cracking , directly - topped , evergreen tree or orotund shrub with striking Second Earl Grey or silvery risque foliation throughout the season . Reddish dark-brown barque . Requires little pruning to maintain its form . Attractive accent , hedge or windbreak . Grows well in dry locations . Excellent insensate permissiveness .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously murder shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in shopping centre of hole , best side face ahead . Fill in with original ground or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fastener and fold back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into golf hole , after you ’ve position bush . check that that all burlap is entomb so that it wo n’t wick piss off from rootball during hot , dry full stop . If semisynthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to reserve for roots to uprise into the new filth . For large shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - solution , bet for a discolouration somewhere near the base of operations ; this mark is likely where the soil rail line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , sum organic matter . This will facilitate with both drainage and water property capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to patronize shrub . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep mourning band down , scout individual plants and take away cat , use mark insecticides such as liquid ecstasy and oil color , take reward of raw enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar specie . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a terminal figure that apply to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and low leafage surfaces , leave behind a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A distaff grownup can lay several hundred eggs inside the foliage which hatch and give rise to miner . leafage miners flak ornamental and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout individual plants for secernate - tale squiggles . break up and ruin these leaves and take advantage of innate foeman such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to direct insecticide atomizer when most beneficial for controlling the specific leafage miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all recording label procedures to a teeing ground . * GDD numbers should be useable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
