This low-down , heavy shrub has a horizontal habit and is a natural on the bank , incline , or espaliered against a wall . Leaves are glum light-green and shining , turning a Bourgogne or empurpled color in fall . ‘ Variegatus ’ has leaves that are edged with white-hot and turn rose - redness in fall . This dense growing bush is considered one of the daintiest of the variegated varieties . May to June prime are small and pink .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully get rid of bush from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of hole , best side facing forward . Fill in with original ground or an amended mixture if needed as distinguish above . For gravid shrubs , establish a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove holdfast and pen up back the top of natural gunny , tucking it down into trap , after you ’ve position shrub . Make certain that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water supply away from rootball during blistering , ironic periods . If semisynthetic gunny , remove if possible . If not potential , cut away or make slits to appropriate for roots to develop into the new soil . For larger shrub , build up a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is bare - root , depend for a discoloration somewhere near the floor ; this scratch is probable where the territory line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add constituent matter . This will help with both drainage and water belongings capacitance . Fill soil , firming just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and transfer infested plants . Dry melodic phrase seems to exacerbate the trouble , so check that plants are regularly water , especially those preferring high humidity such as tropicals , citrus , or tomatoes . Always checker unexampled plant prior to bringing them home from the garden center or nursery . Take vantage of natural enemy such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is urge by your local garden core professional or county Cooperative Extension office , say and follow all label directions . Concentrate your sweat on the undersides of the leaves as that is where wanderer mites generally live . kingdom Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf spots are triggered by kingdom Fungi or bacteria . Brown or black spots and patches may be either ragged or orbitual , with a water soaked or yellow - edged appearance . Insects , rain , dirty garden tools , or even people can help its spread .
Prevention and Control : dispatch infected leaves when the plant is dry . Leaves that collect around the base of the industrial plant should be raked up and disposed of . Avoid overhead irrigation if potential ; water should be manoeuver at soil level . For fungal leaf spots , use a recommended fungicide agree to label directions .
Pest : Scale InsectsScales are insects , related to mealy germ , that can be a trouble on a wide smorgasbord of plants - indoor and outdoor . new descale creep until they find a good feeding site . The adult females then lose their legs and remain on a spot protected by its heavy shell layer . They look as swelling , often on the low sides of leaf . They have piercing mouth component part that suck the sap out of plant tissue . Scales can counteract a plant leading to yellow foliation and leaf drop . They also produce a sweet-smelling substance call honeydew ( covet by ants ) which can lead to an unattractive black surface fungal growth called sooty clay sculpture .
Prevention and Control : Once establish they are hard to control . Isolate overrun plant life away from those that are not infested . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal recommendation regarding their control . advance natural foe such as parasitic wasps in the garden . disease : BlightBlights are have by fungi or bacterium that kill plant tissue paper . symptom often show up as the speedy spotting or wilting of leaf . There are many different blights , specific to various flora , each require a varied method acting of command . Pest : LacebugsLacebugsare white to pale brown , 1/8 inch long , rectangular in shape with have lacy wings and usually come up on the undersurface of leaves where they give suck sap . houri may come along spiny and darker than adult . Lacebugs , which do not fly , are sometimes confused with whitefly that do vanish . Damage ordinarily come out as stipples or " " decolorise - bet " " spots on the leafage . Hard , disgraceful excrement can unremarkably be ground on the underside of leaves . Damage is most seeable during the summer , specially on trees . Flowering shrubs , though alive , appear debile and almost lifeless .
Prevention and Control : If infestation is mild , wash aside with a spurt of soapy water or prune away infested leaves or limbs . Timing is authoritative : spray according to the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) in your country . To verify insects , spray underside of leaves with a commend insect powder according to recording label directions .
