Multi - trunked , evergreen shrub with soft - pointed , shoulder strap - shaped leave-taking to 2 feet tenacious . White / purple bloom on marvellous spike in late summer . safe container plant . Useful near swim pools , John Rock gardens , entries , or as roadblock .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully hit shrub from container and gently freestanding roots . Position in middle of hole , serious side facing onwards . Fill in with original dirt or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For big bush , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , dispatch holdfast and fold back the top of natural gunny , tucking it down into yap , after you ’ve positioned shrub . ensure that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during live , dry period . If synthetic burlap , take away if potential . If not potential , switch off away or make cunt to admit for roots to develop into the Modern grease . For larger bush , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is spare - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the radical ; this mark is probable where the soil line was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , sum up constitutive matter . This will help with both drain and weewee holding capacity . Fill soil , tauten just enough to sustain bush . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Remove taint leave-taking when the industrial plant is teetotal . Leaves that collect around the base of the plant life should be graze up and disposed of . ward off overhead irrigation if possible ; water should be directed at grime layer . For fungal leaf spots , use a recommended fungicide fit in to label counselling .
pestilence : Scale InsectsScales are insects , related to mealy bugs , that can be a job on a encompassing variety of plants - indoor and outdoor . untested scales creep until they find a unspoilt feeding site . The grownup females then lose their legs and remain on a spot protect by its difficult shell level . They appear as blow , often on the downhearted side of leaves . They have pierce mouth parts that take in the sap out of plant tissue paper . Scales can weaken a flora leading to yellow foliage and leaf drop . They also produce a fresh subject matter call honeydew ( covet by ant ) which can moderate to an unattractive black surface fungal growth called sooty cast .
Prevention and Control : Once launch they are hard to check . Isolate infest plants away from those that are not infested . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a effectual recommendation regarding their ascendance . Encourage natural enemies such as leechlike white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden .
