- Choose a location that is as sunny as possible
- The right soil substrate
- The best time to plant blue cypress trees
- How to plant the blue cypress
The blue cypress with its needles bluish on the underside is very popular as a hedge or decorative individual plant because of its fast growth. If you plant the evergreen conifers correctly, you will enjoy them for many years. You have to keep this in mind when planting.
The blue cypress should be planted in autumn
Choose a location that is as sunny as possible
The blue cypress likes it as sunny as possible. In partially shaded or even shady places, it does not grow as quickly.
The place shouldn't be too windy either. Protect young plants in particular from too much draft.
The right soil substrate
A humus-rich, nutritious soil ensures that the blue cypress grows quickly. Under no circumstances should it be too clayey.
In any case, the soil must be permeable. The blue cypress does not tolerate waterlogging. It turns brown and fungal diseases can spread much more easily.
The best time to plant blue cypress trees
Fall is the best time of year to plant blue cypress trees. Then the conifers have enough time to take root before winter.
Blue cypresses that you buy in pots can also be planted in spring.
If you plant blue cypresses in autumn, the young plants need a light winter protection in the first winter. A mulch layer works well for this.
How to plant the blue cypress
- Dig a planting hole
- loosen the soil well
- create drainage if necessary
- Improve soil with compost and/or horn shavings (32.93€).
- Insert blue cypress
- fill up soil
- approach carefully
- water
Blue cypresses are flat-rooted. The planting hole does not have to be very deep, but rather a little wider.
Keep a planting distance of at least 30 to 50 centimeters. A space of about three square meters should be available for solitary blue cypresses.
The distance from house walls should be at least two meters. Don't plant the poisonous evergreen shrubs too close to roads. You must also leave enough distance to pastures so that grazing animals cannot poison themselves.
tips
Blue cypresses differ only slightly from the tree of life Thuja externally. The difference can be determined by the smell of the needles. False cypress smells of lemon, while thuja gives off a slight scent of cloves.