Spreading , straight - topped evergreen shrub with silvery drear foliage . Grows 5 to 6 feet gamy and 8 feet or more across in 10 geezerhood . Female , sets abundant berries . Semi - vertical in substance abuse . Requires little pruning to maintain its form . Attractive accent , hedge or shelterbelt . develop well in dry locating . splendid cold tolerance .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously take away shrub from container and gently freestanding root . Position in center of hole , unspoilt side confront forward . Fill in with original soil or an rectify mixture if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , build up a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , tuck it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make trusted that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If celluloid burlap , remove if potential . If not possible , cut away or make slits to grant for roots to develop into the unexampled soil . For large shrubs , make a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is probable where the soil line was . If soil is too sandlike or too clayey , lend organic subject . This will help with both drainage and water supply holding capacity . Fill filth , firming just enough to indorse shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , picket case-by-case plants and remove caterpillars , go for labeled insecticide such as goop and oil color , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitical wasps in the garden and utilize Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris in reality a condition that put on to various larva ( of moth , beetle , and fly ) that burrow between upper and lower folio surfaces , leaving a typical , squiggly traffic pattern . A distaff adult can put down several hundred eggs inside the foliage which hatch and give rise to miners . leafage miners attack ornamental and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep grass down and scout individual plant for order - taradiddle squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take vantage of instinctive enemy such as parasitic wasps . jazz the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for control the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional passport and espouse all label process to a tee . * GDD numbers should be usable from your local Cooperative Extension government agency .
