Chubushnik ordinary - false jasmine

Chubushnik ordinary is often confused with jasmine. The first grows in our latitudes much more often. Perhaps, for those who tried to plant jasmine garden on their site, Chubushnik would be a disappointment. And completely in vain. After all, its aroma, which resembles a luxurious mixture of the smells of orange tree and vanilla, is no worse than jasmine.

Description of the plant

It is a beautiful and lush bush with a spreading thick crown. Its flowering is so impressive with the aroma and abundance of white flowers that, having planted a chubushnik ordinary on the site, you will be looking forward to it all year round. Modern varieties have double inflorescences, shrubs are of different sizes. For a small area or front garden, you can pick out dwarf forms of chubushnik. It reproduces after it blossoms (with the help of cuttings). The best time for this is the middle of the summer.

How to properly cut an ordinary chubushnik

On fertile and humid soil, the growth of this shrub will surpass all your expectations. But the majority of forms (especially frost-proof and undemanding chibushnik virginal) can feel quite good on loam, and even in a dusty city front garden. Low-grown varieties can not be more than two meters high, and tall ones can be up to four.

This is one of the most popular plants for creating hedges. To do this, you need to get a large number of quality cuttings. It is desirable that the hedge is in the sun and regularly subjected to correct pruning. Chubushnik, which is heavily overgrown with new shoots, is a miserable sight. The excessive density of the branches leads to a meager flowering. Do not need to regret Chubushnik ordinary, thinking that timely thinning will do him harm. On the contrary, harm can cause a long stay in a neglected state. Let the secateur become your faithful ally in the fight for the beautiful crown of your Chubushnik. Bared branches should be removed immediately and without any regret.

The first pruning should be done in the spring before the activation of the kidneys (as soon as possible). After flowering immediately cut off unproductive branches (on which there were no flowers). Damaged and dry shoots can be removed at any time of the year. Also, using the pruner, you need to remove the tops of long shoots for rounding the crown. Excessively elongated chubushnik is ugly. Even a neglected bush can acquire a very attractive appearance, if you regularly straighten its shape. He will reward you later for the efforts of abundant flowering.

Cutting

After you cut the chubushnik, you probably have a lot of annual shoots. Use them to multiply the bush! First you need to cut them up to five centimeters long - at this distance there should be a couple of leaves and a couple of internodes. Faded shoots are not recommended. Take young and short. To cut it is necessary or very sharply sharpened secateurs or, that is even better, a thin sharp knife. Above the knot, it is necessary to cut straight, and below the knot to make an oblique cut. This is an important nuance. Then cuttings are placed very gently in a moist substrate and covered with plastic bottles prior to rooting.