Indoor trees - laurel, nolina or bottle tree, juniper
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Indoor trees look spectacular in spacious rooms. Their large size and well-groomed appearance will not leave indifferent any guest. Dwarf trees (bonsai) look no less beautiful and exotic in apartments.
Home trees in the interior
Indoor plants are one of the design elements that allows you to create a cozy home environment in an apartment or house. They fit perfectly into any interior and can either complement it or become its main key element.
Various indoor trees in pots or tubs with a height of more than 1 meter have proven themselves excellent.
They are used to decorate not only residential premises, but also offices, cafes, shops, and are also grown in greenhouses and summer gardens.
Decorative trees for home
When placing new plants, it is recommended to immediately choose a place for them in the house, so as not to move the flower pot later. They must be protected from drafts and direct sunlight. Also, for the normal development of the plant, the place should be bright enough.
Indoor trees have the following objectives:
- they, like ordinary herbal plants, emit oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide;
- many of them emit phytoncides, thereby disinfecting the air;
- well suited for zoning the space of large rooms;
- the air in the room is humidified due to the evaporation of moisture from the surface of the leaves;
- decorate problematic zones in the room from a design point of view.
Having several indoor trees, you can imitate a forest in a Moscow apartment.
Mini trees in pots
Another popular option for growing indoor trees is bonsai, or a miniature tree growing in a shallow container. The art of growing it is also called.
Typically, the plant is an exact replica of a naturally growing tree. The art of bonsai cultivation originated in China before our era. Further, this technique was improved in Japan.
Bonsai
For bonsai, trees that have small leaves and which quickly grow new branches after forming pruning are suitable. Currently, about 400 species of trees are grown in this style. Single bonsai and compositions of several plants look beautiful. Bonsai height varies from 20 to 100 cm.
To give the desired shape to the branches, wire is used. With its help, branches are tied up and given the direction of growth. After the branches have memorized this new position, the wire is removed.
Unpretentious trees for an apartment
Due to the high pace of life, many apartment owners choose plants that do not require special care.
The most unpretentious trees for growing indoors are:
- citrus fruits;
- ficuses;
- palm trees,
- coffee;
- laurel;
- bread;
- bottle and other trees and tree shrubs.
Nolin's bottle tree
The plant got its name due to the similarity of the shape of the trunk and the bottle.In addition, it is also called the elephant's leg.
Nolina, or Bocarnea
The plant is native to the south of the United States and the north of Mexico. In these places, rains are rare. Therefore, this shape of the trunk allows the tree to accumulate moisture and survive during periods of drought. During rains, the thickening, or caudex, increases. In the process of consuming nolina water reserves, the caudex decreases in size, the crust at the bottom gathers into folds.
The dense crown consists of tough and narrow leaves. Due to this, the evaporation of water practically does not occur. In addition, the crown covers the caudex and thus eliminates overheating of the barrel.
Bokarnea roots are superficial, adapted to poor rocky soil with a thin fertile layer. Therefore, a wide and shallow pot is suitable for growing it.
The barrel is strong enough, it is difficult to damage it to animals and children. Nolina is appreciated by both experienced flower growers and novice lovers of growing exotic novelties.
Types of indoor nolin
In nature, there are about 30 types of bokarnea. However, in indoor floriculture, only bokarney is grown. Under natural conditions, it reaches a height of 10 m, indoors it grows up to 1.5 m in height.
Bokarnea bent
Bottle tree home care is simple. The main thing is to follow the basic recommendations.
Watering mode
In spring and summer, the indoor bottle tree is watered abundantly. For this, it is recommended to use the method of immersing the flower pot in a container of water. Finish watering when the ground is completely wet. After that, excess water must be allowed to drain.
The soil in the flower pot should dry out between waterings. They are usually carried out once a week.
In hot weather, home care for the nolin bottle tree includes morning or evening sprays. It is also necessary to wipe its leaves with a damp cloth to remove dust.
If the plant is not satisfied with a dormant period in winter, then watering is also organized at this time of the year.
Top dressing
Bocarnea grows in natural conditions on poor soils, so it does not need special feeding. If necessary, you can fertilize the tree with liquid mineral fertilizers. Top dressing is carried out no more than 1 time in 2-3 weeks. They can be alternated with organic ones. For nolina, use half the dose of mineral fertilizers from that recommended in the instructions.
Fertilizers are applied after or during watering.
Flowering care
Nolina flowers are cream in color and collected in panicles. However, bokarnea does not bloom in indoor conditions.
Resting care
In the winter, the nolines have a rest period. The temperature is maintained at + 10 ° С. Under natural conditions, nolina calmly tolerates small negative temperatures.
If the plant is in the resting period, then it does not need watering. Nolina will have enough moisture stored in the caudex.
Watering the tree is only necessary if the trunk is wrinkled at the bottom.
Preparing for winter
In autumn, the temperature is gradually reduced to + 10 ° C. Also, the intervals between waterings are gradually increased. Be sure to stop nitrogenous feeding during this period.
Laurel
Another evergreen tree for home is noble laurel. In natural conditions, it grows in the Mediterranean countries, where it reaches a height of 12 meters. The laurel lives for about 300 years or more.
