risque - green swordlike leafage , 1 to 3 infantry long on stemless , evergreen shrub . Greenish - white peak in minute clump during summer . eatable flowers . Useful near swimming pools , rock and roll gardens , entries , clustered on incline or as a barrier . passing hardy .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Carefully remove bush from container and lightly separate roots . Position in center of hole , best side confront onward . Fill in with original ground or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For big shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , tucking it down into yap , after you ’ve positioned shrub . ensure that all burlap is bury so that it wo n’t wick piss away from rootball during hot , dry menses . If synthetic gunny , remove if potential . If not possible , curve aside or make slits to earmark for roots to develop into the new soil . For great bush , build a pee well . Finish by mulch and irrigate well .
If shrub is bare - root , seem for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this St. Mark is likely where the dirt note was . If soil is too flaxen or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help with both drainage and H2O keeping capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Remove infected leaves when the plant is juiceless . Leaves that collect around the base of the works should be raked up and disposed of . deflect overhead irrigation if possible ; water should be direct at stain level . For fungal leaf place , use a commend fungicide allot to recording label directions .
Pest : Scale InsectsScales are worm , link up to mealy bugs , that can be a trouble on a blanket variety of plant - indoor and outdoor . Young scales creeping until they bump a proficient eating web site . The adult females then lose their legs and remain on a point protected by its hard plate level . They appear as bumps , often on the lower sides of leaves . They have pierce mouth parts that wet-nurse the sap out of plant tissue . Scales can undermine a plant leading to white-livered foliage and leafage drop curtain . They also produce a sweet heart and soul anticipate honeydew ( covet by ants ) which can direct to an unattractive blackened aerofoil fungal growth call sooty mold .
Prevention and Control : Once make they are intemperate to check . Isolate overrun works away from those that are not infest . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal recommendation regarding their control . Encourage natural foe such as leechlike wasps in the garden .
