How to grow boxwood, planting and caring for it. Proper planting and care of evergreen boxwood

An irreplaceable plant for the design of any landscape design is boxwood. Caring for him is so simple that many summer residents settled him in their yards.

Boxwood is an evergreen plant that has hard, small, shiny leaves and strong, woody branches. It grows very slowly and is easy to shear. Beautiful creations are created from it: decorative garden furniture, bulk geometric figures, intricate labyrinths, hedge. They are also planted in single bushes. figures long time retain their shape without needing to be trimmed again. Another name for the plant is buxus, a stone tree. Depending on the variety, the bush grows from 2 to 10 meters in height.

What should you know about boxwood varieties?

There are several dozen varieties of buxus. Most often, designers use evergreen (Buxus sempervirens) boxwood for landscaping. Planting and care (see photo) behind the shrub is quite simple. Several more varieties have been bred from this plant, which are particularly decorative. They have on the leaves, in addition to the characteristic dark green color, there are light yellow and white stripes. But lovers of originality should remember that these varieties are less winter hardy. Therefore, in regions with a cold climate, they should not be planted.

Depending on the species, boxwood differs not only in crown color, but also in growth rate and bush height. Therefore, it should be noted that different varieties are intended for different purposes.

Garden small figures are best made from single landings plants. For this, the varieties "Suffruticosa", "Green Gem" are suitable. They will also be ideal for growing in containers.
To make a hedge or plant a buxus along the curb, it is recommended to use the Blauer Heinz variety, which is slow growing. Suffruticosa will also work.
For big figures the best option there will be group plantings (3-6 plants) of tall evergreen boxwood.

It should be noted that to simplify the process of planting, caring for, propagating boxwood in cold regions, there are special frost-resistant varieties. The most common are: Buxus Sempervirens, Herrenhausen, Handsworthiensis, Rotundifolia.

Planting boxwood

Many summer residents are interested in the question - how to grow evergreen boxwood? Planting and care play a key role here. The first thing you should pay attention to is the soil in which the plant will be planted. It should be nutritious, loamy, loose and with neutral acidity. If the soil meets all the requirements, then the buxus will grow large and beautiful. On depleted soils, the plant can also grow, but this process will slow down greatly. If boxwood (buxus) is planted in the country, home care should be proper. An important requirement is the choice of a landing site. In no case should it contain excess moisture. If water often stagnates on the site, the plant will simply die.

Planting boxwood is carried out, most often, in the spring, when weather are stabilizing. This is the most auspicious time for this procedure. The young plant will have time to take root and develop a powerful root system before winter. Thanks to this, boxwood will easily survive the first winter in a new place.

It should be remembered that mature buxus shrubs do not like transplants and do not tolerate them well. But if such a need exists, then the plant can be transplanted throughout the summer. To do this, you need to dig up the roots with big amount earth to damage them as little as possible.

To plant boxwood, you need to dig a hole that will be about twice as large in size as the root system. It is being filled soil mixture, which is prepared from soddy land, sand and humus (2:1:4) by half. A seedling is inserted into the hole, which is covered with the second part of the soil.

How to care for boxwood?

Experts note that boxwood is a plant that does not like sunny places. Direct sunlight can cause leaf burns. At the same time, burning frosty winds can also damage the plant. Therefore, buxus is best planted in protected places (along the building, under big trees), where there is no winter strong wind, and in summer - direct sunlight, or they do not fall on the plant throughout the day. In regions with a cold climate, it is recommended to carry out special care behind the boxwood. For the winter, it must be covered with special nets, burlap or insulation. Plywood boxes are used to shelter single landings. But it should be remembered that with the advent of heat, all shelters must be removed, since the plant under them will disappear.

essence proper cultivation and caring for boxwood (see video) consists in mulching the soil with peat and moderate watering. To provide warmth to the roots, it is recommended to mulch the soil around the shrub with peat or needles for the winter. The leaves are not suitable for this, because, having rotted over the winter, in the spring they can prevent air from reaching the roots of the plant. This can cause them to rot. Feeding boxwood with organic or mineral fertilizers will not be superfluous. They are held several times during the summer.

