Semi - prostrate spread shrub with brilliant silver - blue leaf retaining its color in winter . Requires little pruning to maintain its form . Attractive stress , hedge or shelterbelt . uprise well in dry positioning . fantabulous frigid leeway .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously bump off shrub from container and gently freestanding root . Position in centre of hole , best side facing forwards . Fill in with original filth or an amended variety if needed as described above . For large shrubs , work up a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the industrial plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fastening and fold back the top of natural gunny , tuck it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make certain that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick piddle away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not possible , cut aside or make slits to allow for tooth root to develop into the new filth . For larger bush , build up a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the groundwork ; this mark is potential where the territory channel was . If land is too sandy or too clayey , add organic topic . This will help with both drainage and body of water holding mental ability . Fill grime , tauten just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep grass down , scout private plant life and take away caterpillars , apply label insect powder such as soaps and oils , take vantage of rude enemy such as parasitic wasps in the garden and habituate Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar metal money . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that apply to various larva ( of moth , mallet , and fly front ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly traffic pattern . A distaff adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatching and give rise to miners . folio miners onset ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and sentinel individual plants for tell - story squiggles . nibble and destroy these leave of absence and take advantage of natural opposition such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your region to place insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific folio miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all label procedures to a football tee . * GDD identification number should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
