Thuja western Danica is an evergreen ornamental shrub that can decorate your site all year round.
This dwarf form is from the cypress family. Thuja western Danica was bred in Denmark in the middle of the twentieth century. Let's get to know her better.
Thuja western Danica. Description
The crown of the shrub is spherical, reaching eighty centimeters in height. It grows by five centimeters every year. Width is equal to height. Thuja needles have a rich emerald color in the summer . After cooling, they acquire a bronze hue. In spring, the spherical crown of the thuja is covered with gentle short shoots. The needles of this plant have the same peculiarity as other representatives of the cypress family: juvenile needles of young seedlings (no more than ten millimeters in length) are replaced by flat, soft scales with age. Thuja western Danica will grow well in partial shade, in a place protected from light. Direct sunlight is destructive to its needles.
It is good if your site has moist and loamy soil. If groundwater comes close to the surface of the earth, you need to take care of the drainage from the rubble. It is better to put turf, sand and peat, as well as nitroammophoska in the pit for
planting thuja . The root neck must be located at ground level.
Thuja western Danica. Landing and care
Within thirty days after you have planted a plant in your area, you need to water it weekly and often irrigate the crown. As abundant as in the first month, you need to water the thuja during dry periods. For young plants, watering is required at least twice a week. You need at least two buckets of water per shrub. After watering, the soil needs to be loosened a little (shallow) and mulched with peat, loose humus, wood chips. Although in general this plant tolerates drought, as well as frost and shading. Unless the needles become not so bright.
And with due care, the thuja does look chic at all. Regularly feeding a bush, you contribute to the fact that the density of needles will increase, it will become brighter and more decorative. Organic fertilizers are good - they need to be applied to the root zone, digging it shallow. It is better to do this from mid-spring to June. Then saltpeter and ash are added - these mineral fertilizers improve the quality of the soil.
Thuja western Danica. Pest Care
In the spring, it is advisable to trim dry branches from the overwintered shrub, to form a crown. If necessary - transplant. In winter, care must be taken to protect young seedlings from winds and severe frost. Shelter with a loose piece of burlap will help with this. Adult bushes winter without problems on their own. When the soil dries up or thuja suffers a sunburn, the plant has a danger of being affected by a fungal disease. It can also be activated due to winter heating. You need to treat thuja by spraying it with Bordeaux liquid or cuproxate. And, of course, improving the conditions in which the bush has to grow.