The leaves are used in cooking. Essential laurel oil is used in medicine and perfumery. The tree is considered a symbol of immortality and power. An interesting fact is that champions, poets and winners in battles were crowned with a laurel wreath.
As a house plant
Laurel as a houseplant can be grown both as a tree and as a shrub. It's easy to look after him.
Home laurel
In order for the laurel to develop normally, it is transplanted every two to three years. A larger (2-3 cm in diameter) pot is selected for the tree.Light soil is suitable for the plant. At a young age, laurel is transplanted every year, in adults - once every 3 or 4 years.
Diseases rarely affect the tree. This is mainly due to the violation of agricultural cultivation techniques. At home, it grows for 15 years and reaches a height of about half a meter. Reproduction is carried out by cuttings, seeds and layering.
Watering mode
For proper care of laurel at home, you need to follow the watering regime. In summer, it is watered 1-2 times a day, depending on the dryness of the air and the temperature in the room.
Watering should be plentiful, but the flower should not be flooded. This can lead to root system disease. Therefore, a good drainage is arranged in the pot.
The plant tolerates short-term drought normally. Watering is carried out with soft and warm water.
The plant loves moist air, therefore, on hot days, spraying the crown from a spray bottle with warm, settled water up to 2 times a day is shown.
Top dressing
During the growing season, laurel is rarely fed. Usually they carry out 1 top dressing per month with complex mineral fertilizer.
Flowering care
Laurel flowers are small, yellow in color. However, the tree blooms mainly when grown outdoors rather than indoors.
For good development, the plant needs diffused lighting. Laurel can even develop in the shade, but is afraid of direct sunlight.
Laurel tree flower
It grows well in spring and summer at temperatures from 20 ° C to 26 ° C. To prevent the plant from getting sick, the place in which the flower pot is located must be protected from drafts. In the summer, it is advisable to take it out into the fresh air: on the balcony or in the garden.
Resting care
The dormant period begins in October and ends in March. To rest the plant, it is necessary to set the indoor temperature in the range from 12 ° C to 15 ° C. The tree can withstand short-term exposure to negative temperatures.
The plant is rarely watered. The main thing at this time is to prevent the earth from drying out. Top dressing is not carried out in winter.
Preparing for winter
In order for the plant to enter a dormant period without stress, watering is gradually reduced both in volume and frequency. Sanitary pruning is carried out in November.
Juniper indoor
Junipers (Juniperus) belong to the Cypress family. This evergreen tree or shrub is distributed from the Arctic to mountainous regions with a subtropical climate. Craftsmen create beautiful wooden crafts from it, plants are often used by landscape designers to decorate flower beds and hedges.
Juniper in landscape design
At home, Chinese and solid junipers are most often grown.
In the apartment, indoor juniper perfectly cleans the air from harmful microorganisms, is a natural phytoncide, helps to strengthen the nervous and immune systems.
Propagated by layering, cuttings, grafts and grains or seeds that are in the berry cones (cones). The most convenient way is breeding with cuttings and layering.
Under natural conditions, the height of a juniper can reach 30 m. It practically does not get sick and is not damaged by pests.
Some species have hard thorns, so you need to protect your hands when caring for them. The lifespan is up to 600 years.
Juniper lends itself well to molding. Bonsai is grown from it.
Juniper bonsai
For indoor juniper, it is important to create favorable conditions. These plants are light-requiring, so a well-lit place is selected for a flower pot. It is desirable that in this place good air circulation could be arranged.
When planting in a container, a drainage layer of broken brick or medium-sized gravel must be arranged.
Uniperus can grow on depleted soils, but thrives better on light substrates. For soil, peat, sand and turf soil are mixed.
Watering mode
The plant needs moderate watering for normal growth. In hot weather, uniperus is watered once every 2-3 days, depending on the speed of drying of the soil.
If the summer is hot, then spraying with warm, settled water is shown.
Top dressing
During the growing season, the tree is fed with mineral compounds every two weeks. Fertilizers are dissolved in water for irrigation.
Flowering care
Hot air is destructive for him, therefore it is better to maintain the temperature in the room + 20-25 ° С. It is not recommended to place the plant near a radiator.
For the normal development of juniper, it is necessary to organize sufficient diffused lighting. It is necessary to exclude direct sunlight on the crown.
Resting care
At this time, the air in the room should be cool. The temperature is maintained at + 12 ° С. Do not overcool indoor juniper. A plant for wintering can be arranged on a loggia.
In winter, the plant should receive enough light, therefore it is not recommended to place it in dark rooms.
Watering and feeding are not carried out in winter. If the plant is kept in the room, then in this case the juniper is watered only when the earthen coma dries. To check the dryness of the soil, you need to stick a wooden stick into it. If only the top layer of the earth is dry, then watering is not performed.
Preparing for winter
In the autumn period, feeding is reduced and carried out once a week. Since November, juniper is not fertilized.
If the tree is on the balcony or in the garden, then the temperature itself naturally gradually decreases, preparing the plant for wintering. If Uniperus is indoors, then in this case, the temperature should also be gradually reduced. This will avoid stress when the plant moves to a lower temperature environment.
Indoor trees in the interior
Indoor trees are easy to grow. They will add zest to the interior of every home.
