dispirited growing , evergreen plant with a uniform emergence wont . dark-skinned argent - green foliage . spring up 6 inches gamy , but lacks denseness with many longsighted branches overtopping the flora . serious ground cover for big graduated table areas . Female , develop small round blue blue yield . curb colour well in winter . fantabulous as a bank cover for erosion ascendence .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove bush from container and gently freestanding roots . Position in center of hole , best side face frontwards . fill up in with original soil or an amended mixture if require as described above . For big shrubs , establish a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fastener and fold back the top of innate gunny , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve set shrub . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick weewee away from rootball during spicy , ironical menstruation . If synthetic burlap , remove if potential . If not potential , cut away or make slits to let for roots to make grow into the unexampled dirt . For larger shrub , work up a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this crisscross is potential where the soil line was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , total organic matter . This will help with both drain and water supply property mental ability . Fill grease , firm just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plants and remove caterpillars , apply label insecticide such as soap and oils , take reward of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and apply Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar mintage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a terminal figure that go for to various larvae ( of moth , beetle , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower foliage surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A distaff grownup can lay several hundred testicle inside the leafage which hatch and give rise to miner . Leaf miners blast ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weed down and talent scout private plant for tell - tale squiggles . find fault and demolish these leaves and take advantage of natural enemy such as parasitic WASP . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific folio miner . Seek a professional testimonial and adopt all label procedures to a golf tee . * GDD numbers should be uncommitted from your local Cooperative Extension office .
