lissome , columnar - pyramidal thickset bush with grim - light-green foliation throughout the seasons . want little pruning to maintain its form . Attractive dialect , hedge or windbreak . maturate well in dry placement . splendid cold permissiveness . Slow growing , male . A option from the Badlands .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and softly disjoined beginning . Position in center of hole , best side facing forwards . Fill in with original grease or an improve mixture if needed as described above . For large bush , work up a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , withdraw fasteners and pen up back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into pickle , after you ’ve place shrub . verify that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick urine aside from rootball during hot , teetotal periods . If man-made burlap , remove if potential . If not possible , snub off or make slits to allow for roots to make grow into the unexampled soil . For turgid shrubs , build a weewee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is au naturel - antecedent , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this brand is potential where the soil business was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , append organic subject . This will help with both drain and water holding capacitance . Fill soil , firm just enough to patronize bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plants and remove Caterpillar , hold labeled insecticide such as soaps and oils , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a full term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and fly ) that tunnel between upper and lower leafage airfoil , leaving a typical , squiggly form . A female adult can repose several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatching and give wage increase to miners . folio miners attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weed down and scout individual plants for tell - taradiddle squiggle . peck and destroy these farewell and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitical wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your surface area to point insecticide spray when most good for controlling the specific foliage miner . search a professional passport and pursue all label procedures to a tee . * GDD turn should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
