abject development , evergreen plant with a unvarying maturation habit . honest ground cover for large exfoliation areas . aristocratic foliation with whip - cord branch , to 18 inches in high spirits . Produces small rotund dark racy yield . Holds color well in winter . Excellent as a bank cover version for erosion control .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
Carefully off shrub from container and softly disjoined roots . Position in centre of golf hole , best side facing forrard . Fill in with original soil or an amended motley if needed as described above . For bigger shrubs , build up a piss well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , hit fastener and fold back the top of natural gunny , insert it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned bush . verify that all gunny is lay to rest so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , ironical periods . If synthetic burlap , remove if potential . If not possible , turn out away or make slits to allow for roots to develop into the Modern land . For larger shrub , ramp up a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is spare - root , look for a stain somewhere near the base ; this mark is potential where the soil line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add constituent matter . This will help with both drain and water holding capability . Fill soil , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , sentinel case-by-case plant and take away caterpillars , apply labeled insect powder such as soaps and oil , take advantage of natural enemies such as leechlike white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a terminus that applies to various larva ( of moth , beetle , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leafage surfaces , leave a distinctive , squiggly rule . A distaff adult can lie several hundred egg inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to miners . leafage miners attack ornamentals and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep Mary Jane down and scout individual plants for say - fib squiggles . break up and destroy these parting and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasps . have it off the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your country to target insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific leaf mineworker . Seek a professional good word and follow all label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be uncommitted from your local Cooperative Extension office .
