Spirea

After the almonds blossom spiraea flowers. This is already at the end of May. Very often spirea is called "May foam".The spiraea of ​​the argument springs first, a low shrub, about 1.5 m high. Its thin shoots are so abundantly covered with bouquets of snow-white inflorescences, consisting of very small flowers, that they simply gracefully bend under their weight to the ground. Flowering is two weeks, and this period coincides with the flowering of early scarlet and red tulips. If you sit under the spirits of tulips, then against the backdrop of their beautiful red carpet spiree bushes will look very elegant.

It should be remembered that the spiree have flowering branches of last year's growth, so cutting branches can not be done.

Spiraeus is very much, more than 20 kinds. They have different coloring of flowers and the shape of bushes. But the number of early flowering are only two kinds: spiraea of ​​the argument and Spiraea Van Gutta.

In the beginning of June, another spiraea blooms, which is of hybrid origin, with caps of upwards directed inflorescence consisting of small flowers, elegant erect stems about 1.5 m tall and very elegant, rather small leaves. The plant looks amazing! But do not forget: aging shoots need to be cut, otherwise the kind of spirea will be very untidy.

All spiraeans are light-loving and frost-resistant. They should not be sheltered, they are undemanding to soils, but they look much better on good soil. They have a superficial root system, which is why they are very hygrophilous, they treat the drought poorly. The trunks begin to dry out, and they have to be cut out. Plants need watering if there is a hot spring. They multiply by dividing the bush, layers, root shoots, cuttings, seeds for the third or fourth year.

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Among the spirits there are species having dirty-lilac or dirty-pink inflorescences in the form of a brush, growing "carrots" upward. This uninteresting spiraea, it is necessary to get rid of it: it is very thickened, and the flowers are ugly. Keep this in mind and do not buy it.

At the same time, daffodils are blooming. Especially beautiful are stunted species, now there are a lot of them, all sorts of things. They can be planted under spirits. Suitable and bird-healers, from which you can make a contour around the bush. True, the bush will grow all the time, but the birds will grow, so every 3 years will have to make transplants.