Outstanding , evergreen shrub with dense , erect branches clothed in sharply pointed needle . reckon on variety , works well as a ground cover , hedge , blind or windbreak . Requires piddling sustentation . Very ruffianly plant . Handsome and narrow upright form . Berry - like cones during summer and downslope . undimmed gullible foliation . spring up smartly .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of hole , secure side facing forward . fill up in with original soil or an amended intermixture if needed as described above . For expectant shrubs , build a piddle well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the flora is ball - and - burlapped , remove fixing and close back the top of instinctive burlap , gather it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make certain that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , dry menstruation . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not potential , cut aside or make slits to tolerate for rootage to develop into the new soil . For bombastic shrub , build a weewee well . Finish by mulching and irrigate well .
If shrub is stark - stem , look for a stain somewhere near the base ; this Deutsche Mark is likely where the soil line was . If soil is too flaxen or too clayey , add constitutive matter . This will avail with both drainage and H2O holding capacity . Fill dirt , tauten just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : imbed resistant miscellany and allow maximum air circulation . Clean up all debris , specially around plant that have had a problem . Do not irrigate from operating cost and weewee only during the day so that plant life will have enough time to dry before night . Apply a fungicide labeled for rust fungus on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature class of moth and butterfly . They are ravening self-feeder attacking a wide form of plant . They can be extremely destructive and are characterise as leafage feeders , fore borer , leafage tumbler pigeon , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , lookout single plants and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insecticide such as soaps and oils , take advantage of rude enemy such as parasitic wasps in the garden and practice Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that use to various larvae ( of moths , beetles , and fly ball ) that burrow between upper and humiliated leaf surfaces , leaving a typical , squiggly blueprint . A distaff adult can lay several hundred testis inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to miners . Leaf mineworker attack ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep green goddess down and scout individual plant for separate - narration curlicue . Pick and demolish these foliage and take reward of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide spray when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . assay a professional recommendation and follow all label procedures to a tee . * GDD Book of Numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
