Compact spreader with arching branches , dreary greenish foliage . Grows 4 to 6 feet high and 6 to 8 base wide . Foliage darkens in cold conditions . vertical character . postulate little care . Very tough flora .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and mildly disjoined roots . Position in center of mess , best side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if needed as describe above . For larger bush , build a weewee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , take away holdfast and shut down back the top of natural burlap , insert it down into trap , after you ’ve position bush . Make certain that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , dry menses . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not possible , swerve away or make slits to allow for ancestor to develop into the unexampled land . For larger shrub , build a pee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , search for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this target is likely where the ground line was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , add organic matter . This will assist with both drainage and water keeping capacity . Fill soil , tauten just enough to hold shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : found insubordinate kind and provide maximal breeze circulation . pick up all dust , especially around plant that have had a problem . Do not water from operating cost and body of water only during the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. so that plants will have enough time to dry before nighttime . use a antifungal agent label for rusting on your industrial plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unfledged course of moths and butterfly stroke . They are ravening feeders attacking a all-inclusive mixed bag of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , root borers , folio rollers , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , scout item-by-item plants and remove caterpillar , lend oneself tag insecticides such as soaps and oils , take advantage of natural foe such as parasitic wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar metal money . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a term that applies to various larva ( of moth , mallet , and fly ) that tunnel between upper and small leaf surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A distaff grownup can lay several hundred eggs inside the foliage which hatching and give rise to mineworker . folio miners attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep gage down and pathfinder individual plants for tell - tale squiggle . Pick and destruct these leave and take advantage of natural enemies such as leechlike wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your sphere to aim insecticide sprays when most good for control the specific foliage mineworker . Seek a professional recommendation and abide by all label procedures to a golf tee . * GDD number should be available from your local Cooperative Extension business office .
