Populus tomentosa and Fufang tree

Alias: Masagi Fufang tree holly spear

Family name: Celastraceae

Category: shrubs

Latin name: Euonymusjaponicus

Morphological features:

Evergreen shrubs or small trees. It is 5-6 meters high. Branchlets green, slightly 4-angled. Leaves opposite, elliptic or Obovate, margin with obtuse teeth, surface dark green, glossy, leathery. May flowering, flowers green and white, 5-12 Cymes, axillary at the top of branches. The fruit is ripe in October, the capsule is oblate, pink-green, 4-valved after maturity, the aril is orange-red.

Distribution of origin:

It is native to southern Japan. There is a lot of cultivation in the Yangtze River Basin in China.

Ecological habits:

Strong adaptability, like light, but also can withstand shade. Like warm and humid climate, cold resistance is slightly poor. Resistant to dry and barren, like fertile, moist and well-drained soil. Strong sprouting ability, resistant to pruning. Alkaline resistance.

To breed:

Mainly by cutting, but also can be sown and propagated.

Cutting can be carried out in spring or summer, and the rooting of semi-mature twigs is faster and grows better in the rainy season in June. It is necessary to set up a shed for shade at the initial stage after insertion to keep the seedbed moist. The growth rate of cutting seedlings is much faster than that of sowing seedlings. Euonymus tomentosa is usually cultivated into a spherical crown and then planted.

Management:

Seedling transplanting is mostly carried out from March to April in spring, and large seedlings need to be transplanted with soil. The main management work is pruning and plastic surgery. After pruning, the branches are very easy to grow, so they need to be pruned many times a year to maintain a certain tree shape.

The insect pests of Euonymus tomentosa are harmful to the leaves of Populus tomentosa, Spodoptera litura and Populus tomentosa, so attention should be paid to the control. Shell insects can be controlled with 20 times of turpentine mixture, and diamondback moth and yellow spot moth can be controlled with 1000 times of omethoate or isocarbophos in larval stage.

Purpose:

Euonymus tomentosa has bright leaves, bright green leaves, and is very resistant to pruning. It is a common hedge tree species in the courtyard.

It can be planted on the side of the door or in the center of the flower bed.

Its variants of variegated leaves are particularly beautiful. The house can be decorated with green doors and walls, as well as potted plants and ornamental plants.

Common variants are:

① Populus tomentosa cv.Albo-marginatus, leaf blade with milky narrow margin.

② Populus tomentosa cv.Aureo-marginatus, with golden leaf margin.

③ Golden Heart Populus tomentosa cv.Aureo-variegatus, there are yellow stripes in the leaf midvein.