All about the dorenboz snowberry

You can decorate the garden of a private house or summer cottage, creating an incredible atmosphere, using ornamental shrubs. A very popular variety is the dorenbose snowberry, bred by Dutch breeders.

The dorenboz snowberry is a plant that came to us from the Netherlands... The ornamental shrub is characterized by compactness, unpretentious maintenance and incredibly attractive appearance. In favorable conditions, the shrub grows to a height of 80-100 cm, extremely rarely up to 130-150 cm.The plant has a rather spreading crown, hanging, slightly elongated branches, growing semi-horizontally shoots, as well as abundant foliage with emerald-green foliage.

A distinctive feature of the plant is the arrangement of inflorescences along almost the entire length of the brushes.... Flowers are collected in neat inflorescences. Separately, the flowers are absolutely inconspicuous, but their mass on shrubs during the flowering period is simply impressive. During this period, the plant is incredibly beautiful and elegant. The bloom palette is limited to white and pink shades. The shrub blooms for 2 months - from May to July.

By autumn, the ovary and the formation of spherical fruits occurs. The berries look like porcelain beads of different sizes (average diameter 10 mm). The berries, collected in neat rounded bunches, hang on the branches for a long time - they are not afraid of leaf fall, various weather surprises, frosts. The berries are inedible, but not harmful, and rarely attract the attention of birds. Ball-shaped beads hang almost until the end of winter.

Today, the Dutch shrub is represented by many varieties, which have their own growing characteristics, characteristic external differences.

Continuing the chain of crosses, scientists were able to breed different varieties of the dorenboz snowberry. Let's list the brightest and most popular.

• Mather of Pearl... This is a shrub with an open crown shape, creeping shoots and abundant thickening of emerald green foliage. In summer, the plant is densely covered with small snow-white flowers, reminiscent of bells, which are collected in a brush. At the beginning of autumn, white spherical berries with a pinkish blush begin to ripen on the bush.

• Magic berry. It is a deciduous shrub with a voluminous crown, with elongated, arched shoots that can take root when in contact with the ground. Symphoricarpos Doorenbosii Magic berry grows up to 100 cm in height and 150 cm in width. It blooms for several months in summer with bell-shaped snow-white flowers collected in a brush. Ball-shaped berries of a purple hue ripen in September and hang on the branches until spring.

• White hedge. It is a sprawling shrub that grows up to 100-130 cm in height and up to 150 cm in width.It is characterized by White hedge with dense foliage, dark green medium-sized leaves, hanging shoots and beautiful racemose inflorescences, in which medium-sized pink-white bells are collected, blooming several summer months. In September, large white berries ripen on the bush, collected in neat bunches.

• Amethyst... This is perhaps the most unusual shrub in this series. Its crown is very branched, spreading, thickened with medium-sized dark green foliage. It grows in height up to 150 cm, while the diameter of the crown is the same. The shrub is frost-resistant.In summer, it is abundantly covered with pale pink flowers, collected in inflorescences, and in September, bead berries with an uneven white-purple cover ripen on the bush.

Another popular subspecies is Magic Candycharacterized by a rounded crown, abundantly covered in summer with pinkish flowers, and in autumn - with white-pink spherical berries.

Dorenboza snowberry is a very stress-resistant plant, therefore it easily adapts to growing conditions. Moreover, he resistant to frost and prolonged heat... It is comfortable for the shrub to grow in a sunny area in nutritious soils, but the plant will tolerate light shade. The most suitable are sandy loam and loamy fertile soils, which are good for moisture and air.

Planting the plant is carried out in a pre-prepared hole with walls 50-60 cm. The distance between plantings should be at least 1 meter, since the shrub is very voluminous.

Dorenboza snowberry is a hybrid form, therefore it is grown mainly vegetatively. There are three ways to grow an ornamental plant.

• Separation of mature bushes... This is possible if the shrub is more than 4-5 years old.
• By cuttings... Before the procedure, the cuttings are treated with growth stimulants.
• Root offspring.