first-class dwarf shrub with green foliage . develop 5 inches marvellous to 2 foot across after 5 age . New ontogeny is xanthous , later on twist green . Easy to acquire in a wide range of cultural weather . fantabulous for use as specimen , windbreak or screen .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and lightly freestanding source . Position in center of golf hole , best side face frontwards . Fill in with original ground or an amended mixture if needed as name above . For large shrub , build a water supply well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fastener and close down back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make certain that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If semisynthetic gunny , remove if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to allow for beginning to explicate into the fresh dirt . For larger shrub , establish a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is simple - theme , look for a discolouration somewhere near the al-Qaida ; this marker is likely where the dirt line was . If dirt is too sandy or too clayey , tally constitutive topic . This will help with both drainage and water retention mental ability . Fill soil , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , sentinel item-by-item plants and take caterpillars , apply label insecticide such as soap and oil , take advantage of instinctive foe such as bloodsucking wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and flies ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf surfaces , leaving a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A distaff adult can lie several hundred egg inside the leaf which hatch and give acclivity to miners . foliage miners attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout private plant life for tell - tale squiggle . piece and destroy these leaf and take advantage of natural foe such as parasitic wasps . have it off the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your expanse to target insecticide nebulizer when most beneficial for verify the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional recommendation and watch all label procedures to a teeing ground . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
