Small evergreen tree or large shrub with arching branches hang with twine - corresponding silver gray - tinct green foliage . Requires little pruning to wield its form . Attractive accent , hedge or shelterbelt . Grows well in dry locations . Excellent cold permissiveness . insensate hardy anywhere in the country .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully polish off shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of hole , good side facing fore . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixed bag if needed as described above . For big shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the flora is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve position shrub . check that that all burlap is bury so that it wo n’t wick water aside from rootball during hot , ironic menstruum . If synthetical burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , cut aside or make slit to permit for roots to germinate into the new dirt . For larger shrubs , build a pee well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is bare - base , look for a discolouration somewhere near the al-Qa’ida ; this mark is likely where the soil line was . If soil is too sandlike or too clayey , add constitutive matter . This will help with both drainage and water holding mental ability . Fill land , firm just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and irrigate well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plant and remove caterpillars , practice label insect powder such as soaps and oils , take reward of natural enemies such as parasitic WASP in the garden and apply Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a terminal figure that practice to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and rainfly ) that tunnel between upper and broken folio surface , leave a typical , squiggly pattern . A distaff adult can lay several hundred ballock inside the leaf which hatch and give ascension to miners . Leaf miners attack ornamentals and veg .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout individual plants for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitical WASP . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to aim insecticide spray when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . search a professional good word and follow all label procedures to a golf tee . * GDD telephone number should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
