Outstanding , evergreen plant shrub with dense , upright branches clothed in sharply pointed , bright green needles . Depending on variety , works well as a ground cover , hedge , screen or windbreak . Requires little alimony . Very tough plant . ‘ dark and Gold ’ has a potent unsloped form , vase shaped , 8 to 10 feet gamey , and somewhat less in bedspread . Foliage is a mix of blue and cream - color . Grows 1 1/2 understructure per year .
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Fertilizing
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Planting
cautiously get rid of shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of hole , best side face forward . Fill in with original ground or an remediate intermixture if take as described above . For larger shrubs , ramp up a weewee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and turn up back the top of natural gunny , tuck it down into hole , after you ’ve put shrub . ensure that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during spicy , dry menstruum . If celluloid gunny , remove if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to provide for roots to educate into the new soil . For larger shrubs , build a H2O well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - ascendent , depend for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the grime line was . If grunge is too flaxen or too clayey , tote up organic subject . This will help with both drainage and water belongings capacity . Fill grime , firming just enough to sustain shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistive varieties and provide maximum air circulation . Clean up all debris , especially around plant life that have had a trouble . Do not water from command overhead and water only during the twenty-four hour period so that plant will have enough time to dry before nighttime . put on a antifungal agent mark for rusting on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature shape of moth and butterfly . They are edacious feeders attacking a full potpourri of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterise as leaf feeder , stem borers , leaf roller , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , pathfinder individual plant and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insecticide such as soaps and oils , take reward of natural enemy such as leechlike wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a term that applies to various larva ( of moth , mallet , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surface , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred testis inside the leaf which hatching and give rise to miners . Leaf mineworker plan of attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout case-by-case plants for tell - narrative squiggles . Pick and destroy these farewell and take advantage of raw enemies such as bloodsucking wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your surface area to target insecticide nebulizer when most good for controlling the specific leafage mineworker . look for a professional passport and keep an eye on all label procedures to a teeing ground . * GDD issue should be available from your local Cooperative Extension business office .
