plant. Therefore, by placing the bushes at a distance of 1.5-2.5 meters from each other, you will be able to achieve positive results.

But what to do if the site is small, and the berries want to get the maximum number? The output is simple enough and tested on many household plots. Prepare a sunny place for honeysuckle, sort the seeds with similar external characteristics. Plant two different seedlings in one well. In this case, you will not have problems with pollination. Honeysuckle blooms very early and calmly survives the spring frosts. Two varieties of honeysuckle, growing from a single hole, prevent the fall of the ovaries and give a 100% yield.

Let's consider the rules of planting and the technology of growing this amazing shrub. Honeysuckle is very fond of sunny hills, although it can successfully grow in the penumbra. If desired and the right selection, the bush can be used in hedges, single or collective plantings, as well as to decorate the walls of the gazebo and various buildings.

After choosing the right place, we prepare a special soil mixture. It should consist of three parts of turfy ground, part of sand and part of peat. After digging a deep enough pit, we fill the bottom with any drainage material. For this, a broken brick, large rubble and even construction debris will do. The height of the drainage layer should be about 10 centimeters.

Only after all the preparations can you plant the honeysuckle seedlings and sprinkle the roots with the prepared mixture. We make sure that the earth fills all the voids. For this, we spill water from the watering can 2-3 times as the pit is filled with soil. It must be remembered that honeysuckle tolerates excess water and drought equally badly. Therefore, very dry places on your site and enclosed hollows will be an inappropriate place for planting.

For traditional spring planting, not every honeysuckle is suitable. Varieties for her choose with a late vegetation. Alpine, Tangut, cover and small leaved honeysuckle will suit. But blue honeysuckle should be planted at the end of summer. The growing season of this variety comes in April. By the time of heating the soil, it is already blooming.

Buying seedlings at fairs and markets, pay special attention to the height of the plant and the development of the root system. The most suitable for planting shrub has a height of 35 to 140 centimeters. All shoots should have a smooth structure and green clean leaves.

Honeysuckle reacts well to caring care, although it is very unpretentious. If during the planting of the seedlings you have fertilized the soil mixture, then the next two years all the care will be watering on especially hot days and a slight loosening of the stump in autumn. To prevent a large evaporation of moisture, it is necessary to thicken the soil around the honeysuckle.

Do not forget about the forming pruning. It is held in March or after the fall leaf fall. It is necessary to remove all old, sick, withered and broken branches. The basis of the bush should be the 5 most powerful trunks. If your honeysuckle bush was planted 15-20 years ago, it can be rejuvenated by cutting all branches to a height of 50 centimeters. In two years, instead of it will grow a young and magnificent bush.