Overgrown juniper? Grooming plants, ideas for the garden. Evergreens. Nivaki, Bonsai.
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Living stones from juniper.
Many gardeners like these evergreens and for good reason, they delight us with a huge variety of colors from almost blue to burgundy flowers, with the help of these plants you can realize any ideas for the garden. And the form of plants is presented in a very wide range from creeping to trees. Therefore, when we plant them on our site, we are guided by the beauty and not the future size of the plant. And after some time, an understanding of the size and size of the plant comes, and many are wondering: what to do, overgrown juniper? I answer it: cutting plants is what you need! It is possible and necessary to cut or trim the juniper, in the east such plants are called niwaki or smaller copies of bonsai, but some rules must be followed. If you carry out this procedure on time and not get carried away too much, it will not cause any harm to the plant. On the contrary, many species of this shrub have a very plastic crown, which, with the help of pruning, can be given various shapes, for example, geometric shapes, pillows or even hedges. Shearing helps to ventilate the inner space of the shrub, reduces the likelihood of fungal diseases. Common juniper pruning can be done several times during the year. As a rule, they do it in the spring, in April-May, as well as in late summer or early autumn. You should not prune the juniper in the middle of summer, at the hottest time.
From the tools you will need:
secateurs;
gardening scissors;
hacksaw;
lopper.
Tools must be sharp and clean, otherwise there is a risk of infection in open wounds. It should be remembered that a sharp tool leaves much more even cuts that will tighten very quickly. Be sure to use personal protective equipment, such as gloves and overalls. Juniper resin is sticky and difficult to remove from clothing. In addition, it contains toxic compounds that, if it comes into contact with the skin, can cause irritation. Only common juniper is completely non-poisonous.
Especially carefully you need to cut the Cossack juniper, since it is the most toxic of all species.
There are several types of juniper pruning. Pruning can be:
sanitary;
thinning;
formative.
Juniper haircut can be done in two ways.
Spot. This method of pruning involves removing part of the shoot and transferring its growth to a pre-selected bud. This is done at the initial stage, when the age of the juniper is still small, and the bush is just forming its permanent skeleton.
Blind. This is a haircut with large garden shears, regardless of the location of the branches and buds. This method is used when the crown is fully formed and you only need to keep it in the required dimensions.
Sanitary pruning of common juniper is carried out in order to improve the shrub. Usually it is done twice per season. The first time the procedure is carried out in early spring. At the same time, broken and frozen branches are removed.
A re-inspection for sanitary purposes is carried out in early autumn. At this time, broken, dry, improperly growing and diseased branches are cut out.
Thinning crop
This type of pruning reduces the excessive density of the juniper crown, brightens the interior of the bush. In the course of such pruning, the shoots growing inward are removed, the boles are cleared of small shoots, and forks are eliminated, which can later cause the bush to break.
Formative pruning
Ornamental varieties of juniper tend to grow quite quickly. Formative pruning limits their active growth and gives a beautiful appearance. Basically, it consists in shortening the annual growth by about 20%, as well as cutting off the shoots that go beyond the dimensions of the formed crown.
To reduce the stress received by the plant, it is advisable to spray the bushes with a growth stimulator. This will contribute to the regeneration of damaged shoots and speed up the rehabilitation process. But the sections remaining after the removal of large branches do not need to be covered with anything.
Some types of juniper have a predisposition to crown formation in one way or another. Therefore, when choosing a variety for planting, it is desirable to know in advance where it will grow and in what form it will be formed. For example, Chinese Blue Point or Kuriwao Gold can be used to trim the crown into a ball, flattened sphere, or pillow shape. Rocky juniper Wichita Blue is suitable for forming a crown in the shape of a cube, and Hibernica - a cylinder.
Some landscapers choose not to prune the juniper, keeping the natural shape of its crown. This applies, first of all, to creeping varieties. However, even such species from time to time need to arrange a sanitary inspection and remove damaged and diseased shoots.
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