Outstanding , evergreen shrub with dense , upright branches enclothe in sharply direct , brilliant green needle . Depending on variety , works well as a ground cover , hedge , screenland or shelterbelt . Requires little maintenance . Very tough flora . ‘ Hetzii ’ is tumid and rapid - growing . Can be as large as 15 foot tall by 15 feet panoptic , but normally only gets 5 to 10 metrical unit tall . Leaves are scale like and the plant branches in all direction . bear many small glaucous strobilus . Roots easy from cutting , organ transplant promptly , and is often used as an understock for engraft vertical junipers .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and lightly separate roots . Position in sum of trap , best side facing forward . satisfy in with original soil or an meliorate mixture if needed as name above . For larger 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 natural gunny , tucking it down into pickle , after you ’ve lay shrub . verify that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick water out from rootball during red-hot , ironical menstruation . If synthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , turn off out or make slits to earmark for roots to develop into the new soil . For larger shrubs , build a urine well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - base , see for a discoloration somewhere near the al-Qaeda ; this mark is probable where the soil dividing line was . If territory is too flaxen or too clayey , append constitutive subject . This will help with both drainage and water holding capacity . Fill grease , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : embed repellent motley and provide maximum air circulation . clean house up all debris , especially around plants that have had a problem . Do not water from overhead and H2O only during the day so that plant will have enough fourth dimension to dry out before dark . utilise a fungicide labeled for rust fungus on your plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unripened form of moths and butterflies . They are rapacious feeders attacking a wide variety of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as foliage self-feeder , base borers , leaf rollers , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , sentinel individual plant and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insecticides such as easy lay and oil , take advantage of instinctive enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and practice Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar mintage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and low leaf surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly design . A distaff adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leaf which crosshatch and give raise to miners . Leaf miners tone-beginning ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout individual industrial plant for tell apart - tale squiggles . cull and ruin these farewell and take reward of natural enemy such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to aim insecticide nebulizer when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf miner . attempt a professional testimonial and follow all recording label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers racket should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
