Evergreens decorate the garden and improve the health of the air. Often, if you feel unwell, walks through a coniferous forest or park area are recommended. These are hardy and beautiful trees, but in the garden they feel a little different than in wildlife. Despite their unpretentiousness, they will still need to be given attention and care.
Coniferous plants for the garden and cottage
All coniferous plants are highly decorative and look great in group and single plantings. With their rich green color, they provide year-round attractiveness to the garden. However, not all conifers are evergreen. Among them there are those that shed their leaves for the winter. But for most representatives, the renewal of needles occurs unnoticed: in place of the fallen one, a new one immediately grows.
Tall
Tall conifers can play a major role in garden design. They serve as a background for other plants and are effective in compositions with deciduous trees and shrubs. They are often a solo plant in the garden. The small size of the plot is not a reason to refuse tall conifers. In order to decorate the local area for many years, it is enough to plant one tree. In 10–15 years it will become an accent in the garden, invariably attracting attention.
Juniper Skyrocket
Evergreen conifers are an excellent choice for creating hedges, decorating rock gardens and rockeries
A vigorous shrub, notable for its cone-shaped crown. At the age of 10 years it reaches 3 meters in height. IN landscape design Most often used in single plantings and as a vertical element of group compositions. With a tree height of 5–7 m, the diameter of its trunk is at least 1 m.
Sun-loving, does not tolerate shade. Prefers fertile, breathable soils. Winter-hardy, drought-resistant, has a powerful root system. The needles are small, with a bluish tint. Suitable for growing in urban environments.
IN recent years Hoopsie spruce is considered a favorite among gardeners
A representative of tall conifers, with a luxurious cone-shaped crown with blue needles. Grows up to 15 m tall, unpretentious and hardy. The diameter of the trunk of an adult plant can reach 5 m. It is distinguished by the rigidity of its needles, which is why it has the second name “prickly”.
The strong branches of spruce can withstand significant snow loads. The tree tolerates difficult urban conditions well and is recommended for planting in parks and other recreation areas. Remarkably high growth rates: annual growth of at least 20–30 cm. In the garden it is most impressive in single plantings. It is undemanding to soil quality and does not tolerate waterlogging.
The columnar crown of the thuja Brabant allows the plant to be used as a hedge
In the Russian climate it grows up to 3.5 m. Not suitable for landscaping areas in regions with arid climates. Moisture-loving, tolerates air pollution well. Recommended for creating hedges in cities and towns. Thuja Brabant can be planted in both sunny and shaded areas of the garden.
The tree is evergreen, the lower branches are located almost at ground level. The needles are bright green, medium hardness. The crown is narrow pyramidal in shape, dense. On average, per year it grows by 10 cm in width and 30 cm in height. The fruits are brown cones, 8–12 mm long, oval in shape with widening at the base. Looks great in single and group plantings, recommended for forming alleys and hedges.
The difficult Russian climate is not an obstacle to the growth and development of Unicolor fir
Known as a tree with beautiful needles, a dense pyramidal crown, oval dark purple cones 80–120 mm long. The single-colored fir has much larger and brighter needles than other members of the genus. Average length needles 70 mm. Distinctive feature- same color on both sides. Fir grows up to 40 m in height with an annual growth of 15–20 cm.
Grows well on sandy loams and loams, prefers well-lit places. It is highly drought-resistant and recommended for planting in the southern regions. Among all types of fir, it has a reputation as the most hardy and resistant to unfavorable factors environment.
European cedar pine looks good and takes root near water bodies
A close relative of Siberian pine, which is often confused with cedar due to its external similarity. It grows up to 25 m in height, the trunk diameter of an adult plant is 100–150 cm. It is shade-loving, but can grow in sunny places. The needles are long, elastic, dark green with a bluish tint on the back of the needles.
European pine blooms in June, the fruits are dark brown cones. This tree is a long-liver, with an average lifespan of 300–500 years.
