Tuyu is actively used to decorate household plots, summer cottages, city parks. This evergreen plant keeps decorative throughout the year. In addition to beautiful needles, the tree also has an interesting flowering. How and when it can bloom is described in the article.

Does thuja bloom?

Tojuy belong to the cypress family and pine order. This is a large plant that can reach a height of 70 m and a width of 6 m. Its shoots are covered with needle leaves. In youth, they are soft, and in mature plants, scaly. Fruits the tree with cones of oblong or oval shape. In the culture, there are 5 types of thuja and a large number of varieties.

Did you know? Translated from the ancient Greek language "thuja" means "incense". The plant was so named because in ancient Greece and Rome burned its wood to appease the gods.

Existing species:

• west;
• Japanese;
• Korean;
• folded, or giant;
• Sichuan.

In spring, these plants begin to bloom. This occurs at the age of 6–10 years. The flowering of the described culture is original. Her flowers are inconspicuous and do not exude aroma.

How and when thuja blooms

Flowering, or dusting (distribution of pollen) of coniferous crops begins in April. At this time, peculiar spikelets are formed on the shoots. Thuja has bisexual flowers - female and male. They differ in color and shape. Female inflorescences are similar to buds. They are usually formed at the top of the crown. Painted in yellow-green tones.

Did you know? Thuja bark and needles can help with various ailments. The French monarchs knew about the healing properties of the plant and issued orders to plant the "tree of life" in the royal gardens.

Male flowers are placed at the bottom of the crown. They are rounded in shape and brownish yellow in color. The flowers are not stored on the tree for long. Already after 6-12 days (depending on weather conditions), cones with seeds form in their place and young shoots begin to move in growth.

Pest protection

Thuja has strong immunity and is rarely affected by diseases or pests. But if mistakes were made during its planting, or poor-quality care is given to the tree, the plant may be attacked by harmful insects. In order to prevent them from entering the site where the thuja grows, it is necessary to observe preventive measures.

Important! When working with chemicals, personal safety measures should be followed: protect the body with a special suit, the mouth and nose with a mask, the eyes with glasses, and the hands with gloves.

So, to prevent the appearance of a spider mite, you need to establish the correct irrigation regime, not to allow the soil to dry out, to irrigate the crown, thus maintaining the optimum level of humidity.

Preempt attack leaflets perhaps if you double-treat with any systemic insecticide. So that the thuja does not hurt false shieldIt’s worth installing hunting belts.

Thuja moth will not be able to lay eggs if, from the second half of June to the beginning of July, twice sprayed with drugs that contain pyrethroids.

Carrying out activities such as deep digging of the soil in autumn, thorough cleaning of the site from plant debris, drainage and liming of the soil will not give a chance to survive wireworm. If the insects still hit the plant, you should immediately begin treatment.

Effective drugs against thuja enemies can be found in the table:

Pros and cons of flowering

Flowering is a physiological process that a plant needs to reproduce. In the course of it, pollen is secreted and pollination occurs, as a result of which cone-shaped fruits containing seeds are formed, which can later be used to produce young trees.

However, flowering and fruiting of the described plant often leads to a decrease in the decorativeness of the tree. Therefore, in manuals on landscape design, it is recommended to remove flowers from flowering thuja and cones mechanically using a haircut.

Important! Thuja should be trimmed only with a disinfected garden tool. In order to avoid infection with diseases and pests, you can not use the same devices for cutting on different plants without disinfection.

Like all conifers, thuja blooms in the spring in an original way - its flowers have an inconspicuous appearance and no aroma. This is a natural process that occurs when a plant reaches a state. It badly affects the decorativeness of the conifer. To preserve the beauty of the tree, it is recommended to prune during which the flowers are removed.