Juniper Kurivao Gold

The Chinese variety Kurivao Gold is often used to decorate personal plots and the area around the house. The shoots of the plant are golden in color, the crown is asymmetric. The shrub is classified into the Cypress family. The main habitat is northeastern China, Korea and southern Manchuria.

Chinese juniper Kurivao Gold: description and characteristics of the variety

Kurivao Gold - Chinese juniper: photo

The variety of Chinese juniper Kurivao Gold is considered to be very spreading. If the plant is already about 10 years old, then its height will be about two meters, later shrubs grow up to three meters. The girth of the juniper is 150 cm due to the spreading branches. Shoots stretch upward.

Young shoots of the bush have a golden color, which looks very beautiful against the background of greenish needles. Cones appear on the bush over time.

Every year, the shoots are stretched 0.2 meters, you can cut the shrub, he takes the procedure well. Giving the plant a beautiful shape, you can embody any ideas in decorating the area.

The shrub is planted in loamy and sandy loam soil. The earth should be neutral or slightly acidic in terms of acid-base balance. Juniper is able to take root in urban conditions, and dry summers will not do much harm to the plant.

The use of the Kurivao Gold variety in landscape design

Juniper Kurivao Gold in garden design: photo

You can beautifully decorate the area around the house and in the garden with shrubs. The Kurivao Gold variety is planted both singly and in groups, which looks very original and unusual. Designers often use junipers for planting in small ornamental gardens and rockeries. The plant can amazingly decorate the porch of the house, you can also make your own hedge or, for example, a bonsai. The variety can be tried in combination with various perennials.

How to plant and care for the Kurivao Gold Chinese Juniper variety

In order for the plant to grow well and please its owners, you need to take into account the rules and recommendations for planting and caring for the shrub.

Measures to prepare the planting site and seedling

• The Kurivao Gold variety is resistant to arid climates, but the plant does not grow well on heavy and clay soil. If the soil is clayey during planting or groundwater runs under the ridges, then drainage needs to be prepared. It is necessary to dig a landing hole in advance and lay a 20 cm layer of gravel, bitumen and expanded clay on its bottom.
• For a shrub, it is best if it is under a little shade. If the plant stands constantly in the open sun, then the beautiful and rich color of the needles will be lost.
• If you plan to plant shrubs in a group, then it should be noted that the adult seedling will be about 150 cm in girth, which means that the distance between the handicrafts should be 200 cm.
• In depth, you need to dig a hole 70 cm. In width and length, the hole is harvested depending on the parameters of the planting material.

How to plant a plant

• To plant a plant, you need to prepare a planting hole, which is twice as large as the pot in which the shrub is located. The main thing is not to lower the neck of the root under the ground, it is better that it is higher than the soil.
• Pour peat, compost, black soil into the hole in a ratio of 1: 1: 1. Then pour out the complex of minerals. The planting material that was purchased at the store already contains fertilizers for active growth. Then you do not need to additionally fertilize the soil, but next year the plant will need to be fed.
• Place the seedling in the ground carefully and sprinkle with soil mixture, tamp the soil. Weeds and lawns should not grow near shrubs within a radius of 0.7 meters. There should be a lot of space near the trunk for the plant to receive more nutrients and oxygen. In order for the air to circulate constantly, the soil must be weeded.

Attention: After planting, the bush must be watered with warm water, pouring 2 buckets of water into each hole.

Irrigation and feeding

A young plant needs to be watered regularly. In dry weather, the shrub is watered often, pouring out 1-3 buckets of liquid, the amount can be increased as needed.

Adult juniper you need to water 3 times per season. During periods of heat, sprinkling can be done in the evening.

Fertilizers are placed in the soil 1 time per year in mid-spring. You can fertilize the shrub with a complex of minerals, for example, you can take the Kemir wagon. Adult plants can be fed with organic fertilizers.

Mulch application and weeding

To make the soil better, it is equipped with compost mulch. In this case, the root system of the plant will not freeze in winter.

After the rain has passed or the gardener has watered the plant, you need to loosen the ground under the young plants. If the soil is not loosened, the soil will begin to harden, oxygen will not flow well, and the shrub will look worse outwardly.

