Narrow shrub with slow maturation and golden yellow foliage color . dumb , upright , pyramidal increment habit . Easy to produce in a across-the-board range of ethnic conditions . splendid for use as specimen , windbreak or screen .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove bush from container and lightly separate ascendant . Position in center of hole , better side face forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if call for as described above . For large shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of lifelike burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . verify that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick H2O away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetical burlap , withdraw if potential . If not possible , cut away or make dent to allow for roots to develop into the new soil . For larger shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the theme ; this mark is potential where the soil telephone circuit was . If soil is too flaxen or too clayey , add together organic matter . This will serve with both drainage and water holding capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plant and remove caterpillars , use labeled insecticides such as soaps and oil colour , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar coinage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a condition that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and fly ) that burrow between upper and lower folio surfaces , leave a distinctive , squiggly approach pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred testicle inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to mineworker . Leaf mineworker attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout individual plant for recount - tale curlicue . Pick and destruct these leaves and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific foliage miner . Seek a professional passport and travel along all label procedures to a golf tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
