This low , thick bush has a horizontal habit and is a raw on the cant , gradient , or espaliered against a bulwark . Leaves are dismal unripened and glossy , turn a burgundy or purple color in fall . May to June flowers are small and pink . To be honest , I never retrieve of this plant for its peak , but always revel them when they issue .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Watering
Planting
Carefully hit shrub from container and lightly disjoined roots . Position in center of fix , best side facing forward . Fill in with original grunge or an remedy mixture if needed as identify above . For big shrubs , work up a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , take out fixing and fold back the top of natural burlap , tuck it down into yap , after you ’ve positioned bush . check that that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , shorten aside or make dent to grant for root to train into the raw grunge . For bombastic bush , build a weewee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is spare - origin , wait for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add constituent topic . This will help with both drainage and water holding electrical capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to bear out shrub . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and remove infested plant . Dry strain seems to aggravate the problem , so make trusted plants are regularly watered , especially those preferring high humidity such as tropicals , citrus , or Lycopersicon esculentum . Always check new plants prior to make for them home from the garden shopping mall or nursery . Take reward of raw enemies such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommended by your local garden eye professional or county Cooperative Extension office , read and follow all recording label directions . Concentrate your efforts on the undersides of the leaves as that is where wanderer mites generally live . Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf spots are induce by fungus or bacteria . Brown or black blot and temporary hookup may be either ragged or orbitual , with a water soak or yellow - edged appearance . Insects , pelting , muddy garden tools , or even people can help its spread .
Prevention and Control : dispatch infected leaves when the plant is dry . Leaves that gather up around the base of the plant should be raked up and disposed of . head off overhead irrigation if potential ; piddle should be directed at soil level . For fungal folio point , practice a advocate fungicide according to label direction .
Pest : Scale InsectsScales are insects , related to mealy hemipterous insect , that can be a trouble on a broad variety of works - indoor and outdoor . untried scales crawl until they find a good feeding internet site . The grownup female person then suffer their legs and stay on a stain protected by its hard shell layer . They look as bump , often on the lower sides of leave . They have piercing mouth parts that imbibe the sap out of plant tissue paper . musical scale can weaken a plant leading to yellow-bellied foliage and leaf drop . They also produce a sweet substance call honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can lead to an untempting black surface fungous increase called jet-black mold .
Prevention and Control : Once established they are hard to control . Isolate infested plants off from those that are not infested . Consult your local garden center field professional or Cooperative Extension position in your county for a legal recommendation regarding their control . Encourage born enemy such as parasitic wasps in the garden . Diseases : BlightBlights are get by fungus kingdom or bacterium that obliterate plant tissue . Symptoms often show up as the rapid spotting or wilt of foliation . There are many different blights , specific to various plants , each requiring a varied method of control condition . Pest : LacebugsLacebugsare white to pale brown , 1/8 column inch long , orthogonal in cast with have lacy flank and ordinarily found on the underside of leaves where they wet-nurse sap . Nymphs may appear barbellate and grim than adult . Lacebugs , which do not fly , are sometimes confound with whiteflies that do fly . legal injury usually appears as stipples or " " bleached - look " " spots on the leave . Hard , sinister excreta can commonly be found on the underside of leaves . Damage is most visible during the summertime , especially on trees . Flowering shrubs , though active , come along weak and almost exanimate .
Prevention and Control : If plague is meek , wash away with a jet of soapy water or prune away infested leaves or limbs . Timing is important : spray according to the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) in your area . To check louse , spray underside of leafage with a recommended insect powder according to label directions .
