Outstanding , evergreen plant shrub with dense , good offset clothed in sharply pointed needles . Depending on variety , works well as a ground cover , hedge , cover or windbreak . Requires little maintenance . Very tough plant . alike to ‘ Blaauw ’ in shape , but broader . leaf in wintertime is grey-haired - leafy vegetable .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and softly separate rootage . Position in centre of hole , best side facing forward . Fill in with original grunge or an ameliorate mixture if need as described above . For larger shrubs , work up a weewee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove holdfast and fold up back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into cakehole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick piddle off from rootball during hot , ironic periods . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not potential , cut away or make slit to allow for roots to prepare into the new grease . For prominent shrubs , build a piddle well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , tot up organic matter . This will facilitate with both drainage and water holding capacitance . Fill soil , firm just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant immune varieties and provide maximum air circulation . Clean up all debris , especially around plants that have had a problem . Do not water from overhead and piddle only during the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. so that industrial plant will have enough time to dry out before nighttime . Apply a fungicide labeled for rust on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unripened form of moth and butterflies . They are rapacious feeders attacking a wide variety of plants . They can be extremely destructive and are characterized as folio feeders , stem borers , leaf tumbler pigeon , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , talent scout individual flora and remove Caterpillar , apply labeled insecticides such as easy lay and oils , take advantage of natural enemy such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that give to various larvae ( of moths , beetles , and fly sheet ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf surface , forget a classifiable , squiggly form . A distaff adult can pose several hundred eggs inside the leafage which hatch and give rising to miners . Leaf mineworker approach ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout individual works for tell - tale squiggle . pluck and ruin these leaves and take vantage of natural enemy such as parasitical wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your country to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional recommendation and stick with all label procedures to a golf tee . * GDD numeral should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
