Low growing , evergreen plant with dense silvery blue foliation and a uniform growth habit . safe ground cover for expectant scale area . Blue young growth become green with age . 4 inches marvelous , prostate gland spreader . Produces small round black blue fruit . defy colour well in wintertime . first-class as a bank concealment for corroding control .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully absent shrub from container and lightly disjoined ancestor . Position in center of fix , best side facing forward . meet in with original grunge or an amended mixture if needed as describe above . For larger shrubs , work up a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold up back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned bush . check that that all gunny is forget so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during red-hot , dry periods . If celluloid burlap , remove if potential . If not potential , reduce aside or make slits to take into account for roots to build up into the new filth . For larger bush , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - source , bet for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this cross is likely where the dirt stemma was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add organic matter . This will aid with both drain and water supply holding content . Fill soil , firming just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and irrigate well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep gage down , scout individual plants and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insect powder such as soaps and oils , take advantage of raw enemy such as leechlike wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar metal money . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that use to various larvae ( of moths , beetles , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and small leaf surfaces , lead a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A distaff adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the foliage which hatching and give rise to miners . Leaf miners attack ornamental and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep widow’s weeds down and scout individual works for tell - fib squiggles . foot and destroy these leaves and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitical wasps . eff the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to point insecticide spraying when most good for controlling the specific leaf mineworker . Seek a professional good word and follow all label procedures to a tee . * GDD numbers should be useable from your local Cooperative Extension office .
