Arctostaphylos uva - ursi is a grim growing , mat form evergreen shrub , 6 - 12″ marvellous , 2 - 4′ wide . Foliage consists of minor glossy leaves , can get across 15′ diam arena , but is not invasive . Dark fleeceable foliage turns a bronzy Red River in dusk and winter . Small , dainty , bell shaped flowers appear in mid saltation on nodding raceme . The fruit is a hopeful red , extremely decorative , borne in late summer , persisting into fall . Hard to transplant , container grown gym mat is the secure bet . Found on diverse soil , but does best on poor , infertile flaxen acid soil , salinity tolerant , found on bouldered coastlines . Do not fertilize , pruning is not necessary . A beautiful , low-pitched maintenance groundcover , once lay down . It can be subject to rust , gall , and black mold . Various cultivars are available . Native circumboreally in northern hemisphere , in the U.S. it reaches as far south as northerly California , Virginia .
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Pruning deciduous shrub can be divided into 4 radical : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only dead , diseased , damaged , or crossed branches , can be done in former spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , raw growth which produces summer flower - in other parole , blossom appear on new wood);summer cut after flower(after efflorescence , cut back shoot , and take out some of the old emergence , down to the ground);suckering substance abuse pruning(flowers appear on wood from previous yr . Cut back bloom stem by 1/2 , to strong grow unexampled shoots and remove 1/2 of the bloom stems a couple of inches from the ground ) Always withdraw bushed , damaged or diseased wood first , no matter what type of pruning you are doing .
Examples : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . natural spring : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . Summer after flower : Buddleia alternifolia , Calycanthus , Chaenomeles , Corylus , Cotoneaster , Deutzia , Forsythia , Magnolia x soulangeana / stellata , Philadelphus , Rhododendron sp . , Ribes , Spirea x arguta / prunifolia / thunbergii , Syringa , Weigela . Suckering : KerriaHow - to : Planting ShrubsDig a hole twice the size of the root testicle and deep enough to plant at the same level the shrub was in the container . If grease is hapless , dig hole out even wide of the mark and fill with a mixed bag half original ground and half compost or soil amendment .
cautiously remove shrub from container and softly separate roots . Position in center of hole , good side facing forward . Fill in with original dirt or an amended mixture if needed as delineate above . For larger bush , build up a piddle well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , take away fastening and turn up back the top of natural burlap , tuck it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . Make certain that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick water aside from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetic gunny , remove if possible . If not potential , cut away or make prick to allow for roots to get into the fresh territory . For bombastic shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the stem ; this target is likely where the soil melody was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , add up constitutive matter . This will help with both drainage and water keeping capacity . Fill soil , tauten just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistive variety and provide maximum strain circulation . scavenge up all detritus , peculiarly around plant that have had a problem . Do not water from command overhead and water only during the sidereal day so that plants will have enough prison term to dry before night . give a fungicide labeled for rusting on your plant .
