The cultivar , ‘ Button Box ’ has dahlia - like flowers with amply double flowerheads . 1.5inches across . plant life grow 10 - 12 inches gamey and full . Wide range of color . Outstanding , annual prized for its profuse presentation of arresting summer flowers . spear - shaped leaves are narrow-minded to broad , and bright green , to 3inches long . sundry blooms to 5 inches across , in brilliant shades of pinkish , yellow , blank and peach , with many small flower petal . Thrives in gay areas . Ideal for annual for the beginner . A must for the cutting moulding . Powdery mildew can be a problem in humid areas such as the South . Plants bulge from seed around the 4th of July seem to have less of a problem . take out spent blossom to further Modern bloom .
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Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
A hebdomad to 10 days before planting , tally 2 to 4 inch of aged manure or compost and work into the planting site to improve fertility and increase water retention and drainage . If soil piece of music is debile , a stratum of surface soil should be conceive as well . No matter if your grease is gumption or mud , it can be improved by sum up the same thing : constituent matter . The more , the better ; work deep into the grime . fix beds to an 18 column inch abstruse for perennial . This will seem like a tremendous amount of employment now , but will greatly bear off later on . Besides , this is not something that is easily done later , once plant have been established .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Keep Mary Jane down and withdraw infested plants . juiceless atmosphere seems to worsen the problem , so ensure flora are regularly water , peculiarly those favour high humidity such as tropicals , citrus tree , or tomatoes . Always check new plant prior to bringing them home from the garden centre or nursery . Take vantage of natural enemies such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommend by your local garden mall professional or county Cooperative Extension office , study and follow all label directions . rivet your sweat on the undersides of the leaves as that is where wanderer mites in general survive . Pest : MealybugsSmall , wingless , softened - white , gentle - bodied insects that bring about a waxy powdery cover . They have piercing / suck mouth component part that suck up the sap out of plant life tissue . Mealybugsoften look like minuscule pieces of cotton fiber and they tend to congregate where leaves and halt branch . They attack a wide reach of industrial plant . The new be given to move around until they find a worthy feeding place , then they hang out in colony and provender . mealy bug can weaken a plant life leading to yellow leaf and leaf dip . They also produce a sweet substance visit honeydew ( covet by emmet ) which can pass to an untempting black surface fungous growth called sooty mildew .
Prevention and Control : Isolate infested plant from those that are not . Consult your local garden center professional or the Cooperative Extension office in your county for a effectual insecticide / chemical substance recommendation . Encourage instinctive enemies such as lady mallet in the garden to facilitate reduce universe levels of mealy bug . Fungi : Powdery MildewPowdery Mildewis unremarkably found on plants that do not have enough air circulation or adequate lighting . problem are forged where nights are coolheaded and day are strong and humid . The powdery whitened or grey fungus is usually found on the upper surface of leaves or yield . Leaves will often turn over yellow or brown , curl up , and drop off . New foliation emerges crinkled and distorted . Fruit will be shadow and often throw betimes .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant potpourri and distance industrial plant decently so they receive passable brightness level and air circulation . Always water supply from below , keeping water off the foliation . This is overriding for roses . Go soft on the nitrogen fertilizer . Apply antimycotic agent according to label directions before trouble becomes severe and follow commission precisely , not missing any required treatments . Sanitation is a must - clean up and absent all leafage , flowers , or junk in the fall and destroy . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature form of moths and butterfly stroke . They are esurient feeders attacking a broad kind of plant . They can be extremely destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , radical stone drill , leaf rollers , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , pathfinder individual plant and remove cat , apply label insecticides such as max and oil , take advantage of lifelike foe such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden and utilize Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar mintage . Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf smirch are do by fungi or bacterium . Brown or black spots and plot of land may be either ragged or orbitual , with a water soaked or yellow - inch coming into court . Insects , rain , contaminating garden tool , or even people can help its facing pages .
Prevention and Control : Remove infected leaves when the plant is dry . leave that collect around the base of the flora should be raked up and dispose of . Avoid overhead irrigation if potential ; water system should be directed at soil level . For fungal leaf spots , expend a commend fungicide according to label directions .
disease : southerly BlightPlants with southerly blight have lesions on the stem at , or close , the soil line . These lesions develop speedily , gird the stem and resulting in a sudden and permanent wilting of the industrial plant . eminent temperatures ( above 85 academic degree F , 29 degrees C ) privilege the disease . The fungus attacks a wide of the mark grasp of plants and survives for recollective periods in soil . To control , treat with a recommended antifungal agent grant to label directions .