Canadian yew needles are sickle-shaped
A shade-loving tall plant growing up to 2.5 m tall. The needles are thick, dark green, longer at the base of the branches than at the top. The crown is pyramidal, up to 2 m in diameter.
Good for molding. The plant is frost-resistant, with an annual growth of up to 5 cm. The bark, branches and needles are poisonous due to the presence of an alkaloid toxin. The wood is hard and durable.
Low-growing (dwarf)
Dwarf conifers for the garden are the product of many years of selection by specialists from different countries. Plants of this type are rarely found in nature. Low conifers are one of the most spectacular plants for the garden, and at the same time the most problematic. The reason is that if the planting site is chosen incorrectly, dwarf plants can produce good annual growth. The plant in this case may be taller than defined by the standard.
The golden needles of the thuja Amber Glow change color depending on the time of year.
A low-growing shrub with a spherical crown and golden needles. Average height is 80–90 cm, annual growth is within 5–6 cm.
To preserve its decorative properties, the shrub must be planted in sunny areas of the garden. In the shade, the needles take on a green tint.
Amber Glow has good frost resistance, but requires shelter for the winter. The bush looks great as a soloist and in a composition with flowers and deciduous plants. Heather gardens are also recommended.
Oriental thuja Aurea Nana can be grown in containers for use in decorating terraces
An evergreen tree with a beautiful ovoid crown, dense and branched. Feature: pointed crown. Grows up to 170 cm tall. Annual growth is 5–6 cm. Crown diameter is 80–90 cm. The needles are golden-green in the warm season, with a bronze tint in winter.
The plant is unpretentious and grows well on any soil, except rocky and heavy clay. Prefers well-lit places, moist, breathable soils.
Possible planting in partial shade. For normal plant development, regular watering is necessary. Small thuja is suitable for forming low hedges; in urban environments it is grown as a border.
Thuja occidentalis Caespitosa
In 1923, Thuja Caespitosa was discovered in the greenhouse of the Irish Botanical Garden in Dublin, its origin unknown.
One of the shortest coniferous plants, reaching a height of no more than 40 cm. The crown is dense, cushion-shaped, semicircular in shape. It is characterized by low growth intensity: by the age of 15 it is a tree 30 cm high with a crown width of 35–40 cm. The branches are erect, the needles are dense.
Thuja occidentalis Danica
With regular pruning, the crown of Danica's thuja becomes dense.
Dwarf thuja, characterized by extremely slow growth. By the age of 20 it reaches 60 cm in height and the same in crown diameter.
In the warm season, the needles of the tree are bright green, but with the onset of cold weather they take on a brown tint. It is recommended to plant in places protected from the wind, in partial shade.
The plant needs shelter in winter and protection from sunburn in summer. Root system superficial, requires regular watering in the first two years after planting. It is recommended to mulch the thuja tree trunk to retain moisture.
Thuja occidentalis Choseri is widely used in modern gardens due to its unusual crown shape.
Evergreen low-growing thuja, bred by Polish breeders. It has a spherical dense crown.
The plant is multi-stemmed with thick scaly needles, changing from green to bronze-brown in autumn. The tree is frost-resistant, but in the first 3–4 years after planting it needs shelter for the winter.
It tolerates crown molding well and exhibits small annual growth. Planting on well-drained fertile soils is recommended. Tuya Hoseri requires regular watering.
Creeping
Creeping conifers are also called creeping conifers. The most common area of application in landscape design is decorating gardens and local areas as a “prickly lawn”. Some types of juniper are horizontal and reach a height of only a few centimeters and are used as ground cover plants. Creeping conifers of medium height make spectacular evergreen borders.
Ground cover juniper Blue Chip is characterized by high winter hardiness
Juniperus horizontalis Blue Chip is one of the popular varieties of creeping conifers. A plant with small and dense needles of a silver-blue color. It grows quickly, forming a continuous prickly carpet.
The shrub is characterized average speed growth, by the age of 10 it reaches 20 cm in height with a crown width of 30–50 cm. The shoots grow evenly in different directions, the tops slightly rise above the ground level.
