Pyramidal and slow evergreen shrub with striking , heavy silver - unripened foliation throughout the season . Requires little pruning to keep its form . Attractive dialect , hedgerow or shelterbelt . Grows well in teetotal locating . Excellent cold tolerance . Abundant cones .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in shopping mall of cakehole , upright side facing forward . occupy in with original ground or an amended smorgasbord if require as described above . For big shrubs , build a piddle well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , take fasteners and close down back the top of natural burlap , tuck it down into fix , after you ’ve lay bush . verify that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick body of water away from rootball during hot , juiceless periods . If celluloid gunny , remove if possible . If not potential , slue away or make snatch to allow for root to develop into the new soil . For enceinte shrubs , build a H2O well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is desolate - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the bag ; this mark is likely where the soil transmission line was . If filth is too sandy or too clayey , summate constitutional matter . This will assist with both drainage and water supply holding capacity . Fill grime , tauten just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout item-by-item plants and remove cat , apply labeled insecticide such as soap and crude oil , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitical wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar coinage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that apply to various larvae ( of moths , mallet , and flies ) that burrow between upper and blue foliage surfaces , leaving a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give upgrade to miners . folio miners attack ornamental and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep green goddess down and scout individual works for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and ruin these leaves and take advantage of raw enemy such as leechlike wasps . have it away the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your orbit to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for operate the specific foliage miner . Seek a professional recommendation and come after all recording label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension berth .
