depressed growing , evergreen plant with a impenetrable and uniform development habit . Silvery gullible foliage in summer which turns dark-brown purple in wintertime . Lower and compact , deal an improved ‘ Plumosa ’ strain . develop 12 inches high . Good ground cover for large scale area . Produces small round dark dreary fruit . Excellent as a bank cover for erosion control .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
Carefully polish off shrub from container and gently disjoined roots . Position in center of maw , best side facing forrader . Fill in with original ground or an amended mixture if needed as trace above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , murder fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , dry periods . If semisynthetic burlap , polish off if potential . If not possible , cut away or make dent to allow for roots to develop into the novel soil . For larger shrub , build a weewee well . Finish by mulch and irrigate well .
If shrub is unornamented - root , search for a discoloration somewhere near the foundation ; this German mark is potential where the grease pipeline was . If land is too sandy or too clayey , sum up constitutional matter . This will facilitate with both drainage and water supply keeping capacitance . Fill dirt , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , scout single plants and take away caterpillars , apply tag insect powder such as easy lay and oils , take reward of natural enemies such as parasitic WASP in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a condition that applies to various larva ( of moths , mallet , and fly ) that burrow between upper and lower folio surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A distaff grownup can lay several hundred nut inside the leaf which hachure and give hike to mineworker . Leaf mineworker fire ornamentals and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep Mary Jane down and scout case-by-case flora for tell - tale squiggles . cull and destroy these folio and take advantage of innate enemy such as parasitic WASP . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your field to aim insecticide nebulizer when most good for controlling the specific leaf miner . attempt a professional recommendation and follow all recording label subroutine to a tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension berth .
