Until now, I associate May with three plants: apple tree, lilac and viburnum. Soon, at the end of this month, the last bell will ring in schools, and teachers will receive luxurious May bouquets from grateful students.

Until now, I associate May with three plants: apple tree, lilac and viburnum. Soon, at the end of this month, the last bell will ring in schools, and teachers will receive luxurious May bouquets from grateful students. I remember that on this day the pupils always gave my mother lilacs and viburnum Buldonezh, the snow-white balls of which seemed unusually beautiful and almost fabulous to me, then a little girl.

On the southern coast of Crimea, the first viburnums bloom very early: from mid-December, but the peak of their snow-white, pink flowering occurs in May, so it was in this month, ignoring the time frame, that I tried to collect all the most interesting views viburnum and talk about their decorative qualities and cultivation characteristics. So, let's get acquainted.

Japanese evergreen “stately” beauty - viburnum awabuki ( Viburnum awabuki) is native to Japan and South Korea. It is tall, up to 4 m and long-lived. The leaves are large and shiny. The flowers are white, collected in loose, drooping inflorescences; bloom in May-June. It bears fruit regularly in September, but produces few viable seeds.

Features of cultivation

Relatively winter-hardy species. On the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory, during severe winters with an absolute minimum of -10-11°C, only the leaves are damaged to a greater or lesser extent. On the southern coast of Crimea, in cold winters, the ends of annual shoots freeze, with the loss of most of the leaves. Tolerates partial shade, but for abundant flowering requires a sunny location and moderately moist, fertile, clay soils. Resistant to pests. Propagated by cuttings. Nice plant for exotic groups, hedges.

Snow-white beauty (during flowering) - Barkwood viburnum ( Viburnum x burkwoodii) represents garden hybrid Kalina viburnum and useful viburnum. It is a semi-evergreen shrub 2.5 m high and wide. The leaves are longitudinally wrinkled, up to 10 cm long. The flowers are pinkish-white, fragrant, in large umbellate inflorescences, up to 9 cm in diameter. Blooms in spring; fruits are rarely produced. Decorative forms are available.

Features of cultivation

Propagated by cuttings. Prefers light shade and well-drained, fertile soils. A good plant for small groups and close-in tapeworms.

A very difficult to pronounce species - viburnum bodnantsky ( Viburnum x bodnantense), which, like the previous one, is a garden hybrid, but of fragrant viburnum and grandiflora viburnum. This is a deciduous shrub up to 3 m high, growing up to 2 m in width. Leaves are up to 10 cm long, young bronze. The flowers are light pink, collected in apical corymbs, up to 7 cm in diameter. Fruits are rarely set. There are decorative forms, the most interesting among them is ‘ Dawn’ (flowers are dark pink, collected in convex corymbose inflorescences, white when flowering).

Many people know the viburnum gordovina ( Viburnum lantana). It is native to Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia. This is a deciduous shrub 2-4 m high. The leaves are rounded-ovate, up to 12 cm long. The flowers are creamy-white with thin pleasant aroma, collected in inflorescences - convex umbrella-shaped panicles, up to 10 cm in diameter; bloom in May. The fruits initially turn red and, as they ripen, acquire a blue-black color with a light coating. They are larger than the fruits of other types of viburnums, reaching a length of 12-15 mm. They ripen in September-October and are pecked very quickly by birds.

Features of cultivation

Viburnum is of medium growth rate, shade-tolerant, frost-resistant, can withstand frosts down to -23-25°C (at lower temperatures the leaves freeze). Tolerates saline soils, is drought-resistant, but grows better when watered. Blooms and fruits profusely in sufficiently moist, fertile, regularly cultivated soil. Known for its tolerance to a variety of conditions. Can be used for single and group planting in open areas and in partial shade. Slightly damaged by pests. Propagated by seeds, cuttings and layering. Seed germination lasts for 2 years. Before sowing, it is recommended to stratify the seeds at 5-10°C for up to 3 months. There is also information about possible thermal stratification at the same time. Seed placement depth is up to 3 cm. One of the most decorative shrubs with beautiful foliage, inflorescences and fruits, suitable for planting on summer cottages tapeworms and groups.

Chinese evergreen beauty - Viburnum David ( Viburnum davidii); homeland: Western China. This is a compact, squat shrub, 1-1.5 m high and wide. The leaves are like those of a plantain, up to 15 cm long. The flowers are white, in sparse, corymbose inflorescences; bloom in late spring. Rarely bears fruit.

Features of cultivation

Propagated by cuttings. Prefers shady places with moderately moist and fertile soil. Original plant for shady gardens.

And again the eastern viburnum - the most fragrant viburnum ( Viburnum odoratissimum) native to the Southeast Himalayas, Central China. This is a large evergreen shrub, up to 5 m high and wide. The leaves are thick, glossy, elongated oval, up to 20 cm long. The flowers are white, fragrant, collected in round racemes, 8-10 cm long. Red fruits are rarely formed.

Features of cultivation

Low winter hardiness: can withstand temperatures down to -5 degrees C. Propagated by cuttings. Prefers shaded locations with moist, fertile, clayey, acidic soils. Beautiful plant for small groups and as a tapeworm under the canopy of tall trees.

Eastern beauty - Carl's viburnum ( Viburnum carlesii); homeland: Korea, Japan. A small deciduous shrub up to 2 m high and wide. The leaves are ovate-oval, wrinkled. The flowers are white, as if sculpted from wax, collected in sparse corymbose inflorescences, with a very delicate scent; They bloom before the leaves bloom, in April-May. Fruits are rarely produced. There are decorative forms, the most decorative being ‘Aurora’ (the bush is more compact, the flowers are pale pink). The fruits are blue-black drupes that ripen in September-October.

Very spectacular during the flowering period, large-headed viburnum ( Viburnum macrocephalum) is a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub up to 5 m high and wide. It is a garden hybrid. The leaves are ovate-oval, up to 10 cm long. The flowers are white, sterile (not setting fruit), collected in large, spherical inflorescences, up to 15 cm in diameter! The inflorescences are similar to those of the common viburnum "Pink"; the same greenish at the beginning of flowering and turning pink when flowering fades.

Features of cultivation

Low winter hardiness: can withstand temperatures down to -5 degrees C. Propagated by cuttings, but poorly. Prefers light shade and moist, fertile, acidic soils. Spectacular plant as solitaires and for small groups.

Laurel leaf viburnum, or evergreen

Mediterranean beauty - viburnum laurel leaf ( Viburnum tinus), which blooms on the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory and the southern coast of Crimea starting in winter, in early spring. Interestingly, the Latin word tinus The ancient Romans named many plants whose leaves were similar to those of Laurus nobilis. It is an evergreen shrub, 1-3 m high. The leaves are leathery, sparsely and rigidly pubescent, pointed-oval. The flowers are white, sometimes with a pinkish tint, collected in flat, corymbose inflorescences, 5-10 cm in diameter, which appear on normally developed plants almost all year round, but most abundant flowering noted in winter period. Viburnum laurel is one of the most common and most resistant winter flowers not only in the Sochi region, but also in Yalta. The fruits are oval-pointed, pearl-blue and always set in abundance, and in summer time this type is a spectacular, beautifully fruited shrub. Decorative forms are available.

Another Chinese evergreen beauty is Viburnum wrinklefolia ( Viburnum rhytidophyllum), homeland: Central and Western China. This is a tall shrub (3-5 m), growing up to 4 m in width, with a rather loose, sparse crown. The leaves are large, up to 20 cm long, drooping, with an interesting relief-wrinkled structure. The flowers are small, creamy-white, collected in loose, flattened inflorescences, up to 20 cm in diameter; they are decorative and in the bud stage; bloom in April-May. The blackish-purple fruits set well.

Features of cultivation

Requires moderately moist soils or normal watering during the growth period, semi-shade, protected from drying winds, location, neutral soils. It is the most frost-resistant of all evergreen viburnums. Easily propagated by seeds and vegetatively (cuttings). Effective in single and group plantings. Slightly damaged by pests.

The very famous viburnum viburnum ( Viburnum opulus) is native to Eurasia. This is a spreading deciduous shrub up to 5 m high, up to 4 m wide. The leaves are spatulate, large, up to 10 cm long. The flowers are white, in flat inflorescences, the marginal flowers of which are sterile, with relatively large, white petals. The fruits are juicy red berries in loose, flattened clusters; touched by frost, they are edible with a unique taste and aroma.

Features of cultivation

Shade-tolerant, moisture-loving, prefers fertile, moist soils, but also grows on fairly dry loamy soils. On the southern coast of Crimea it suffers somewhat from drought, but blooms and bears fruit satisfactorily. Quite durable: lives up to 50 years or more. Propagated by seeds, root suckers, cuttings. When sowing in autumn with freshly harvested seeds, seedlings appear after 1.5 years. For spring sowing, 6 months of stratification in wet sand at a temperature of about 5°C is required. Seeds are planted to a depth of 2.5-3 cm. Germination varies from 40-90%.
It develops normally only on constantly moist, fertile soils, in well-lit places. A beautiful, traditionally favorite ornamental shrub for single and group plantings. Its decorative form "Roseum" is very impressive - a form with completely sterile flowers in spherical inflorescences, 5-6 cm in diameter, which initially appear greenish color, then become white and, when flowering, pinkish.

That is why its scientific name is "Pink", while in common parlance it is often called "Bulldonezh" - a distorted French name " Snowball". This form is less demanding on soil moisture and the degree of illumination. Luxurious viburnum for tapeworms and group plantings. Severely damaged by black viburnum aphids and roseate leaf roller. Suitable for planting on hills in groups or tapeworms. Formed standard specimens are very good.

Viburnum utile) is native to Central China. It is an evergreen shrub, up to 1.5 m high. The leaves are elliptical-ovate, 2-7 cm long. The flowers are white, fragrant, collected in dense stellate-pubescent corymbs, 5-8 cm in diameter; bloom in April-May. The fruits are bluish-black.

Features of cultivation

Prefers a semi-shaded location and requires improved local soil conditions and watering in the summer. It does not tolerate a lack of soil moisture, especially in a sunny location: in such cases, leaves are dropped. Suitable for planting along walls, borders and in groups. It is practically not damaged by pests.

East Asian beauty - folded viburnum ( Viburnum plicatum), homeland - China, Japan, Taiwan. It is a deciduous shrub with arched drooping branches, 3 m high and 4 m wide. The leaves are ovate-oval, with folded leaves. The inflorescences are very similar to the inflorescences of the common viburnum, but they are located on the branches in pairs along the entire length of the shoots, which is why this viburnum is very elegant during flowering. Rarely produces fruits. Decorative forms are available.

Features of cultivation

Propagated by cuttings. This viburnum is not demanding on growing conditions, but the most lush bushes are obtained when planted in lighted areas with fertile, well-drained soil. A beautiful plant for tapeworms and groups.

Viburnum Farrera, or fragrant

Chinese fragrant beauty - Viburnum Farrera ( Viburnum farreri, syn. V. fragrans), homeland: Northern China. It is a deciduous shrub, up to 3 m high and up to 2.5 m wide. The leaves are elliptical, up to 10 cm long. The flowers are from white to pink, fragrant, collected in inflorescences, up to 5 cm in diameter; bloom in winter and early spring.

Features of cultivation

It is quite winter-hardy: it can withstand temperatures down to -15 degrees C. It is undemanding under cultural conditions. Slightly damaged by pests. Suitable for single planting and in groups. For rejuvenation, all old branches are cut at a level of 15-20 cm from the soil surface. Propagated by seeds, layering and cuttings, both green and woody.

A few facts about viburnums that you didn’t know yet:

• Have you noticed that viburnum leaves are shaped like maple leaves? Hence Latin name sort of Viburnum- Roman designation for common maple, which emphasizes the external similarity of the leaves of these two plants.
• Viburnum seeds germinate only after a year during autumn and spring sowing, so late summer sowing from mid-August is recommended.
• Most viburnums have edible fruits, they contain a significant amount of valuable substances for the human body. organic acids, vitamins and about 15 different chemical elements.
• The bark, leaves, flowers and fruits of some types of viburnums have long been widely used in medicine.
• Viburnums are decorative, dust- and gas-resistant, some species can withstand drought and soil salinity, and tolerate pruning of branches well, allowing the formation of various types of crowns. They have a high restorative ability, so they are used to create roadside snow collection strips in shelter forestry, to stabilize soils on mountain slopes and as undergrowth to attract birds to plantings.

Placing viburnums at the dacha

Viburnums in flower are so self-sufficient that they can easily cope with the role of the May dominant in a summer cottage.

Which of us in the fall did not freeze in admiration, seeing a beautiful bright viburnum bush, strewn with large red clusters of berries and no less colorful leaves.

The spring flowering of viburnum also does not leave us indifferent.

But she is not only charmingly beautiful, but also extremely useful.

Kalina, familiar to us from songs, stories and fairy tales since childhood, lives in the wild not only in Russia.

She loves a moderate climate and settles in such areas. Asia - both Russian, Middle and Small - is good for viburnum.

Europe is just as good: both in our country and in the West. Viburnum is not afraid of the Siberian cold and the Crimean heat either.

Revered by our ancestors for their healing properties, beauty and, as they believed, magical properties, viburnum has not lost its value for us.

This elegant shrub is usually displayed in many courtyards, front gardens, and gardens. Viburnum is pleasing to the eye and brings considerable benefits.

In Russia, not only songs and literary works contributed to the popularization of viburnum.

The film “Kalina Krasnaya”, which unites generations, created by V. Shukshin, forms a touching attitude towards the plant even on a subconscious level.

In the old days, there was a custom in Rus': girls of marriageable age embroidered viburnum on towels. Leaves, berries on a white background, beautiful towels.

The product was intended as a gift to the chosen one. The one the girl wanted to call her husband. It was the girl who made the choice, who decided to take the first step. But the guy might not accept the gift. If he accepted, they were preparing for the wedding. Returned it and the girl refused.

Weddings would not be complete without viburnum; it decorated tables and appeared in the wreaths of the bridesmaids.

Morphology, biology

Botanical name of viburnum: Viburnum vulgare. Aka: red viburnum.

Scientists are working on classification and changing the names of some families. Or they move plants to other groups based on identified characteristics.

For a long time, viburnum was one of the honeysuckles, but now it has been separated from this family into another: adoxaceae.

The name of the family is not important: viburnum remains the same.

This is a long-lived (half a century old) shrub with a variety of species in height. It can be low - one and a half meters, or it can grow up to four meters.

Even one species included in different conditions, manifests itself differently.

From a viburnum seed that falls into a deep crevice in the soil landscape, it will grow significantly larger plant than from growing on an open surface.

Plants are drawn to the light. Where it is lacking, the upward growth of viburnum will be enhanced. A viburnum tree may grow. If there is enough nutrition and moisture.

The bark is smooth only on young light brown shoots. Later they acquire a gray tint and become covered with cracks (“shaggy”).

More often the shoots are rounded, sometimes they can be ribbed. If you need to verify from a young bush that it is viburnum, cut the shoot.

It shows a reddish hexagon-shaped core.

Viburnum has two types of shoots. Some are fruitful, others are barren. They can be distinguished. Consider the terminal buds.

On sterile ones, one bud is located in the center of the end of the shoot. Fruitful ones are crowned with two buds. Between these buds a growth point is visible: the tip of the shoot.

The leaves are large, up to 10 cm long, with blades, the shape resembles a maple leaf, but the outline is a little softer, and the plate itself is a little thicker.

The color is intense green, dark, the leaves are wrinkled. The leaves at the bottom of the plate are often pubescent and differ in color from the upper side: they are greyish.

The viburnum becomes red all over before the leaves fall. Its leaves turn intensely red in the fall, completing the growing season.

Flowers are very decorative. Umbrella-shaped white panicles are elegant; when the viburnum blooms, it is strewn with them, as if doused with white foam.

She is beautiful in any period, including the rest period. In winter, bare shoots adorn the fruits: drupes of bright red color, visible from a distance against the background of snow.

Drupes can reach a centimeter in diameter.

The fruit tastes bitter, but after frost, viburnum partially loses its bitterness and becomes softer in taste.

The seeds are flat round seeds and remain viable for a maximum of two years.

Viburnum is photophilous and tolerates partial shade. Does not form berries in the shade. It gravitates toward moderate moisture and does not tolerate drought or excess moisture.

Nutritional requirements are average, a golden mean in everything. It does not like overfeeding, but if it finds itself on poor soils it can grow frail.

IN different regions, in the coniferous growth zone, likes to settle next to them. Often found in combination with pine, fir, spruce.

Many deciduous ones too good neighbors viburnum, especially oak, hornbeam, alder, poplar. Does not shy away from birch and aspen, growing nearby.

IN steppe zone Viburnum looks for where it is moister and settles in floodplain areas of rivers.

The plant is cross-pollinated; for good fruit set, clear, windless weather is needed, plus the work of insects.

The largest beautiful flowers located along the edges of the inflorescence. They are sterile and serve as bait: they are visible to insects from afar.

The root system of viburnum is well branched and tends to sprout. It does not penetrate very deeply, up to half a meter.

Relative to the above-ground mass, the underground is rather weak. The roots are quite capable of feeding and holding the plant.

But if viburnum is planted in a region where summer heat is common and where there are dry periods, it becomes vulnerable.

Under such conditions, the top soil layer dries out quickly. In the absence of rain, viburnum may even die and dry out on the vine.

Moisture is needed in moderation, but always. The structure of the viburnum root does not allow it to be extracted from deep soil horizons.

Viburnum does not crumble. If desired, if the harvest is large, you can share it with the birds, picking off the tassels right in the winter, if necessary.

Determine some of it into blanks, leave the rest on the branches.

Birds rarely peck the entire crop; usually the birds have enough to eat, and the owners of the garden have enough to feast on more than once.

Beneficial features

The healing power of viburnum was revered and known by our ancient ancestors.

All over the world, viburnum has been and continues to be used as a product that simultaneously heals and prevents illnesses.

Of course, as an ornamental plant too.

Using viburnum fruits for food, a person gets with them:

• Iron necessary for hematopoietic function;
• Selenium, the deficiency of which negatively affects metabolic processes in general;
• Zinc is an essential component of most enzymes (more than forty) of the body;
• Copper is also a metal, and also a necessary component of the enzymatic system;
• Manganese is one of the controllers of brain neurotransmitters;
• Phosphorus – important element composition of the skeletal system (skeletal bones, teeth);
• Iodine is an important element for the balanced functioning of the thyroid gland, the deficiency of which is recorded in many regions;
• Chromium is a trace element that helps prevent diabetes and indispensable assistant the body of those who are already sick with this disease;
• Vitamin C. It is generally considered that citrus fruits are a piggy bank, but viburnum exceeds lemon in the content of the vitamin necessary for the body by as much as 70%;
• Vitamin A. Precursor of carotene, protector of vision;
• Vitamins K, P, E and a number of others;
• Coumarins, which reduce blood clotting;
• Tannins – disinfectants and have an astringent effect;
• Tannin, also containing tannins;
• Bitter glycoside viburnin - it not only gives bitterness to fruits, it is very useful for the heart;
• A set of organic acids that normalize metabolic processes;
• Pectin is a digestive aid.

Not only berries are useful, viburnum bark is also healing. In addition to resin and valuable tannins, it contains many organic acids.

These help maintain pregnancy if there is a tendency to prematurity. But it is important not to overdose, this will provoke the opposite effect, increasing the tone of the uterus.

Viburnum has many beneficial properties. Since ancient times, people have noticed them and used them in the treatment of many ailments and serious diseases.

Viburnum with honey is not just a wonderful delicacy. This will help with coughs and is useful for hypertensive patients. Will reduce tasty medicine high blood pressure, and with frequent use - the amount of cholesterol.

Viburnum decoction relieves vascular spasms and helps with neuroses. Viburnum is useful for those suffering from diabetes.

Since the components of the plant selectively act on the uterus, the bark and fruits can stop bleeding. They are used in decoctions.

Viburnum branches (decoction) will relieve an old cough and return a clear timbre to a voice hoarse from colds.

Viburnum bark in a decoction will help with excessive sweating (if the sweating is not secondary, as, for example, in heart patients).

You can wipe yourself with a cloth or towel soaked in the broth. You can also rinse with a solution of viburnum decoction after bathing.

With the now widespread diet from supermarkets, it won’t take long before you get scurvy. Viburnum will help out if you remember about it. A tablespoon of viburnum fruit per day is enough to cover daily requirement in anti-scorbutic vitamin C.

The red healer will help you look good too. It will strengthen your hair (you need to make masks), smooth it, and refresh your skin if you wipe it with a piece of frozen viburnum juice after sleep.

Fruits increase blood clotting, which is good for hemophilia. But if the indicator is initially elevated, you will have to refuse the tasty delicacy with a spicy bitterness.

Types and varieties

Viburnum common

There are many varieties of the shrub beloved by many gardeners.

The most common types of viburnum are:

• Ordinary - this one is more common.
• Forked - similar in characteristics to ordinary, but the branches are forked and the leaf color is yellowish. In autumn the leaves will turn bright crimson.
• Buryat black. Three-meter shrub, very branched. Young branches are smooth and yellowish. In adult plants, the bark is corky and cracked. The berries, as the name suggests, are black. They are edible only after frost, when they completely turn black. At first the fruits are pinkish. If a gardener comes across this exotic viburnum for sale, he should consider whether to take it. The plant is a free plant, a park will suit it, but it doesn’t like cities. If the site overlooks a reservoir, Buryat viburnum will live near it. Especially if nothing shades it and the soil is clayey. But it will not be able to crowd into the area, sharing it with other bushes or trees. He won't live long.
• Gordovina. Also chokeberry. Outwardly, it is very similar to an ordinary one, especially while the fruits are red and unripe. But it is more powerful, six meters high, spreading crown, can reach 5 meters in diameter.
• Wright. Red-fruited shrub (there are more black-fruited viburnum species). Low - 2.5 meters, compact, meter in diameter, crown. It differs from other species in the smoothness of the bark and the ovality of the leaves.
• Sargent. The berries are red, but pale in color. Leaves of the original Brown, gradually changing to yellow-green.

Kalina Sargenta

There are many more species that live mainly in natural conditions that are not amenable to domestication. Most of them are aronia.

Gardeners usually prefer to have a proven, reliable friend: red viburnum.

Sometimes they just bring bushes from the forest and give them a place to live. But now there are a lot of varietal red viburnums, you can choose.

Kalina Zholobovskaya

Popular varieties:

• Roseum, with flowers as lush as roses;
• Zholobovskaya - characterized by increased frost resistance;
• Ulgen is an elegant bush with purple leaves in autumn and large inflorescences of berries;
• Variegata - flowers of the variety are in light green spherical inflorescences;
• Lightning: against the background of a light green leaf, large umbrella panicles, abundantly strewn with large red berries;
• Taiga rubies. Three-lobed, richly green leaves, weighty clusters of fruits.

Growing viburnum

Viburnum Buryat

Key points to know:

• Choosing the time and place for planting viburnum;
• Soil type preferences;
• How to land;
• List of care operations and their contents;
• Pests, diseases, protection of viburnum from them;
• Collection, proper storage fruits, bark harvesting;
• Viburnum propagation.

Selecting a location

Viburnum is a hardy plant, but lack of moisture is detrimental to it.

Therefore, it should be settled where the soil does not dry out, but is not flooded. It's good if there is a body of water nearby. If not, then it should be possible to water, especially in the South, where there is often heat and long breaks in rain.

There should be enough light in the chosen place for the bush to grow powerful, beautiful, and fertile.

Considering the ratio of the above-ground and underground parts (the crown is much larger than the root system), it is better to choose a place not “on the seven winds”.

A place protected from strong winds will provide stability to the viburnum bush, allowing it to grow there and bear fruit for many years.

The soil is good fertile, fertilized loamy soil is also suitable.

Disembarkation time

Kalina Gordovina

It is optimal to plan planting for the fall. Viburnum is not afraid of cold weather and wakes up early in the spring.

Planted in the fall, it will determine its timing itself and begin to grow on time.

If you plant it in the spring, you may not meet the best deadlines. The soil will still be damp and difficult for gardening, but the plant will already begin to awaken.

By holding it until the soil ripens, the gardener will involuntarily weaken the seedling and shorten its possible growing season.

Viburnum can take root in the spring, but with less probability. The plant may be stunted in growth and not fall into the required temperature range.

If a bad start is given, it can affect the subsequent development of the viburnum bush, its fertility and longevity.

Soil preparation

Kalina Buldenezh

It is better to dig up and prepare the soil for viburnum in advance. It is advisable to give at least half a month for the soil to settle.

This way it will be more comfortable for the plant to settle into the new place allocated to it.

The pits themselves are prepared in advance. If you plan to plant more than one bush, maintain a distance of up to 3 meters, maybe a little less: they focus on the variety.

The depth of the pit is usually sufficient up to forty centimeters. It will be no less in width, maybe twice as wide, because the roots of the viburnum tend to grow horizontally. This opportunity must be provided to them.

The pit is filled with soil mixed with humus. You can add a little peat if available.

If the soil is not very nutritious, complete (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) mineral fertilizer is applied.

You don’t need much; 30 g of complex complete fertilizer per plant (one planting hole) is enough.

Planting seedlings

Planting of viburnum is carried out according to the type of planting of fruit trees.

Prepared fertile soil is poured into a heap at the bottom of the hole. The seedling is placed on this elevation with the central part of the root.

It is filled with the same soil slightly above the root collar. Then the seedling is slightly lifted by the stem a couple of centimeters.

This will cause the soil to adhere more tightly to the roots and spread them out into the ground.

Subsequent watering will cause soil sedimentation and the root collar may be exposed.

Sprinkle with unwatered soil on top so that the neck is approximately level with the soil surface.

You can get used to it, the soil above the neck is moistened, and sprinkled again just moderately damp. This stimulates the formation of adventitious roots.

At the same time, the soil, which is drier than the underlying one, will serve as mulch and prevent intense evaporation from the surface.

Viburnum does not require any additional supports. The roots will branch and support the plant themselves.

Viburnum care

Like planting, caring for viburnum is simple. The plant is unpretentious, a little care and it will flourish.

Loosening. This operation is necessary periodically, as the soil surface of the tree trunk circle compacts.

The compressed soil on the surface will not provide normal aeration of the roots. And they also need air for normal functioning.

If a soil crust or cracks have formed, moisture quickly escapes through them and evaporates. Which is especially dangerous for viburnum.

Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the soil surface of tree trunk circles. It is necessary to loosen in a timely manner; at the same time, weeds are destroyed.

It is convenient to work with a flat cutter, but you can also use a hoe.

Watering. The need for it is determined by the weather. If there is intermittent rain, you don’t have to water it: the plant will not tolerate waterlogging.

Even when loosening, you can see whether the soil is wet or already drying out.

Sometimes there is a crust on top, but underneath it is completely normal humidity the soil did not have time to dry. Then watering will be unnecessary.

But if the soil is hard or loose, and at the same time dry, it urgently needs to be watered. The lack of moisture in the heat will be visible on the viburnum leaf.

If the leaf droops, wilts, there is not enough moisture, you need to shed it thoroughly trunk circle.

Feeding. Viburnum, a resident of forests and coastal areas, is not one of the pampered gourmets.

It will grow fully and give a harvest formed from the energy of the sun and the nutrient medium of the earth.

Some gardeners are accustomed to additionally “feeding” all the plants in their area. This is not forbidden for viburnum, as long as it is in moderation.

Immediately after planting, the viburnum is fed. Next year - depending on the situation. If growth is weak and there are no particular reasons for this, you can feed it.

While the bush is forming, good organic fertilizers: with loosening compost and humus into tree trunk circles.

But during the budding period of a fruit-bearing plant, organic matter is no longer given. This is nitrogen, it will cause vigorous growth of green mass.

We need phosphorus and potassium. They will help flowering, setting and ripening of fruits. They are given in mineral form with watering.

Trimming

The viburnum bush is prone to thickening. If you do not intelligently shape it, very quickly the viburnum will cease to please the eye, turning into a forest savage. The yield will not be good either.

There are two types of crowns of viburnum, formed by gardeners. Either this is a standard form, or the viburnum will grow as a bush.

It will produce a harvest in any case, but quantitatively the bush will surpass the tree in this regard.

The tree-like formation will enhance the decorative effect of the viburnum. The tree is elegant in any season. But during the flowering period, both forms will not yield to each other.

The choice is up to the gardener; he will do what he likes best.

Staff uniform. The viburnum bush sends out many vertical shoots.

If a tree-like form is preferred, a strong, even shoot is chosen, the rest are cut out flush with the soil. Competitors will have to be cut out more than once.

The future trunk is grown by pinching off the lateral buds from the bottom of the shoot. Viburnum does not grow quickly in the first years, so the shoot will not grow to the required branching height faster than in two years.

All this time, the excess is removed: shoots, buds on the trunk or shoots that have managed to grow on it.

The shoot will grow to 2 m - this is the starting point: the formation of the crown of the viburnum tree begins.

Pinching is carried out: the growth point is pinched off. This is a stimulus for the awakening of replacement lateral shoots. They quickly begin to grow, there is abundant branching.

On the trunk, the buds are also activated and growing. They are removed while continuing to contain the growth.

The crown is gradually formed. Thickening is not allowed; several main skeletal branches are left, the rest are removed.

Dry, damaged shoots are also cut out.

Bush form. There are subtleties here that contribute to both higher yields and neater bush formation.

When in the spring the shoots appear like a thick brush from under the melted snow, they get down to business. The kidneys should still be sleeping.

The branches are cut, leaving up to four buds on each. As it gets warmer, the buds will actively begin to vegetate and sprout.

When they grow to 30 cm, growth points are removed. The will to live of the viburnum is great, the remaining cuttings of the shoots will bristle with new ones.

They will grow vertically. Leaving the best ones, the gardener will form the shape of the bush he needs, create its frame and silhouette.

There is no need to thicken the bush form of viburnum. The priority is firmly and beautifully located strong branches.

Their number is optional. Everything weak or poorly directed (for example, inside the crown) is removed.

Prune viburnum without waiting for warm weather in the spring. You need to catch it before its buds open, so the manipulation is easier to bear.

Diseases and pests

Not a single plant has ever escaped without this unfortunate misfortune. Some people experience more trouble, others less.

But no one has yet achieved absolute invulnerability.

Diseases

Viburnum is a very resistant plant and is almost not susceptible to disease.

Sometimes the plant is affected:

• Powdery mildew;
• Spotting of fungal etiology;
• Bacterial spotting.

powdery mildew. It appears in years with damp weather conditions.

As with most other plants, this disease manifests itself as a white coating on top of the leaf, and a gray coating on the bottom of its plate.

The disease is harmful, in order to prevent it from taking over the entire bush, completely diseased shoots are cut out and burned.

Then the plant is treated with preparations that include copper: powdery mildew killed by copper-containing pesticides.

Spotting. Spotting fungal origin(the fungus is easily distinguished by a coating on the bottom of the leaf, the spread of mycelium, dusting of spores from the resulting black sporangia) are also afraid of fungicides with copper.

Preventative spraying is preferable. This is done before the beginning of the growing season, just before the buds open.

At the same time, fungicides will serve as prevention against a whole range of pathogenic fungi.

Bacterial spot. If the spots on the plant are of bacterial etiology, you need to select an appropriate drug that acts specifically on the bacterial flora.

Spraying with an ash-soap, not very concentrated, solution or infusion of garlic will not hurt.

You can prepare an alcoholic infusion of walnut leaves in advance, and then add this infusion to the water in small concentrations.

It turns out intensely brown: it contains iodine in large quantities. Disinfects well and kills pathogens.

At the same time, it feeds viburnum with iodine: a valuable microelement.

Pests

There are always competitors for horticultural products. We're not the only ones who love tasty things.

Viburnum is less fortunate with pests: it even has specific viburnums:

• Viburnum leaf beetle;
• Viburnum gall midge;
• Viburnum leaf roller;
• Viburnum black aphid.

Others also come to the bush for food:

• Spiny honeysuckle sawfly;
• Lobed green moth;
• Honeysuckle gall midge.

These are the main lovers of viburnum, causing harm to it.

Viburnum leaf beetle. Little bug causing great harm. Both the larvae and the beetle eat the leaves, but the eggs are harmless.

They eat all the green mass, except for the veins and petioles.

Tomato tops and peppers - in infusions, and the drug bitoxibacillin can ecologically reduce the number of leaf beetles.

In advanced cases, organophosphate insecticides are used.

Viburnum gall midge. This pest destroys the crop: the larvae hatch directly in the buds and eat them away.

The larvae overwinter shallowly in the soil, so tilling (loosening) the soil before winter or very early in the spring greatly reduces the number of overwintered pests.

Spraying is carried out twice: before flowering, then after it. For processing flowering plants poisons are always taboo.

Honeysuckle gall midge- Exactly the same pest, differs only in the color of the larva. They fight it in the same way.

Viburnum leaf roller. The butterfly is harmless, the caterpillar makes up for it with gluttony.

The color of the larva is different, maybe gray-blue, maybe dark green.

The larvae begin feeding from the buds, then eat the leaves, the remains of which are twisted into cobweb nests. There they pupate.

Leaf roller nests are clearly visible and can be collected and destroyed.

At the beginning of the next growing season, before buds open, they are treated with organophosphorus pesticides. Repeat the treatment at the beginning of budding.

Viburnum black aphid. Aphids are dark in color. “It works” like all aphids: it sucks out juices. It feeds exclusively on viburnum plants.

The leaf curls, dries, young shoots also die, their end parts dry out.

If care is inadequate, the shoots are not removed in time, aphids are likely to come as uninvited guests.

She will easily overwinter on the shoots. Cutting out the shoots is both prevention and control if the pest is already present.

It is imperative to cut out and burn the foci of aphids.

All available remedies used on other types of aphids will also help: infusions of nightshade tops (tomato, potato), garlic, pepper, celandine, ash-soap solution.

If aphids are dealt with thoroughly, pesticides may not be needed.

Spiny honeysuckle sawfly. The very word “sawfly” evokes pity for the viburnum plant.

Elegant olive larvae with ornaments on the back, covered with thorns, begin their meal from the edges of the leaves.

After some time, nothing remains of the leaf.

By digging up the soil late, in the pre-winter period, and early, in early spring, the gardener deprives many pests of the pleasure of overwintering comfortably.

This method is also good against the sawfly; it also overwinters near the surface of the soil.

All measures applied against aphids also apply to sawflies. Only if you can’t get rid of the voracious pest, then use pesticides.

Also better than the organophosphorus series (such as karbofos and analogues).

Lobed green moth. The pest caterpillar feeds on the ovaries of flowers. The pest is polyphagous, but will not miss viburnum.

You can distinguish them by their yellow-green color and bright decoration: red-brown line along the back and similar spots.

Karbofos will help out before and after the flowering period.

Viburnum collection, storage

Viburnum does not fall, but you should not be late in collecting. Birds like its fruits; first you need to stock up on a tasty potion for yourself.

And overripe berries lose their strength and may burst. The juice will drain, leaving a drupe and shell.

Therefore, the leaves have begun to fall, check the ripeness and start collecting viburnum. Then she is in full viburnum juice.

Carefully cutting off the umbrella panicles of inflorescences with ripe berries, place them loosely in a breathable container.

Having transferred the harvest to a place convenient for sorting, they sort it.

