The snowy year is a very beautiful exquisite shrub that will undoubtedly decorate the countryside or garden. An interesting name of the plant received thanks to the snow-white fruits, which the branches are densely dodged. While hanging under the weight of white berries of the branch, they look very cute and charming, causing admiring glances to themselves. The snowy year remains attractive for a long time, as the berries do not appear from the bush until the spring. Unusual shrub - decoration of the country area in winter. It is easy to grow a snowy year at the cottage, as the plant is rather unpretentious and straight, easily adapts to any conditions.
Snowy year, description
Snowy year (lat. Symphoricarpos) - leaf falling shrub of the family of housing. Motherland Plants - North America, where in the wild it grows on the banks of rivers, rocky slopes, in mountain forests. Its unusual appearance, unpretentiousness and ability to survive in difficult climatic conditions have long been appreciated by the gardeners of many countries. Already more than 200 years old shrub with round snow-white berries, densely littered on the shoots, is a favorite garden or cottage decoration. It is due to the fruits - white berries assembled in brush, the plant received its name. Brushes with fruits thick are located on the branches and create an impression, like a shrub is covered with snow beads. Berries are saved on the bush all winter and serve food for such birds like: quail, ripples, pheasants, wave. Among the 15 types of plants that are found in nature are shrubs with pale pink, pink, reddish and black berries. But the most widespread view is the snowy year white.
Plant snowy year is a small compact shrub with a rounded or oval crown. The height of the shrub is no more than 1.5 meters. Shoots are thin and long. In the fall, under the severity of fruits, the thin branches are beautifully bent in the form of an arc. The leaves of the snowy year rounded or oval shape to 6 cm in length, the color of the foliage is green, downstairs - a little gray. 
Flowers a plant with pink, pale green, red flowers that do not have special decorativeness. The flowers of the right shape are collected in inflorescences or a brush of 5-15 pieces. Blooming shrubs in the middle of summer. 
The fruit of the snowy year is a spherical or ellipsoidal juicy kitchen cabin, in diameter - 1-2 cm of white, in some species - pink, red, black. Berries of shrubs are inedible and do not have a taste. It is the opinion that they are poisonous and eating them in food causes poisoning. It cannot be allowed to try the berries to try, since the fruits include alcoholoids, which cause toddles vomiting, dizziness, have a slight sedative effect.
Snow-year-old: types and varieties
- Snowy year white. The most common view that can be found everywhere: in urban parks, along the roads, as well as in the country areas. The plant has other names: a nice-year-old kitty or a snowy year brush. The height of the bush - up to 1, 5 meters. Branches - thin, long, yellowish gray shade. Under the severity of fruits is beautifully bent to the ground. Flowering time - June, July. White snowy flowers have a greenish-pink color, are often not noticeable on the bush, as partially hidden under the sheet, are collected in inflorescences. The leaves are simple, oval shape, in the edges are painted in a pink shade. After flowering, at the end of the summer, the numerous fruits of white, pink color are tied on shoots, in diameter 1-1.5 cm and are saved on the shrub over the entire winter period. The feature of the species is unpretentious in leaving, frost resistance and endurance of the plant. Snow-year-old white is not demanding to the soil and can grow on lime soils, along the roads, do without watering. This attractive shrub is a discovery for the design of a garden or a country site of novice dachens.
- Snowy year ordinary. Large shrub with red, purple fruits with a sizem. Also, the plant has other names: "Indian Currant", a snowy year rounded, a pink snowy year. Savages - thin, long, leaves - small rounded shape, color - dark green with a naiz of bloom. Flowers are collected in lush inflorescences, painted in pink color. This species of the snowy year does not differ in winter hardiness, unlike the snowy-year-old white, however, the plant successfully grows on the territory of our country in the climatic conditions of the middle strip.
- West snowy year. Shrub is widespread in North America, reaches a height of up to 1.5 meters. The leaves are painted in a light green shade, slightly pubescent. Western bell-shaped snowy snowy flower flowers collected in busy inflorescences. Color color can be white or pink. Blossom continues from the beginning of summer until August. After flowering, rounded white or pale pink berries are formed. The grade is remarkably pruning and forming the crown, is actively used for the design of the living hedge on the site.
- WITHpuzzy Torubitric. Tall shrub, up to 1.5 meters with oval slightly pubescent leaves. Blossoms paired or single flowers bell-shaped, painted in white or pinkish hue. Off - white, round. The variety has an average winter hardiness, severe frosts may damage the shoots, shrub needs a shelter.