Juniper Blue Chip is a powerful air purifier that improves the health of the atmosphere within a radius of 10 m from the place of growth. Widely used for decorating rockeries and rock gardens, feels good on rocky soils.
It is drought-resistant, but the plant requires watering to achieve high decorative properties. The soil should be well-drained; stagnation of moisture is undesirable. Photophilous, recommended for planting in rocky gardens, decoration retaining walls and small hills.
The branches of the flat crown of the Green Carpet juniper are pressed tightly to the ground
Dwarf juniper Green Carpet has soft, dense light green needles. The shoots are arranged horizontally, intertwined with each other, covering the soil with a dense fluffy carpet. By the age of 10 it grows up to 20 cm in height. The crown is wide and flat, reaching 150 cm in diameter. Planting on sandy and calcareous soils and sandy loam is recommended.
The plant grows well in sunny places, but prefers partial shade. During the summer heat, sunburn is possible. It lends itself well to molding, after which the crown becomes denser and more beautiful.
Not a single weed survives under the dense carpet of Green Carpet juniper branches.
Frost-resistant juniper Prince of Wales is unpretentious to the soil
The low-growing creeping juniper Prince of Wales grows to only 15 cm in height. In this case, the crown diameter reaches 250 cm.
Effective in group and single plantings, recommended for decorating rocky hills and rock gardens. It is characterized by high winter hardiness, does not freeze out in Siberian conditions and Far East. When used as a ground cover plant, the recommended planting scheme is 2–3 bushes per 1 m2.
In the first few years of life, the crown has a cushion shape, later creeping shoots grow. Fruits with small cone-shaped berries. In the warm season, the needles are green with a bluish tint; in winter they take on bronze tones.
During the hot period, common juniper Depressa Aurea needs abundant watering and sprinkling of the crown
The low-growing coniferous shrub Depressa Aurea is characterized by high growth rates among creeping ones. Annual growth up to 15 cm. Maximum height adult plant - 50 cm, crown diameter - 200 cm.
The branches are slightly raised upward, the tips hang down to the ground. The needles are thick, golden-yellow in color; over time, brown tones begin to prevail. In the cold season it turns brown. The plant is undemanding to soil quality, winter-hardy, grows well in shade and partial shade.
The slow-growing juniper variety Golden Carpet was bred by breeders in 1992
Juniper horizontal Golden Carpet is one of the popular creeping plants for decorating rock gardens, garden compositions and forming coniferous flower beds.
The height of the bush does not exceed 15 cm, the diameter of the crown is 150 cm. The needles are thick, golden in the upper part of the shoots, and yellow-green in the lower part, facing the ground. It is recommended to plant in places well lit by the sun: in the shade this plant loses its decorative effect. Grows well in any soil, but prefers moist and well-drained soil.
Photo gallery: conifers in landscape design
Coniferous plants are widely used in landscape design not only due to their decorative properties. Representatives of this group are distinguished by good winter hardiness, are shade-tolerant, and saturate the air with healing phytoncides.
Dwarf forms of conifers are popular in the design of alpine slides
Dwarf species will enliven and decorate a rocky hill. The crown of these plants tolerates pruning well and holds its shape for a long time. As an accent, 1–3 medium-sized conifers are planted, emphasizing the decorative nature of the rock garden.
A lawn is often used as a background for a coniferous composition.
A composition of coniferous trees with a cone-shaped and spherical crown is a decoration for any area. These plants go well with deciduous trees and shrubs.
When combining conifers and flowers in a flower bed, it is necessary to take into account the soil requirements of the plants
Single plantings of conifers add a touch of presentability to flower beds. With bright green needles they emphasize and set off the beauty of flowering flower beds.
When creating a composition of conifers, the tallest specimens are placed in the background
A frequently used technique is a combination of medium- and tall-growing conifers with creeping ones. In this way, a spectacular taiga area is created in the garden.
