Outstanding , evergreen shrub with dense , vertical branches clothed in sharply sharpen , undimmed unripe needles . Depending on diversity , works well as a soil cover , hedge , screen or windbreak . Requires little upkeep . Very tough plant . ‘ Gold Sovereign ’ has bright yellow foliage year round . Small , 16 to 20 inches by two feet .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Watering
Planting
Carefully take away bush from container and gently separate root . Position in center of hole , ripe side confront forward . Fill in with original grime or an amend mixture if needed as described above . For larger shrub , build up a pee well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fastener and pen up back the top of natural gunny , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make trusted that all gunny is eat up so that it wo n’t wick H2O aside from rootball during red-hot , teetotal periods . If synthetic burlap , remove if potential . If not possible , cut away or make dent to allow for source to educate into the Modern soil . For declamatory shrub , make a weewee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - source , look for a discoloration somewhere near the foundation ; this mark is potential where the ground job was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , supply constituent matter . This will help with both drain and water keeping capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : institute insubordinate varieties and put up maximal air travel circulation . Clean up all debris , especially around plants that have had a problem . Do not irrigate from overhead and water system only during the Clarence Day so that plants will have enough time to dry out before night . Apply a antimycotic agent mark for rust fungus on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the young form of moths and butterflies . They are rapacious feeder attack a wide variety of plant . They can be highly destructive and are qualify as foliage feeder , prow borer , folio hair curler , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout case-by-case plant and murder caterpillars , use labeled insecticide such as soaps and rock oil , take reward of raw enemies such as parasitical wasps in the garden and utilise Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a terminal figure that applies to various larvae ( of moths , beetle , and flies ) that burrow between upper and abject leaf surface , leaving a typical , squiggly shape . A female adult can put several hundred eggs inside the leafage which crosshatch and give rise to miners . Leaf mineworker attack ornamentals and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep widow’s weeds down and scout individual plants for tell - tale squiggles . pluck and destroy these leaves and take advantage of natural enemy such as parasitic WASP . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your surface area to aim insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . essay a professional passport and follow all recording label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office staff .
