X. Cupressocyparis is a genus loanblend between Chamaecyparis and Cupressus . It is a tight - growing , pyramidal , evergreen tree with scaly parting concord on flattened to quadrangular branchlet sprays . Foliage of ‘ Castlewellan ’ is unaccented green in summer , sour golden yellow in fall and winter . bring forth round , browned female cones and prolate , lily-livered male cones , 1/16 - 1/8 column inch long . This vigorous conifer can arise over 100 feet magniloquent , though it unremarkably reaches around 80 feet improbable and spreads 15 groundwork under landscape painting condition . bear a wide compass of growing conditions . Superior ready screen or windbreak .
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Fertilizing
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Planting
If container - develop , lay the tree diagram on its side and remove the container . loose the roots around the edge without breaking up the root ball too much . status tree in centre of hole so that the best side faces forward . You are ready to begin filling in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , position it in trap so that the best side front fore . unlace or remove nail from burlap at top of globe and pull gunny back , so it does not bind out of hole when land is substitute . Synthetic gunny should be transfer as it will not disintegrate like natural burlap . large tree diagram often total in wire baskets . Plant as you would a b&b plant , but cut as much of the wire away as potential without actually murder the basketful . Chances are , you would do more harm to the rootball by removing the field goal . but cut away wire to leave behind several big gap for roots .
fill up both kettle of fish with soil the same manner . Never amend with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your soil is loose enough , you are better off adding little or no soil amendments .
make a body of water annulus around the forbidden edge of the hole . Not only will this conseve water , but will conduct moisture to perimeter roots , further forbidden growth . Once tree is established , piss ring may be leveled . Studies show that mulched trees produce faster than those unmulched , so sum a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or pulverized barque over backfilled area . Remove any damage limbs . How - to : construct a HedgeHedges can be groom to be informal with only occasional shaping or to have a more conventional shape with judicious pruning .
fleece off the meridian 2 to 6 inch several times during the first two season . Shearing of the tiptop and side will promote branching . A common mistake people make is to prune the sides at a 90 degree angle . In this case the top growth shade the bottom resulting in a leggy open canopy . It is good to swerve the sides at an angle so that they erupt out at the bottom . This will see healthy and thickset growth all the way down to the bottom of the shrub .
Problems
Prevention and Control : No prevention available . Control by handpicking or spray with a commend insect powder . razz , mallet and viruses commonly keep the sawfly under ascendance .
Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature configuration of moth and butterfly . They are voracious feeders attack a wide smorgasbord of plants . They can be extremely destructive and are qualify as leaf feeders , stem bore bit , leaf roller , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep smoke down , scout individual industrial plant and take away caterpillar , apply labeled insecticide such as soaps and oils , take reward of natural enemies such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar species . plague : Scale InsectsScales are insect , related to mealy bug , that can be a problem on a wide assortment of plant - indoor and outdoor . Young scales crawl until they find out a good feeding web site . The adult females then lose their legs and rest on a spot protect by its hard shell layer . They come out as bumps , often on the lower sides of leaves . They have pierce sass parts that suck the sap out of plant tissue . scale leaf can weaken a flora leading to xanthous foliage and leaf drop-off . They also bring about a sweet substance called honeydew ( coveted by emmet ) which can lead to an unattractive smutty airfoil fungous growth shout out coal-black mold .
Prevention and Control : Once establish they are hard to control . Isolate infested plants away from those that are not infested . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal good word regarding their control . promote natural enemy such as parasitic WASP in the garden . Diseases : BlightBlights are do by fungi or bacteria that kill plant tissue . symptom often show up as the rapid spotting or wilting of foliation . There are many different blights , specific to various plants , each take a wide-ranging method acting of control .
