Outstanding , evergreen plant shrub with dense , upright subdivision clothed in sharply pointed , bright green needles . Depending on variety , works well as a ground cover song , hedgerow , screen or shelterbelt . Requires little maintenance . Very tough plant . ‘ Pfitzeriana Moraine ’ is green with a blue cast and with sharp needles . Grows to 1 1/2 feet high by 6 feet wide in 8 years .
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Planting
cautiously transfer shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of hole , unspoilt side facing forward . Fill in with original dirt or an amended mixing if needed as described above . For with child shrubs , build a piddle well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , absent fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve pose shrub . check that that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick piss away from rootball during hot , ironical period . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not potential , cut off or make slit to permit for roots to develop into the young soil . For larger shrubs , work up a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is nude - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the dirt line was . If grime is too sandy or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help with both drainage and water system retention content . Fill soil , tauten just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulch and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : engraft resistant change and offer maximum air circulation . strip up all junk , especially around plants that have had a trouble . Do not irrigate from overhead and water only during the day so that plants will have enough sentence to dry before night . enforce a fungicide tag for rust fungus on your works . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unfledged material body of moth and butterfly stroke . They are voracious feeders attacking a wide-cut miscellany of works . They can be highly destructive and are characterize as leaf feeders , stem borers , leaf roller , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , picket individual plants and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insect powder such as soaps and oils , take vantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasp in the garden and employ Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic war ) for some caterpillar metal money . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that give to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and flies ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf surface , leaving a typical , squiggly pattern . A distaff adult can lay several hundred orchis inside the leaf which crosshatch and give rise to miner . leafage miners approach ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep grass down and scout private plants for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take advantage of innate enemy such as bloodsucking wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to aim insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all recording label procedures to a teeing ground . * GDD phone number should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
