The blue cypress with its bluish needles on the underside is very popular as a hedge or decorative individual plant because of its fast growth. If you plant evergreen conifers correctly, you will enjoy them for many years. You have to keep this in mind when planting.
How do I plant a blue cypress correctly?
When planting a blue cypress, you should choose a sunny location, use humus-rich and well-drained soil, create drainage, improve the soil with compost and horn shavings and maintain a planting distance of at least 30 to 50 centimeters.
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 doesn't grow nearly as quickly.
The place shouldn't be too windy either. Therefore, 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 contain too much clay.
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 cypresses
Autumn is the best time of year to plant blue cypress trees. Then the conifers have enough time to take root until 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 light winter protection in the first winter. A mulch cover is well suited for this.
How to plant the blue cypress
- Dig planting hole
- Loose the soil well
- Create drainage if necessary
- Improve soil with compost (€12.00 on Amazon) and/or horn shavings
- Insert blue cypress
- Fill up soil
- come carefully
- water
Blue cypresses have shallow roots. The planting hole does not have to be very deep, but rather a little wider.
Maintain a planting distance of at least 30 to 50 centimeters. A space of around three square meters should be available for individual blue cypresses.
The distance from house walls should be at least two meters. Do not plant the poisonous, evergreen trees too close to roads. You also have to leave enough distance from pastures so that grazing animals cannot poison themselves.
Tip
Blue false cypresses differ only slightly from the thuja tree of life on the outside. The difference can be determined by the scent of the needles. Cypress trees smell of lemon, while thuja has a slight scent of cloves.
