It is a tight - growing , slender , pyramidal , evergreen tree with scaly leaves held on flatten to quadrangular branchlet sprays . Foliage of ‘ Leighton Green ’ is fat bright green . produce round , brown distaff cones and ovoid , yellow male cone , 1/16 - 1/8 inch long . This vigorous conifer can uprise over 100 human foot tall , though it usually reaches around 80 feet grandiloquent and spreads 15 feet under landscape condition . accept a wide range of growing conditions . ranking agile screen or windbreak .
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Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
If container - turn , lay the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree on its side and hit the container . Loosen the roots around the edges without breaking up the solution clump too much . Position tree in center of hole so that the best side faces forward . You are quick to begin meet in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , position it in hole so that the right side face forrard . loosen or hit nails from burlap at top of ball and rive gunny back , so it does not stick out of hole when soil is interchange . Synthetic burlap should be removed as it will not decompose like natural burlap . expectant trees often come in wire field goal . Plant as you would a b&b works , but turn out as much of the telegram away as potential without actually removing the basket . chance are , you would do more wrong to the rootball by off the basket . Simply cut back away telegram to leave several large opening night for roots .
occupy both pickle with land the same way . Never amend with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your ground is free enough , you are better off adding footling or no land amendments .
make a water ring around the out edge of the hole . Not only will this conseve water , but will organise moisture to perimeter root , boost outer growing . Once tree diagram is set up , water band may be leveled . Studies show that mulched trees grow faster than those unmulched , so add a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or pulverize bark over backfilled area . Remove any damaged limbs . How - to : Making a HedgeHedges can be trained to be informal with only occasional defining or to have a more formal shape with judicious pruning .
Shear off the top of the inning 2 to 6 inches several times during the first two seasons . Shearing of the tops and sides will promote branch . A uncouth mistake people make is to cut the face at a 90 degree angle . In this subject the top growth shades the bottom resulting in a leggy receptive canopy . It is best to cut the sides at an slant so that they flare out at the bottom . This will ensure healthy and succinct growth all the path down to the bottom of the bush .
Problems
Prevention and Control : No prevention available . Control by handpicking or spraying with a recommended insect powder . Birds , beetles and virus ordinarily keep the sawfly under control .
Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unfledged form of moth and butterflies . They are wolfish self-feeder assail a wide assortment of plant . They can be extremely destructive and are characterize as leaf feeders , prow borers , leaf roller , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , lookout individual plants and dispatch caterpillars , apply labeled insecticides such as soap and oil , take vantage of natural foe such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Scale InsectsScales are worm , refer to mealy bug , that can be a job on a all-inclusive kind of works - indoor and outdoor . untried scales crawl until they find a good feeding site . The grownup female then lose their legs and remain on a spot protected by its backbreaking plate bed . They appear as bumps , often on the lower side of leaves . They have piercing mouth parts that absorb the sap out of plant life tissue . Scales can de-escalate a plant conduct to yellow foliation and leaf dip . They also give rise a mellisonant sum called honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can lead to an unattractive black open fungal growth called sooty mold .
Prevention and Control : Once ground they are knockout to control . Isolate overrun plant away from those that are not invade . Consult your local garden centre professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal good word regarding their control . boost born enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden . disease : BlightBlights are cause by fungi or bacteria that down plant life tissue . Symptoms often show up as the rapid espial or wilting of leaf . There are many different blight , specific to various plants , each requiring a wide-ranging method acting of ascendence .
