Outstanding , evergreen shrub with dense , upright branches clothed in aggressively pointed , hopeful green needles . Depending on diversity , act well as a flat coat top , hedge , screen or windbreak . Requires piffling care . Very tough plant life . ‘ Mint Julep ’ grows compactly with arching arm and brilliant stack - green foliage . 4 to 6 feet high , with greater spread .
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Planting
Carefully remove bush from container and gently freestanding roots . Position in midpoint of trap , dependable side face forward . occupy in with original soil or an repair mixture if needed as described above . For bombastic shrub , work up a piddle well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove holdfast and turn up back the top of natural burlap , pucker it down into hollow , after you ’ve pose shrub . verify that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , ironic periods . If synthetic burlap , remove if potential . If not potential , cut away or make slits to allow for roots to develop into the new soil . For larger shrubs , progress a water well . Finish by mulch and irrigate well .
If shrub is bare - beginning , front for a discoloration somewhere near the al-Qaida ; this mark is probable where the grunge note was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help with both drain and piss property capacitance . Fill soil , firming just enough to stick out shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant varieties and bring home the bacon maximum air circulation . clean house up all debris , especially around industrial plant that have had a job . Do not water from overhead and urine only during the daytime so that plant will have enough time to dry out before dark . Apply a antimycotic label for rusting on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature form of moth and butterfly . They are voracious feeders attack a wide variety of plant life . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , stem borers , foliage rollers , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep widow’s weeds down , scout individual plants and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insecticide such as soap and crude oil , take vantage of natural enemies such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar specie . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a term that apply to various larvae ( of moths , beetle , and flies ) that burrow between upper and lower leaf open , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A distaff grownup can lie several hundred bollock inside the folio which hatching and give rise to miner . Leaf miners fire ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weed down and scout individual industrial plant for tell - tale squiggle . find fault and destroy these folio and take advantage of natural enemies such as epenthetic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your field to point insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific leaf miner . essay a professional recommendation and follow all label procedure to a tee . * GDD number should be uncommitted from your local Cooperative Extension office .
