Extremely hardy evergreen plant bush that hold its color year round . Vase shaped , usually 5 feet high with equal spread , but may grow 6 to 8 feet high and 18 to 20 foot wide . Awl - shaped leaves are light to dark unripened . decent foundation or specimen plant against large scanty wall . Tolerates blistering , wry locations . Little maintenance required when establish . tolerant to juniper blight .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove shrub from container and gently disjoined roots . Position in essence of hole , best side face forrader . fill up in with original grunge or an meliorate mixture if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , construct a piss well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the industrial plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , tucking it down into muddle , after you ’ve position shrub . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water system off from rootball during hot , dry point . If synthetical burlap , get rid of if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to allow for beginning to develop into the Modern soil . For larger shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is desolate - rootage , look for a discolouration somewhere near the al-Qaeda ; this bell ringer is probable where the soil line was . If grime is too sandy or too clayey , add constituent affair . This will aid with both drainage and water holding capacity . Fill stain , firming just enough to confirm shrub . Finish by mulch and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep locoweed down , picket item-by-item plant and remove Caterpillar , employ labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils , take reward of born enemy such as parasitical wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a term that applies to various larvae ( of moths , beetle , and flies ) that burrow between upper and broken leafage surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred egg inside the leafage which hachure and give rise to miners . Leaf mineworker attack ornamental and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and lookout man case-by-case plants for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these farewell and take vantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your orbit to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional good word and follow all recording label process to a tee . * GDD numbers should be usable from your local Cooperative Extension government agency .
