Grows 12 to 15 in high and 6 feet wide . Blue - green , comparatively balmy - textured foliation . Center branch stay full and impenetrable . Resistant to water molds , root rot , and juniper blight . Hardy to 20F. need little sustenance . Very bad works .
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Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
cautiously remove shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of hole , estimable side face forward . Fill in with original soil or an amend mixture if take as described above . For larger shrub , build a piddle well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and close back the top of natural burlap , pucker it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . check that that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , dry period . If synthetic burlap , off if possible . If not possible , trim down away or make slits to grant for roots to develop into the new soil . For larger shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil line was . If land is too sandlike or too clayey , add organic matter . This will aid with both drainage and weewee holding capacitance . Fill soil , firming just enough to fend for shrub . Finish by mulch and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant immune mixture and furnish maximum air circulation . Clean up all rubble , specially around plants that have had a problem . Do not irrigate from overhead and pee only during the twenty-four hours so that plants will have enough prison term to dry out before night . Apply a fungicide label for rust on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unripened form of moths and butterflies . They are voracious eater attacking a full variety of plant . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , stem borers , leaf roller , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , spotter case-by-case plants and take away caterpillars , apply judge insecticides such as soaps and oils , take vantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larvae ( of moths , beetles , and flies ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly blueprint . A female grownup can dwell several hundred eggs inside the leafage which hachure and give raise to miners . Leaf mineworker attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and sentry individual plants for narrate - fib squiggle . Pick and ruin these leaves and take advantage of raw enemy such as parasitical wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most good for check the specific folio miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all label function to a tee . * GDD numbers should be useable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
