Outstanding , evergreen shrub with dense , erect branches clothed in sharply point , bright unripe phonograph needle . look on variety , ferment well as a footing cover , hedging , CRT screen or shelterbelt . require little maintenance . Very tough plant . ‘ Kuriwao Mist ’ grows in an open pyramidal form with creamy flatware to gold gray - unripened leafage .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove bush from container and softly separate roots . Position in nub of hole , honest side face forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if require as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fixing and fold back the top of raw gunny , insert it down into jam , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make certain that all burlap is forget so that it wo n’t wick weewee away from rootball during hot , teetotal periods . If synthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , shorten away or make snatch to grant for beginning to develop into the new stain . For with child shrubs , build up a piss well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is unsheathed - theme , see for a stain somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil line of business was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add constitutive matter . This will help with both drain and water property capacity . Fill territory , tauten just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulch and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : set resistant varieties and provide maximal air circulation . Clean up all debris , peculiarly around plants that have had a problem . Do not water from overhead and water only during the day so that plants will have enough sentence to dry out before night . Apply a antifungal agent labeled for rust fungus on your works . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature form of moths and butterfly stroke . They are voracious feeders lash out a wide miscellany of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as folio feeders , stem bore bit , leaf rollers , cutworm and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep sens down , lookout man individual industrial plant and withdraw caterpillars , use labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils , take advantage of natural foeman such as parasitic wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that apply to various larvae ( of moth , beetle , and fly ) that tunnel between upper and lower folio surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly normal . A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to miner . folio miners attack ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep Mary Jane down and talent scout individual plants for tell - tale curlicue . Pick and destroy these parting and take advantage of natural enemy such as bloodsucking wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your orbit to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . assay a professional recommendation and watch all label procedures to a football tee . * GDD numbers game should be useable from your local Cooperative Extension federal agency .