In order not to harm the roots, you need to loosen the soil shallowly. Weeds must be removed immediately with roots. The application of mulch ensures that there is no weed.

The procedure for shaping and trimming the Kurivao Gold shrub

The Kurivao Gold shrub can be shaped and pruned, which is very popular with many designers and gardeners. When cutting, the crown of the plant becomes lush and beautiful.

The shrub is cut for the first time in March, at an air temperature of +4 degrees, but at the moment the growing season should not begin. The second haircut is done at the end of summer.

Attention: You need to cut off no more than a third of what has grown this year.

How to prepare a shrub for the winter season

• Young plants need to be covered so that they do not freeze. An adult shrub does not need shelter, but in the fall, you need to put more mulch.
• You need to cover the plant with spruce branches or burlap. Above the bushes, so that a lot of snow does not fall on the branches, you can put a covering structure. In the autumn period, the zone near the trunk is dug up, charged irrigation is performed and the soil is equipped with mulch (peat + sawdust) for a 10 cm layer.
• In the spring, when the active sun appears, you need to cover the plant with burlap.
• In the spring, burlap is also used to protect the crown from sunburn.

How to propagate the Chinese shrub Kurivao Gold

• Option 1 - Seeds. Time-consuming, rarely used.
• Option 2 - Cuttings. This method is used very often. For a small amount of time at the exit, you need the amount of planting material. At the end of winter, mother shrubs need to trim young shoots 10-20 cm long, leaving part of the trunk with bark. The main thing to consider is that there should be at least 2 internodes on the handle. From below, the planting material is cleaned of needles and lowered for 1-2 hours in a growth accelerator - Kornevin. Sand, peat, humus should be poured into the landing box in a 1: 1: 1 ratio. Plant cuttings need to be dug into the ground by 3 cm, cover the planting site with foil and put in a well-lit place.It is necessary to water the shrub constantly; if the earth is dry, sprinkling can be used. After the plant has taken root well, the shelter must be removed. Juniper seedlings are transplanted into open soil for next year.
• Option 3 - Layers. In an adult plant in the near-stem zone, you need to loosen the soil and add peat, sand and humus. The branch that is on the side must be lowered to the ground and secured with metal studs and covered with soil. The plant will need constant watering, next year the layers are separated from the main bush. When new shoots are formed, the shrub must be transplanted.

Diseases and enemies of the Kurivao Gold variety

For a young plant, excessive moisture becomes dangerous, as a result of which a fungus appears. The root system turns black, the top of the plant dries up and eventually the shrub dies. It is difficult to defeat a fungal infection, so the gardener digs up a juniper and burns it. For preventive purposes, it is important to avoid waterlogging, as the consequences can be catastrophic.

Also, do not plant Kurivao Gold next to apple trees, pears and hawthorns, as these plants are susceptible to rust attack, which can jump onto a healthy plant. It is best to remove the affected branches with pruning shears and burn them. Treat the plant with fungicides.

You can recognize Alternaria by brown needles with a black bloom. The disease can occur due to the fact that the shrub has little oxygen, which does not come well, since the plants are planted closely. Shoots that are planted must be cut and burned. It is worth processing the juniper with Hom or Topaz.

The following insect pests should be avoided by Kurivao Gold:

• Juniper Lybeater;
• Gallica;
• Shield;
• Moth.

You can defeat enemies by using Fuanon and Actellic. It is necessary to spray the crown and the near-stem area. To destroy snails and ants, you need to purchase specialized products.

Conclusion

Sot Kurivao Gold is widely used among designers and gardeners. Shrubs look beautiful even in winter, the variety is very resistant to severe frosts.

Juniper Kurivao Gold: reviews

• I looked on the Internet about the Kurivao Gold variety and wanted to buy it. I bought the plant in the nursery, so the shrub will grow faster than trying to grow from cuttings. After landing in the first year, I made shelters. The winter went well for the juniper, in the spring I did a haircut. The variety grows very fruitfully and quickly.

• When I visit any places, I like to pay attention to the decoration of the terrace. Near the office, the team decided to decorate the lawn with the Kurivao Gold variety. The shoots of the plant are golden in color, which looks very interesting. The shrubs have been growing for a couple of years, everyone really likes how the place near the office looks now.