Japanese spindle - how to properly plant and care for the plant?

Being an exotic plant, Japanese spindle tree has the appearance of a rounded, evergreen shrub with small, narrow, shiny leaves. It is kept in containers in the house or apartment, and also on open soils, using as a decorative hedge or background base for compositions of various colors.

Beresklet - height of the plant

The height of the Japanese spindle, reaching the "adult" age, which has the appearance of a tree or shrub growing in the southern regions, can vary from two to eight meters. If a plant spindle leaves in a region with a cold climate or you decide to grow it at home, the most common is a shrub that has a height of 50-60 cm. The growth of the plant is periodic, the phases of active growth alternate with a slowdown.

Japanese spindle - variety

Having an attractive appearance, undemanding in care, possessing excellent habitability, this ornamental shrub or small tree, it is becoming more and more popular. The Japanese spindle, as a houseplant, is able to create a cosiness and decorate the interior of the house or office. You can use this plant as a greenhouse or landscape.

The most common varieties suitable for domestic maintenance include the following:

1. The pseudo-lag. Can grow in indoor or greenhouse conditions, quickly die with a low temperature regime (will not survive if the temperature drops below + 5 ° C).
2. Microfillus. The owner of the variegated form, yellow-green, up to 50 cm high. At the end of May white flowers appear on the bush, later turning into boxes of bright colors.
3. Dwarf. A tall, low-browed shrub, not more than one meter high, with oblong, pointed, leaf-folded leaves.

The spindle japanese room

As a room culture, Japanese spindle tree in our strip is more common than planted in open ground. This kind of decorative bush for home keeping is more suitable - it is unpretentious and highly discretionary. Another species suitable for home-growing is the rosewood rooting (Forchuna). Occurring descriptions of the spindle-bearing plant have differences, characteristic of certain species, they have common features:

1. The original coloring from motley bright green, to silvery or golden.
2. Skiny and smooth covering of oval oblong leaves, reaching 4 cm in length, with notches along the edge.
3. Small flowers (rarely appear in the home).
4. The lateral shoots grow at a small angle, almost vertically.
5. Thick foliage.

Japanese spindle in the garden

Low-growth trees or low-growing ground cover shrubs belonging to the genus Desclavian, intended for planting in the garden, evergreen or deciduous. This culture is characterized by tetrahedral or rounded branches, smooth, opposite-located leaves. Flowers bloom abundantly, flowers are unattractive, small in size, pale green or brown. Decorative trees and shrubs of Japanese spindle tree are widely used by landscape designers to form a hedge , thanks to its exotic and unpretentiousness.

Japanese spindle - landing

The ideal period for landing of spindle grass is spring, but the fall period is also acceptable. In the garden, you should choose a sunny area or slightly shaded, away from groundwater and not in the lowland. In a hole 70x70 in size, drainage is covered with rubble, then a mixture of fertile soil and humus is added. When the plant is planted in acidic soil 1-2 limes of lime is added to the well.

Both planting and care of the spindle are not difficult, the main thing is not to overdo it with watering, this culture does not require large volumes of water, to maintain the decorativeness, the forming pruning is done (the plant loves this procedure), and at least three times per season is introduced into the soil top dressing:

1. In the spring period - nitrogen fertilizers.
2. In the summer - one of the complex mineral preparations (any to choose from).
3. In the autumn - phosphoric and potassium-containing preparations, humus (slightly more than half a bucket per 1 square meter of circumferential space).

Nursing home care

For room euonymus, year-round bright illumination is necessary, on the north side the plant will also grow, but may lose its color. For domestic maintenance, plant the seedling in a pot, observing the level of planting that was earlier, compact the soil, pour abundantly and cover the soil . The first two weeks after planting, the soil must be constantly wet. Comfortable temperature mode:

• in summer not higher than 25 ° С;
• in winter from +9 to + 11 ° С.

Caring for the spindle bearing, adhere to the following rules:

1. Water it for 12 hours with water, in summer - more abundant, in winter - less, not allowing the stagnation of liquid in the pot.
2. In hot weather, spray the plant with filtered or boiled water, covering the soil.
3. As the shoots dry up, cut them, remove weak shoots. In the beginning of spring, make a pinch, giving the crown the desired shape.
4. For the first five years, transplant the bush into larger pots, later - carry out this procedure as needed, and you can divide the plant into parts.