Planned haircuts are an important component of buxus care. This event is held about 2-3 times a year. Boxwood is quite resistant to many pests and diseases.

Special attention should be given, in addition to planting and care, reproduction of boxwood at home. This procedure can be carried out both by seeds and cuttings. It should be noted that the seeds of the plant do not have good germination, and the cuttings, on the contrary, form a root system very quickly and take root easily. Therefore, the second method is more common. In addition, when cutting bushes, you can get a lot good stuff for breeding buxus vegetatively. Some summer residents also use the method of layering for plant breeding.

How to grow boxwood on a windowsill?

Many flower growers grow buxus on the windowsill in the apartment. It should be noted that if you grow boxwood in a pot, care should be, first of all, in proper watering. The mode of moistening the soil and leaves from the aerator must be strictly observed. Do not allow water to accumulate in the pan. This can cause root rot. For a plant, a western or eastern window sill is best suited. It is necessary to strictly monitor that direct sunlight does not fall on the leaves. It is also recommended to place the boxwood in the room on a stand, close to the window.

Caring for boxwood in a flowerpot in winter involves lowering the temperature to 8-10˚С. A pot with a plant can be placed, for example, on the floor near the balcony door.

Planting and caring for boxwood, video

Evergreen boxwood (Buxus) can grow in the house and in open ground. However, in the Moscow region, rarely anyone successfully grows it under open sky. I have not seen in our country and hedges of boxwood bushes. Another thing is the kadochny option, in which pots with boxwood in the spring are put on Fresh air and moved indoors for the winter.

evergreen boxwood

Description of boxwood

Two types are popular: boxwood, or evergreen, (B. sempervirens) And small-leaved (B. microphylla), both from the Boxwood family. There are other types of boxwood. Colchis boxwood (B. colchica) is listed in the Red Book of several countries. Buxus feels great in Southern Europe and South-East Asia. It is hard to imagine the Mediterranean without this evergreen plant. He is comfortable in Transcaucasia and the Caucasus. In the south of Russia, a small boxwood grove remained near the Khosta River. There used to be real boxwood forests. In Sochi, buxus bushes are planted in many parks and near houses.

Boxwood is a slow-growing evergreen shrub or tree up to 8 meters high, rarely higher. There is undersized species and varieties ( dwarf variety « compacta"). The bark is grayish-yellow, with small depressions and cracks. The yellowish wood is heavy and super-dense, which is the reason for the name of the plant (Greek "buxe" - "dense"). Forms for engravings are cut out of it. The wood is so hard that it used to be used to make bearings.

Leaves 2-3 cm long are opposite. They are leathery, dark green with a light green tint underneath. Small female and male flowers bloom early in spring. The fruits are small pods. Seeds are black, ripen in early October. When describing boxwood, one cannot help but recall it special flavor. The smell intensifies after watering and cutting the bushes. You can feel it if you stretch the leaf with your fingers. This is one of my favorite tart flavors, but a lot of people don't like it.

Boxwood - poisonous plant. This must be taken into account when choosing a place for it. You can not plant bushes on playgrounds, decorate playrooms with them.

Planting and growing boxwood in open ground

My advice : buy seedlings or grown plants only in containers, i.e. with a closed root system. They should be bushy green leaves and runaways. At risk are seedlings with yellowed leaves and bare shoots.

Spring is the best time to plant boxwood on the site. The pit should be twice as large as the clod of earth with the roots of the seedling. At the bottom of the planting pit or trench, it is advisable to put compost in a layer of 10-15 cm, then mix it with earth, sand and water it. Boxwood does not like acidic soils, so it is advisable to add to the soil mixture.

It is not worth straightening the roots of a plant taken out of a pot. Another thing is a seedling whose roots with earth are wrapped in a film before being sold. They need to be straightened, inspected and lowered into a bucket of water. A root stimulator is preliminarily dissolved in it (strictly according to the instructions) or clay is stirred.

Boxwood as a houseplant

IN flower departments stores sell boxwood in flower pots. It can be grown at home. In the garden center, I was advised to bury a pot of boxwood in the spring, and late autumn move it to a cool room. For example, in the basement of a house with an upper window, a glazed balcony, a veranda, etc. I remembered engravings and photographs of boxwood, which in the old days was often grown in tubs. In the spring they were exhibited at the main entrance, and in the winter they were kept in winter gardens.

