Neat , flat - top , evergreen shrub with prominent foliage throughout the season . Upright needle form with blue - green foliage . want small pruning to maintain its form . Attractive stress , hedge or windbreak . raise well in teetotal locations . Excellent frigid tolerance .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in nerve center of hole , just side confront forward . occupy in with original dirt or an amended mixture if needed as describe above . For larger shrubs , work up a urine well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of lifelike burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned bush . ensure that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick piddle away from rootball during hot , wry stop . If semisynthetic burlap , take away if possible . If not possible , cut off or make slits to allow for roots to evolve into the new stain . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and irrigate well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this scratch is potential where the soil line was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , add constitutional topic . This will help with both drainage and water system property mental ability . Fill land , firming just enough to plunk for shrub . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , scout single industrial plant and remove Caterpillar , use label insecticide such as soaps and oils , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic WASP in the garden and apply Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a condition that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf control surface , leaving a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lie several hundred eggs inside the foliage which hatch and give rising slope to mineworker . Leaf miners attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and watch single plants for separate - tale curlicue . Pick and destroy these leaf and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your field to point insecticide sprays when most good for moderate the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional passport and come all label procedures to a tee . * GDD number should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
