| Life form | Bush |
| Family | Asparagaceae |
| Origin | Mediterranean, Caucasus, Southern Crimea |
| Ease of cultivation | Light, needles – extremely hardy plant. |
| The size | Up to 55 cm in height and width. |
| Growth rate | It grows slowly enough |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Temperature | In the summer: room temperature, in winter the lower limit is 39,2-42,8 ° F. |
| Humidity | The plant is tolerant to different levels of humidity. |
| Lighting | Scattered light, the east window approaches. It can also grow in partial shade and shadow, easily reconciles with lack of sunlight. |
| The soil | Ready ground is suitable for lemons. The acidity of the soil can be any. For a soil of own preparation to take: 2 parts of sod land, 1 part of peat land, 1 part of leaf land or humus (leaf earth). Iglitsa easily reconciles with the soil of any composition. Requires a pot with a hole. |
| Watering | Needles require moderate watering. Summer – 3 times a week in winter – 1 day a week, but dry soil is not adjusted. If the temperature is below 57,2 ° F, the soil should be kept almost dry. |
| Fertilizer | From spring to autumn, regularly fed once every 2 weeks with a complex soluble fertilizer. |
| Reproduction | In the spring, when transplanting, dividing the rhizomes. It is possible to propagate by seeds that are sown in a mixture of peat and perlite and germinate at a temperature of 68 ° F. The seeds of the needle are very slow, sometimes within a year. For the acceleration of germination, the preliminary cold stratification of seeds is very useful-the soaked seeds can withstand at low positive temperatures (32-50 ° F). When seedlings reach a height of 7-8 cm, a pick is performed. Then they are seated in separate pots. |
| Bloom | Blossoms in the summer. Flowers are small, white, develop on phyllocladia in the sinus of a small filmy present leaf. Iglatsa – dioecious plant, the male and female flowers on different plants developed; in the case of pollination in their place, red fruits are formed. |
| Transfer | In the spring, once every 2-3 years. They prefer to grow in wide pots to develop a powerful rhizome and a large number of shoots. |
| Features of care | The main feature of butcher that it “psevdolistya” are modified phylloclades – derived stem. The shoots of the needle are often used in the compilation of bouquets. In the spring it is required to cut off the dead shoots to the base.<E> In the summer of useful stand on the street butcher. |
| Difficulties | It is struck by worms on stems and under leaves, and also by a scabbard. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | The egg is poisonous |