A few years ago, I saw a perfectly shaped boxwood growing in a large flower pot for sale. I could not pass by and became the owner of two such plants at once.

When growing indoors, I ran into some problems. First of all, boxwood turned out to be more moisture-loving plant than I expected. It has to be not only regularly watered, but also sprayed with a crown. Even short-term drying of the soil leads to drying and loss of leaves.

There are no problems with top dressing, because. loose soil in a pot promotes absorption complex fertilizers for evergreens. Suitable fertilizer for ficuses.

Our two boxwood trees winter on the loggia

A pot with boxwood should not be kept without shading on a windowsill with south side Houses. In winter, I keep boxwood on a glazed loggia, where the air temperature at night does not drop below plus 12 ° C.

Reproduction boxwood

In nature, buxus reproduces by seeds. For us, the easiest option is rooting cuttings. The rooting rate is about 80%. Suitable cuttings 10 - 15 cm long, cut in summer ( end - middle) and autumn ( end - beginning). They leave a few upper leaves, all the lower ones are removed. It is better if the cut is oblique. Immediately stick into a moist soil mixture of peat and sand or other light substrate. You can use root stimulants. Then they are sprayed and covered with a jar or a transparent bag so that the leaves do not touch the polyethylene. Under such a shelter, with regular soil moistening and spraying, roots appear on average after a month. After two months, the seedling is ready for transplanting into a school or permanent place. They cover it for the winter.

Cuttings that began to root at other times may form roots worse. Autumn cuttings are best rooted in flower pots and keep in the house in winter.

Boxwood in landscape design

Boxwood, like yew, is ideal for curly haircut. It makes the most different forms: balls, cubes, cones and spirals. Strong pruning is carried out in mid-June. You can adjust the shape at any time, with the exception of autumn and winter. — best month for the first pruning of the year. The last haircut is best done in mid-August, so that the plant has time to prepare for winter. A few cut branches can be placed under the pillow to enjoy a pleasant sleep.

Large pots with boxwood look good at the entrance to the house. Balls of evergreen buxus growing near the porch look spectacular. They are considered a talisman against envious people and evil spirits.

Boxwood is an ideal plant for hedges. But in middle lane this is a risky option that requires regular "repairs". Part of the dried or bald bushes will have to be replaced with new ones from time to time. For low evergreen hedges, landscape designers also recommend boxwood with a vertically growing crown (for example, Suffruticosa). Slow-growing frost-resistant "Blauer Heinz" with bluish leaves is used for lively patterns, ornaments and borders.

Some figures (balls, hemispheres, cubes, etc.) are easier to grow from several seedlings planted side by side.

Green boxwood cones

Boxwood belongs to slow-growing plants, but it has species and varieties that give annual growths of more or less than 8 cm.

Among boxwoods there are "giants" and "dwarfs". You can choose fast-growing or slow-growing varieties. Interesting variegated forms have been bred (variety " elegans"). It is worth paying attention to fast-growing (" Winter Gem micropholia" And " Sempea”) plants on which you can hone the art of creating green figures. Wu " B. Faulkner microphylia» natural spherical crown, the shape of which can only occasionally be corrected. For growing bonsai, it is best to choose boxwood " Harlandii Hance" And " Curly Locks» with curved stems.

Boxwood is an evergreen plant that is used for landscaping the territory.

Can be grown as a tree or shrub, looks good in tubs.

There are many varieties of this shrub that can be successfully grown at home.

Outdoor varieties tolerate shearing and shaping well. From them create various figures that decorate the garden.

Growing boxwood in open ground (photo)

Boxwood is grown from container seedlings, which are purchased in specialized stores. When buying a plant, you need to pay attention to the condition of its leaves. In a healthy plant, they are dense, leathery, dark green in color. The bush is well branched, there are no bald spots and bare areas. Do not buy plants with yellow and withered leaves.

