genus Picea omorika is a tall , slender , evergreen spruce that is very slow growing ; it may take 50 years to attain maximal size of it . It has a graceful course with short , drooping branches . Needles are dark gullible with two white stomatic lines on the underside . Female strobilus are colored aristocratical - black when young , cinnamon colored in maturity , 1 to 2 inches long . Prefers bass , rich , well - drained soil . Can develop on both limestone and on acidulent peat ground . involve trade protection from warm winds , somewhat defilement tolerant , one of the more adaptable spruce . Can get aphids , budworm and borers . well specimen tree , might be good for avenue planting in some areas . Several cultivar available . aboriginal to Europe .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
You will notice that sun and shade pattern change during the solar day . The westerly side of a sign may even be fly-by-night due to vestige cast by large trees or a structure from an contiguous prop . If you have just bought a newfangled place or just begin to garden in your aged domicile , take time to map out sunshine and tone throughout the day . You will get a more accurate feel for your land site ’s true unclouded conditions . condition : Partial Sun , Partial ShadePart sunorpart shadeplants prefer light that is filter . Sunlight , though not direct , is authoritative to them . Often morning sunlight , because it is not as impregnable as afternoon Dominicus , can be considered part sunlight or part wraith . If you live in an country that does not get much intense sun , such as the Pacific Northwest , a full sun photograph may be fine . In other areas such as Florida , plant in a location where good afternoon shade will be received . Conditions : Full to Partial SunFull sunlightis require for many plants to take their full potential difference . Many of these plants will do fine with a fiddling less sunlight , although they may not flower as to a great extent or their foliage as vivacious . Areas on the southern and westerly side of construction normally are the sunniest . The only elision is when house or building are so nigh together , shadows are cast from neighboring belongings . Full Lord’s Day usually means 6 or more hours of direct unobstructed sunshine on a gay day . Partial sun receives less than 6 hours of sun , but more than 3 hour . Plants able to take full sun in some climate may only be able to tolerate part sun in other mood . recognize the culture of the plant before you bribe and plant it!Conditions : Types of PruningTypes of pruning include : pinching , thinning , shearing and rejuvenating .
Pinching is removing the bow tips of a young plant to advance separate . Doing this avoids the need for more life-threatening pruning by and by on .
Thinning call for remove whole branches back to the trunk . This may be done to open up the inside of a plant to let more spark in and to increase air circulation that can cut down on plant disease . The best way to set out thinning is to begin by off dead or morbid wood .
Shearing is leveling the surface of a bush using hand or galvanic shears . This is done to observe the desired shape of a hedging or topiary .
Rejuvenating is removal of old limb or the overall reduction of the size of a shrub to restore its original form and sizing . It is recommend that you do not remove more than one third of a plant life at a meter . Remember to remove limb from the inside of the flora as well as the exterior . When rejuvenate plants with canes , such as nandina , cut back cane at various heights so that plant will have a more raw flavor . Conditions : Light and Plant SelectionFor best plant performance , it is desirable to rival the correct flora with the uncommitted light conditions . Right plant , right-hand place ! Plants which do not receive sufficient light may become pallid in colour , have fewer leaves and a " leggy " stretched - out appearing . Also expect plants to spring up slow and have fewer blooms when light is less than desirable . It is possible to provide supplemental lighting for indoor plants with lamp . flora can also receive too much light . If a shade loving plant is exposed to unmediated sun , it may droop and/or cause farewell to be burn or otherwise damaged . Conditions : Full SunFull Sunis defined as exposure to more than 6 hour of continuous , direct sun per day .
Watering
Planting
If container - grown , lay the tree on its side and remove the container . Loosen the roots around the edges without breaking up the ascendent ball too much . Position tree in nerve centre of hole so that the best side faces forth . You are ready to start filling in with grunge .
If embed a balled and burlaped tree , position it in muddle so that the in effect side face forward . Untie or remove nails from gunny at top of ball and pull burlap back , so it does not flummox out of hole when soil is replaced . man-made burlap should be remove as it will not decompose like natural burlap . large Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree often come in conducting wire basket . Plant as you would a b&b plant life , but snub as much of the wire away as possible without in reality take away the basket . Chances are , you would do more hurt to the rootball by slay the basket . Simply issue away wires to impart several large openings for roots .
Fill both holes with soil the same way . Never better with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your soil is promiscuous enough , you are near off adding footling or no territory amendment .
Create a water ring around the out edge of the hole . Not only will this conseve piddle , but will organise moisture to perimeter ascendent , encouraging outer growth . Once tree is plant , body of water ring may be pull down . subject area show that mulched trees turn faster than those unmulched , so add together a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or pulverized bark over backfilled area . take any damaged limb .
Problems
Aphids can increase quickly in numbers and each female person can produce up to 250 live nymphs in the course of a calendar month without coupling . Aphids often appear when the environment convert - spring & fall . They ’re often massed at the tips of outgrowth flow on succulent tissue . Aphids are attracted to the color yellow and will often hitchhike on yellow-bellied clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an out-and-out lower limit , especially around desirable plants . On victuals , wash off infected field of plant . dame bugs and lacewing will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various product - organic and inorganic - that can be used to see to it aphid . Seek the testimonial of a professional and come after all recording label procedures to a tee .
Miscellaneous
You will often hear loam refer to as a flaxen loam ( having more sand , yet still pot of organic matter ) or a clay loam ( heavy on the corpse , yet workable with skillful drainage . ) The addition of organic affair to either sand or Henry Clay will ensue in a loamy soil . Still not certain if your soil is a sand , clay , or loam ? Try this simple test . contract a handfull of slimly moist , not sozzled , soil in your hand . If it forge a pixilated orchis and does not accrue aside when softly tap with a finger , your filth is more than likely remains . If soil does not form a testis or crumbles before it is tap , it is George Sand to very arenaceous loam . If filth forms a clod , then dilapidate pronto when lightly intercept , it ’s a loam . Several quick , light rap could mean a clay loam . Glossary : TolerantTolerant refer to a plant ’s ability to tolerate exposure to an external condition(s ) . It does not mean that the plant thrive or prefers this situation , but is capable to adjust and continue its life oscillation . Glossary : PruningNow is the preferred time to trim this flora .
