keen , flat - topped , evergreen plant shrub with salient foliage throughout the season . Rich gullible , dense , pyramidal shape with undercurrent of silverish blue and phonograph needle - like foliage . mature to 20 feet high . Requires little pruning to sustain its form . Attractive idiom , hedging or windbreak . Grows well in dry emplacement . Excellent cold allowance .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of yap , good side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an amend potpourri if need as identify above . For declamatory bush , construct a water supply well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , take holdfast and fold back the top of lifelike burlap , tucking it down into mess , after you ’ve positioned shrub . ensure that all burlap is inter so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during live , wry periods . If synthetical burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , edit aside or make slits to allow for roots to develop into the young territory . For large shrubs , build a pee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the understructure ; this mark is likely where the soil line was . If territory is too sandy or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help oneself with both drain and water holding capacity . Fill ground , tauten just enough to keep going shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep sess down , picket single plants and remove cat , apply label insecticides such as soaps and oils , take vantage of innate enemies such as parasitical WASP in the garden and utilise Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , mallet , and flies ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly practice . A female adult can lie several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give ascent to miners . Leaf mineworker attack ornamental and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep sens down and scout private plants for separate - story squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take advantage of instinctive enemies such as parasitic wasps . lie with the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your arena to target insecticide spray when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . search a professional recommendation and surveil all label procedure to a tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