Coniferous plants tolerate topiary cutting well
The art of crown formation will help you create a uniquely beautiful plant in your garden. It will become the highlight of any composition, emphasizing the respectability and well-groomed nature of the site.
Conifers ornamental plants decorate the garden path all year round
Low conifers with a spherical crown are original prickly flower beds, most spectacular in single plantings. This technique can be used when designing garden paths and paths.
Tall coniferous trees can delimit garden compositions
Tall conifers are an excellent backdrop for rock gardens and rockeries, rocky areas, and flower beds.
Coniferous plants are widely used in landscaping parks
Tall and dwarf conifers are an integral element of large-scale compositions. Look great against the backdrop of well-groomed lawns.
Coniferous hedges are not only beautiful, but also functional
Linear plantings of tall conifers help to zone the area and create an impressive but passable barrier.
Skillful combination is the main requirement for creating a complex landscape composition of coniferous plants
Flowerbed of plants with different shapes The crown is highly decorative. Caring for conifers is simple; regular watering and pruning are enough.
Video: coniferous ornamental plants on the site
Evergreens thrive in many climatic zones of Russia. To create long-lasting garden compositions, it is important to choose the right type of coniferous shrub or tree, taking into account the requirements of a particular species to the influence of external factors.
Delight at how the conifers bloom!Delight at how the conifers bloom!
Korean fir cones
We all know how useful coniferous plants are. Now you can admire them not only in parks, forests and neighboring estates, they can be grown on your own plots. You will see for yourself how your garden will sparkle with new colors, because coniferous plants are not only grown as phytoncides, as air purifiers. They are unusually decorative, and they also go well with different plants, including those in bloom. The choice is always yours which coniferous plants to plant; sometimes one Christmas tree or cypress is not enough, it all depends on your desire, preference and, of course, the size of the plot. How to grow coniferous plants, what is important to consider when choosing and planting conifers in the garden, as well as caring for them, pruning and shaping, location options and classification of coniferous shrubs, everything that is important and will definitely come in handy. Now let's see how beautifully coniferous shrubs and trees bloom.
Korean fir cones
Larch cones
Oldenburg spruce bloomed
Fraser fir
Roses on Fraser fir cones
Fraser fir cones
Spruce Akrokona. Cone The common spruce variety Akrokona was bred in Finland in 1890. The species is very decorative, especially in spring, when hanging small bright red cones appear at the tips of young shoots.
Blooming larch. Two trees, but they bloom differently: the flowers differ not only in color, but also in shape.
Pine buds
Blue spruce Oldenburg
Cedar pine blossoms. EUROPEAN CEDAR PINE
Cones on thuja
Himalayan cedar cones.
Akrokona blooms. The Norway spruce variety Akrokona was bred in Finland in 1890. The species is very decorative, especially in spring, when hanging small bright red cones appear at the tips of young shoots.
European pine blossoms
Roses on Oldenburg spruce
Makes Akrokon happy
Larch again
Korean fir cones
Spruce Acrocona
Fraser fir cones. Summer
It is well known that pine is a coniferous tree, and all conifers are gymnosperms that do not bloom in the usual sense of the word. But, answering the question “does a pine tree bloom?”, from a scientific point of view, we should say “yes.” Its flowers are just not the same as those of an apple or cherry tree.
General information about flowering conifers
The flowers of all coniferous plants resemble cones or spikelets. Their appearance very monotonous (at least among those conifers that grow in Russia). Pine, fir, larch, etc. Representatives of the plant kingdom are pollinated by the wind. Therefore, their flowers do not emit any fragrance and have an extremely inconspicuous appearance.
When do pine and other conifers bloom? The flowering period occurs in early spring, when leaves have not yet appeared on deciduous trees. At this time, there are no barriers to the spread of pollen.
Pine blossom
Let's look at when Scots pine blooms in our country. Its flowering occurs in May – June. The tree produces flower arrows at the end of April, but the flowers bloom only when the temperature is above 20°C.
