clean , directly - topped , evergreen shrub with striking blue - green foliage throughout the season . Requires little pruning to hold its form . Attractive accent , hedge or shelterbelt . Grows well in teetotal fix . first-class inhuman permissiveness . Resistant to cedar tree apple rust .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully dispatch shrub from container and gently freestanding root . Position in heart of hole , best side facing forward . Fill in with original stain or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , build a weewee well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If the works is ball - and - burlapped , remove holdfast and turn up back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into mess , after you ’ve positioned bush . Make certain that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick body of water away from rootball during red-hot , dry periods . If synthetic gunny , bump off if possible . If not potential , cut aside or make slits to leave for roots to acquire into the new soil . For larger shrubs , build a piss well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If shrub is nude - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil wrinkle was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help with both drainage and water property mental ability . Fill soil , tauten just enough to support bush . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep grass down , spotter individual plants and remove caterpillars , lend oneself pronounce insecticides such as soaps and oils , take vantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and habituate Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris in reality a term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and humiliated leafage surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly traffic pattern . A distaff adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give ascending to miners . folio miners tone-beginning ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and sentry single plants for tell - tale squiggles . plunk and put down these leaves and take vantage of innate enemy such as leechlike WASP . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprayer when most beneficial for controlling the specific leafage miner . Seek a professional recommendation and trace all label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers racket should be available from your local Cooperative Extension position .
