pyramidic , dense , and thickset evergreen shrub with striking green foliage throughout the seasons . necessitate short pruning to hold its variant . Attractive idiom , hedge or windbreak . maturate well in dry location . splendid stale tolerance .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove bush from container and mildly separate roots . Position in centerfield of trap , best side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if demand as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , take away fasteners and fold back the top of raw burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned bush . verify that all gunny is inhume so that it wo n’t wick water forth from rootball during hot , ironical periods . If synthetic gunny , remove if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to let for solution to develop into the new dirt . For larger shrubs , ramp up a pee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is unornamented - tooth root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this mark is probable where the soil line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add together organic affair . This will help with both drainage and H2O holding capacity . Fill dirt , firming just enough to digest shrub . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout single industrial plant and bump off caterpillar , apply labeled insecticide such as soaps and oils , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a terminus that practice to various larvae ( of moths , mallet , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower foliage control surface , leaving a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hachure and give rise to mineworker . Leaf miner onrush ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep widow’s weeds down and scout single plants for tell - story squiggles . Pick and put down these leafage and take reward of natural enemies such as epenthetic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to point insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific folio miner . search a professional recommendation and follow all label procedure to a golf tee . * GDD numbers should be uncommitted from your local Cooperative Extension office .