1. For boxwood, a site is selected in a cool but well-lit place.

2. The plant does not tolerate drafts at all, so boxwood is planted along the fence or buildings, in a protected corner of the garden.

3. Evergreen shrub prefers loose and nutrient soil. Sand and humus are added to the substrate for planting.

4. Boxwood grows quickly, so it requires additional nutrition. IN summer period it is fed with every watering. If the plant is kept indoors in winter, then it must be fertilized once a month.

5. The shrub does not like dry air. Spraying will help maintain optimal humidity around the plant. For this use warm water.

6. Transplant adult plants as they grow, using the transshipment method. In this case, you need to carefully monitor the root system so as not to injure it.

7. The desired shape of the plant is given by pruning. The remaining cuttings are used for rooting, which is carried out in a humid environment. To do this, the cuttings are placed in a container with earth and covered with a bag, constantly monitoring the level of soil moisture.

8. With insufficient care, the plant is often affected by pests and diseases. The most dangerous of them: spider mite, mealybug, scab and root rot.

How to plant boxwood according to all the rules (photo)

As already mentioned, boxwood prefers light and nutrient soils, but with proper care grows well on any soil. A place for planting seedlings is taken away in well-lit areas, but the plant is shaded for the winter. Spring rays are dangerous for the crown and cause leaf burns.

Planting boxwood is carried out in the spring. With this approach, the plant will take root well before the onset of cold weather. Adult specimens can be transplanted in the summer, subject to further care, spraying and watering. autumn planting plants are carried out a month before the onset of frost. If you plant a plant later, then most likely it will not survive the winter.

Correct fit boxwood

In the open field, boxwood is grown in trenches, which make it much deeper than the root system.

A drainage layer of about 15 cm is laid at the bottom of the trench. On top of it, leaf humus, compost and garden soil.

The seedling is lowered onto a "pillow" of leaves and earth, spreading the roots.

The distance between plants is left at least 40 cm.

After planting, seedlings are well watered.

How to care for boxwood: crown formation with a photo

Throughout the season, the soil under the shrubs is mulched with peat or sawdust. conifers, needles. The main care of the plant is to prepare it for a successful wintering. Winter for boxwood is a real test. The shrub does not tolerate drying winds, temperature changes, thaw and spring sunshine. Therefore, with the onset of autumn, the plant must be well prepared for the cold.

1. Before the onset of frost, the plant is watered and the soil is well mulched. Important! Dry leaves should not be used as winter mulch, as they begin to rot and are a source of fungal diseases.

2. When the weather settles at -10 degrees, the boxwood is insulated. To do this, use boxes with holes for ventilation.

3. dwarf plants and boxwood borders cover nonwoven fabric.

4. Tall plant varieties are covered with burlap. The shoots must be tied to a support so that they do not break off under the snow.

5. In early spring evergreen shrub needs to be released from hiding. It is not completely removed. First, open half of the bush, and then remove the rest.

6. It is desirable to remove the covering material in cloudy weather.

Plant nutrition

When caring for boxwood, one should not forget about top dressing, with their help you can increase the plant's frost resistance and resistance to various diseases.

Feeding the plant begins from the moment of active growth. Throughout the season, fertilizers are applied every week. Good results were shown by the drug "Baikal EM-1" and the infusion of bird droppings.

How to prune boxwood

This evergreen plant tolerates pruning well. You need to trim the boxwood from April to September. In return, the shrub will thank with a beautiful lush crown and juicy foliage.

Important! The more often a haircut is carried out, the more abundant watering and top dressing should be.

The first time after planting, the plants spend only shaping and corrective pruning. Anti-aging pruning is carried out in older specimens, the crown of which grows randomly.

Boxwood looks beautiful on a trunk with spherical crown. It takes years to form such a tree, but it's worth it. A template is used to shape the ball. The stem is formed as follows: cut off all side shoots to the desired height. Further, as the boxwood grows, with the help of a template they form beautiful crown, remove all root shoots.

Propagation of boxwood cuttings

After shearing, the plant remains a large number of cuttings from which young seedlings can be obtained. With proper rooting, almost 100% of the cuttings take root.

