El Hopsi is a charming blue beauty. El Hopsi: description, reproduction, care

One of the best ways to decorate a plot of land around your house or manor is to use coniferous trees for decoration. They are able not only to create coziness, but will also diligently clean the surrounding air, spreading its magnificent fragrance.

Especially popular among coniferous trees, used for decoration, is the Hupsey spruce. This variety was bred in America back in 1922. Since then, Hopsi has become a worthy decoration of many landscapes in European countries.

General information

Hupsey - this is the name of one of the varieties of blue, or prickly, spruce. It can rightfully be considered one of the best for decoration. This tree has the form of a wide cone, the diameter of which reaches 4-5 m. Spruce blue Hopsi has an intense color and is considered the blueest representative of its species. When the red needles appear on the needles, a delightful sight appears before your eyes.

Hupsey belongs to slow growing varieties. And when the tree is 30 years old, it will have a height of 12-15 m. The tree is distinguished by a very dense crown, which grows by 12-20 cm annually. Spruce is covered with a hard, thick and sharp needles 2-3 cm long. Trunk horizontally, but due to their inherent strength they do not break under the weight of snow.

The best places to plant

Nothing will decorate the main street of the city like a Hopsey spruce. The description of the requirements necessary for its growth is very small: it is resistant to severe frosts, well tolerates the pollution of urban air and grows on almost any soil.

If the tree is grown in some small garden, park or square, it can be regularly cut. It is important that this happens very delicately. Then this garden beauty can please the eye with her soft blue needles and graceful shape.

How to put Hupsey in your garden

If you like spruce Hopsey spruce and you want to make the same in your garden, the first thing you need to do is cut the shank. To do this, it is necessary to take advantage of a branch 6-10 cm long in the middle of the crown and better on the north side. You need to do this in April or May, choosing an overcast day. The tree from which the stem is taken must be at least 5 years old.

Cut off your favorite branch with a "heel", that is, capturing a small amount of older wood and bark. Before planting the cut, the "heel" is slightly cleaned, but without touching the bark. Then the stalk should be kept for 24 hours in a solution of the growth regulator. And only after that it can be planted for rooting, immersing in soil for 5-6 cm and maintaining a degree of slope, which is 30. The appearance of roots can be expected in a few months, and sometimes a whole year.

How to ensure rapid growth of a tree

In order to make the fir tree blue Hupsey feel well and successfully develop, it is important to observe such conditions:

• Summer watering should be carried out at a rate of 12 liters per one seedling. If you overdo it with water, the roots will start to rot, and the needles will crumble. The water should be warm and pour it best on the crown of the tree from the watering can.
• It should not be allowed that spruce has long been growing in dry land, since only in the presence of moisture, fungi in the soil create a nutrient medium for it.
• It is necessary to fluff up the soil regularly at the trunk of the tree, but so as not to hurt the roots.
• It is necessary to closely monitor the appearance of the young seedlings in order to notice the appearance of the disease in time. If it formed a reddish hue, this indicates a fungus infection.
• From too much frost or scorching sun, young trees should be sheltered by means of a nonwoven fabric stretched on the frame, which is capable of passing air. You can simply build around the Christmas tree hut out of branches. The main thing is that the shelter should not be too tight to the tree, which in this case can vypret.
• It is very important to immediately cut out the dried and burnt shoots.
• To accelerate the growth of shoots, in spring the spruce is treated with special solutions. For example, "Epin-Extra" or "Epin" + "Cercon" in the proportion of 2: 1.

El Hopsi is a beautiful tree that can become a wonderful decoration of city streets and squares, as well as an element of decor in a small private garden. Her planting and cultivation with her own hands will not create much red tape. The tree is not exacting to the quality of soil and air. True, it does not like excess moisture, so you should take care of the good drainage of the soil. But a prolonged drought is not particularly encouraging, since it is deprived during this period of the nutrient medium.