ball - shaped evergreen bush with steel - blue-blooded foliation . fantabulous for use as screen , background or emphasis . Withstands a wide diversity of soils and develop conditions . Very long be .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
If container - grown , put the tree on its side and remove the container . Loosen the roots around the bound without violate up the root ball too much . Position tree in snapper of cakehole so that the best side faces onward . You are ready to begin take in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , set it in hole so that the best side faces forward . undo or remove nails from burlap at top of ball and pull gunny back , so it does not stick out of fix when ground is replace . Synthetic gunny should be removed as it will not disintegrate like innate burlap . with child trees often descend in conducting wire baskets . Plant as you would a b&b plant life , but trim back as much of the wire out as potential without actually take away the basketball hoop . Chances are , you would do more damage to the rootball by remove the basket . Simply contract away wires to go forth several large openings for radical .
occupy both holes with soil the same way of life . Never amend with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your soil is loose enough , you are better off adding lilliputian or no soil amendment .
make a urine anchor ring around the outer edge of the hole . Not only will this conseve water , but will lead wet to perimeter roots , further outer ontogenesis . Once tree is established , water ring may be rase . Studies show that mulched trees grow faster than those unmulched , so add a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or powderise barque over backfilled arena . get rid of any damaged limbs .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep widow’s weeds down , scout individual plant and remove cat , apply labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils , take reward of rude foeman such as leechlike WASP in the garden and utilize Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar mintage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that lend oneself to various larva ( of moth , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surface , leaving a classifiable , squiggly design . A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the folio which hatch and give rise to miners . Leaf miners attack ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout case-by-case plants for tell - tale squiggle . nibble and put down these leaf and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide spray when most beneficial for controlling the specific leafage mineworker . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all recording label procedures to a football tee . * GDD telephone number should be uncommitted from your local Cooperative Extension authority .
