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Port Orford cedar Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lanei

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Watering Port Orford cedarTenere Umido
We advise watering the young specimens, or the recently sheltered ones; the adult specimens usually are satisfied with rain water. During this period of the year the The Port Orford cedar needs regular watering, which should be done letting the soil dry between one watering and the other; let’s irrigate every 2-3 weeks with about 2-3 buckets of water .

Generalities Port Orford cedar
These plants have an erect, columnar development. The Port Orford cedar Is medium in size; in spring, summer, autumn, winter it assumes a green colouring. These are evergreen plants, which means they keep their leaves year round. These plants develop like conifers.

Exposure Port Orford cedarPosizione mezza ombra
It is advisable to position this plant in a partially shady place, where it is exposed to direct sunlight only during the coolest hours of the day. With a particularly windy climate we suggest securing young trees to long solid stakes, to avoid that the wind could bare young and not very developed roots; specimens which are only a few years old might fear intense cold and wind.The Port Orford cedar should be grown outdoors; it can bear very harsh temperatures without any problems, even many degrees below zero.

Watering Port Orford cedarTenere Umido
During this period of the year the The Port Orford cedar needs regular watering, which should be done letting the soil dry between one watering and the other; let’s irrigate every 2-3 weeks with about 2-3 buckets of water . We advise watering the young specimens, or the recently sheltered ones; the adult specimens usually are satisfied with rain water.

Treatments Port Orford cedar
Generally during this time of year we suggest a pre-emptive treatment with wide range insecticide and with a systemic fungicide, to prevent the attack from part of the aphids and the development of fungus diseases, often favoured by a mild and damp climate.

Soil Port Orford cedar
We suggest a pretty rich, quite soft, but not too drained, growing substratum.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
4
1
2
1
0
1
continental
3
2
2
2
0
1
mediterranean
2
3
2
3
0
1

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Notes Port Orford cedar

The Port Orford cedar also has a pleasing fragrance. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather continental it is possible to choose another climate area alpine mediterranean

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