snowberry white - a plant belonging to the family of honeysuckle, old Symphoricarpus.It is considered the homeland of western North America.At one place can grow for decades without prejudice to the flowering and fruiting.Well tolerated fumes and smoke, it has long been planted near parking lots and gas stations.
snowberry white - growing shrub whose branches reach a height of 1.5 m. The growth was the root is so abundant that, if allowed, to quickly learn a few meters in diameter.Shoots his thin, vertical or slightly inclined.The root system of thick, but superficial.The leaves are arranged opposite, have a simple ovate-rounded shape with solid edges.The length of about 6 cm, color green upper side, bottom - glaucous.In autumn they have not changed color and stick on the shoots.
blooms from July to September, bell-green-pinkish small inconspicuous flowers, gathered in dense racemose inflorescence, located at the ends of shoots.They are of interest to bees.On the shoots can be simultaneously and flowers, and fruits.Berries spherical white wax, a diameter of slightly less than 1 cm, inedible.They have an unpleasant taste, not toxic for adults.However, in children can cause vomiting, dizziness, and sometimes fainting.Berries on the shoots are held throughout the winter, giving the bush elegant look.Here's a he, snowberry white.Photo shows it, as well as the possible use of his original, long retain decorative appearance of the fruit.
kististy snowberry (as it is sometimes called) - undemanding plant, winter-hardy, drought-resistant.It can adapt to any soil, including rocky.Equally it grows well in full sun and partial shade.Adult plant does not need watering, but it is sensitive to waterlogging.
well tolerated pruning bushes.Snowberry in the first 2 years of life grows up to 1 m, bloom and bear fruit starting from the third year.Surprisingly, many people often can not remember what the flowers look, even if the day pass by this plant.But the benefits do not go unnoticed.It is for these bushes are grown.Branches with berries can be used in the compositions of dried flowers.
Ripple snowberry white is not difficult.This can be done by dividing the bush, lateral suckers (shoots), green cuttings and seeds.If you choose the latter option, the seeds need stratification.Also, they can be planted before winter.You need to choose a place that was formed in the hottest period of the penumbra.Seeding is best done in October, not much material is deepening.Before the frost is desirable to sketch leaf litter, and then snow.
snowberry white can be used as a hedge, asbushes grow quickly and form dense thickets.Cutting out too much, it is easy to control the width of spaces.It looks great in a single planting, and in combination with other plants.It can be grown under trees, forming with their green foliage favorable contrast.
Put on your site (and if not, then the house) snowberry white, cold winter it will be pleasing to the eye berries, bringing spring.
