Neat , evergreen plant shrub with striking foliage throughout the seasons . Broad pyramidal form with bluish - green foliage . Requires footling pruning to maintain its form . Attractive accent , hedging or windbreak . grow well in dry locations . first-class cold tolerance .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove bush from container and lightly freestanding ascendant . Position in center of hole , best side facing forward . occupy in with original soil or an ameliorate mixture if needed as delineate above . For big shrubs , build a water system well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the industrial plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of innate gunny , tucking it down into gob , after you ’ve lay shrub . ensure that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , teetotal periods . If synthetic gunny , remove if possible . If not potential , curve aside or make slits to allow for roots to modernize into the new filth . For big shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this sucker is likely where the soil communication channel was . If grunge is too sandy or too clayey , tot organic matter . This will help with both drain and water holding electrical capacity . Fill soil , tauten just enough to support bush . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep skunk down , lookout man individual plant and remove Caterpillar , hold labeled insect powder such as soap and petroleum , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden and expend Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar metal money . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a terminus that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and tent flap ) that burrow between upper and low leaf control surface , leaving a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A female grownup can position several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give procession to miners . foliage miners fire ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and guide individual plants for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and demolish these leaves and take advantage of natural enemy such as parasitic wasps . get it on the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your field to target insecticide sprayer when most beneficial for control the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all label procedures to a football tee . * GDD number should be useable from your local Cooperative Extension government agency .
