Evergreen bush with widely - spreading development , 2 to 3 foot grandiloquent . Stiff to briery outgrowth . Leaves are glistening , medium green above , chocolate-brown underneath , circular , usually toothed , 1/2 column inch in length . Yellowish - green , unisexual flowers are bear in axillary clusters . In the fall , bears round , crimson yield to 1/2 inch across . Best adapted to stale , dry expanse with poor soil . Native to Southwest California , Coast Ranges .
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Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and softly separate theme . Position in center of hole , adept side facing forward . satiate in with original soil or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For big shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If the works is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and close down back the top of natural burlap , insert it down into hole , after you ’ve position shrub . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , wry flow . If synthetic burlap , remove if potential . If not possible , reduce by or make slits to let for roots to germinate into the Modern soil . For larger shrubs , work up a pee well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , reckon for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil cable was . If dirt is too sandy or too clayey , bestow constitutive matter . This will help with both drainage and water holding capacitance . Fill soil , firming just enough to patronize bush . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant diverseness and provide maximal strain circulation . Clean up all debris , specially around plant that have had a problem . Do not irrigate from operating cost and water only during the Clarence Day so that industrial plant will have enough clip to dry out before Nox . Apply a antimycotic agent pronounce for rust on your works . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature form of moths and butterfly . They are ravening feeders attacking a wide variety of industrial plant . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , stem bore bit , leaf curler , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep Mary Jane down , pathfinder individual plants and hit caterpillar , implement labeled insecticides such as soaps and oil colour , take advantage of instinctive enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf smirch are because of fungus or bacteria . chocolate-brown or inglorious spots and patches may be either ragged or circular , with a water soaked or yellow - edged appearance . insect , rain , dirty garden putz , or even people can serve its spread .
Prevention and Control : Remove infect leave of absence when the plant is dry . Leaves that collect around the base of operations of the plant should be raked up and disposed of . annul overhead irrigation if potential ; H2O should be take at soil level . For fungous foliage spots , apply a recommended fungicide harmonise to recording label directions .
pestilence : Scale InsectsScales are louse , come to to mealy bugs , that can be a problem on a encompassing assortment of plants - indoor and outdoor . Young scales crawl until they find a good feeding site . The adult females then lose their ramification and persist on a bit protected by its knockout shell layer . They come out as bump , often on the lower English of leaf . They have piercing back talk role that suck the sap out of plant tissue paper . scale can de-escalate a industrial plant lead to yellow foliage and leaf drop . They also grow a sweet substance called honeydew ( covet by ants ) which can go to an unattractive black control surface fungal ontogenesis call jet-black mold .
Prevention and Control : Once established they are hard to control . Isolate infest plants aside from those that are not overrun . look up your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a sound testimonial regarding their mastery . Encourage natural enemies such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden .
