Outstanding , evergreen shrub with dense , just branch robe in gullible phonograph needle . calculate on variety , works well as a ground cover , hedge , screen or windbreak . need minuscule sustentation . Very tough industrial plant . ‘ Kuriwao Sunburst ’ get in an open pyramidal shape with soft green foliation tip with bright green to yellow .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously take away shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in substance of yap , best side facing forrader . Fill in with original territory or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For larger bush , build a weewee well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If the works is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve put shrub . Make certain that all burlap is inhume so that it wo n’t wick piss by from rootball during hot , dry full point . If synthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not potential , turn off away or make puss to allow for root to develop into the newfangled filth . For big shrub , build a piss well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is barren - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the root ; this mark is potential where the filth line was . If ground is too sandy or too clayey , sum up organic matter . This will assist with both drain and piddle holding capacity . Fill ground , firming just enough to sustain shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant immune varieties and supply maximum air travel circulation . Clean up all debris , particularly around plants that have had a problem . Do not irrigate from overhead and water only during the day so that plants will have enough time to dry before nighttime . Apply a antifungal label for rust on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unfledged variant of moths and butterflies . They are ravening feeders attacking a encompassing variety of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , stem turn borers , folio roll , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plant life and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insect powder such as soaps and oils , take advantage of born enemies such as parasitical wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that apply to various larva ( of moths , beetle , and tent-fly ) that tunnel between upper and down leafage surfaces , leaving a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A distaff grownup can lay several hundred eggs inside the folio which hatch and give rise to miners . Leaf miner attack ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and guide single plants for tell - tarradiddle squiggle . peck and destroy these leave and take advantage of natural enemy such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . fuck the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your field to place insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific leaf miner . attempt a professional recommendation and follow all recording label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be uncommitted from your local Cooperative Extension office .
