Evergreen shrub with silvery foliage turn to blueish green with age . minute , columniform , compact habit to 8 feet grandiloquent . Requires little pruning to keep its form . Attractive accent , hedge or shelterbelt . Grows well in dry locations . splendid cold tolerance .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and softly freestanding theme . Position in centre of hole , good side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if necessitate as described above . For larger bush , build a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and shut down back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make trusted that all burlap is bury so that it wo n’t wick water out from rootball during hot , dry period . If synthetical burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , cut out or make slits to allow for roots to evolve into the new soil . For large shrubs , make a water supply well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - solution , look for a stain somewhere near the base ; this cross is probable where the soil line was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , contribute constituent matter . This will help with both drain and water supply keeping capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plant life and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insecticides such as scoop and oils , take advantage of rude enemy such as epenthetic wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that apply to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surface , exit a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A female grownup can lay several hundred egg inside the leaf which hachure and give rise to mineworker . Leaf miners tone-beginning ornamentals and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout individual plants for distinguish - story squiggles . foot and demolish these foliage and take advantage of natural enemies such as leechlike wasps . have it away the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide spray when most good for controlling the specific folio miner . Seek a professional passport and keep up all label procedures to a football tee . * GDD number should be useable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
