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These plants are cone-trees, so their foliage is made up of needle-like leaves. The development is erect, they tend to grow both in height and in width, giving origin to a rounded shrub. Douglas-fir Is an evergreen; during spring, summer, autumn, winter iIt assumes a green colouring; the adult specimens are small in size and reach 1 m high.
Exposure Douglas-fir
Plant which need at least a few hours a day of solar light. These plants don't fear the cold weather and therefore can be grown in the garden during any time of year.When the minimum temperatures are very low we can protec the more sensible brushes by covering their roots with dry leaves or straw.
Watering Douglas-fir
Let’s avoid watering the The Douglas-fir excessively, always leaving the soil dry for a few days between one watering and the other, therefore let’s irrigate the substratum deeply every 2-3 weeks with 1-2 buckets of water . If we decide to grow a specimen of the Douglas-fir in a container, we should remember that it will have slightly different needs compared to a specimen grown in the ground: we should pay more attention to its water and nutritional needs and check more often for possible development of parassites.
Treatments Douglas-fir
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.
Soil Douglas-fir
Locate in a soft soil with an accentuated drainage.
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Notes Douglas-fir
The Douglas-fir is scented. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.
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