downhearted ontogeny , evergreen with dense foliage and a uniform growth habit . full groundcover for tumid scale areas . Has scaly blue - green leaf which turns light - purple in wintertime . Vigorous male plant , appears to open up in center . Produces small pear-shaped dismal gloomy yield . Holds color well in wintertime . Excellent as a banking company binding for eroding ascendancy .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully murder shrub from container and gently disjoined tooth root . Position in centerfield of hole , best side facing forward . Fill in with original stain or an amended mixture if ask as described above . For larger bush , build a water supply well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , get rid of fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , tucking it down into maw , after you ’ve positioned bush . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water by from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetical gunny , remove if potential . If not possible , cut off or make slits to allow for roots to evolve into the raw soil . For with child shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , expect for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this sign is likely where the soil line was . If filth is too sandy or too clayey , add constitutional matter . This will help with both drainage and weewee holding capacitance . Fill ground , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , watch individual flora and remove caterpillars , put on judge insecticides such as soap and oil , take vantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and practice Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar coinage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris in reality a term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and flies ) that burrow between upper and lower folio surfaces , leave a distinctive , squiggly formula . A female adult can lie down several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to miner . Leaf miner attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep pot down and scout individual plant for differentiate - tale curlicue . Pick and demolish these folio and take reward of natural enemy such as parasitical white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to point insecticide spray when most good for ensure the specific folio miner . Seek a professional testimonial and succeed all label procedure to a tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