In other words, the onset of flowering depends on temperature indicators. If spring comes late and the weather is cold outside, then the inflorescences on the pine tree can be seen for a whole month. Usually this is June.
Types of pine trees
Today, approximately 124 species of these beautiful coniferous trees are known to exist. But all pine trees bloom alike. Let's look at the most popular varieties of this conifer:
Scots pine
Inflorescences appear in May-June. At the same time, the plant produces young needles. The color of male flowers is bright yellow, female flowers are pinkish. The flowers are placed at the tips of the branches, so nothing interferes with their pollination.
Cedar pine
The beginning of flowering coincides with the beginning of flowering of the previous species. In general, the flowering of these two types of conifers is similar. The difference is the color scheme of the scales. It should also be remembered that pine pine and cedar are two different crops.
Weymouth Pine
This tree prefers mountainous areas. It blooms from mid-spring until early May. The cones are cylindrical in shape, similar to spruce ones, but much larger. There are many varieties of Weymouth pine, differing in needle structure, cones, flowers and distribution area.
Features of flowering of other conifers
Cedar
It is a massive, tall tree with a pyramidal or umbrella-shaped crown. Life time is approximately 3,000 years. The flowering period is in autumn.
On one plant there are both male and female flowers. Male flowers look like single barrel-shaped cones surrounded by needles. The size of female cones is slightly larger. Their length can reach 10 cm and width – 6 cm. Most often they form a bunch.
Spruce
The flowering of spruce is the brightest among conifers. But it begins to bloom only at the age of 25 years. As you can see in the photo, the female flowers are represented by red-green cones with thin scales, reminiscent of flower petals.
Each scale contains an ovule. Male flowers are collected in elongated earrings. Their color is red or green-yellow. Location: side branches. The tree blooms in late spring. Flowering duration is approximately seven days.
Thuja
In this evergreen coniferous plant, male and female flowers also differ in color, shape and location. Female thuja flowers are shaped like buds. Their color is yellowish-green, location is the upper branches.
Male flowers are collected in rounded inflorescences, located in the lower part of the tree, the color is brown-yellow. The flowering time of the conifer is April, the duration is only 2 - 3 days.
The formation of flower buds occurs a year before the flowers bloom. For a thuja to bloom, it needs good lighting. As a result, single plants bloom better than group ones.
Juniper
Juniper is quite common in Russia. It can be found both in the Caucasus and Siberia. It comes in both shrub and tree forms.
Male flowers are arranged singly, have a yellow color and an elongated shape. The female flowers are green and form inflorescences.
This shrub is light-loving and unpretentious to the soil. Blooms from May to June. The flowering period is 7-8 days.
Coniferous trees and shrubs perfectly purify the air. Therefore, although they will not please you with abundant flowers, they are worth growing on your site.
Photo of a blooming pine
Hello dear reader!
No, of course, everyone knows that pine does not bloom and cannot bloom. She, like others, does not have such a specialized reproductive organ as a flower.
But, looking closely at the pine branches in May, it’s hard not to exclaim – how beautifully the pine blossoms!
Male cone (microstrobilus) on the top of a pine shoot
Naturally, these are not flowers. At the tops of many elongated shoots of mature pines at this time, formations called microstrobiles appear. Or male cones, which, however, is not entirely accurate.
Microstrobili consist of microsporophylls sitting on an axis in a spiral. It is in them that male spores (microspores) of pine develop, and here they germinate, forming male gametophytes.
After all, in all seed plants, unlike ferns, male and female gametophytes develop not outside, but inside the sporangium.
In this peculiar “flower”, its pollen grains grow on the tops of pine branches. Each is equipped with two huge, relative to its size, air sacs.
Pollen grains are very light and float on the surface of the water. Why is there water - studies have shown that air currents carry pine pollen hundreds of meters up and thousands of kilometers away from the forests where it formed. In air samples taken over the ocean, two thousand kilometers from land, the content of pine pollen is very high!
