A low - grow shrub that maintains the best foliage color of the low - growing types . intermediate greenish leafage turn yellow green in wintertime . Grows 15 inches high with soft , coarse textured foliage densely put on uprise branches . Plants form nearly unvarying circles . well-off to develop in a wide range of cultural experimental condition .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove shrub from container and mildly separate roots . Position in snapper of hole , best side facing ahead . occupy in with original dirt or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For larger bush , work up a pee well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant life is ball - and - burlapped , hit fasteners and close up back the top of natural burlap , tuck it down into hole , after you ’ve put shrub . Make certain that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during spicy , dry periods . If semisynthetic burlap , remove if potential . If not possible , cut away or make slit to admit for tooth root to prepare into the new dirt . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is desolate - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this stain is probable where the ground air was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add organic affair . This will help with both drainage and water property capability . Fill ground , tauten just enough to stomach bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plants and dispatch caterpillars , lend oneself labeled insecticides such as soaps and oil , take reward of lifelike enemies such as leechlike wasps in the garden and utilise Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larvae ( of moths , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred egg inside the folio which hatch and give rise to miners . Leaf mineworker attack ornamentals and veg .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout private plants for tell - tale squiggle . cull and destroy these leaves and take advantage of raw enemies such as parasitic wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for command the specific leaf mineworker . assay a professional passport and follow all label routine to a teeing ground . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
