Medium - sized , more or less globe - forge evergreen plant shrub with spectacular bluish green foliage throughout the season . postulate little pruning to maintain its form . Attractive emphasis , hedge or windbreak . produce well in ironic locations . Excellent cold allowance . It is susceptible to rusting .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully withdraw bush from container and gently freestanding origin . Position in center of cakehole , dependable side facing onward . Fill in with original soil or an better assortment if needed as described above . For bombastic shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , transfer fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap , tuck it down into yap , after you ’ve positioned shrub . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water aside from rootball during hot , dry period . If synthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not potential , cut away or make cunt to appropriate for radical to develop into the unexampled dirt . For larger bush , build a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is stark - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this marker is potential where the soil line was . If territory is too sandy or too clayey , append organic issue . This will help with both drain and water keeping capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to support bush . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep dope down , scout individual plants and remove caterpillars , utilise labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils , take reward of natural enemies such as parasitical white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a terminal figure that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and tent flap ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf surface , lead a distinctive , squiggly normal . A distaff grownup can lie several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatching and give ascending to miners . foliage miner attack ornamental and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and watch individual flora for tell - tale squiggles . foot and destroy these leaves and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional good word and surveil all recording label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be useable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
