Elwoodi cypress belongs to evergreen coniferous ornamental crops. A tree with a compact crown is used in landscape design, when arranging recreation areas, loggias. When caring for a cypress, it is necessary to ensure watering, top dressing.
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Description and breeding tips
The Elwoodi cypress is one of the plants in the Cypress family. Got spread in America and Asian countries. The cultivation of several subspecies is in demand:
- Snow White - plants with green foliage with a white tint;
- Gold - with golden foliage;
- Empire - differs in needles with a bluish tint.
The cypress is characterized by slow growth, the crown increases by 3-5 cm annually. Within 10 years, the cypress grows 1.5 m in height.Adult trees reach 2-3.5 m, the crown width is about 60-120 cm. For the crown, regular shaping pruning is required. The bark of plants is brownish-reddish. The branches are directed upwards. Needles with a rich aroma. During the flowering period, cones of bluish shades are formed. The size of the cones is 1-1.2 cm. The root system is of the surface type.
Under indoor conditions, the Elwoodi cypress is grown taking into account the standard requirements:
- compliance with the temperature regime;
- maintaining soil moisture;
- organization of the necessary lighting;
- maintaining the nutrient composition of the soil.
Eldwoody cypress can be grown in partial shade near the window block or on a warmed and glazed balcony, attic. With a lack of light, the shade of the cypress needles becomes lighter, stable growth is disturbed. With prolonged exposure to direct sunlight, the needles are damaged.
Care rules
It is not recommended to place the cypress tree in a place with excessively dry air, since the plant stretches out, loses its color intensity. In summer it is required to maintain a temperature of about + 22 ° C, in winter - about + 13... + 17 ° C.
Indoors, it is required to maintain the level of humidity, regularly spray the crown (1 time in 3-4 days). This procedure is performed in the morning or evening with room temperature water. The tub can be placed in a pallet with expanded clay granules, which are regularly moistened.
Drying of the soil layer in the summer is not allowed, but it is not recommended to fill the pots with cypress. The need for watering in autumn and winter decreases.
From spring it is necessary to make top dressing, fertilization is completed in September-October. Optimal use of mineral products for indoor crops. The schedule of feeding Eldwoodi cypress is once every 14 days.
In the spring, sanitary pruning of the crown is performed, during which old and dried branches are removed with the help of a secateurs. In one procedure, no more than 1/3 of the foliage mass is removed. After the initial planting of the crop, the first pruning is done after 1 year.
Cypress can be grown in the Moscow region in the garden in the open field or in tubs. However, it is necessary to cover the plants for the winter.
Have you tried growing Elwoodi cypress at home?
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