Swidośliwa lamarckais a plant highly recommended for planting in allotment and home gardens due to its high frost resistance and low soil requirements. In spring it is decorated with beautiful flowers, and in autumn the leaves change color beautifully. Also attractive arecherry fruits , somewhat reminiscent of the American blueberry. Find out aboutthe secrets of the cultivation of the porcupine , see how to plant it on your plot and where to find the bestseedlings !
Swidośliwa lamarcka blooms white in spring
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Swidośliwa lamarcka(Amelanchier lamarckii) is one of more than twenty species of plants belonging to the genus of lampoons. This species is native to eastern Canada. By dendrologists, it is sometimes mistakenly included in the speciesCanadian beetle(Amelanchier canadensis). This plant can take the shape of a shrub or a small tree 7-10 m high and 3 m wide. Usually, however, when planted in our climate gardens, it does not exceed 5 m in height.
are revealed already in spring, when at the turn of April and May the plant blooms profusely with small, white flowers, gathered in short clusters up to 4 cm long.
Leaves appear on the plant along with the flowers.Leaflet leavesare elliptical or lanceolate-elliptical, shortly and sharply pointed at the apex and rounded at the base. They reach a length of 4-10 cm. Their edges are finely serrated.Young leaves are brownish and white pubescent, later turning gray-green. In autumn, they change their color to an attractive yellow-red color, being an additional decoration of the shrub in this period.
Strawberry fruits , often compared to blueberries, are spherical, purple-red, becoming darker as they mature. They ripen in July but can remain on the plant for quite a long time. They have numerous nutritional values and taste delicious. They are juicy and sweet. Perfect to eat raw, they can also be dried (dried like raisins) and made into compotes. They are often added to cakes and used as an ingredient in jams. If we do not pick all the fruit from the bushes, they will attract numerous birds - starlings, field field, robins, magpies, for which they are an excellent delicacy.
The Lamarca Lambda bears spherical, small fruit, reminiscent of berries
Świdośliwa lamarcka - planting
Raspberry seedlingsare usually sold as single-stem plants in containers. As a result, the root ball of the plant is well developed and there is no risk of damaging it. The best planting date is spring or fall, but like most container plants, strawberries can be planted throughout the growing season.
Swidośliwa lamarckahas low soil requirements, but for good acceptance of young plants, it is worth providing slightly better conditions than those required by older specimens. Therefore, it is best to plantporridgesin fertile soil, moderately moist, neutral or slightly acidic, in a sunny position.
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It is also worth knowing that plants do not need to be planted very densely. Thanks to the root suckers, they grow quickly, creating dense thickets or hedges over time.
Świdośliwa lamarcka - cultivation and care
Swidośliwa lamarckarequires sunny or semi-shaded locations. It is very tolerant of pH and soil structure. However, it grows best in humus, sandy-clay soils with a pH of 6.0 to 7.5. In our climate, it is also fully frost-resistant. This undoubtedly predisposes it to amateur cultivation on allotments and in home gardens. It should be remembered, however, thatlamellar lamarckatolerates drought and heavy air pollution badly.
Breeding whistleis very easy. The plant itself grows through root suckers. Lychee also reproduces by herbaceous and semi-woody cuttings, layering and seeds. Sometimes you can also buy copies grafted on irgi rootstocks.
Świdośliwa lamarcka - cutting
The cutting of the lamellasis not complicated. The plant often grows by itself in such a way that it simply does not require pruning.Apart from that, bituminous fruit produces fruit on last year's and older shoots. By cutting it unskilfully, we can therefore remove branches that could bear fruit.
However, it is worthdo trimmingif we want the plant to look really nice and have a regular habit. Recommended
the cutting date of the Lambert Wormis early spring, just before the start of vegetation but when the risk of severe frosts is over. Usually, March is a good time.
The first cut of the honeycombis good to make after planting to stimulate the plant to grow and produce strong skeletal shoots. If a plant is planted in the spring, cut it immediately after planting. Plants planted in autumn should be pruned next spring, because cut immediately in autumn may freeze. During this pruning, all shoots are significantly shortened.
Then we leave the hallmark without cutting. After 2-4 years after planting, it should start fruiting. In the following years, we only conductsanitary cutting and X-ray cutting Each spring, we remove damaged, broken and frozen branches. We also cut out those that intersect and overly thicken the crown of the shrub and those that are too low to the ground. In general, however, these cuts should not be too many.
Only after 6-8 years, a stronger cut may be necessaryrejuvenating the cutlery
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