The appearance of the “male cones” of pine trees changes as they develop and becomes more colorful. Microsporophylls are colored yellow or pink.
This is how a pine tree blooms (pine microstrobili with pollen)
Next to the microstrobilae (“male cones”), not at the very top of the shoot, but slightly to the side, real cones develop. They are also female strobili, or megastrobili. Here, under the covering scales, in megasporophylls, female pine megaspores are formed. Here they germinate, forming female gametophytes - ovules.
And this is a female pine cone (megastrobil). Pollinated a year ago
This proximity, however, is not necessary. Two cones may grow near the top of the shoot. Or maybe not even one.
The pollinated cones are clogged with resin, and the mystery of the birth and development of seeds takes place in them for almost two years.
But in this photo there are developing young pine shoots. The same pine buds that are collected for medicinal purposes.
Young pine shoots (“pine buds”). Pine trees have nothing to do with “blooming”
This is how a pine tree blooms. “Blooms,” of course, in a figurative sense. But it’s also very beautiful! In May, not only conifers, but also other conifers, dust, “bloom” - larch, Siberian cedar.
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Protea nana
Protea nana
Protea is another unusual discovery for which we should thank the brave seekers of innovations and wonders in the field of floristry. This exotic flower, whose homeland is South Africa, is not yet a frequent visitor to our country. However, florists have already noticed it and are using it more and more actively and boldly in their compositions. The Internet writes about it: “in Yakutia, a pine tree blooms once every 100 years.”
Protea (Protea) is a genus of plants in the Proteaceae family. Type species of the genus - Protea artichoke ( Protea cynaroides)
Different types of one flower
Of all the species of this plant, the most famous is the artichoke protea. She is the national symbol of the Republic of South Africa. In addition, its large flower with a large inflorescence reaching 30 cm in diameter and bright pink petals can be seen at festivals in Europe and the USA.
However, there are about 400 other species of Protea in the world. Some of them look like bright sea urchins, others - like strange fruits, and others - like unusual stars. Whichever one you choose, rest assured that this flower will definitely surprise and impress your loved ones.
By the way, even flowers of the same species differ in appearance, shape and size of the inflorescence. So we can say with confidence: just as no two snowflakes are alike, you won’t find two absolutely similar proteas.
Until the “anonymous” person wrote that it was a protea, I myself thought that it was a pine tree that bloomed, and only once every hundred years. Wow!
It is believed that pine does not bloom and cannot bloom. It does not have such a reproductive organ as a flower. In May, formations called microstrobiles appear on the tops of elongated shoots of mature pine trees. They consist of microsporophylls. It is in them that male pine spores develop. In this so-called “flower”, its pollen grains grow on the tops of pine branches. In May, not only pine, but also other conifers - spruce, larch, fir, Siberian cedar - are dusty, "blooming".
Grevillea from the same family Proteaceae
This is larch. Larch was considered the tree of Peace. In nature it “blooms” much more beautifully.
Larch (Larix) is a genus of coniferous summer-green trees of the Pine family (Pinaceae). Latin name this tree "Larix" was introduced into the scientific literature in early XVI century, but its origin has not yet been fully elucidated. It is believed that it is translated from the Gaulish language as “resin,” but, according to other experts, given word comes from the Latin "Laridum", which means "fat", which also emphasizes the presence of larch large quantity resin.
This is the only genus of conifers whose needles fall off in the winter. The ancestors of larch were evergreen trees, and the ability to shed leaves in the fall arose as a result of adaptation to a harsh climate (with frosts down to -60°C).
Like the ancestors - deciduous trees- in the fall, before shedding its leaves - needles, the Larch dresses up in gold.
The tree is a monoecious plant - flowers of different sexes are located close to each other, on the same branch. Male “inflorescences” are located on leafless shortened shoots, mainly on the underside of the branches, and abundantly release pollen carried by the wind.
Women's - oblong, red, pink, green.
After pollination, the female spikelets transform into a bud, from which a cone subsequently develops.
