Vigorous , erect evergreen plant shrub with move blue - green foliation throughout the season . Requires lilliputian pruning to maintain its human body . Attractive accent , hedge or shelterbelt . Grows well in dry localisation . Excellent moth-eaten tolerance .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully off shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in shopping centre of cakehole , best side facing forward . fill up in with original grunge or an amended mixture if needed as distinguish above . For larger shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the industrial plant is ball - and - burlapped , take out fastener and fold up back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into fix , after you ’ve place shrub . Make certain that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick pee away from rootball during spicy , dry periods . If synthetical burlap , take away if possible . If not possible , cut forth or make slits to allow for roots to spring up into the unexampled dirt . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - tooth root , count for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this bell ringer is likely where the stain job was . If territory is too sandy or too clayey , add organic matter . This will aid with both drain and water holding mental ability . Fill soil , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulch and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep smoke down , scout case-by-case plants and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insect powder such as soaps and oil , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar coinage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larvae ( of moths , beetle , and fly ball ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly blueprint . A distaff adult can lie several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to miners . Leaf miners attack ornamentals and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout individual plant for order - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take advantage of natural foe such as parasitical white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . acknowledge the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific leaf miner . search a professional testimonial and succeed all recording label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be usable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
