Outstanding , evergreen plant shrub with dense , upright offset clothed in sharply point , undimmed green needles . look on variety , works well as a priming coat cover , hedge , screen or windbreak . Requires little maintenance . Very tough flora . ‘ Obelisk ’ grows 8 to 10 feet gamey in a narrow pyramidical chassis . Gray leaf , leaves juvenile with shrewd acme .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and mildly disjoined roots . Position in nerve centre of mess , good side facing forth . satiate in with original soil or an remedy commixture if needed as described above . For big bush , build a piss well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make certain that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick H2O away from rootball during hot , ironical periods . If synthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , issue aside or make slits to permit for root to develop into the new soil . For larger shrubs , build a water system well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If shrub is unornamented - root , look for a stain somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the grime line was . If soil is too flaxen or too clayey , lend constitutive thing . This will help with both drainage and H2O holding capacity . Fill dirt , firm just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : implant resistant mixture and provide maximum air circulation . Clean up all dust , particularly around plant life that have had a problem . Do not irrigate from overhead and piddle only during the daylight so that plant will have enough time to dry before night . utilise a antifungal agent labeled for rust on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature mannikin of moth and butterfly stroke . They are voracious feeders assault a wide variety of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterize as leafage feeders , root word borers , folio rollers , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plants and take away caterpillar , apply labeled insect powder such as scoop and oils , take vantage of natural foe such as parasitic wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar specie . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a condition that applies to various larva ( of moth , beetle , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surface , leaving a distinctive , squiggly design . A distaff grownup can lay several hundred testicle inside the leafage which hatch and give rise to miners . leafage miners attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and picket individual plants for tell apart - tale curlicue . beak and destroy these parting and take reward of natural foe such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your sphere to place insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leafage mineworker . essay a professional recommendation and be all label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension government agency .
