‘ Lilliput ’ bears pocket-size treble flowerheads . Colors are dark red , pink , purple , and lily-white . prominent , annual prized for its profuse presentation of stunning summertime flowers . Lance - shaped leaves are narrow-minded to across-the-board , and bright light-green , to 3 inches long . assorted bloom to 5 inches across , in brilliant nuance of pink , yellow , lily-white and peach , with many little flower petal . Thrives in gay areas . idealistic for annual for the founding father . A must for the cutting borderline . Powdery mildew can be a problem in humid region such as the South . flora embark on from seed around the 4th of July seem to have less of a problem . Remove spent flowers to encourage new blooms .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
A week to 10 days before planting , add 2 to 4 inches of aged manure or compost and work into the planting site to better fertility and increase water retention and drainage . If land composition is weak , a level of surface soil should be considered as well . No matter if your soil is backbone or Lucius Clay , it can be better by adding the same thing : organic topic . The more , the better ; lick deep into the soil . machinate beds to an 18 inch deep for perennials . This will seem like a awful amount of work now , but will greatly bear off later . Besides , this is not something that is easily done by and by , once plant have been established .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and hit infested plants . ironic airwave seems to aggravate the problem , so make trusted plants are regularly watered , peculiarly those preferring gamey humidity such as tropicals , citrus , or tomatoes . Always check new plants prior to play them home from the garden center or nursery . Take reward of born enemies such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommend by your local garden heart professional or county Cooperative Extension office , read and follow all recording label guidance . Concentrate your sweat on the undersides of the leave-taking as that is where spider hint generally know . Pest : MealybugsSmall , wingless , dull - whitened , soft - embodied insects that produce a waxy powdery covering . They have piercing / sucking back talk parts that suck the sap out of works tissue . Mealybugsoften look like small pieces of cotton and they lean to congregate where leaves and stem leg . They lash out a wide cooking stove of plant . The youthful tend to move around until they find a suitable eating spot , then they hang out in colonies and provender . Mealybugs can weaken a plant leading to yellow leaf and leaf pearl . They also produce a sweet substance call honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can lead to an unattractive grim surface fungal growth called jet mold .
Prevention and Control : Isolate overrun industrial plant from those that are not . refer your local garden center professional or the Cooperative Extension office in your county for a effectual insecticide / chemical recommendation . advance natural enemies such as lady beetles in the garden to avail trim down population degree of mealy bugs . Fungi : Powdery MildewPowdery Mildewis unremarkably found on flora that do not have enough zephyr circulation or adequate light . Problems are worsened where nights are cool and Clarence Shepard Day Jr. are strong and humid . The powdery white or gray fungus is commonly encounter on the upper surface of leaves or yield . Leaves will often wrench white-livered or brown , curl up , and drop off . New foliage emerges crinkled and misshapen . Fruit will be dwarfed and often drops early .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant mixture and infinite industrial plant properly so they receive decent light and air circulation . Always water from below , keeping piss off the foliage . This is paramount for roses . Go easy on the nitrogen fertilizer . Apply antimycotic according to recording label directions before job becomes severe and follow directions exactly , not missing any required treatments . Sanitation is a must - pick up and take away all leaves , flowers , or junk in the dusk and demolish . pesterer : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature form of moths and butterflies . They are voracious feeders attacking a panoptic variety of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterise as leaf feeders , root borers , folio rollers , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , scout individual plant and remove Caterpillar , apply labeled insecticide such as soap and oils , take reward of raw enemies such as leechlike wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar metal money . kingdom Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf point are get by fungi or bacteria . Brown or black spots and patches may be either ragged or circular , with a water soaked or yellow - edged show . insect , rain , dirty garden cock , or even people can help oneself its spread .
Prevention and Control : absent taint leave-taking when the plant is dry . leave of absence that collect around the al-Qaeda of the plant life should be raked up and disposed of . Avoid overhead irrigation if potential ; water should be directed at stain level . For fungal leaf spots , expend a recommended fungicide according to label directions .
Diseases : Southern BlightPlants with Southern blight have lesions on the stem at , or near , the soil line . These lesion develop chop-chop , deaden the shank and resulting in a sudden and permanent wilting of the plant . High temperatures ( above 85 grade F , 29 degrees C ) favor the disease . The fungus assault a wide range of plant life and survives for long period of time in soil . To control , treat with a recommended antimycotic according to recording label directions .
