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Plant balled and burlapped, balled and potted, and container-grown ornamental landscape plants.
Pruning
Head back the new growth and lightly shape broadleaf evergreen, deciduous and narrowleaf evergreen shrubs. Shear formal hedges to maintain the desired shape, size and thick appearance.
Watering
Irrigate newly planted or established ornamentals any time there is less than 1 inch of weekly rainfall and plants are actively growing. Apply water at the rate or 1 quart per square foot of planting area on poorly drained soils. On well-drained soils, use a half-gallon of water per square foot.
Plant protection
For newly planted ornamentals, spread a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch over the soil in the bed or around trees.
Pest control
Warning! Not all formulations of all recommended pesticides are labeled for all suggested uses. Buy formulations that are labeled for the specific pest problem. Follow all pesticide label directions and precautions.
When a particular pest becomes active depends on the weather conditions
in your area. The pest management guide gives general guidelines for a
broad geographic area. Depending on your location, a particular pest may
appear early or late within the month(s) in which the pest is listed.
| Pest | Common Hosts | Controls |
| Insects | ||
| adelgids | Douglas fir | Diazinon, lindane, malathion, Sevin |
| aphids | most ornamentals | Diazinon, Orthene, malathion, Sevin |
| beetles | most ornamentals | methoxychlor, Sevin |
| borers | birch, dogwood, lilac, mountain ash, oak, poplar, willow | lindane |
| lacebugs | amelanchier, azalea, hackberry, mountain ash, pieris, rhododendron, sycamore | Diazinon, malathion, Sevin |
| leaf miners | arborvitae, birch, hawthorn, holly, spruce | Diazinon, Orthene, Sevin |
| mealybugs | taxus | malathion, Orthene, superior oil |
| mites | most ornamentals | malathion |
| plant bugs & leafhoppers | honey locust | malathion, Orthene, Sevin |
| scales | ash, euonymus, fruit trees, hackberry, hawthorn, hemlock, juniper, lilac, linden, maple, mountain ash, oak, pachysandra, pine, poplar, rose, spruce, willow | Orthene, malathion, Sevin, superior oil |
| weevils | arborvitae, azalea, euonymus, hemlock, pine, rhododendron, taxus | Orthene |
| Diseases | ||
| bacterial blight | English ivy, lilac | fixed copper |
| Botrytis blight | rose | Cleary's 3336, Captan |
| canker & rot | most ornamentals | Prune out infected plant parts. |
| crown gall | euonymus, rose | Destroy infected plants. |
| fire blight | cotoneaster, crabapple, fruit trees, hawthorn, mountain ash, pyracantha | Prune out infected plant parts. |
| leaf spot | most ornamentals | fixed copper |
| powdery mildew | most ornamentals | Cleary's 3336, sulfur |
| rust | apple, crabapple, hawthorn, juniper, rose | Ferbam, |
| twig blight | juniper | Cleary's 3336 |
| Verticillium wilt | most ornamentals | No effective chemical or cultural control |
| wetwood | elm, maple | No effective chemical or cultural control |
| Weeds | ||
| Direct spray on most actively growing weeds | most ornamentals | Kleenup |