Yew and other ornamental plants

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Yew (Taxus) - is an evergreen dioecious plant, which can reach a height of 20 meters.This coniferous tree grows very slowly, before reaching sometimes up to 3000 years.It could grow not only in the form of a tree, but spreading shrub.

The area of ​​its habitat extends across Europe, Asia and North America.This plant can be found in the mountains and on the plains and in the forests, not only conifers and deciduous, as well as in gardens and parks.Tice is capable of forming a large number of shoots, and the shoots on the stumps.This feature is of great practical importance for the expansion of plantations.

developed root system of plants is excellent and quite malleable, so tis capable of quickly and well to adapt to the changing conditions of existence.Stony soils, fresh or loose - all capable of growing yew.

tree is very interesting to create a figurative composition, group and individual plantings, green building and the hedges.

the purpose of landing spot in a large park more appropriate wing-yew.Shirokoraskidisty, he grows up to 2 meters high and 5 meters wide.Its needles are dark green.

yew (negnoy-tree) - a fairly common type, shade tolerant dioecious mahogany, reaching a height of 22 meters.

It survivor, but is very slow growing.The biggest plantation of this plant is located in the east of Georgia and has an area of ​​700 hectares.

yew can grow not only as a tree, but also as a shrub.The trunk of this plant covers a reddish-brown or reddish-brown bark, smooth in young specimens that age is covered in small cracks and peels lengthwise.

yew has a dense crown with dark green needles, pyramidal or ovoid.The seeds of this plant are similar to berries, thanks to their bright red fleshy krovelki, which accounts for the name.

yew is very picky about the humidity of the air and soil."Eternal" wood of this plant is very strong and valuable.Furthermore, it is considered a potent bactericidal agent because it can eliminate all the pathogens.

from this type of yew can get very beautiful decorative borders and paths, planted along the borders of terraces and lawns.Another beautiful ornamental plant, often used to decorate parks and gardens - Thuja occidentalis.

Care, its reproduction - quite a time-consuming processes.Propagated fifth can be both seed and vegetatively.Seedling growing from 3 to 5 years.

seeds can be sown only freshly previously carried out the natural stratification, leaving them under the snow fall.In the spring they are seeded in ridges to a depth of no more than half a centimeter, on top and sprinkle sawdust softwood.

Appeared shoots protect from the sun by using shields, ground support wet and loose condition.Fed aqueous slurry in the ratio of 1:20.Often, this plant is propagated through woody (runaways aged 2 - 3 years in length from a quarter of a meter to 40 centimeters) and semilignified (shoots of the current year, in June cut in length from 10 to 20 centimeters) cuttings.They need to be carefully detach from the tree so that on the basis remained heel (a small piece of old wood).In this case the cuttings much better and faster root.Then they were treated with a solution of the drug "IAA" and planted them in teplichku, buried at 1.5-2.5 cm stalk.Soil mix made from sod land, peat and river sand with a ratio of 1: 1: 1, and then carried her potassium permanganate disinfection.The air in teplichke should be moist, but not be pereuvlazhnyat substrate, so watering is carried out by spraying.After rooting cuttings should be aired and tempered.In November

need to insulate their leaves, spruce spruce branches and sawdust, and when the temperature drops below 5 degrees below zero shelter with plastic wrap.