Cypress - a coniferous tree that can grow in the home

Sea southern resorts of our country decorateevergreens, among them there are different kinds of coniferous trees. Walking along the embankment among the tall green beauties, it is very difficult to guess where the thuja grows, and where is the cypress, because they belong to the same family, and for the inexperienced eye it is very difficult to distinguish. And the cypress in our northern latitudes does not grow on its own, because it is not intolerable to frost, but many people grow it as a houseplant.

Science claims that the coniferous cypress treeexisted on the Earth a few million years ago, and this is confirmed by excavations. It played its role in the symbolism of different cultures. For example, the mythology of Ancient Greece explains his appearance by turning the wonderful young man Cypress into a coniferous tree by the god Apollo, because he inconsolably mourned the death of his beloved deer. His slender body became a trunk, and more beautifully curls - needles. They planted ancient cities for the talisman from the black forces of nature.

The Phoenicians esteemed this coniferous tree as a symbollife and fortress, and Christian legends are valiant on the road to eternal life. Biblical stories tell us that cypress forests grow in paradise. Its beauty is used by modern designers for decorative purposes when creating gardens and parks in a temperate climatic zone.

Like any coniferous tree, cypress hasaromatic substances that alleviate the suffering of patients with pulmonary diseases, bronchial asthma. Its wood was used even in the ancient shipbuilding at the shipyards of Egyptian pharaohs, with the development of Christianity on the boards of cypress began to write icons, because it is absolutely not affected by any microorganisms.

Nowadays it has become a fashionable tradition to growhouses coniferous trees. Their names are from the fir tree and the juniper to the cypress and pines. To do this, it is necessary to create a suitable microclimate for the plant, to ensure good agrotechnical conditions. It should always have a well-moistened soil, good lighting and a moderately cool and humid air, which is provided by spraying and placing away from heating devices.

If you skip at least once watering and dryingthe ground in a pot, then a room coniferous tree after a while, even after irrigation, just quietly perish, retaining its beautiful green needles for a long time. It can not be resuscitated.

With proper care at home, manymanaged to grow a tree up to two meters in height. If there is no desire to have a tall plant, then it is necessary to leave it in a small pot, not transplanting into a large container. The roots of the coniferous tree are gentle, with frequent transplanting, they can be damaged, so you should approach the movements carefully.

Keep cypress in the house is very useful. Its needles emit aromatic nutrients, purify the air even from viable tuberculosis microbes. In the Crimea, around the health resorts, specially for the healing effect, groves of coniferous trees, including cypress trees, have been planted.