The interest of landscape designers and ordinary gardeners in coniferous trees and shrubs is now greater than ever. Evergreen needles and a variety of sizes, decorative shapes give wide scope for choice. One of the popular representatives of this category is the cypress pea boulevard. Planting and caring for it is quite simple and not burdensome, which allows you to use the plant in a wide variety of qualities: tapeworm planting, hedgerow, rock garden, etc. Do not confuse it with cypress. From its southern counterpart, the cypress differs in branches located in the same plane, small cones and high frost resistance. The latter feature, in particular, explains its high prevalence in England.
Cypress pea boulevard: description
Cypress trees belong to the same family of the Cypress family. These are woody plants of various heights, slowly growing, with characteristic needles. They are endemic to the Japanese islands, that is, cypress trees do not occur anywhere in the world in their natural environment. They prefer well-moistened soils. Wood is characterized by high quality indicators. Bred a large number of varieties. One of the most famous and widespread is the cypress Boulevard, a description of which is given below.
The tree is thought to be a shoot mutation of the Squarrosa form. The plant reaches a height of 5 meters or more, it only grows rather slowly, especially at a young age. The annual growth is about 10 cm. However, due to this, for a long period of time it remains highly decorative. The shape of the crown is symmetrical, pin-shaped. The needles are awl-shaped, up to 5-6 cm long, at the ends of the shoots has a characteristic bend inward. The color of the cypress is silver-blue; in winter it often acquires a gray tint.
Choosing a place for a tree
Cypress Boulevard is a typical plant of a coastal humid climate. In this regard, it tolerates extremely poor dry air and lack of moisture. Regions such as Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd region, etc. will not be suitable for him. He must receive at least 400 mm of natural rainfall during the summer season, in case of their shortage, a tree will have to be watered.
Cypress quickly depletes its strength in a shady and dry place, which very often leads to the death of the plant. No need to place it near large trees whose roots extend over a large area. The cypress grows best in a sunny, light area with fertile and fairly moist soil. But at the same time, stagnation of moisture and the proximity of groundwater to the plant is contraindicated, it is especially sensitive to these factors in the spring. Take the gentle western and southern slopes, protected from the wind, under the cypress landing.
Cypress soil
As mentioned above, the cypress Boulevard prefers fertile soils, moist and at the same time well-drained, without stagnation of water. Ideal for the plant soil should have a pH of 4.5-5.2. This is easily achieved by applying the required amount of peat to the soil. Before planting, it is best to prepare a balanced suitable soil in which the tree will develop for several years. To do this, you need to take turf soil, sand and peat in a ratio of 1: 1: 2 and fill the landing pit with a mixture. When landing on a slope, a peri-stem circle should be formed in the form of a shallow funnel so that it is convenient to water the cypress.
Timing and landing technology
It is important to know some of the features of growing a plant, choosing a cypress boulevard for your garden. Boarding and grooming are paramount issues that should be explored in advance. The most optimal time for planting is early spring, when the plants have not yet moved into active growth, but the soil has already warmed up enough after winter. Landing pit should be prepared in the fall. Its optimal sizes are 90 and 60 cm of depth and width, respectively. Do not forget about the drainage "pillow" with a height of at least 20 cm at the bottom of the landing pit. For these purposes, you can use large gravel, broken brick and expanded clay. Pour the prepared substrate from above and leave it as such in the winter. By spring, the soil will sag, cross and warm up faster.
When planting, the cypress Boulevard, like any other, needs to be slightly raised so that the root neck is 10-20 cm above the ground. The soil will certainly settle and it will be necessary to sprinkle it. For the first time, tie the seedling to the support and mulch the circumferential circle with wood chips or peat.
In the case of planting several instances of cypress leave between them at least one meter, since the root system of the plant grows in a horizontal plane, close to the surface.
Cypress Boulevard: care - watering and sprinkling
The main aspect of cypress care is regular and abundant watering, maintaining the necessary level of soil moisture. The plant is extremely sensitive to hot and dry weather. Weekly watering of a tree involves the introduction of about 10 liters of water for one instance. If the climate is hot and very dry, then you need to do this several times a week. Only under such conditions will the plant delight with beautiful openwork blue-green branches and high decorativeness.
It will be useful to spray or, in other words, sprinkling a cypress. Spend it in the early morning hours or after sunset, so that the plant has time to dry by night. Lowering the temperature in the evening and excess moisture can provoke fungal and bacterial diseases.
After watering, it is necessary to timely remove weeds around the trunk of the tree and loosen the soil.
Fertilizer fertilizer
The first application of complex mineral and organic fertilizers can be made 2-3 months after planting a seedling. The concentration of drugs should be half as much as recommended for an adult plant. Otherwise, you can burn the young roots and harm the fragile tree.
The adult cypress Boulevard is fed with complex mineral fertilizer from spring to mid-July, with a frequency of twice a month. Experienced gardeners recommend the use of a special drug for the Kemira brand conifers. It is scattered in a circle around the trunk and embedded in the soil. Top dressing is stopped from the middle of summer, so that the plant has time to prepare for wintering.
Tree pruning
The process of caring for any type of cypress also includes regular pruning. The procedure is carried out for the first time in early spring, cutting off the frozen tips of branches, damaged shoots and dried up. Such pruning will be called sanitary. In addition to it, in spring it is possible to make formative, giving the crown of the tree the desired shape.
In autumn, the growth of the current year is cut off by 1/3 of the entire length. Crohn from this will be more dense. Plant formation should begin no earlier than one year after planting or transplanting the plant.
Diseases and Pests
Variety Boulevard, like other cypress trees, is quite resistant to various diseases and pests. However, sometimes due to errors in care, weather conditions, and others. A tree can hit a spider mite, scale insects. Of the diseases, there is a chance of developing root rot.
Yellowing and falling of needles may be a sign of the appearance of a spider mite, since the insect literally sucks all the juices out of it. The way out is repeated treatment of the plant with insecticides such as Nissorana, Apollo, Neorona, etc. Shchitovki also feed on the sap of the plant. Effective is the drug "Nuprid". If the scale of the infection is too large and the process has gotten out of control, it is best to cut down the tree and destroy it by burning in order to prevent the spread of pests to other specimens.
Root rot is the result of stagnant water in the roots. Therefore, it is so important to arrange a drainage layer during planting. If the cypress has signs of this disease, then it urgently needs to be dug up, the roots trimmed to healthy tissue, treated with a fungicidal preparation and transplanted to another place in compliance with all the rules.