- Snowberry Chenault. Hybrid variety, low bush, thickly strewn with leaves that are slightly pointed shape, the fruit - pink, has frost resistance.
- Snowberry Dorenboza. Bright representative group of Dutch varieties snowberry derived by breeding a famous breeder Dorenbozom. Shrub - compact, graceful spreading crown, up to 1 meter in height. Leaves - simple, rounded, painted in dark green color. The flowers are white or pink, collected in a racemose inflorescence, flowering time - mid-May, the duration of flowering - about 2 months. After flowering bush fastened spherical fruits, which look very attractive, resembling porcelain balls. berry size can be both small and large. Remain decorative throughout the winter.
Popular varieties snowberry Dorenboza:
- Magic berry. Bright and attractive variety blooms with bright pink flowers, berries - purple-red.
- White Hedge. Erect shrub, studded with large snow-white fruit, white flowers buds.
- Amethyst. Extraordinarily beautiful cultivar with delicate berries charming white-purple hue.
- Mother of Pearl. Blossoms unattractive pinkish flowers. Ornamental shrubs acquires during fruit formation. With thin curved branches hang large clusters of pearl pink berries.
Snowberry: planting in the ground
Place for landing snowberry
One of the main advantages of the plant - simplicity and the ability to grow in any climatic conditions. In the wild, snowberry grows on rocky steep slopes, banks of rivers, in the forests. The shrub grows well in shade and in open sunny areas, takes drought, heat and frost. 
planting snowberry
Snow-year landing time: autumn or spring. The main requirement to landing the bush on the site is sufficient humidification of the soil, for rapid rooting of the root system. After selecting a constant shrub to grow, the ground in the site must be switched and focus with organic fertilizer. For the active growth of the shrub, landing pits are prepared in advance. With autumn landing - prepare for a month, with spring - the preparation of the holes begins in the fall. During a single or group landing, the pits dig range 65 by 65 cm, filled with rubble and substrate, which can be prepared independently from peat, compost (humoring) and river sand. In addition, 200 grams of superphosphate, 600 grams of wood ash, 200 grams of dolomite flour are added to the soil under each bush.
When landing the bushes for a living hedge dig a trench with a width - 40cm, a depth of 60 cm. Plants seedlings are planted at the rate of 4-5 bushes per meter.
Planting a shrub is carried out so that after the death of the earth layer in the rich circle, watering and sedimentation of the soil in the pit, the root cervix was at the level of the surface of the soil.
If the saplings of the snowy year moved the transportation, the rhizome should be dipped into the clay boltushka half an hour before landing into the ground.
Watering young bushes is carried out daily for 4-5 days after landing.
Snowy year: care
Despite the unpretentiousness and endurance of the plant, the snowy year needs timely watering and periodic loosening and mulching of the soil around the bush, as well as in weeding weeds.
The mulching of the priority circle must be performed immediately after landing, laying a 5 cm thick under the bush.
Watering a snowy year
The shrub of a snowy year is well tolerate drought, but still needs watering in a dry sultry summer, watering is carried out in the evening, in the amount of 1.5-2 buckets of water under one bush. If summer rainy, watering the plant is not necessary. After watering or rain the soil in the area of \u200b\u200bthe priority circle, it is necessary to crawl and rushing from weed grass. In the autumn season, the ground around the bush is drunk.
Undercalinking snowy year
The plant responds positively to feeding. In the spring, an organic fertilizer should be added to the rolling circle of shrubs - 5-6 kg of compost or humus, add 100 g of superphosphate and as much potassium salt. The second feeding should be carried out in the summer, during the formation of fruits, by making fertilizers for berry crops, such as the Agrikola preparation (50 grams per 10 liters of water).
Trimming snowy year
Trimming the shrub is produced in the spring period, sanitary trimming of dry, extorted shoots during the winter. Healthy branches need to shorten on a quarter or half of the length. Do not be afraid to cut a bush - the laying of flower kidneys of the snowy year occurs in the shoots of the current year. After trimming, the snowy year gives an abundant pig. Sections on shoots The thickness of more than 7 mm must be treated with a garden boiler.
If you find that on a bush, the age of which more than 8 years old, the leaves and flowers have become fine, and the shoots grow weak and short - it's time to spend the rejuvenating trimming. The shoots are cut briefly, leaving a length of 50-60 cm from the ground. For the summer season, new young and strong shoots will be submitted.
