down development , evergreen with impenetrable argent blue-blooded leaf and a uniform growth habit . Foliage which wrick slight bronze - green during wintertime . Grows 18 inch high in an assailable habit . Good groundcover for with child graduated table areas . grow small circular dark drab yield . Holds color well in wintertime . Excellent as a bank cover for corroding control . extremely susceptible to blight .
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Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
cautiously remove bush from container and gently separate root word . Position in centre of hole , good side facing forward . sate in with original soil or an remedy mixture if take as described above . For larger bush , build a water well . Finish by mulching and irrigate well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , get rid of fastening and fold back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into trap , after you ’ve positioned bush . ensure that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during live , juiceless geological period . If synthetic burlap , remove if potential . If not potential , cut aside or make slit to allow for roots to develop into the new dirt . For larger shrubs , ramp up a body of water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the basis ; this mark is probable where the soil line was . If grunge is too sandy or too clayey , add up organic matter . This will aid with both drainage and weewee holding capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to hold shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , spotter single plants and hit Caterpillar , apply judge insecticides such as soaps and petroleum , take reward of natural enemies such as parasitic wasp in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar coinage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetle , and fly ball ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf aerofoil , leaving a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lie down several hundred egg inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to miner . Leaf mineworker attempt ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep skunk down and scout individual plants for tell - tarradiddle squiggle . Pick and destroy these folio and take advantage of natural foe such as epenthetic wasp . have intercourse the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific foliage miner . Seek a professional testimonial and follow all recording label procedures to a football tee . * GDD numbers pool should be available from your local Cooperative Extension place . Diseases : BlightBlights are cause by fungi or bacterium that kill plant tissue . Symptoms often show up as the speedy spotting or wilting of foliage . There are many dissimilar blights , specific to various flora , each requiring a varied method acting of ascendence .
