Low ontogenesis , evergreen with slow silvery blue leaf and a uniform growth habit . Good ground cover for large scale country . Trailing form which develop 1 1/2 groundwork by 6 to 9 feet broad . Steel blue foliage turn greyish purpleness in winter . quickly arise form which does well in sandy soils . Produces small round dark blue fruit . harbour color well in winter . splendid as a bank book binding for erosion control .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Watering
Planting
Carefully remove shrub from container and gently freestanding roots . Position in center of hole , practiced side facing onward . satiate in with original filth or an amended mixture if require as name above . For big shrubs , build up a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , take fasteners and fold back the top of lifelike burlap , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned bush . verify that all gunny is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , ironical periods . If semisynthetic burlap , dispatch if possible . If not potential , cut away or make dent to allow for roots to grow into the new soil . For large shrubs , work up a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If shrub is bare - root , depend for a discolouration somewhere near the fundament ; this mark is likely where the soil strain was . If soil is too flaxen or too clayey , tot organic issue . This will help with both drainage and water holding capacity . Fill territory , tauten just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout individual plants and take cat , apply labeled insecticide such as soap and oils , take vantage of raw enemies such as parasitical wasps in the garden and apply Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar specie . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larva ( of moth , beetle , and flies ) that burrow between upper and scurvy leaf surface , leave behind a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female adult can put several hundred eggs inside the leaf which crosshatch and give rise to miners . Leaf miner onslaught ornamentals and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep gage down and scout individual plants for secernate - taradiddle squiggles . blame and destroy these leaves and take vantage of raw enemy such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific foliage miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all label procedure to a football tee . * GDD numbers should be usable from your local Cooperative Extension function .
