Pinus sylvestris Watereri is a decorative grade of Scots pine. Water Vereri has been popular for over a hundred years. This is an evergreen plant native to Britain, it is revered by European gardeners, used to decorate the landscape design of the park space. Pay attention to the beautiful variety of slowly growing pine trees, perhaps it will become an ornament of your site.
Description and characteristics of wood
This rounded shrub grows slowly and only reaches the height of three meters by the age of three decades.
The main differences of the Waterreri are:
- compactness;
- resistance to frost;
- adaptability;
- unpretentiousness;
- the presence of several trunks, like a shrub.
Such data already makes the variety attractive.
Important! Buy this variety of ordinary pine in specialized stores in pots - such seedlings are guaranteed to be protected from root damage and are already fortified with fertilizers.
View the description of the appearance:
- annual growth of shoots: up to 12 cm in different directions;
- branch features: short, upward;
- needles color: green with a blue tint;
- characteristics of cones: ovoid form, grayish-brown color;
- root system: pivotal, going deep into the ground;
- bark: characterized by a red tint.
The compact pine variety grows well in sunny places and on any type of soil. Carries out acidified and poor soil. It tolerates frost, drought and windy weather. And the gas contamination of the air has a bad effect on the water supply.
Landing Features
Spring is the best time of year for planting. The described variety does not like to grow on salty soils. Other types of soil are suitable for it. The main thing is that the earth under the plant should not be compacted - this will require the gardener to follow. Prepare the soil mixture before planting. Take 2 parts of turf land and 1 part of sand or clay (which is used in sandy areas).
You can add peat or bark to ensure breathability. Dig a hole and make a drainage system - at least 20 centimeters of a layer of gravel. As the Waterreri root goes deeper, a deep hole will be needed. To calculate the desired size, measure the earthen seedlings, add about 30 cm to calculate the depth of the pit and 60 cm - the width.
Tilt the pot with the plant on its side and carefully remove the pine. Install it vertically so that the root neck is above ground level. Fill a hole with a mixture of soil. Extremely carefully compact the earth - palms. Now make a furrow for irrigation and supply moisture to the seedling. Remember, the smallest distance between dwarf pines and other small plants near the Vateri is at least 1.5 m.
Care Rules
The first time for a sapling - years 2 or 3 - shelter from the direct rays of the sun is useful, so you need to do a little shading. You can feed a young plant with complex fertilizers for conifers - they have a balanced amount of the required substances and are available for purchase in specialized stores. It is also important to protect the seedling from frost.
Watering
A young plant should be watered once a week and such watering should be observed throughout the warm period of the year. An adult pine tree does not need such irrigation any more, only in hot summer it is required to moisten the soil several times (2–4). Fallen needles of a shrub will retain moisture. The Waterereri variety is resistant to drought, so additional watering should be carried out only at high summer temperatures and no rainfall.
Did you know? The age of the oldest tree in the world - Metusela pine - about 4850 years.
Top dressing
Optimal for feeding not only complex special formulations, but also just compost. It is added during the loosening of the earth around the plant, mixing with the main soil. In the spring, at the beginning of the growing season, it is useful to introduce mineral fertilizer.
Such enrichment is performed only once a year. Basically, the unpretentiousness of the variety to the quality of the soil is so high that it is not necessary to separately supply the soil with microelements. Loosening, mulching and occasionally watering the Vereri is quite enough.
Video: fertilizers for conifers
Mulching and loosening the soil
Loosening enriches the soil with oxygen. The dwarf shrub grows well in light, breathing earth. Loosen this way: make sure that the soil is not compacted, not covered with a crust. Also remove weeds. Be sure to mulch. Mulch is a natural layer of soil mixture, it is formed in nature in a natural way, therefore it is not necessary to remove the fallen needles. Adding peat and chopped bark is also helpful.
Did you know? In ancient times, people sewed pine branches into pillows to cure diseases.
Haircut and trim
From late May to early June, you can perform one-time pruning.
It is done in order to:
- to form a crown or maintain its shape;
- remove dried and damaged ends of shoots after wintering.
If the gardener wants to thicken the crown, make it wider, then you need to pinch the upper shoots. The width of the shrub can reach 6 meters, so maintaining the distance between plantings is very important. The formation of fluffy shoots that grow to the sides should not be disturbed by the presence of neighboring plants.
Winter preparations
Frost resistance of the Waterreri cultivar is characteristic of an adult plant. Until the age of four, the bush needs protection. In autumn, before frost, you should cover the seedlings with spruce branches and remove the shelter in spring. The materials under which the greenhouse effect occurs are not suitable for such a protective measure. air is important for the bush. Lapnik helps against sunburn.
Video: preparation for the winter of conifers
Diseases and Pests
A variety of pests can populate the pine. These are aphids, bark beetles, hermes, sawflies and ticks. For the prevention of insect damage, insecticides and fungicides are used, which can be administered together with fertilizers. Screening for pests is carried out in the spring. If you (or an invited specialist) found insects and purchased a specific drug, use it according to the instructions on the package.
Among the diseases, rust and fungi are common. Against them help tools such as colloidal sulfur. Classic Bordeaux fluid is used. Preventive spraying with these drugs is carried out in the autumn period, before the end of the growing season of Vaterri.
Important! Remember that not only berry bushes can infect Waterereri seedlings with diseases, but also distantly growing trees that are not on your site. Do not ruin the planting in vain, but use the preventive advice of gardeners.
Rust treatment:
- Symptoms of the disease: orange swelling and spots on the shoots.
- All damaged branches are destroyed. If the defeat is severe, the entire shrub is cut off.
- Application of Bordeaux mixture: copper sulfate and quicklime 1: 1 per kilogram of each component is diluted with water to obtain 10 l of liquid. The amount of water increases by 10 times, and spraying is carried out with the obtained product. Repeated treatment: the next 2-3 times after 5 days each.
Fungal shute can occur due to the lack of loosening, prolonged accumulation of needles around the shrub and increased soil moisture.
Symptoms
- the appearance of spots;
- a change in their color from brown to yellow and brown;
- fall of needles;
- the presence of mycelium under the bush.
Treatment: 0.5-1% Bordeaux liquid is used, an aqueous suspension of sulfur (2% of the substance of the amount of water). The first treatment - in the second half of the summer, then - after two to three weeks.
Video: about pine shute
Landscape design application
Pine of the present species is able to grow at least 150 years, the maximum lifespan is three centuries. After planting a young plant that is slowly growing, you will enjoy the bonsai tree view. And you can think over the design of the site, based on the compactness of the Waterreri. Over time, a young tree will rise above neighboring bushes or flowers - this will create a tier of plantings. But while the representative of the variety is small in height, he organically fits into the Japanese garden.
Close to the water sources, a small rounded pine tree looks beautiful. In landscape design, it is customary to plant pine trees on the eastern or western side of the area. Combine compact plants with other conifers and cereals. Shades of shrubs with a dark and light green or silver crown perfectly set off the Waterreeri. This variety is succinctly growing on lawn grass. Do not plant it next to deciduous trees and pink greenhouses.
A kind of bonsai is created from the Waterreri. The unpretentious Waterreri, which has excellent winter hardiness after 3-4 years of growth, is popular not only in Europe, but also in Russian gardens and parks. Phytoncides of pine trees enrich and purify the air, affecting pathogenic bacteria. Such distinctive qualities of plants make them widely used and acceptable for decorating a summer house and a plot in the private sector in an urban environment. Also, the variety is well established in the highlands.
