Thuja Amber

Western thuja Amber: variety description

Western thuja Amber, or "Thuja occidentalis Jantar" is the newest variety of this herbaceous with a rich yellowish color of needles, which, in the winter season, acquires a soft and "warming" amber color. The shrub grows usually three hundred to five hundred centimeters. When the shrubs reach the age of ten years, the height of the thuja Amber reaches one hundred and eighty centimeters, and its diameter reaches ninety centimeters. The crown of the thuja variety Amber is strongly compacted, has the correct shape, namely the correct cone shape.

Western thuja Amber: photo in landscape design

Perfectly lends itself to haircuts and grows normally in urban realities. Has a high level of cold resistance. Thuja western amber in landscape design is used quite often; it is perfect for making decorative hedges and fences.

As mentioned above, the western thuja variety Amber grows up to three hundred - five hundred centimeters up, and when the shrub reaches ten years old, it grows up to one hundred and eighty centimeters, and its diameter reaches ninety centimeters. The growth rate is characterized as slow, growing approximately twenty centimeters upward each year. The crown is characterized as regular, narrowed, and its shape has a regular conical shape.

Thuja needles of the Yantar variety are characterized by the presence of a yellowish color, and in the winter season they acquire a yellowish and bronze color at the same time. In relation to light, the plant is characterized as a sunshine lover, but it will grow well in a partial shade place. It is not negatively affected by direct sunlight, which means it is not exposed to burns left by them. To increase the rich yellowish color, it is necessary to land in areas with a sufficient amount of sunlight. As for the soil, the plant grows well on moderately moist and fertile lands, with a drainage layer and a weak acid level.

The level of resistance of the thuja variety Amber to cold is high. This plant is used in single copies, and in several, for example, for planting in small rocky gardens, personal gardens decorated in Japanese style, to give zest in a variety of compositions, for the manufacture of "hedges" and fences, for cultivation in a variety of containers.

Instructions for planting and caring for the variety of thuja Amber

Western thuja Amber: video about the variety

For planting a variety of western thuja Amber, areas with a sufficient amount of sunlight are selected. Of course, herbaceous grows calmly and in partial shade, but herbaceous develops worse and the crown acquires a less beautiful appearance. Light soil is suitable (for example, peat, clay sandy loam and dry). When planting in the soil, it is a little harder on the bottom of the planting hole, it is required to make a drainage layer at least fifteen centimeters thick.

The landing hole is made according to the dimensions of an earthen herbaceous coma, in depth from sixty to eighty centimeters. The earthen mixture can be prepared in advance. It is recommended to use a mixture, which includes sand, leafy soil, peat, in proportions of one to two to one. The acid level for herbaceous is recommended in the range of 4.5-6 pH. For the best growth, pour nitroammofosku (up to one hundred grams on the old herbaceous one). Do not forget that the root collar should be on the first layer of soil.

Immediately after planting, the thuja Amber needs to be constantly moistened, about once every seven days, with one bucket of liquid on an old herbaceous one. If the planting was carried out on especially hot dry days, then the regularity of moisture needs to be increased. Thuja Amber is herbaceous, which evaporates a large amount of liquid, therefore it loves moisturizing and sprinkling, reacts well to it.

Fertilizers are usually produced in the spring season, for this purchase one of the various complex dressings, for example, "Kemir-universal", it is consumed at fifty - sixty grams per square meter.

At the beginning of the growing season, the soil is loosened to a shallow depth, about ten centimeters, because this herb has a root system located on the upper layer of the earth. They also make a layer of mulch, for example, from peat, compost, bark, and so on.

In the winter season, the western thuja. Amber grows quietly in extreme cold. But this plant is negatively affected by direct sunlight, which causes burns, but this is dangerous only in the spring season. This means that the plant needs to be protected, in particular young herbaceous ones. For the winter season, the crown is thoroughly tied with ribbons to avoid the negative effects of wet snow. In the spring season, the wounded dried branches of the thuja variety Amber are removed, preventive pruning is performed.