Pine "Fastigiata": description, tips for planting and care

Pine "Fastigiata" grows in European, Asian states, the Urals, Siberia, Manchuria. The plant is used to form a landscape design in the garden, when you need to give a bluish-gray accent in the elements that decorate the garden. It goes well with heather, cinquefoil, turf.

In Latin, the name of the plant sounds like Pinus sylvestris Fastigiata. The description of this variety of pine is as follows.

• The tree can grow up to 10-15 m, but usually its height does not exceed 6 m. The width reaches 150 cm. Fastigiata grows at a slow pace, in 12 months - 20 cm in height and 5 cm in width. After 35 years of growth, the tree begins to gain much less height.
• The crown does not differ in spreading, the branches are directed upwards.
• The tree is covered with smooth reddish-orange bark, which over time begins to move away from the trunk in small layers.
• The roots are very developed and are located deep in the ground. When the soil is heavy and moist, the roots can be close to the surface.
• Scotch pine "Fastigiata" has needles, collected in two. They are very tough, dense, green in color with a gray or blue tint. The period of their life is up to 4 years, then they die off.
• Resin buds, reddish-brown in color, ranging in size from 1.5 to 3 cm. Flowering occurs in May-June. Male spikelets are twisted, yellow or red, located next to young shoots. The female cones, when they are just formed, are red or green in color, growing singly on the upper part of the twigs, ovoid, 3 to 4 cm in size, the color of the mature cones is grayish-brown.
• This plant bears fruit abundantly.

Features of the view:

• pine is resistant to cold weather;
• requires good lighting;
• does not have special requirements for care;
• can withstand even strong gusts of wind;
• in winter, branches break easily from heavy snow and ice;
• excess moisture, strong soil salinity, smoky air are destructive for a tree.

Pine is a light-loving plant.... In shaded areas, the crown becomes loose, and the blue component disappears from the needles. For planting, it is better to choose soils that are loose, moderately fertile, with sufficient, but not excessive moisture and good drainage. Fastigiata can endure slight waterlogging of the soil.

The beautiful columns of trees have attracted admiring gazes for many years. Mature plants, like blue candles, leave no one indifferent. In order to prevent the branches of this type of pine from breaking in the winter, you need to follow the advice of specialists and tie the branches for the winter, or you can adjust the length of the side branches by pinchingso that they form more durable.

The place for the future tree must be chosen with special care, so as not to transplant it later. It is necessary to take into account the parameters of an adult pine, its resistance to the microclimate. Any soil is suitable for pine, acidity does not matter, but sandstone and sandstone is preferable.

Since excess water is poorly tolerated by Fastigiata, the plant must be planted in an elevated place. Pine needs good lighting, so partial shade in the second tier is unacceptable. You do not need to comply with particularly complex care requirements. The first few years after planting, young trees must be watered, fertilized, protected from the adverse effects of the environment, diseases, animals that harm the tree, cold weather, early autumn frosts, gusts of wind and snowfalls.

With the onset of spring, the plant can be fed using a complex composition of nitrogen fertilizers for conifers. Cutting off young shoots will help make the crown thicker. The soil around the trunk must be loosened and mulched, before the time when coniferous litter is formed.

If there is a threat of the appearance of a bug, sprouts, leaf rollers and other similar pests on a pine tree, it is necessary to carry out a set of preventive measures associated with spraying shoots, needles and the upper part of the soil with special disinfectants. Of the diseases, fungal infections, variegated yellowing, and root sponge are dangerous. For the winter period, before the autumn frosts, the seedlings should be covered with spruce branches.

Pine can be used in combination with other plants and alone to create landscape design. Fastigiata pine is sold from early spring to autumn. The tree is an excellent ornamental plant that will decorate any suburban area. In the climatic conditions of our country, pine grows up to 6 meters in height, does not shade the site and does not interfere with neighboring plants, creating a vertical accent. At the same time, the tree grows well in containers.

See below for an overview of the Fastigata pine.