If there is an attic space, clusters of dense, large fruits tied in bunches are hung there.

They will keep well and can be consumed fresh in winter.

If the region has snowy winters, it is easy to arrange storage in the snow.

Viburnum for medicinal purposes or for vitamin fruit drinks can be dried directly in bunches, hanging them where it is dry and cool.

In winter, then brew it, add honey, it will be a healing drink.

All other types of storage of viburnum fruits are a variety of dishes. Delicious, mostly sweet, preparations.

Viburnum propagation

Viburnum can be propagated in several vegetative ways, and also by seed.

Accepted types of viburnum propagation:

• Green cuttings;
• Layering (usually horizontal, sometimes vertical);
• Dividing the bush;
• Vaccination;
• Seed propagation.

Green cuttings and grafting are labor-intensive species that are rarely used in amateur gardening, but they do exist.

More often, gardeners propagate viburnum by dividing the bush, layering and seeds.

Dividing the bush. The bush is dug up, the root part is cut with a shovel into fragments with shoots, and several seedlings are obtained.

Viburnum tolerates such treatment and quickly begins to grow.

It turns out several absolutely identical plants in their varietal characteristics.

They produce a harvest much earlier than with other types of viburnum propagation.

Horizontal layering. In the spring, while the viburnum is still dormant, the lower branches with good growth are diverted from the bush to the ground dug up in the fall.

Place in shallow prepared grooves and pin. Then sprinkle with soil.

With warmth, the buds awaken and produce vertical shoots. They are periodically hilled up, leaving the tops on the surface.

By autumn, a shoot with developed roots forms in the ground at the site of each former maternal bud.

Closer to the cold weather, these shoots open, raking out the soil carefully.

The resulting cuttings with roots are cut into fragments and planted before winter.

Vertical layers. The shoots from the bush are used as them.

It grows quickly, and when it grows 10 centimeters, it is trained, monitoring the moisture of the soil: it should not be allowed to dry out.

The growth point remains at the top. Once it grows, repeat the hilling.

Repeat this as many times during the growing season as the shoot can grow. They are left to overwinter without opening.

It is necessary to open it early in the spring, dig up shoots with already strong roots and plant them.

If necessary, you can do this before wintering, in late autumn.

Seed propagation. This is for the patient and strong-willed. You can't predict in advance what will happen.

Varietal splitting is inevitable. Plants will rarely look like their parents, they will be different.

Maybe it’s better, but it’s not a fact. More often they lose valuable varietal qualities.

And the method itself cannot be called fast: the seeds will sprout in a year and a half if you sow them immediately after receiving the seed material.

Artificial stratification can be carried out. It's troublesome, but possible. Then shoots are expected next year.

But the seedlings will still not begin to bear fruit before the age of five.

But for those who love experiments, any difficulties will only be a joy; someone will follow this path exclusively.

Whatever variety you choose, whatever growing method you like, the main thing is that you like the culture itself.

Viburnum, our wild and domestic long-time friend, healing, nutritious and simply beautiful - is worth registering on any garden plot.

See you soon, dear readers!

The red viburnum, glorified in Russia by the writer Vasily Shukshin, actually appears as such only in the fall, during the fruiting period, when the scarlet clusters ripen and the leaves acquire purple hues. But the ornamental viburnum shrub is no less beautiful during flowering, when the branches of the plant are strewn with white flowers with a very peculiar aroma. This shrub of northern latitudes is quite frost-resistant and practically not susceptible to diseases.

What does common viburnum look like?

The viburnum bush belongs to the Honeysuckle family. About 200 species are known, distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. The flowers are white or cream, less often pink, collected in corymbose inflorescences. Blooms for three weeks. The fruit is a berry-shaped drupe. We most often grow 2 species.

What does viburnum, so revered by the Russian people, look like? This shrub is widely distributed in the wild in the European part of Russia and Siberia.

A spreading bush up to 4 m high and up to 3 m wide with grayish-white, sometimes reddish shoots. The leaves are three-lobed, dark green, turning bright yellow, red or purple in the fall.

White flowers are collected in loose corymbs with a diameter of 10-15 cm. First, sterile flowers open along the edge of the inflorescence; small central flowers open later and emit a peculiar smell. Blooms in late May - June. The fruits are bright red and ripen in September. Severely damaged, susceptible to attack.

Of the garden forms, the most interesting is Viburnum Buldenezh (Snow Globe) with large spherical inflorescences consisting of only white sterile flowers. It has abundant and long-lasting flowering.

Viburnum Gordovina grows naturally in Central and Southern Europe, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, and North Africa. A bush 1.5-3 m high, less often a small tree with a compact wide crown. The leaves are entire, ovate, wrinkled, dark green above, grayish-tomentose below. The description of the flowers of the common viburnum of this species differs from the description of the flowers of the viburnum of the Buldonezh species in its colors. In Gordovina they are yellowish, small, forming umbrella-shaped panicles (6-10 cm in diameter). They have a rather pungent odor. Blooms in May - early June. At the end of summer, its decorative effect is enhanced by bright fruits. At the beginning of ripening they are red, later blue-black, shiny. Tolerates drought well and is quite frost-resistant. Resistant to .

Here you can see photos of various types of viburnum bushes:

How to grow viburnum: planting and care

Before growing viburnum, you need to enrich the area with moisture and choose a sunny place - here it is blooms better, although quite shade-tolerant. In dry years it is necessary to provide.

Best term planting seedlings - October or April. Dig a hole measuring 50 x 50 x 50 cm, add a bucket, 200-300 g of complex, 200 g of ash into it. When planting, the root collar is buried 5-7 cm, the seedling is watered and mulched with a 5 cm layer of peat. Decorative forms can be propagated by cuttings, which are harvested in June-July. The rooting rate of cuttings is high.

After planting the common viburnum, when caring for the shrub, you need to apply fertilizing. Fertilizers applied at the very beginning are enough for 3 years, then fertilizing is carried out in May-June nitrogen fertilizers, in the second half of the growing season they introduce complex fertilizers. Before winter, the tree trunk circle is covered with a layer of half-rotted manure. Requires pruning, which is carried out at the beginning of winter or early spring before the buds open. Remove weak, thickening shoots.

Viburnum is decorative thanks to its flowers, fruits, and some species and leaves. Often used for single and group plantings. Can be grown in standard form. Viburnum Buldenezh is well preserved when cut.

The ornamental viburnum shrub (Viburnum) belongs to the Honeysuckle family. This plant is especially popular in Russian gardens, it is sung in songs, and many poems have been written about it. The viburnum bush deserves special description during the so-called “transitional period,” when some of the berries in the bunch have ripened and become blue-black, while others have retained their blood-red color.

Types and varieties of decorative viburnum

Here you can find a description of the most popular varieties of viburnum.

Kalina Gordovina (V. lantana). A dense bush 5 m high. The crown is dense, compact, with a diameter of 2.5-3 m. In Moscow, the height of 40-year-old plants is 5-6 m, the diameter of the crown is 3.5 m. This type of viburnum shrub has very beautiful ovoid-oval, wrinkled leaves up to 18 cm long. They are dense to the touch, wide, dark green above, gray-felt underneath. Numerous creamy-white corymbose inflorescences bloom in June. Flowering duration is 15-25 days. During the ripening of the fruits, Viburnum Pride is especially beautiful. At first, all the fruits are red and shiny, then they gradually turn black.

