People since ancient times believed that the box has certain power over time, over the past, future and present. Ancient pagans produced various charms from this plant, hoping that they are capable to save the person from evil spells, to set on the right path and to allocate with remarkable force.
Today the box (buksus) is one of the most widespread homestead ornamental plants which is ideal for landing on lawns and in the form of green hedges. To be engaged in landing and care for box absolutely simply, however nevertheless there are some nuances of which it is necessary to have idea.
Landing of box
It is necessary to land young box on personal plot in the spring – it will give to plant enough time to develop root system and successfully to worry cold winter months. If plant adult, it it is possible to replace at all seasons of the year, however it is necessary to do it carefully as the probability of damage of roots is high.
The box is the best of all to sit down in in advance dug-out hole. Before disembarkation it is necessary to water the earth in hole and liquid fertilizers for ornamental plants. This bush is not afraid of the close neighbourhood with similar, however if its disembarkation is made not for the purpose of creation of green hedge, then it is better to leave distance between plants about three-four meters.
Care for box
During the spring, summer and the first half of fall all care for box comes down only to its periodic cutting and watering, however towards the end of fall it is necessary to help plant to be prepared for long wintering. Before strike the first frosts, it is necessary to take care of saturation of box large amount of moisture. For this purpose follows carefully and the plant is abundant to water. The second that needs to be made – to mulch the soil around bush. For mulching it is better not to use dry, fallen leaves as in the course of pereprevaniye they can provoke appearance of fungal diseases on the lower stalks of box. The most suitable material for this procedure – needles of coniferous plants or peat. The box is not too resistant to abundant snowfalls therefore during the winter period it is desirable to warm plant plastic or wooden boxes in which there have to be air vents. If bushes of box have the small sizes, they are enough to be covered with some nonwoven fabric. With approach of spring it is better to shovel away not thawed snow around bush to provide fast warming up of the soil. Winter covering should be removed from box gradually – at first to release the lower part of plant, and in one-two weeks the rest of bush.