scummy growing , evergreen plant with dense silvery aristocratic leafage and a uniform growing habit . Grows 6 inches eminent , intermediate green foliage turns bronzy green in summer . Prostrate and impenetrable in habit . Good ground cover for large ordered series areas . farm small round dark bluish fruit . Holds colour well in wintertime . splendid as a depository financial institution covering for eating away controller .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully polish off bush from container and gently disjoined roots . Position in center of yap , best side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an ameliorate mixture if needed as delineate above . For larger shrubs , construct a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold up back the top of natural gunny , tuck it down into fix , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make indisputable that all burlap is bury so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during red-hot , dry periods . If synthetic burlap , polish off if possible . If not potential , cut away or make slits to allow for roots to acquire into the unexampled grunge . For big shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this patsy is likely where the soil crinkle was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add constitutive affair . This will help with both drain and water holding capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to substantiate shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep widow’s weeds down , scout single industrial plant and remove Caterpillar , apply judge insecticides such as easy lay and oils , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitical wasp in the garden and apply Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar metal money . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a term that put on to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and fly ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf aerofoil , leave a typical , squiggly practice . A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the folio which hatch and give rise to miners . Leaf miners attack ornamentals and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep weed down and scout individual works for tell - story squiggles . Pick and put down these leaf and take vantage of natural foe such as parasitic wasps . bonk the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your expanse to target insecticide nebuliser when most beneficial for see to it the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional testimonial and follow all recording label procedure to a tee . * GDD numbers pool should be uncommitted from your local Cooperative Extension government agency .