Look at the photo - the Viburnum Gordovina bush is rightfully considered one of the best ornamental plants for garden:

The following decorative varieties are known:

• Variegated, or ‘Variegatum’ (‘Variegatum’), - with yellow-variegated leaves, blooms in May, bears fruit, sometimes freezes;
• Golden, or ‘Aureum’, does not bear fruit;
• Wrinkled, or ‘Rugosa’ - with larger inflorescences and large wrinkled leaves.

Viburnum common (V. opulus). Deciduous shrub or tree up to 4 m tall. In Moscow, at 40 years old, the height of the bushes is 5.4 m, the crown diameter is about 3 m. Viburnum is decorated with white flowers: small, bisexual flowers are located in the center, sterile ones with large snow-white corollas are located on the periphery of the inflorescence. In August-September, a beautiful, shiny bunch of fruits filled with precious juice appears. The following varieties deserve attention:

• Low, or ‘Nanum’, is a compact, dwarf form (about 1 m tall) with small leaves, blooms profusely. In Moscow, the height of plants at the age of 10 years is 0.4 m, crown diameter is 0.5 m;
• Compact, or 'Compactum' ('Sotpactum'), - bush height 1-1.5 m, crown diameter up to 2 m. In Moscow, 7-year-old plants have a height of 1.5 m. Crown diameter 1.4-1.6 m. Blooms at the end of May - June for two weeks, from 5 years profusely. This variety of common viburnum has fragrant flowers, the edges are white, sterile, the middle ones are small, bisexual, white or pinkish. The fruits are bright red.
• Variegated, or 'Variegatum' ('Variegatum'), and Yellow-fruited, or 'Xanthocarpum', are rarely cultivated in Russia. The first has a bush height in Moscow of 4.3 m, crown diameter of 3 m (plant age 40 years). The leaves are marbled white and bloom in June. The second form has a bush height of 1.5 m, crown diameter of 2.5 m. It blooms in July. The fruits are yellow;
• ‘Sterile’ (‘Sterile’ = ‘Rose’) is the most common, it is often called “Snow Globe” (Boule de neige). The height of the bushes is 2.5 m, the trees are about 4 m. The crown is wide-spreading. In Moscow, 50-year-old plants reach a height of 5-6.3 m, crown diameter 3.8-4.6 m. Globular inflorescences consist exclusively of sterile flowers, first greenish, then bright white, resembling a snowball. During the flowering period (June-July), 25-35 days, the plants are highly decorative both in groups and in single landings. They are especially impressive near water and in standard culture. 11 varieties are included in the State Register. Breeders from the Siberian Research Institute of Horticulture named after. M. A. Lisavenko created the following varieties of viburnum: ‘Zholobovskaya’, ‘Zarnitsa’, ‘Souzga’, ‘Taiga Rubins’, ‘Ulgen’, ‘Shukshinskaya’, ‘Vigorovskaya’. They are distinguished by frost resistance, resistance to pests and diseases, large fruit, and productivity. Breeder 3. P. Zholobova created a hybrid between common viburnum and Sargent viburnum. The following varieties were bred in Michurinsk: ‘Red Bunch’, ‘Elixir’.

Below is a selection of photos of viburnum varieties of the above species:

Growing conditions and care for viburnum

Features of landing. In the garden plot for viburnum, you should choose a semi-shaded place with excess moisture. Prerequisite when growing viburnum, soil acidity is 5.5-6.5. If there is a pond in the garden, then best place Can't find one for viburnum. Viburnum is planted in spring or autumn. Size landing pit 50x50x40 cm. Distance between plants 1.5-2.5 m.

Feeding. Fertilizing is carried out twice: in early spring (before the start of the growing season) and in late autumn (before the start of leaf fall). During spring feeding add nitroammophoska (2 matchboxes per 1 m2). In autumn, plants are given superphosphate (2 tablespoons per 1 m2) and potassium nitrate (dosage half as much). When growing viburnum, while caring for the bush, fertilizers are sprinkled superficially, then the soil is dug up and watered, which contains macro- and microelements, and most importantly, there is no chlorine and heavy metals.

Trimming. Viburnum grows very quickly. The annual growth of shoots is 40 cm. Therefore, one of the important agricultural techniques for growing viburnum is pruning. To form a bush, in the second year after planting, early in the spring, the seedling is cut off aboveground part, leaving 2-3 knots. They will develop strong shoots. To form a beautiful bush, shoots 25-30 cm long should be pinched at the growing point. By autumn, shoots will grow, which will become the main branches of the future bush. To form a tree, one powerful vertical shoot is left, all others are removed. Over the course of 3 years, one shoot is driven out, which will become the trunk of the tree. The height of the trunk is 1-1.2 m. At a height of 2 m, the growth point of the tree should be pinched and a crown should be formed by cutting out shoots and side shoots from dormant buds.

Preparing for winter. Young plants should not be covered for the winter, as they are quite winter-hardy.

Red viburnum (viburnum viburnum) belongs to the honeysuckle family. In nature it grows in temperate and subtropical zones. Viburnum grows in Europe, Asia, Africa, in Russian Federation, there are about 150 species of viburnum.

Viburnum is a perennial bush or small tree reaching 4 meters. The leaves are suprous, less often whorled, with stipules, entire. The flowers are white, pink, creamy-white, which are collected in brushes. The fruits are red or blue-black. Most perennial species begin to bloom in late May, early June. The root of the plant is fibrous.

• Viburnum common or red

  A sprawling, vertically growing bush or tree up to 4–5 meters in height, forms thickets. The bush has gray-brown, red bark with cracks. Its leaves are large, three or five-layered, wide, ovate. Its flowers are white and massive. The fruits are shiny, red, round, edible. The seeds have a flat, heart-shaped shape. Common viburnum has a massive root system, which is located on the surface. Common viburnum does not tolerate drought, heat, and is not afraid of flooding.

• Viburnum black (pride)

  Dense, massive bush up to 5 meters, with a spreading crown. Black viburnum is covered with small white fibers. Its bush has leaves that are ovoid-oval, wrinkled, and wide. The bush blooms with creamy-white flowers, the fruits are edible, shiny, at first red and then turn black. Viburnum grows in Asia Minor, North America, Northern Caucasus, Southern Europe.

• Viburnum canadian

  Bush or tree up to 6 meters with an ovoid crown. Its leaves are smooth, pointed, wide, oval in shape. Its flowers are creamy white, small sizes. The fruits are first green, then turn blue - black, edible. Viburnum grows in the USA and Canada.

• Viburnum Buryat (Burinskaya)

  A highly branching bush up to 3 meters with an openwork, spreading crown. The leaves are ovate, with sharp teeth along the edge. The top is dark green, the bottom is lighter. The flowers are white-yellow, the fruits are black, edible. Viburnum grows in China, Khabarovsk, Primorsky Territories, and North Korea.

• Kalina Sergenta

  Multi-branched bush up to 4 meters. Its leaves are on elongated petioles and have deep veins that are located in the center. The flowers are massive, the fruits are deep red. Viburnum grows in Northern China, Japan, and Korea. Also on the territory of Russia – on Far East, in Eastern Siberia, on the island of Sakhalin.

• Kalina Reita

  Densely branched bush up to 2.5 meters. Its leaves are ovate, serrated along the edges, green on top, light green underneath. The flowers are white, the fruits are round, deep red. Viburnum grows in Korea, Japan, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands.

• Folded viburnum

  The bush is up to 3 meters, its leaves are massive, oval in shape with multiple veins. The inflorescences consist of two suppository buds. Grows in China, Japan.

• Viburnum three-layer

  Bush up to 4 - 5 meters, with an openwork crown. The leaves are three-layered, light green in color. The fruits are scarlet and edible, reminiscent of red currants. Viburnum grows in North America.

• Edible

  Shrub up to 1.5 meters, grows in mountainous forests. The fruits are edible, red in color.

• Viburnum laurel leaf (evergreen)

  Evergreen shrub up to 3 meters. Its leaves are leathery and elliptical in shape. The flowers are fragrant, pinkish, the berries are ovoid, in the shape of a ball. The berries are blue-black in color.

• Kalina David

  Evergreen bush up to a meter in height. The leaves are green, leathery, the berries are blue.

Beneficial features

Viburnum viburnum is a red berry that has healing properties. The seeds and bark of viburnum contain benefits in the form of essential oils, pectin, tannins. The berries are rich in beta-keratin and viburins. The berries contain ascorbic acid, which is why viburnum is used for colds and to improve immunity. Viburnum is suitable for colds in the form of juice from fresh berries.

The seeds have invigorating, tonic properties, stimulate the functioning of the intestinal tract, and help with constipation. If dried, crushed, perhaps consumed instead of coffee.

The benefit of viburnum lies in its content of organic acids, phytoncides, and amino acids.

The benefit lies in the content of trace elements: iodine, manganese, copper, strontium, potassium and others.

Benefits of viburnum:

• Antifever (viburnum for colds);
• Astringent;
• Antibacterial;
• Expectorants (viburnum for cough);
• Diuretic (for some kidney diseases);
• Strengthening (to increase immunity);
• Calming.

The benefits lie not only in fresh, but also in dried and frozen berries. The benefit of viburnum is that it cures many diseases (liver, kidney, stomach, cysts and skin diseases). The benefit of viburnum is that it can normalize blood pressure, pulse, and has a choleretic effect.

It helps relieve vascular spasm, strengthens the walls, and has a positive effect on brain performance. The juice helps cure allergies, helps get rid of colitis, hemorrhoids, cough, and kidney cysts.

During pregnancy, viburnum reduces the threat of miscarriage, helps cope with cramping pain, and cure cysts. Viburnum during pregnancy improves the tone of the uterus, which subsequently facilitates labor. Viburnum during pregnancy healthy drink, strengthens the immune system, which is important when bearing a fetus, since the immune system is weakened and there is a risk of infectious diseases. How viburnum is useful for the immune system - it contains vitamins and microelements that create a protective barrier against infection.

Application

Red viburnum medicinal properties and description of the plant have been known since ancient times. IN medicinal purposes All parts are used - flowers, leaves, bark, fruits down to the seeds. The use of viburnum in folk medicine in the form of decoction, infusion, tea, and juice.

Fresh berries have a laxative effect, the infusion is useful for hypertension, atherosclerosis, and stomach diseases. For liver diseases, to cure cysts, to improve immunity.

Recipes: boiled berries with honey. Fresh berries are brewed with 200 ml of water, simmered over low heat for 15 minutes, and viburnum honey is added for coughs and cardiac edema. Viburnum is used for coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia, to strengthen the immune system, and the berries are infused with hot honey.

Recipes suggest pouring a handful of berries boiled water, then let it sit, then consume 1/3 of a cup, 4 times a day, this is viburnum for coughs. Helps with hypertension, liver diseases, hoarseness, and to strengthen the immune system.

Folk recipes suggest using the plant against hysterics, edema and hypertension in the form of a decoction - 200 ml of water per spoon of berries, then leave and consume daily. For breast cancer, recipes recommend using a berry poultice.

Recipes for acne, lichen, eczema traditional medicine They offer an infusion of the plant (grind 20 - 30 berries, add 200 ml of water, then consume ½ cup). For neurasthenia and polyposis, folk recipes recommend an infusion of 4 tbsp. spoons of berries per 0.5 liters of water; traditional medicine also offers recipes in the form of 2 tbsp. spoons of berries per 200 ml of water, boil over low heat.

For suffocation, colds, to increase immunity, for liver diseases, cysts, treatment with viburnum using folk methods offers recipes: grind dry bark and brew 200 ml of water. For uterine bleeding, ovarian cysts, hemorrhoidal bleeding, traditional medicine recommends infusion recipes - a cup of water per tablespoon of bark, boiled over low heat for 30 minutes, then taken orally.

The plant helps with internal bleeding, hypertension, stomach ulcers, and kidney cysts. In particular, the flowers of the plant are useful for stomach diseases; viburnum is used for blood pressure.

Viburnum juice is used to improve immunity. Used for skin diseases, diseases of the liver, stomach, kidneys, if there are cysts. Diluted juice can be used to rinse the mouth, throat, sore throat, and hoarse voice. Juice mixed with honey is useful for thrush in children; it is used to lubricate the mouth.

Juice obtained from viburnum fruits can be used against skin rashes, fresh juice is used for headaches. Juice with honey is used in traditional medicine recipes as an antitumor medicine (for breast cancer).

Viburnum juice cleanses the skin, has a whitening effect, and with prolonged use, the juice gets rid of acne.

In children, viburnum viburnum treats diathesis; for this, young shoots with buds are needed, brewed with water, and placed on low heat for 3 - 4 hours. Store the resulting decoction in a dark place and give children 1 teaspoon three times a day. In children, during treatment, exclude salty and sour foods from the diet.

For hypertension, the following recipes are used:

1. The benefit of juice is that it thins the blood, resulting in lower blood pressure. For hypertension, you should consume 2–3 tbsp daily. spoons before meals.
2. For hypertension, it is possible to consume fresh or frozen berries.
3. A drink made from the fruits of red viburnum is useful for hypertension.

A decoction of the plant's seeds is used for indigestion and to prevent stomach cancer. Viburnum juice is consumed for ulcers and gastritis of the stomach, to increase immunity, and for cysts in the kidney.

With the help of seeds, stones are removed from the kidneys and gall bladder; to do this, swallow 10-15 seeds every day until the stones or sand come out of the kidneys. For kidney disease, the bark of the plant is used in the form of a decoction. To cure cysts in the kidney and ovaries, use the juice of the plant. Decoctions are suitable for “removing” cysts. Viburnum juice made from fresh fruits gets rid of cysts if used for a long time.

Contraindications

Includes viburnum beneficial features and contraindications. Viburnum is harmful to health when there is increased blood clotting. Viburnum is harmful to health due to increased stomach acidity; it is contraindicated for people with low blood pressure. Not recommended for use by persons with serious chronic diseases of the kidneys or circulatory system (leukemia, thrombophlebitis).

The description of viburnum says that it includes medicinal properties. The benefits of the plant are enormous; its medicinal properties will help cure many diseases and strengthen the immune system. Kalina and medicines, perhaps combined to quickly cure the disease.