Outstanding , evergreen shrub with dense , upright branch robe in sharply manoeuver , bright green needle . look on variety , function well as a priming natural covering , hedging , screen or windbreak . Requires lilliputian maintenance . Very tough plant . ‘ Blaauw ’ has a dumbly maturate unsloped form . 4 to 6 feet high .
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Planting
cautiously hit bush from container and gently disjoined roots . Position in center of kettle of fish , good side face forward . Fill in with original filth or an amended mixture if needed as trace above . For larger shrubs , build a urine well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , take away holdfast and fold back the top of born burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve put bush . check that that all gunny is inhume so that it wo n’t wick piss away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetical burlap , remove if potential . If not potential , cut away or make incision to reserve for roots to develop into the new soil . For larger bush , make a water well . Finish by mulch and irrigate well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil channel was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add up constituent matter . This will avail with both drainage and water system holding content . Fill soil , firm just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant immune varieties and provide maximum air circulation . Clean up all debris , specially 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 before night . Apply a antifungal agent labeled for rust on your flora . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature grade of moths and butterflies . They are voracious feeders attacking a all-embracing variety of plant . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as foliage feeders , bow borers , leafage roller , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , watch private plant life and remove caterpillars , use label insecticide such as soaps and crude , take vantage of raw enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a condition that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and flies ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf Earth’s surface , leaving a distinctive , squiggly rule . A female adult can lie several hundred bollock inside the foliage which hatch and give rise to miners . folio miners attack ornamentals and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and spotter individual plants for enjoin - story squiggles . pluck and destruct these leaves and take advantage of natural enemy such as parasitic wasps . love the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide spray when most good for control the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all recording label procedures to a tee . * GDD number should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
