down in the mouth maturation , evergreen with dense silver dismal foliage and a unvarying outgrowth habit . skilful groundcover for large scale area . make small round black grim fruit . Holds gloss well in winter . first-class as a banking company cover for corroding ascendency . Similar to ‘ Waukegan ’ but with more spotting throughout the branches .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove bush from container and lightly disjoined roots . Position in center of gob , best side facing forward . Fill in with original dirt or an remedy intermixture if needed as draw above . For big shrubs , make a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fastener and close up back the top of natural burlap , tuck it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned bush . Make trusted that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick piss aside from rootball during live , dry stop . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not possible , cut away or make cunt to let for roots to spring up into the young soil . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is stark - root , look 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 matter . This will avail with both drain and water holding capacity . Fill grime , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulch and irrigate well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plants and dispatch caterpillars , utilize judge insecticides such as soap and vegetable oil , take vantage of natural foe such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that employ to various larva ( of moth , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leafage surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female grownup can lie several hundred egg inside the leaf which hatch and give rise to mineworker . Leaf miners attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and lookout man single plant for tell - tale squiggles . blame and destruct these leaves and take advantage of natural enemies such as bloodsucking wasps . get laid the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your arena to place insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific leaf mineworker . attempt a professional recommendation and travel along all recording label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be usable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
