A low growing , spreading bush , 1 foot high by 6 to 10 feet wide . folio are mostly awl - shaped , blueish green , but more purpleness in the wintertime . come from Maine where it is found oft on rough coast in range of coastal spray . Male , but female clone are cognize .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously take away shrub from container and lightly freestanding root . Position in sum of hole , best side facing forrader . Fill in with original soil or an meliorate mixture if postulate as line above . For larger shrubs , work up a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If the works is ball - and - burlapped , take out fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap , pucker it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . ensure that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during blistering , ironical periods . If synthetic gunny , remove if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to allow for base to germinate into the fresh land . For bigger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is bare - base , see for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil channel was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , add constituent subject . This will help with both drainage and water holding capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to digest bush . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep smoke down , watch single flora and remove cat , apply labeled insect powder such as soaps and rock oil , take advantage of natural enemy such as bloodsucking wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar coinage . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris in reality a full term that apply to various larvae ( of moths , beetles , and fly ) that tunnel between upper and lower leafage surfaces , leave a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A distaff adult can lay several hundred egg inside the foliage which hatch and give rise to miner . leafage miner attack ornamentals and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and lookout individual plants for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take vantage of natural enemy such as epenthetic wasps . love the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to target insecticide sprayer when most beneficial for manipulate the specific leafage mineworker . look for a professional recommendation and travel along all label procedures to a golf tee . * GDD telephone number should be available from your local Cooperative Extension part .
