Steppe Almond Or Bean - Small Ornamental Shrub

The more variety of beneficial plants you grow in your garden, the less hassle it will be to care for them. The main thing is that there is no room for weeds.

Of course, if these plants are problem-free, such as, for example, steppe almonds or legumes (Prunus tenella). It is drought-resistant, winter-hardy, little picky about the quality of the soil, tolerates smoke, shearing well, gives numerous root suckers - a dream, not a plant!

And, of course, no garden or estate can be imagined without ornamental shrubs. Either a lilac bush flaunts under the windows, or a lush mock orange and spirea delight with their flowering. Many of the favorite shrubs bloom very early in spring, when perennial flowers are still growing after a long winter.

And one of the first to open the flowering season is the steppe almond, or low. Steppe almonds grow well in central Russia up to St. Petersburg, where they bloom profusely and bear fruit well, and they are also good in the steppe and forest-steppe parts of Siberia. In nature, steppe almonds are found in Central and Southeastern Europe, grows in the steppe and forest-steppe zones of the European part of Russia, in the Crimea, the Caucasus, Western Siberia, and Central Asia.

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Bobovnik is a small shrub up to 1.5 meters high. An adult plant forms a dense spherical crown. The peculiarity of this beautiful plant is that its bright pink flowers with a diameter of 2.5 cm bloom simultaneously with the leaves and abundantly decorate the bush. Although flowering does not last long, only 7-10 days in mid-May, you will not pass by the flowering almond bush - this miracle of nature - indifferently.

In autumn, when the leaves fly around, they remain hanging on the branches of this almond, decorating the bushes, the fruits of the drupe are fluffy balls. These branches with fruits can be used for winter bouquets. Only they must be cut in mid-August, before the seeds ripen. Two interesting forms of steppe almond are known: white-flowered and Gessler - with larger bright pink flowers.

Almond is photophilous, loves light fertile soils, it suffers from podoprevanie, therefore it is better to grow it in elevated areas. In summer, the almond plant with its leaves resembles a willow and can serve as an excellent background for perennials flowering at this time. Therefore, it is best to plant almonds in a small group. Since this plant tolerates pruning well, it can also be used to create a green hedge.

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In August - September, the fruit of the steppe almond ripens and bursts, exposing the bone inside. The collected seeds germinate well after stratification.

Anyone who is interested in steppe almonds, and also wants to grow: hawthorn, weigela, felt cherry, hydrangea, blackberry-raspberry, black elderberry, tartar honeysuckle, cotoneaster, cypress, cistus, black raspberry Cumberland, magonia, bubble berry, peonies, seaweed, chubushnik, bird cherry, virgin quince, aktipidia, yellow acacia, euonymus, budley, red elderberry, barberry, wisteria, gummy, ginkgo biloba, irgu, lemongrass, medlar, broom, rhododendron, peony, soporific species unabi (Chinese date), Caucasian persimmon, bird cherry, chokeberry (chokeberry), I can offer seeds.