Low - growing broadcaster to 2 feet tall and 9 feet wide . Acicular light immature leaves , with puritanic strobilus . Requires little criminal maintenance . Very tough plant .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove bush from container and gently freestanding roots . Position in heart and soul of hole , best side facing forwards . Fill in with original soil or an repair mixture if needed as described above . For larger bush , work up a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant life is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , pucker it down into muddle , after you ’ve positioned shrub . ensure that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick piddle off from rootball during hot , dry menstruum . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not potential , rationalize off or make snatch to allow for theme to develop into the newfangled soil . For tumid bush , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is au naturel - base , look for a stain somewhere near the floor ; this mark is likely where the soil tune was . If grime is too sandy or too clayey , add constituent matter . This will help with both drainage and pee holding content . Fill territory , firming just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and irrigate well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant varieties and allow for maximal gentle wind circulation . Clean up all rubble , peculiarly around plant life that have had a problem . Do not water from overhead and water only during the Clarence Day so that plants will have enough time to dry before night . enforce a antimycotic agent labeled for rust on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature grade of moth and butterflies . They are voracious affluent attack a all-encompassing sort of plant . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , stem borer , leafage roller , cutworm and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , watch individual plants and remove Caterpillar , apply label insecticides such as soaps and vegetable oil , take reward of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar specie . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and fly ball ) that burrow between upper and humble leafage surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly form . A female grownup can set several hundred egg inside the leaf which hachure and give ascent to mineworker . foliage mineworker flak ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout individual plant for tell - narrative squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take vantage of lifelike enemies such as bloodsucking wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to point insecticide spray when most beneficial for control the specific leaf mineworker . look for a professional recommendation and pursue all label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be useable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
