2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
We all know from childhood that in winter and summer there is a green fluffy Christmas tree, a representative of the coniferous kingdom. But not all ephedra are resistant to frost. Among them there are those who shed their needles for the winter
Rod Taxodium
Small species (only three) of trees of the genus
Taxodium (Taxodium) are similar to foundlings among plants of the Cypress family. After all, coniferous Cypresses for the most part are evergreens, and Taxodium, contrary to the traditions of the family, exposes its branches for the winter.
Most often grown in culture
Taxodium two-row
Bald Cypress
Europeans call
Taxodium two-row (Taxodium distichum)"
Bald Cypress For his habit of shedding his lush hair for the winter. Only, unlike human baldness, a tree easily regains its pyramidal or cone-shaped crown in the spring.
For the love of Taxodium two-rowed for marshy areas with moist air, it is called by another name -
Common marsh cypress … For centuries, there are such mighty trees, resistant to decay, in the wetlands of the United States, and their lush crown is actively used as a support
Tillandsia usneiform (Spanish moss), which we met on our website the other day.
The commonwealth of Taxodium two-rowed and Tillandsia Usneiform, hanging from branches with bearded strands of thin shoots, and even against the backdrop of a swamp, is capable of creating mystical pictures that are in demand by American horror films and freeze the blood of moviegoers.
The view of Taxodium in natural conditions is magnificent. Its trunk, wider at the base, goes into the heavens like a straight arrow. The brown-red fibrous bark protects dense, durable wood from external enemies, resistant to fungi that provoke rotting.
The low-cut openwork crown takes different forms: round, conical, columnar. The crown is formed by branches, which are divided into two types. Stronger branches of the first order form the backbone of the crown, and delicate branches of the second order, together with needle-like flattened needles, the tree drops for the winter.
Its name,"
Taxodium two-row , The plant got because of the centimeter needles, located on the branches in two even rows on each side of the shoot. The person who first made a comb for hair, obviously spied on its appearance on the branches of Taxodium. The needles on the shoots of the first order are located in a completely different way, lining up on them in the next order. In spring and summer, the needles, as befits conifers, have a green color, turning into brownish-red by autumn.
Taxodium blooms in April, combining male and female flowers on one tree. The flowers are of no decorative value and look like rounded cones (female) and drooping long inflorescences of nondescript flowers (male).
Growing
Moisture-loving Marsh cypress is planted close to water bodies in early spring. It is desirable that the place be open to the sun, but protected from the wind. Transfers partial shade.
They are very hardy plants that can withstand low winter temperatures.
Although fertile soils with high moisture are preferable for them, they can grow on dry and poor soils without grumbled about fate.
Taxodiums quickly gain height and splendor of the crown, but they become sexually mature, giving flowering and fruits, after a 10-year stay on Earth.
Only young seedlings require special watering.
Reproduction
In culture, they are more often propagated by spring sowing of seeds in very moist soil. The emerging seedlings are planted in personal containers, periodically replacing them with larger containers. By the way, the plant tolerates transplants very easily.
The seedlings are sent to permanent residence in a couple of years.
Reproduction by cuttings is possible.
Enemies
Calcareous soil causes chlorosis of the leaves, so you should either abandon planting a plant in the presence of such soil, or fertilize the soil with micronutrient fertilizer - iron chelate.
In fertile and moist soil the immunity of Taxodium is very high.
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