Spruce Canadian "conic": description and care

Spruce Canadian "conic" is widespread in North America, where it forms clean or mixed forests. In natural conditions a tree can reach a height of thirty meters. This type of spruce is a kind of long-lived, in natural conditions you can find specimens with an age of more than 250 years.

Spruce canadian: description

The tree is extremely resistant to low temperatures and lack of moisture, and the impact of strong wind on the crown of the plant is able to compensate for a powerful root system.

At different stages of life, the direction of the branches changes in the tree. Thus, a young spruce Canadian "conic" has branches that point upward at an acute angle, and in an adult, a formed plant, they change direction in the opposite direction.

Spruce needles have a green, bluish color, sometimes with a bluish tinge. Noteworthy is the fact that the smell of the needles somewhat resembles the aroma that leaves the currant leaves. Spruce is often used to fix sand, to arrange windbreaks, as well as in ornamental horticulture.

Spruce Canadian "conic": care

When growing at home, the plant needs special care. For a good development, a lot of regular watering is needed. An earth lump must be constantly subjected to uniform moistening. Do not allow it to dry out, and excessive moisturizing. During the rest period, Canadian spruce should be watered once every three weeks, and the temperature should not be below five degrees. At zero temperature it is enough to water it once a month.

Since this tree is sensitive to drought, it will require periodic spraying, which when growing young trees in containers, especially in winter, should be done in a heated room. Spruce Canadian likes bright, but diffuse light. Young trees need to create conditions that will protect them from direct sun rays. A special danger for them is spring sunburn.

The plant needs a moderate temperature regime, in the winter it likes coolness. The optimum temperature in winter should be within +6 - 10 degrees of heat. The tree withstands easily and the temperature drop down to negative values, however, it must be ensured that the earth clod is not frozen. In summer, the plant must be ventilated.

Spruce canadian is very hard to tolerate transplants, which should be made once for two years, at the end of spring. Carrying out the given procedure, it is necessary to watch, that integrity of an earth coma was kept and there was no denudation of roots.

Spruce canadian, like other her brethren, propagates by cuttings or seeds. Only the last way is unlikely to be able to get an exact copy of the plant, because the mother signs in this case are poorly transmitted. In a mature cone, only a few seeds can become a real Canadian spruce. In this regard, the best way for reproduction will be the method of propagation. The method is long, but it gives a good result.