Previously, people strongly believed in unusual plant forces, so they used them to create amulets that protected from evil and gave their masters extra strength. This is most often used in the antiquity of shrubs boxwood, except that they believed that it is able to help change the fate of a man for the better or fulfill his cherished desire. But not only because this evergreen shrub is popular now.
Modern designers are increasingly using boxwood to create a composition they have conceived on a private plot, on a balcony, in a winter garden, in a foyer or offices. It is perfectly suitable for creating a living fence, curbs or wings, because due to its slow growth, long retains the shape of the crown.
In order to plant in the garden or at home, the boxwood plant has pleased you for a long time, he needs the right care.
Features of planting and care of bushes boxwood
If you want to enjoy this wonderful plant every day at home or on the site, you should choose the right site, as the box can grow to 15 meters, it should be placed so that in the future it does not interfere with anything.
Planting and transplanting boxwood
Planting boxwood spend in the spring, so that by the winter it was able to grow stronger. It is recommended to plant it in soil with a high pH, for this, in preparing the site, peat or bone meal can be added to the ground.
In order to plant a young seedling, grown in a container, it is necessary:
- dig a hole, the size of which will correspond to the container;
- get a rhizome together with an earthen lump, a bit of its cowardice and spread out the outer roots, which are too intertwined with each other, sending them to the right side;
- fill it with earth, so that around the trunk it is like a ditch, it is good to water and cover it, for this purpose you can use any material other than the bark of oak.
The transplantation of adult trees (over 3 years old) can be carried out from March to November, excavating together with the plant an earth clod around its roots and transferring them to a new habitat. It is easier for boxwood to overcome such stress, it will require copious watering and sprinkling during the first weeks after transplantation.
Care of shrubs boxwood
For the normal development of the bush boxwood on the garden plot it is necessary:
- regularly watering - especially abundant in the summer and before wintering;
- to feed - fertilizers are introduced in the spring months, it is best to use complex mineral fertilizers and special additives for evergreens;
- mulch for the winter months - the best for this is the needles and peat, which are cleaned immediately after the onset of spring warming;
- cut off - every spring, giving the shrub any shape.
At home, boxwood needs a little different care:
- put the pot in a place with diffuse lighting;
- watering depends on the season: in summer - strengthened with spraying, in winter - moderate without moisture of the leaves;
- Wintering should be at a temperature of up to + 5 ° C;
- top dressing is carried out in autumn and spring, alternating organic and mineral preparations;
- transplanted annually in a pot, the size of which is quite a bit more than the previous one.
Reproduction of boxwood
Reproduction can be carried out by seeds and propagation, but the second method is much easier and more effective. Planting cuttings
For this, cuttings of about 20 cm in size are cut from two-year shoots and planted immediately in the soil. You can use a small pot for this, or choose a shaded place on the site. Within two months, watering them so that the ground does not dry up under them, the first shoots will appear on the cuttings, and by the autumn a small bush is usually formed.
Such a young box-house for wintering should either be taken to a cool room, or well wrapped and wrapped in several layers of sacking to protect against severe frost.