Care for a snowy year in winter
In the middle strip, the snowy year perfectly winter and does not need shelter, withstanding frosts up to minus 34 degrees. In the northern regions, the spurious circle of shrubs is plunged and fall asleep with dry leaves. Young seedlings before the beginning of the winter period should be highly dipped and hide the laps to avoid the frozen of young shoots.
Reproduction of snowy year
The snowy year is easy to reproduce. The plant can be gluable, multiply by the gifts, and you can use the method of reproduction - the division of the bush, the shrub is also multiplied by a seed way.
Bust division
The most popular way to multiply the plant. In this way, you can swift too born bush. The adult bush has a fairly rich root system, which is easily divided into parts after digging.
Digging
Increase the number of bushes on the plot can be laid. To do this, under the bush, you need to dig a small groove of a small size, put long healthy shoots into it and pin them with wire, for better shooting escape. After a short period of time, the tanks are rooted and forms a strong root system. The rooted escape from the mother's bush is cut by a secateur.
Shining
Strenches for reproduction are prepared from autumn. A strong escape is chosen for cutting, on which two laps are made: the first one over the kidney, the second - the painter. The length of the cutting should be about 10 cm, it is desirable that there are 3-5 kidneys. Cutted cuttings are placed in river sand and soil boxes, the depth of planting a cutlery is 30 cm. The billet of green cuttings is carried out in June, and weedly, autumn.
Store cuttings in drawers in a greenhouse or in a greenhouse, be sure to cover them with shaded glass.
During the rooting of cuttings, the ground in the boxes should be constantly moistened. By the autumn, a snowy-year cutlets will form a viable root system and will be ready for a transplant to a permanent place.
Seeds
The reproduction of the snowy year seeds is the most complex and time-consuming method. To reproduce the plant, you need to buy good seeds or prepare them yourself, clearing the fruits from the pulp and dry well.
It is recommended to plant seeds in flower pots in February. The landing is carried out with a fertile soil consisting of humus, peat and river sand taken in equal proportions. Seeding seeds - superficial, they are not recommended to deeply plunge into the ground. After landing, the container should be covered with glass. Watering the seeds very carefully, not allowing their flushing from the soil. The first young seedlings will appear by the spring, and by the end of the spring or at the beginning of the summer they can already be priced and disassemble into an open ground.
Pests and diseases of the snowy year
Snowy year is resistant to diseases and pests. In rare cases, plants are exposed to fungal infection, the wines of the excessive humidity of the soil. The branches of the shrub is striking the mildew, and the fruit is gray rot. The prevention is carried out by treating bushes with an early three-percent mortar of burglar fluid. If preventive measures were not carried out in the spring period, the sick copies are processed by fungicides - Fundazol, topaz.
Often young and gentle shoots of the snowy year attacks the wave. In the struggle with the pest, it is used spraying with a solution of ash or sprinkle branches, dyed with dry ashes before the rain. The rain will wash the ashes with escape along with pests. After the procedure for the destruction of the twilty method, the soil under the bush should be exploded.
Snowy Food - Decent Garden Decoration
The snow year looks beautifully both in a single and group landing in the garden. He is especially good as a living hedge, which can often be seen in urban parks, household plots. An unpretentious snowy year is used to design areas where other plants do not take root, for example, on the slopes, in the shaded corners of the garden. 
Luxurious shrub looks attractive and elevantly all year round. In the spring is a magnificent bush with abundant green foliage, blooming small inflorescences of pink, white, and closer to autumn it is drawn into a white outfit from snow-white, pink, red berries - beads.
Gardeners have long appreciated the decorativeness of the shrub and use it in landscaped compositions, the shrub is well trimming, it can be given any shape.
Especially exquisitely a snowy year looks on a dark green background of coniferous trees or in a group with other deciduous shrubs. Spectacular shrub with snow-white pearl berries in the neighborhood with Ryabina, which contrasts with him with its bright red fruits.
It will be great to look a bush near the fence or fence. It should be borne in mind that a snowy year is a poisonous plant, so it is not recommended to plant it near the playgrounds. If the bush grows in your yard, be sure to warn children that these attractive berries are not edible and can harm their health. 
The unpretentiousness and attractiveness of the snowy year makes it an indispensable culture for landing in any garden or plot. Gentle elegant bushes, with hanging branches, littered with snow-white beads, a decent dacha decoration in winter.
Snowy year, photo
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