One of the most popular plants used in landscaping - Spruce barbed "globoza glaucoma."This plant is known since 1937, when it was withdrawn from breeding by seed eating prickly.In 1955, the plant first went on sale, and then became a staple of urban parks, gardens and squares.
Spruce "glaucoma globoza" is widely used to decorate the urban landscape landscape designers from Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.It is often a central adornment and honorable places in the city - malls and parks of Fame.Blue Beauty, unlike deciduous trees, catches the eye of urban residents throughout the year, giving the scenery splendor.
Spruce barbed "glaucoma globoza" - dwarf tree in the first years of life is a plant with a spherical crown.It has no explicit trunk.Only after about 12-15 years there is the main escape, which forms a triangular shape spruce "globoza glaucoma," and it changes the spherical view of the pyramid.If the plant is not cut, then in my entire life, it reaches the growth of no more than five meters, has a triangular crown of up to three meters wide at the base.However, it is the shape of the ball is the most popular and most commonly used in landscape design.This form is easily achieved as spruce barbed "glaucoma globoza" perfectly amenable to shearing, for as favorite designers.
Considering that the tree grows very slowly, growing annually by about 8-9 centimeters, the form that gave him during his haircut to continue for a long time.This plant lives up to 500 years.Needles length of about one centimeter very densely located on the shoots, so the tree is not only a smart blue, but also very fluffy.On the branches are formed elongated bumps that resemble Christmas decorations and spruce give additional elegance.
Planting and care
Given that this plant is a great decoration even for small gardens, spruce barbed "glaucoma globoza" always is on sale in specialized stores.The tree is not very demanding on the soil.Crohn a decorative Christmas trees do not break under the weight of snow.Spruce hardy, resistant to urban dust, dirt and grime.Seedlings are best to buy already prepared for the landing, but you can grow yourself and sapling planting seeds.However, there is a possibility that the grown plant will lose its magnificent silver-blue color - it remains only half of seedlings grown from seeds.Wood requires little care and feeding, but it is recommended to clean the crown of snow in winter, to avoid the formation of ice on pins and needles, as well as to wash the plant during the summer of dust, to keep it blue decorative appearance.Spruce barbed "glaucoma globoza" may be subject to attacks of pests such as the spruce aphids, spider mites, rodents, spruce moth.Getting rid of them will help the special protection and continuous preventive treatment plants.
