Choosing plants for your garden is a responsible business. With their help, you can create a special atmosphere on the plot. Decorative coniferous plantations, the variety of which is amazing, are very popular today. This article will focus on the western thuja Wagneri (thuja Wagneri).
Botanical tree description
Thuja Wagneri is a tree that has an ovoid-conical shape, reaches a height of 3.5 m (annual growth - 10 cm), and a width of 2.5 m (annual growth - 5 cm). The plant looks elegant due to the beautiful and dense crown.
The branches are thin, closely spaced and their growth is directed upwards. The color of the needles is the same in winter and summer - dark green with a gray tint. Due to the glossy finish, it shimmers beautifully if sunlight enters the tree. Cones are round in shape and up to 0.7 cm long.
Did you know? Conifers are long-livers. For example, there are mammoth trees that are over 3,000 years old.
Name
This variety was bred at the end of the 19th century in Leipzig. For this, the seeds of the western thuja Vareana were used. The plant was named after the owner of the nursery, whose name and surname were Karl Wagner. For more than 100 years, the tree has been grown in parks and gardens.
Landing
The algorithm for landing the thuja Wagneri:
- To begin with, you must determine the place of landing. When choosing, consider that This variety prefers to grow in well-lit places.. If a tree is planted in a part closed from the sun, it will look less attractive, and the annual growth will be very small. The soil is light (dry, peaty and clayey).
Important! Thuja Wagneri prefers to grow on acidic soils (4.5–6 pH).
- Next, you need to dig a landing hole. You must decide on the size yourself, since the dimensions will depend on the size of the coma of the plant. As a rule, a suitable depth for this tree is 60–80 cm.
- At the bottom of the seat should make a drainage layer. Prepare the previously broken brick and lay it in the pit so that the layer height is approximately 15 cm.
- In a ratio of 1: 1: 2, you need to prepare a mixture of sand, peat and turf soil, so that it can fill a seedling in a pit and create favorable conditions for the plant.
- Next, you need to immerse the planting material with a lump in the pit and carefully fill it with the above mixture.
- After the seedling will confidently stand in the ground, pour it abundantly with water (2 buckets).
- Nitroammophoska fertilizer (100 g per tree) should be scattered on the soil near the thuja, after which it is good to loosen the ground.
Thuja care
The great popularity and frequent use of the plant in design landscapes is associated not only with its excellent appearance, but also with ease of care. Thuja of this species can adapt to almost any natural and weather conditions. In order for the tree not to undergo diseases and grow correctly, you will need to carry out a number of actions. Later in the article, they will be discussed.
Watering and feeding
Regular watering of the Wugner arborvitae will contribute to the good growth and healthy appearance of coniferous branches. Young trees must be watered once a week. Pour a bucket of water under each plant. Water the adult thaw according to weather conditions. This crop is resistant to drought, but with prolonged absence of rain, replenishment with moisture will favorably affect the tree.
Did you know? Amber is formed due to conifers. After some time, a bright stone is formed from their resin, which is widely used for the manufacture of jewelry.
Fertilizing Wagneri once a year is enough. Feeding is necessary in the spring. To do this, you need to purchase complex fertilizers in a specialized store (Kemira-Universal or others). Under one tree, you should make 50-60 g, after which it is good to loosen the ground.
Loosening and mulching
Every year in early spring it is necessary to loosen the soil (10 cm) in the area where thuja grows. During the growing season, the procedure can be repeated several times. But it is no longer necessary to cover the entire territory of the garden, it is enough to loosen a near-barrel place.
Mulching has a good effect on this plant, because it has a superficial root system. Use peat, bark and compost as material. Mix these components in approximately equal amounts and apply the mixture near the plant. The height of the layer should be - 15 cm.
Pruning
As a rule, a tree independently forms a beautiful crown shape and an additional haircut is not needed for this. But if it seems to you that the tree looks ugly, then this variety is easily amenable to changes by cutting, the main thing is to cut no more than 1/3 of the shoot length.
As for the anti-aging pruning, it must be carried out every spring, starting from 4 years after planting. The process involves the removal of dry and damaged shoots.
Possible diseases and pests
Thuja Wagneri is a resistant plant to various diseases and parasites. Sometimes a tree is struck: a false shield and a thuja aphid. The disease that this culture most often succumb to is drying out of shoots.
Prevention of this can be:
- watering once a week;
- regular loosening of the soil;
- spring fertilizer plants;
- removal of dry and damaged shoots;
- spraying wood with Bordeaux fluid in early spring.
Important! It is necessary to carry out preventive measures for all plants in the garden, not only thuja, since pests and diseases quickly pass from one tree to another.
The use of wood in landscape design
The elegant egg-shaped thuja Wagneri attracts many gardeners. Landscape designers recommend this tree, both for single plantings, and group. It looks interesting in mixed groups of plants.
Often this thuja can be seen near residential buildings. This is a great option to make a hedge. The dense crown structure will well cover any territory. This variety is also planted in park areas and near cultural and administrative buildings. It perfectly decorates the territory both in summer and in winter. There are a lot of varieties of thuja and each variety is beautiful.
Wagneri is deservedly popular among gardeners. Every year, interest in this plant is only increasing. By planting such a tree on your site, you will definitely be satisfied.
