Deciduous , heavyset shrub with drab green foliation and benighted purplish - cerise flowers . arise 8 to 12 feet . Foliage tends to look shabby by midsummer , turning blotchy and brown . A parent of many more popular loanblend and clutivars .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Pruning deciduous shrubs can be separate into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only dead , diseased , damaged , or crossed branches , can be done in early spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , new growth which raise summer peak - in other words , heyday appear on newfangled wood);summer pruning after flower(after blossoming , cut back shoot , and take out some of the old growth , down to the ground);suckering wont pruning(flowers appear on Sir Henry Wood from previous year . Cut back flowered stems by 1/2 , to strong grow new shoots and remove 1/2 of the flowered stems a duet of inch from the ground ) Always remove bushed , damaged or diseased woods first , no matter what type of pruning you are doing .
Examples : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . Spring : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . Summer after flush : Buddleia alternifolia , Calycanthus , Chaenomeles , Corylus , Cotoneaster , Deutzia , Forsythia , Magnolia x soulangeana / stellata , Philadelphus , Rhododendron sp . , Ribes , Spirea x arguta / prunifolia / thunbergii , Syringa , Weigela . Suckering : KerriaHow - to : Planting ShrubsDig a mess twice the size of the root bollock and deep enough to plant at the same stratum the shrub was in the container . If grime is poor , dig hole even wide and fill with a mixing half original soil and one-half compost or soil amendment .
Carefully remove bush from container and gently disjoined roots . Position in center of gob , best side face forward . Fill in with original grime or an improve mixture if needed as describe above . For big shrub , build a H2O well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fastener and shut down back the top of innate burlap , tuck it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned bush . ensure that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick weewee forth from rootball during spicy , dry menstruation . If synthetical burlap , take out if possible . If not possible , trim back away or make slit to allow for roots to develop into the new grease . For large shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is likely where the soil line was . If soil is too flaxen or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help with both drainage and water belongings capacity . Fill soil , firm just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : establish resistive variety and space plants properly so they incur adequate light source and air circulation . Always weewee from below , keeping water off the foliage . This is predominate for blush wine . Go soft on the atomic number 7 fertilizer . Apply fungicides accord to label direction before problem becomes severe and follow directions exactly , not missing any need treatments . Sanitation is a must - scavenge up and remove all leaves , bloom , or detritus in the fall and destroy . Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf spots are make by kingdom Fungi or bacteria . Brown or black spots and darn may be either ragged or orbitual , with a water soak or yellow - edged coming into court . insect , rain , dirty garden tools , or even people can aid its spread .
Prevention and Control : Remove infected farewell when the works is ironical . Leaves that collect around the base of the plant should be rake up and disposed of . head off overhead irrigation if potential ; water should be directed at soil level . For fungous folio fleck , use a advocate fungicide agree to recording label directions .