The Nenets consider Larch a sacred tree - a symbol of Light and Good. On certain days, deer skins and antlers are put on it as a sign of worship. Shamans use the smoke of burning Larch to drive away evil spirits, and make amulets from the wood.
The Yakuts brought gifts to the forest spirits into the grove and hung them on the branches.
And the Slavs - pagans in Rus' - believed that if trouble happened, you need to “communicate” with Larch - she will calm you down...
The Mansi people have a legend that God created oceans, seas, plants, animals... And the time came for him to create man, and for the material He chose durable Larch. And now He was carving figures of people from wood and was supposed to revive them, but evil spirits stole the wooden figures and placed clay blanks in their place. God did not know this and brought the clay figures to life. Since clay is a fragile material, people turned out to be weak and fragile...
In Yakut myths there is a mention of the iron larch of the world of the dead, which grew with its roots upward.
In Altai, there is a belief that those who travel through the mountain for the first time or go on a matchmaking visit must tie white ribbons to a birch or young larch for a successful outcome of the trip.
A Larch amulet or just a branch of it will help protect you from witchcraft or protect you from the evil eye.
The smoke of burning larch can drive away evil spirits. Wood is used for protection. There is evidence that larch was used by shamans to enter a trance and induce visions.
The Legend of the Wise Cedar and the Beautiful Larch
Once upon a time, Cedar and Larch lived nearby. Everyone admired and admired the Larch - people, animals and birds. And she became proud: they say, I am the cutest in the world! And she boasted of her beauty until the hungry cubs came to her. They asked to feed them and save them from hunger. But Larch could not do this, and Cedar silently gave them his nuts, which saved the cubs from hunger. Larch realized that not only beauty is important in life. She felt ashamed and from shame her needles turned yellow and fell off. Since then, it sheds its needles every year, losing its former beauty for some time...
Use of Larch in medicine and national economy
Larch is a protector. In medicine (and in magic) it is known as a calming tree. If a person is haunted by fears, doubts, and causeless anxiety, contact with Larch will bring him great relief. She heals the hard ones nervous disorders, especially accompanied by attacks of melancholy and depression. The energy of Larch helps to remove self-doubt, underestimation of one’s abilities, and helps a person to discover their untapped potential. Larch will eliminate the phrase from a person’s repertoire: “I will never be able to...”.
Moreover, as medicine infusions of pine needles are used, which have a high content of ascorbic acid, which has a beneficial effect on the body, preventing the development of scurvy, strengthening teeth and gums from abscesses.
Larch essential oil obtained from wood is called turpentine and is used as an external remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, and lumbago.
Waste - trimmings, branches, wood chips, greens - is currently used for production, including vitamin flour for farm animals and poultry. From the technical greenery of Larch, scientists have learned to obtain medicinal preparations useful for atherosclerosis, increased permeability and fragility of capillaries, and diseases of the central nervous system.
Resin scraped from trees with damaged bark, in folk medicine It is used for headaches: it is placed in pots and placed in a hot oven overnight, after which it is cooled and used to rub the temples. The resin is also used for chewing to clean teeth and strengthen gums.
The use of Larch wood sawdust as roughage in the diet of cattle not only does not have a damaging effect on the digestive tract of animals, but, on the contrary, reduces the incidence of parakeratosis and liver abscess in calves.
Scientists believe that the potential of the “taiga queen” is far from exhausted. You just need to treat this most valuable tree with care and care.
It is believed that larch owes its extreme resistance to frost and other adversities to special substances contained in wood - dihydroquercetin and arabino-galactan. The former in wood contains up to 1.5% and is successfully used in the formulations of medicines, ointments and dietary supplements. Arabino-galactan is a starch-like substance in larch wood up to 35%. If the wood is boiled for a long time, for 4 hours, then thanks to this substance a jelly-like nutritional mass is obtained. The Evenks, residents of Eastern Siberia, received additional food products at critical moments in this way.
On the scale of light-loving tree species, larch is considered the most light-loving species.