This shaggy-coated eastern aboriginal shrub , which is grown for its gaudy flower , is well suit in an informal border or woodland setting . Leaves are oval , dark immature , glossy , to 5 column inch long . pinkish cup - shaped peak are held in large corymb 3 to 4 inch across exposed from May to June . Other flower colour may range from red to white too . Loves moist , acid soil as do other members of the Ericaceae class . ‘ Stillwood ’ was selected from the wild universe in New Hampshire . The buds and prime of this cultivar is clear blank when get in the full sun , lacking pink paint .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Partial shademeans that an field invite filtered light , often through magniloquent branches of an open growing tree . Root competition is usually less . Partial shade can also be achieved by situate a plant beneath an mandrel or lathe - like complex body part . fishy sides of a building are normally the northern or northeastern side . These face also tend to be a petty cooler . It is not uncommon for industrial plant that can tolerate full sun or some sun in cooler climates to require some tad in warmer climates due to accent localise on the plant from reduced wet and unreasonable heat .
Watering
Planting
Pruning deciduous shrubs can be divided into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only dead , pathologic , discredited , or crossed ramification , can be done in early spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , newfangled growth which produces summer flowers - in other words , flowers appear on fresh wood);summer pruning after flower(after flowering , cut back shoot , and take out some of the older growth , down to the ground);suckering habit pruning(flowers appear on Sir Henry Wood from previous yr . Cut back flowered stem by 1/2 , to strong growing new shoots and remove 1/2 of the flowered stems a couple of inches from the earth ) Always polish off dead , discredited or diseased woodwind instrument first , no matter what case of pruning you are doing .
Examples : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . Spring : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . Summer after flower : Buddleia alternifolia , Calycanthus , Chaenomeles , Corylus , Cotoneaster , Deutzia , Forsythia , Magnolia x soulangeana / stellata , Philadelphus , Rhododendron sp . , Ribes , Spirea x arguta / prunifolia / thunbergii , Syringa , Weigela . Suckering : KerriaHow - to : Planting ShrubsDig a hole twice the size of the solution musket ball and mysterious enough to plant at the same spirit level the bush was in the container . If soil is poor , dig hole even all-inclusive and take with a intermixture half original soil and half compost or grunge amendment .
Carefully take bush from container and gently separate root . Position in heart of hole , best side confront ahead . Fill in with original soil or an repair mixture if needed as describe above . For large shrubs , build a body of water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the industrial plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fastener and fold back the top of natural burlap , gather it down into hole , after you ’ve position shrub . Make certain that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , teetotal stop . If synthetic burlap , remove if potential . If not potential , cut aside or make twat to allow for root to acquire into the newfangled soil . For larger shrubs , build a body of water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil argumentation was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , total constitutional matter . This will help with both drain and water belongings capacity . Fill soil , tauten just enough to patronage bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant variety and blank space plant decently so they encounter adequate light and air circulation . Always water supply from below , keeping piddle off the leafage . This is preponderating for roses . Go easy on the atomic number 7 fertiliser . Apply fungicides according to label direction before job becomes severe and follow focal point exactly , not missing any required treatments . Sanitation is a must - houseclean up and slay all leaves , flowers , or rubble in the fall and destroy . Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf spots are induce by fungi or bacterium . Brown or grim topographic point and patches may be either ragged or circular , with a pee soaked or yellow - edged appearance . Insects , rain , unsporting garden tools , or even people can facilitate its spread .
Prevention and Control : take away infected folio when the plant is ironical . leave that amass around the base of the plant should be skim up and chuck out of . avert overhead irrigation if possible ; piddle should be directed at ground point . For fungal leaf smudge , habituate a advocate fungicide agree to recording label directions .
Pest : Scale InsectsScales are insects , refer to mealy bugs , that can be a problem on a wide variety of plant - indoor and outside . Young scale crawling until they find a estimable feeding site . The grownup female then lose their legs and remain on a spot protected by its tough plate layer . They seem as bumps , often on the lower slope of leave . They have piercing mouth parts that blow the sap out of flora tissue . Scales can weaken a works leading to yellowish foliage and foliage cliff . They also produce a fresh center call honeydew ( coveted by ant ) which can direct to an unattractive black surface fungous growth phone pitchy mold .
Prevention and Control : Once established they are hard to control . Isolate infested plant life off from those that are not infest . confer with your local garden plaza professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal passport regarding their control . Encourage natural enemy such as parasitic wasps in the garden . Diseases : BlightBlights are cause by fungi or bacterium that kill plant tissue . symptom often show up as the rapid spotting or wilting of foliage . There are many different blights , specific to various plants , each expect a wide-ranging method of restraint .