For rooting choose those cuttings, the base of which is slightly lignified. The length of the cutting does not exceed 5-10 cm. All lower leaves are removed, only the top two leaves must be left.

Prepared cuttings are planted in loose soil, which is prepared from a mixture garden soil and peat. Planting containers are covered with a bag and watered well. Throughout the rooting period, it is necessary to monitor the level of soil moisture. After 20-25 days, the plant develops root system. Next, boxwood is planted in a growing container. A shrub can be planted in a permanent place in the garden next spring.

Caring for boxwood is not difficult at all, even a novice gardener can handle it. A variety of varieties and types of evergreens allows you to realize any design solutions. IN landscape design most often use varieties with a spherical shape and dark green or variegated leaves.

Suffruticosis - shoots grow vertically, the crown holds its shape well. Leaf color is green.

Blauer Heinz - characterized by slow growth of shoots. leaf coloring grey-blue.

Elegans is an attractive plant with a spherical crown. The color of the leaves is green with a white border.

Boxwood, or as it is also called buxus, is an evergreen shrub designed to decorate a hedge. It is easy enough to recognize, thanks to the presence of small leathery leaves.

Boxwood Features

Boxwood is a plant that can take the form of a tree growing up to 10 m in height or a shrub. Most often it is used as a decor and for industrial purposes, namely for wood and landscaping. Boxwood is recommended to be grown in warm climates as it does not tolerate frost. If it is purchased by residents of a harsh frosty climate, then it feels great indoors.

For growing in room conditions breeders have specially bred certain varieties that have a variegated and regular color: bolearic type, evergreen and small-leaved. With violations in care, the plant immediately sheds leaves.

Various geometric, ovoid, pyramidal, cone-shaped and unusual shapes can be created from boxwood bushes, while tall varieties are used to form flower beds, green curtains and hedges.

For borders, gardeners take undersized species and beautifully combine the plant with flowers. various shades. Thanks to the use of boxwood, which loves pruning, your garden landscape will take on a finished and unique shape.

Boxwood: planting and care

Before growing this plant, it is necessary to purchase container boxwood seedlings. Please note that they should be quite bushy, and the shoots and leaves should be green. Do not buy plants that have yellow leaves, as well as specimens with bare shoots.

The site for boxwood should be chosen in a cool, draft-free place. At the same time, it should be perfectly illuminated by the sun;
the soil for planting is desirable to take nutritious and loose;
the plant must be regularly fed, namely with each watering during the active growing season, in winter - 1 time in 30 days;
the plant can be propagated by seeds and cuttings;
boxwood is recommended to be sprayed abundantly and often with filtered soft water, as it does not like dry air;
it is often not necessary to transplant it, this is done exclusively as it grows;
in the process of transplantation, the technology of transshipment into a larger container is used;
the plant should be formed by pruning, and the remaining cuttings should be used for propagation;
boxwood cuttings take root perfectly with high humidity air and in moist soil;
indoors, the plant blooms quite rarely and even less often forms seeds;
with improper care, boxwood can be affected by mealy worm, scab and spider mites;
for a plant like boxwood, root rot is the most dangerous.

Planting boxwood

As for the soil, boxwood is absolutely undemanding to it, but it develops best in loose, well-fertilized and calcareous soil. He feels great in semi-shady and shady places, as well as in the summer sun, subject to shading for the winter.

It is recommended to plant the plant in the spring. In this case, it has time to take root normally before the onset of frost. If to do correct transplant in the summer, then with regular spraying, watering and care, adult boxwood will not stop growing. Autumn planting is possible only 30 days before the onset of cold weather, if this happens later, then it is better to dig the seedlings in a shady area before the start of spring.

Landing rules:

boxwood can be planted from spring to autumn. To do this, dig a trench that will be several times larger and deeper than the root system;
then it is necessary to put 15 cm of compost on the bottom and mix it with garden soil;
further, boxwood seedlings are removed from the containers and the roots are straightened;
bushes should be planted in increments of 30-40 cm at exactly the same depth as they grew in containers;
we do irrigation.

