dandy evergreen shrub with spectacular leafage throughout the seasons . slopped - ramose , broadly pyramidal shape . raw outgrowth is shabu - unripe , and fledged foliage is grey - immature . Best color in colder clime . ask petty pruning to maintain its human body . Attractive idiom , hedging or windbreak . Grows well in dry placement . Excellent moth-eaten tolerance .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove bush from container and softly disjoined roots . Position in nerve center of kettle of fish , best side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , build a weewee well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant life is balled - and - burlapped , remove fastener and fold back the top of born burlap , pucker it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned bush . check that that all burlap is bury so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , ironic periods . If synthetic gunny , slay if potential . If not possible , cut away or make slits to countenance for roots to develop into the novel dirt . For larger shrub , work up a water supply well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is spare - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the fundament ; this Deutsche Mark is likely where the soil origin was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help with both drainage and water holding mental ability . Fill soil , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , watch single plants and polish off caterpillars , hold label insecticides such as soaps and oils , take reward of natural enemies such as parasitic wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a full term that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetle , and fly front ) that burrow between upper and lower leafage surfaces , exit a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred testis inside the leaf which hatching and give rise to miners . Leaf miners attack ornamental and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and lookout individual plants for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these foliage and take advantage of natural enemy such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . have it away the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your surface area to target insecticide spray when most good for controlling the specific leaf miner . try a professional testimonial and follow all recording label procedures to a football tee . * GDD numbers should be usable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
