humbled growing , evergreen plant with a undifferentiated maturation habit with a mixture of scale- and needle - like blue - unripened foliage which turns dark purplish unripened in winter . Typically maturate 8 inch tall , heap somewhat , and as a adept radial habit . debauched ontogenesis . immune to twig blight . Male . Good groundcover for large scale areas . Excellent as a bank cover charge for erosion control .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and gently freestanding roots . Position in meat of hole , best side face forward . satiate in with original soil or an rectify concoction if want as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water system well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , murder fastener and fold back the top of born gunny , insert it down into golf hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . ensure that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick weewee away from rootball during hot , dry period . If synthetic burlap , remove if possible . If not potential , cut off or make slits to let for roots to modernise into the new soil . For large shrubs , build a piss well . Finish by mulch and irrigate well .
If shrub is bare - rootage , appear for a discoloration somewhere near the floor ; this chump is likely where the soil crease was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add constituent matter . This will help with both drainage and water holding capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to hold bush . Finish by mulch and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , picket private plants and remove Caterpillar , apply labeled insecticides such as Georgia home boy and oils , take reward of natural enemy such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic war ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , mallet , and fly sheet ) that burrow between upper and lower leafage surfaces , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leafage which crosshatch and give rise to miner . Leaf miners attack ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep dope down and sentinel single plants for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take reward of natural enemies such as epenthetic WASP . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to place insecticide sprays when most beneficial for command the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional good word and follow all label operation to a tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
