Vigorous growing and clip-clop foliage covered with legion rose - pinkish fragrant heyday from springiness through early gloam . Leaves are lance shaped , 1 inch long . With its endearing honey fragrance , this delicate , reseeding one-year is an splendid choice for borders and container . Very nice in careen garden and between flagstones . A perfect fellow traveler with pansies , sweet william and Petroselinum crispum in a container . Soil should be well - enfeeble as soggy territory is a certain way to rot . Can be restore by fleece back : often plants bring home from the nursery have get too long-shanked in their cramped space , or sentence has taken its cost . Within 4 weeks , plant should be shaggy-haired and flower again
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Through the season , be sure to fecundate for optimal performance . Take special precaution to edit back or completely remove any pathological plant , as soon as you see there is a problem . At the end of the season , be certain to off all plants and their base balls . Rake the bed well to train it for the next season ’s planting .
Problems
bar and control : Keep your garden as clean as possible , get rid of hiding place such as leafage debris , over - turned mess , and tarps . Groundcover in suspect post and heavy mulch provide protection from the elements and can be favourite concealing places . In the leap , patrol for and destruct egg ( bunch of small translucent domain ) and adults during dusk and break of the day . Set out beer ambush from late spring through evenfall .
Many chemical substance command are usable on the market , but can be toxicant and lethal for children and pets ; take care when using them - always understand the recording label first!Pest : Flea BeetlesFlea Beetles are about the sizing of a flea and are black , bronze , or low - black in color . They get their name from the way they leap when disturbed . Flea beetle populations are normally more severe when conditions are hot and dry . They can pose problems in the garden ; they leave minor gob in manducate foliage .
Prevention and control : You ’ve heard it a thousand times , but here it is again - pick up the garden to transfer places where these insects over wintertime . A well - watered , moist garden will not be as attractive to an egg position mother either . away from handpicking , spray with a recommended insecticide . Cultivation between row will help to put down testicle , too . Fungi : Downy MildewDowny Mildew , a fluffy white fungal growth that develops on the undersurface of leaves , is most common during nerveless , humid shape . foliation often color and is stunt .
Prevention and Control : Use disease free flora and space far enough aside so that breeze circulation is upright . Remove and discard infected leaf or even entire plants . apply a recommended antimycotic agent and always follow the instruction on the label .