Boxwood cuttings

When breeding boxwood vegetatively, take root from 80% -100% of cuttings. Period summer cuttings usually determined by the condition of young shoots - they should be slightly woody at the base. Autumn cuttings are cut at the end of summer, or at the beginning of September. Their length should be from 5-10 cm. On the handle, remove the bottom sheets and leave the top two. Cuts must be made above the last and below the first internode. Then they are planted in loose soil, which is made from a mixture of garden soil, peat and covered with foil. With constant watering, the cuttings root in about 21 days.

pruning boxwood

At mild conditions climate, the plant is cut for the first time in April. With more severe ones, it is necessary to wait for the first days of May.

By itself, boxwood develops rather slowly, so gardeners often limit themselves to light adjustment of the crown and cut off only new growths. If the plant has completely lost its shape, then you can cut it to the old wood.

Boxwood Care

Around October-November, it is necessary to make abundant watering of the plant, which will saturate it with moisture for the winter.
It is also recommended to create soil mulching under the bushes using peat or coniferous needles.
After the onset of cold weather, you can start shading the boxwood. To do this, the plant is covered with plastic or wooden boxes having holes.
Small boxwood hedges and borders can be covered with several layers of non-woven material.
Stamp trees should be tied to supports and completely covered with non-woven material.
In the spring, shelters must be removed, and the snow removed from the plant and loosened.
The material is removed in cloudy weather, but not completely. It is advisable to leave one layer of it on the boxwood. Only after a week the plants are completely released.

Boxwood video:

This evergreen shrub looks great even in winter. Take a look at the photo, its glossy bright green, rounded leaves confidently peek out from under the snowdrifts, symbolizing life. It is believed that evergreen boxwood is able to protect from evil spells and fulfill wishes. This article is all about the variety of varieties, planting, proper care, subtleties of cultivation, methods of propagation of buxus.

Varieties and varieties of evergreen boxwood

Three areas of growth of boxwood (buxus) in nature are known: on African continent; northern Mexico and Cuba. The largest natural distribution area of buxus is the southern regions of the European continent, the foothills of the Caucasus, China and Japan.

Colchis boxwood

In Russia, buxus grows wild in the territory Krasnodar Territory, in Adygea, in the gorges of the Caucasus mountains, where mountain rivers flow. The only species of boxwood found here is Colchis (Buxus colchica). Unfortunately, the natural habitat of boxwood in Russia is constantly declining, the reason for this is the barbaric deforestation of shrubs and the deterioration of the environmental situation: the culture is listed in the Red Book.

Only about 30 types of buxus are known, but only a few of them are widely used for ornamental gardening. Boxwoods are long-lived in the world of shrubs. The life expectancy of one bush can be 500 years.

For landscaping areas of gardens and parks are used the following varieties Buxus evergreen (Buxus semperv irens):

Suffruticosis - characterized by a strictly vertical direction of growth;

Variety Suffruticosis

Blauer Heinz - rigid shoots are directed strictly upwards, grows very slowly, the color of the leaves is bluish;

Variety Blauer Heinz

Elegans - used in landscape design to form spherical garden forms. Bush from nature spherical shape, the leaves are green;

Sort Elegans

Buxus treelike - in shape resembles large bush or small tree. The leaves are dark green. The tallest of all varieties;

Buxus arborescens

Winter Gem is a low growing, slow growing shrub with small leaves, suitable for creating garden topiary forms and container growing.

Variety Winter Gem

Proper planting is the key to good growth of boxwood bushes

The place for landing the axle box must meet a number of requirements. The thing is that the culture grows well and develops on moderately moist soils. Ideal for planting areas with sandy or loamy soils. Heavy acidic soil is not suitable for planting bushes of evergreen boxwood, therefore, in such areas, measures should be taken in advance to improve the soil structure.

High level ground water adversely affect the development of the boxwood root system. Given that the culture has been growing in one place for over 500 years, the site should be selected carefully, taking into account the existing topography, soil composition and groundwater level.

Soil composition is very important for boxwood

Boxwood has a special relationship to the effects of sunlight. The plant prefers to grow in partial shade. Of course, it is difficult to avoid plantings from the sun if boxwood bushes are used to create hedges. But, ideally, the plant grows well and develops in the presence of shading from direct sunlight.

Evergreens keep growing winter period when they may experience a lack of moisture in deeply frozen soil, which is aggravated when plants are planted on sunny places. A dehydrated boxwood bush can lose most of its leaves and even die.

Boxwood seedlings

Usually, buxus is planted in the garden in the spring, decorating them or. Particular attention should be paid to the condition of the crown and root system of seedlings. The roots should not be dried and broken, and the crown should not have bare spots and yellow leaves.

For planting bushes, separate pits or trenches are made (when arranging hedges), the depth of the prepared pits should be twice the length of the roots of the seedlings.

Advice! The distance between planted boxwood bushes in a row should be at least 30 cm.

Young plantings of boxwood respond well to watering and spraying the bushes on the leaves.

Boxwood care: some subtleties of growing a crop

Planting and caring for the crop, done correctly, in compliance with agrotechnical requirements, will allow you to grow a healthy plant that long years can decorate the garden.

Cultural care includes:

Periodic watering.
Soil loosening.
Timely removal of weeds.
Creating shading over plants from the scorching sun in summer months.
Regular top dressing, seasonal fertilization.

Boxwood requires regular care

Diseased plants that have been attacked by pests should be treated with special preparations. To prevent the development of diseases, it is necessary to periodically inspect the growing boxwood bushes.

Separately, it should be noted the rules for caring for boxwood when performing formative pruning of bushes and creating curly trees. It is allowed to carry out pruning in the warm season during the period of plant growth - from April to September. The cutting of the bushes is repeated at intervals of 4 weeks, while it is necessary to fertilize and feed the emerging plants.

Advice! In winter, in very coldy, it is useful to snatch the bushes of wintering boxwood with special films that conduct light.

Fertilizer and top dressing of Buxus evergreen

From April to August boxwood needs regular top dressing. Best of all, plants absorb special fertilizers in liquid form, which are applied weekly under the root, or in the form of foliar top dressing on the leaves.

Boxwood needs to be fed several times a year.

The plant itself is able to signal a lack of nitrogen: its leaves acquire a reddish color with a hint of bronze.

When planting boxwood bushes, in landing pits add granulated organic and mineral fertilizers. In autumn, it is useful to feed boxwood with potash fertilizers.

Boxwood breeding methods

If necessary, you can get young boxwood plants yourself. For this there is cutting method plants. Although the growth of culture is not fast, the boxwood stalk takes root and forms young plant during the warm period.

Rooted cuttings of boxwood

Cuttings with a length of at least 20-30 cm should be harvested from healthy plants. It is best not to cut them off from the mother stem, but to break them out “with a heel”. Cuttings are planted in humus-rich soil in special boxes, which are located in a greenhouse or greenhouse. It is not necessary to cover the planted boxwood cuttings with foil.

seed way culture propagation is rarely used, given the slow growth.

Diseases and pests: how to properly protect boxwood

The presence of alkaloids in the leaves of the buxus greatly reduces the risk of damage to the plant by pests and the development of diseases on the shrub. However, some pests are so stubborn that they can harm the plant, despite its dense glossy leaves.

The mining boxwood fly (boxwood gall midge) causes great harm to the plant. Timely detection of a pest on the leaves of a plant and treatment with special preparations will save the plant from damage by these pests. The fly, remaining on the plant, reproduces rapidly, the larvae of this pest do not die even in winter. They penetrate inside the leaf blades, form swellings, hibernate, settling in the spring on unaffected leaves.

box fly

Boxwood felt is another crop pest that infects the crown of the plant, penetrating the leaves and young shoots. The affected parts of the bush are cut out and burned.
The spider mite colonizes the plant during the dry summer months. Systematic spraying of the plant on the leaves can prevent the appearance of the pest. Treatment - treatment with Fufanon, Actellik, Neoron, Fitoverm.

Advice! Spray plants more often in the summer.

Often shoots with dried tips appear on boxwood bushes. The disease is caused by the fungus Volutella buxi. Control measures - pruning and treatment with systemic fungicides.

Volutella buxi infestation

Boxwood is also sick with cancer, which develops on broken or old branches. Such shoots need to be cut to healthy wood.

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