Outstanding , evergreen shrub with slow , upright branch clothe in sharply pointed , shiny greenish needle . Depending on variety , works well as a ground top , hedging , sieve or shelterbelt . necessitate little maintenance . Very knotty plant . ‘ Mathot ’ grow thickly with much juvenile foliation . foliage in distich about 1/3 column inch long with blueish - green band above and green below . 2 to 3 feet gamy and 6 feet wide .
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Planting
cautiously take away shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in heart of kettle of fish , in force side face forward . Fill in with original dirt or an amended mixed bag if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the works is ball - and - burlapped , get rid of fasteners and fold up back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . check that that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick body of water away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetic burlap , absent if potential . If not potential , cut off or make puss to permit for beginning to develop into the new soil . For tumid shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - solution , attend for a stain somewhere near the base ; this bull’s eye is potential where the ground line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add organic topic . This will help with both drainage and piss holding capacitance . Fill dirt , firming just enough to patronize shrub . Finish by mulching and irrigate well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : institute insubordinate varieties and provide maximum atmosphere circulation . make clean up all debris , particularly around industrial plant that have had a problem . Do not water from overhead and water only during the twenty-four hours so that plant will have enough time to dry before night . enforce a fungicide label for rust fungus on your flora . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the green anatomy of moth and butterflies . They are voracious feeders attacking a wide form of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterise as leaf feeders , stem turn borers , leaf rollers , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , lookout man single plants and bump off caterpillars , apply label insecticides such as soap and oils , take advantage of rude foe such as parasitic wasps in the garden and habituate Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar mintage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a terminal figure that applies to various larvae ( of moths , mallet , and flies ) that burrow between upper and small leafage surfaces , leave a distinctive , squiggly radiation diagram . A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the foliage which hatch and give rise to mineworker . Leaf miners attack ornamental and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep grass down and scout item-by-item plants for tell - story curlicue . beak and destroy these leaves and take vantage of natural enemies such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . cognise the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide nebuliser when most beneficial for manipulate the specific leaf mineworker . assay a professional passport and follow all label procedures to a golf tee . * GDD Book of Numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
