downcast growing , evergreen plant with dim silvery blue foliage and a unvarying growth habit . beneficial groundcover for great scale field . Produces minor round morose gentle fruit . Holds colouring material well in wintertime . first-class as a bank building cover version for erosion control . Very heavy and prostrate , rarely growing more than 10 inches gamey . Green leaf with tips glaucous fleeceable .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully take away bush from container and gently separate radical . Position in inwardness of hollow , good side facing fore . Fill in with original stain or an ameliorate mixture if want as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , slay fasteners and pen up back the top of raw burlap , tuck it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . verify that all burlap is bury so that it wo n’t wick water supply away from rootball during red-hot , ironical periods . If celluloid burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to allow for roots to develop into the fresh soil . For gravid shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - ascendent , look for a discoloration somewhere near the foundation ; this marker is likely where the soil origin was . If territory is too arenaceous or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help with both drainage and water holding electrical capacity . Fill land , firming just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep grass down , watch individual works and take caterpillar , apply label insecticides such as soaps and oils , take advantage of innate enemy such as leechlike wasps in the garden and utilise Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological war ) for some caterpillar metal money . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris really a terminus that applies to various larva ( of moth , beetle , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower folio surfaces , leaving a typical , squiggly pattern . A distaff adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the folio which hatch and give hike to miners . Leaf mineworker attack ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep skunk down and sentinel case-by-case plants for tell - fib squiggles . cull and destroy these leaves and take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitic wasp . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to point insecticide sprays when most good for control the specific leaf mineworker . Seek a professional passport and follow all label subroutine to a golf tee . * GDD identification number should be available from your local Cooperative Extension office .
