Thuja "hosery": description, planting and care. Nursery TUI

Arborvitae-coniferous evergreen plant belonging to the Cypress family. In Europe it has been imported from North America in 1536. Among the many varieties of special love among gardeners received thuja "hosery" – dwarf shrub with spherical crown.

Description

This is a Polish variety, characterized by miniature size in comparison with other species: plant height is an average of 70–90 cm. Growth is very slow and does not exceed 5 cm per year.

Thuja occidentalis "hosery" is a multi-stemmed shrub with straight, thick shoots, forming a spherical crown. They are covered with dark green, resembling the scales of pine needles, the change which takes place every 3 years. This process is gradual, so the update will crown goes unnoticed. The length of each of the needles from 2 to 4 mm. Its green color is unstable. From late autumn till the spring becomes Golden brown or light green color.

A single Monoecious flowers appear only at the top of the shoot. In their place are formed small (<1 cm long) cones are egg-shaped.

Wood contains brown, yellow and red fibers. Despite the fact that it is quite soft, its strength is very high. From this wood would make a good furniture. But, unfortunately, cannot be used on an industrial scale thuja "hosery" — how "fast" is growing, this shrub is described above.

With the age of the globular form of the plant changes to a more flattened, brick-red bark becomes dark brown in color and covered with longitudinal cracks.

In the garden

Tuya hardy and undemanding. It can grow anywhere. However, when more suitable conditions decorative the quality will be much higher. It is better to choose for landing is well lit, but slightly prichenennye places where there are no drafts and wind. Exposed to direct sunlight thuja "hosery" can dry up, and the lack of light to lose its splendor and glow. It is important to ensure before boarding that neighboring plants do not obscure the shadow of the Bush.

Recommended

The most effective methods of seed germination

Despite the fact that the method of seedling in vegetable production is a very time consuming process, it is used by most gardeners. Planting seeds in open ground is an easy and convenient method, but it is effective only in certain climatic zones. I...

Retro-reflective paint. The scope of

When the vehicle began to fill the road, their popularity began to gain reflective paint. Thanks to this paint, as drivers and pedestrians becomes much easier to avoid accidents in the dark. Purpose paint Reflective paint – paint material, whic...

How to make icon with your own hands - options izgotovleniya (simple and complex)

In Soviet times, many collecting badges, emblems, pennants. To get them was not easy. And today, thanks to technology, you can make them yourself. Knowing how to make icon with your own hands, and you can make original gifts to your friends, and make...

The Most suitable soil would be a peat and clay, moderately nutritious sandy loam. When planting in heavy soil should provide good drainage layer. Its thickness should not be less than 15 cm close to the surface groundwater to the plant will not hurt.

Soil Preparation

To improve the soil in the pit, intended for planting, it is necessary to add other components. For example, a heavy clay soil should be mixed with peat and sand added in equal amounts. For sand suitable mixture of peat and loam. In peat soil added loam and sand.

At the bottom of the planting pit is filled with gravel, which will serve as drainage. Then poured the prepared ground.

Planting arborvitae

The Best time to do this – autumn or spring. In the first case the plant after the snow melts, will give rapid growth. Any TUI nursery sells seedlings in containers containing complex fertilizers. Such plants can be safely planted even in mid-summer.

For planting in prepared soil filled in the pit is a hole larger than the root system of the seedling: about 30 cm wider and deeper than 15 cm Plant placed in the center, spreading roots. The root collar should be at 3 cm above ground level. Then more potting mix, gently pressing it to form one. Tree trunks in a circle is done from the earth the small side, not allowing the water when watering spread beyond the root system. The soil around the shrub immediately after planting, mulch using pine bark or chips. This will help to avoid drying and overheating of soil.

Irrigation

Tuya "hosery" – the plant, the volatile a lot of moisture, so watering it responds very well. In the first month after planting it is impossible to prevent paresthesia soil. You need to pour the fifth time in a week, using one plant in a bucket of water. In hot weather this can be done more often. It's best to water the bushes in the morning or evening hours.

Very effective this procedure as sprinkler irrigation. After the plant is changed: needles gets the freshness, juiciness and fills the air with a wonderful aroma.

The Lack of moisture leads to the fact that the upper crown begins to yellow and is just too big, the number of cones that leads to the loss of ornamental plant species.

Feeding

They are extremely important for the normal development of the shrub. Thuja spherical "hosery", receiving enough essential substances, has a beautiful lush crown and much better tolerate winter cold.

And in the first two years of feeding the plant is not required. In the future, enough of them to make at the beginning of each season. As fertilizer you can use compost or cow compost and replace the top layer of soil around the Bush. On top you need to mulch with pine bark.

Fit complex phosphorus-potassium fertilizer designed especially for conifers. Most importantly when using them – to comply with the dosage so as not to burn the roots.

Preparing for the winter and cropping

Tuya "hosery" in need of shelter from the snow. Frost this plant is not afraid, is much more dangerous for him the more. Shrub shoots grow vertically, and the accumulated on them during the winter, snow forms a thick ice cap, capable to break branches with their weight. In addition, not protected from the sun's rays crown face burns.

Many gardeners make the tying of bushes for the winter regular nylon tights. They do not rot, and the smooth surface does not allow snow to stay and serve at the same time, a protective screen from the sun. The main thing-not to pull so hard that the needles did not vapiwala. The ideal is to shelter the tent. With the help of wooden strips to construct a tripod which is covered with sacking or spunbond.

In the Spring pruning is carried out to dry and damaged shoots, which repeat once more during the season. Shorten the branches by a third.

Reproduction TUI "hosery"

How to use seeds and cuttings to grow this plant. In the first case, some varietal characteristics are lost, so this method is rarely used. Seeds ripen in late autumn. They are left under the snow all winter. Spring seeds sprinkled the ground, add wood chips on top. Then appeared the germs for a very long time in need of care, and only in the third year become more resilient. Transplant them to a new place can be produced only at the age of 5 years.

Reproduction by cuttings is much faster. The escape length of about 15 cm is cut in the spring with promenade with a sharp knife, soaked in potassium permanganate or a growth stimulator and placed in the fertile and moist soil at a slight angle to a depth of 5 cm By the autumn rooted cuttings. In the winter it is a good harbour, in the spring the young plant can already be transplanted.

However, the easiest way to grow shrub – to buy a sapling. This is best done by visiting professional kennel TUI. They offer only clean and disease-resistant varieties.

Landscape design

Tuya "hosery" described in the article, will look great on a small plot, and in a stony garden. It fits in almost any composition from coniferous and deciduous shrubs. Can be grown even in containers, is the decoration of balconies, loggias, terraces and front porches.