Landscape design. Spruce spiny "glaucoma globose"

One of the most popular plants used in landscape design is spruce "glauca globosa". This plant is known since 1937, when it was bred by selection from spiny spiny seeds. In 1955 the plants first went on sale, after which they became regulars of city parks, gardens and squares.

Spruce glauca globosa is widely used for decorating city landscapes by landscape designers of Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia. It is often an ornament of the central and honorable places of the city - alleys and parks of Glory. Blue beauty, in contrast to the deciduous trees, pleases the eyes of urban residents throughout the year, giving the scenery splendor.

Spruce spiny "glaucoma globoza" - dwarfish tree, in the first years of life is a plant with a spherical crown. It does not have a well-defined trunk. Only after about 12-15 years there is a main shoot that forms the triangular shape of the spruce "glauca globosa", and it changes the spherical view to the pyramidal one. If the plant is not cut, then in its entire life it reaches a height of not more than five meters, has a triangular crown up to three meters wide at the base. However, the shape of the ball is the most popular and most often used in landscape design. This shape is achieved easily, as the spruce "glauca globose" splendidly gives in to a haircut, for which he is loved by designers.

Given that the tree grows very slowly, growing in the year by about 8-9 centimeters, the shape that was given to him during the haircut will persist for a long time. This plant lives up to 500 years. Needles about one centimeter long are very densely located on the shoots, so the tree not only has a smart blue color, but also very fluffy. On the branches, elongated cones are formed, which resemble New Year's ornaments and add extra elegance to the fir.

Planting and care

Considering that this plant is a magnificent decoration even for small household plots, spruce "glauca globosa" is always on sale in specialized stores. The tree is not particularly demanding on the soil. The crown of such a decorative Christmas tree does not break under the weight of snow. Spruce is frost-resistant, resistant to urban dust, dirt and soot. Saplings are best purchased already prepared for planting, but you can grow a tree by planting seeds. However, it is likely that the grown plant will lose its magnificent silvery-blue color - it is retained only in half of the seedlings grown from seeds. The tree does not require special care and top dressing, but it is nevertheless recommended to clean the crown of the snow in winter to avoid the formation of ice on needles, and also to wash the plant during the summer period from dust to preserve its decorative blue appearance. Spruce "glauca globosa" can be susceptible to pest attack, such as spruce aphids, spider mites, bark beetles, spruce leafworms. To get rid of them will help special means of protection and constant preventive processing of a plant.