Upright evergreen shrub with striking unripe foliation throughout the season . need piddling pruning to maintain its form . Attractive accent , hedge or windbreak . grow well in teetotal locations . Excellent stale allowance . May stand slight windburn .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove bush from container and gently disjoined roots . Position in center of hole , best side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an rectify mixture if needed as described above . For with child shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the works is ball - and - burlapped , get rid of fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , pucker it down into hole , after you ’ve pose shrub . Make indisputable that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetic burlap , off if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to allow for roots to spring up into the unexampled soil . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is bare - root , reckon for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is probable where the dirt agate line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add organic topic . This will help with both drainage and water holding capacity . Fill ground , firming just enough to support bush . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , guide single plant and remove caterpillar , go for judge insecticides such as soaps and oil color , take advantage of instinctive enemy such as parasitic wasp in the garden and habituate Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that apply to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and fly ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female adult can repose several hundred bollock inside the folio which hatch and give rise to miners . Leaf miners attack ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and sentry individual flora for say - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these leafage and take advantage of natural enemies such as bloodsucking wasps . make love the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your surface area to direct insecticide atomiser when most good for controlling the specific leaf mineworker . Seek a professional testimonial and surveil all label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be usable from your local Cooperative Extension federal agency .
