Thuja occidentalis Woodwardii
Thuja occidentalis - dwarf evergreen conifers with a rich herbaceous-green needles and dense crown. Sort distributed in urban and suburban landscaping areas. It occurs as a part of kam`yanystyh gardens and rock gardens, curbs, decorative forms.
This variety is extremely popular in Europe, primarily through its decorative properties, rich green, dense crown shape, nice habit, excellent survival and simplicity - gardeners rated the undeniable advantages of this plant and are increasingly using it for planting their plots.
Place of origin arborvitae western Woodwardii unknown, entering into the culture - to 1923. The low height and relative tinovytryvalist allows this wonderful plant as a shrub undergrowth among tall trees, forming evergreen landscape as close to natural.
Thuja occidentalis Woodwardii has a crown ovoid-spherical. With age it becomes more shyrokookruhloyu. Stems and branches straight, flat. Needles summer and winter dark green on both sides on the same color.
By the age of 10 crown spherical, reaches 1.5 m high and 1.0 m in width. Later it becomes egg and grows to a height of 2-2.5 meters.
Recommended for group plantings on kam`yanystyh areas and lawns. Very valuable plant for creating low hedges. This compact plant will look great with other evergreen alpine dwarfs on a hill in the heather garden. In some cases, this type of arborvitae is almost indispensable for the creation of landscape compositions from trees and shrubs with contrasting colors of the leaves and different architectures. Often used in Miksborder and as solitaire on the lawn. Furthermore, Thuja well-proven as container plant for landscaping balconies, terraces and roofs.
Plant care
Soil. Likes moist, fresh, not heavy, fertile soils, so the planting mix should add compost, and light sandy soils "dilute" clay.
Lighting. For planting should choose a sunny or partial shade areas.
The plant in winter. Winter-hardy shrub, but in severe winters can freeze slightly the end of annual shoots. In winter it is recommended to cover the crown. Vitrostiykyy, tolerates shearing.
Pests and diseases. Young arborvitae shrubs - an attractive place for tuyevoyi aphids and other insects, and their root system can become a haven for dangerous neighbors - fungi (phytophthora, Fusarium, etc.). Disease prevention and spread of insect colonies include sanitary pruning, destruction of plant debris spraying.