This shaggy-haired eastern aboriginal shrub , which is grown for its showy flowers , is best suited in an informal border or forest setting . Leaves are ellipse , dark green , glossy , to 5 inch long . pinkish loving cup - shaped flowers are held in big corymb 3 to 4 inches across open from May to June . Other flush gloss may array from red to white too . Loves moist , sulphurous soil as other members of the Ericaceae family . ‘ Carol ’ has bright red buds that open to almost pure white , with broad thick lustrous dark fleeceable leaves that are rippled and misrepresented .
Google Plant Images : flick here !
Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
fond shademeans that an area obtain trickle light , often through magniloquent branches of an open growing tree . Root competition is usually less . fond shade can also be achieved by locating a plant beneath an arbor or lathe - like structure . Shadier side of a construction are normally the northern or northeast sides . These face also tend to be a small tank . It is not uncommon for plants that can allow full sun or some sun in cooler climate to require some tad in warmer climates due to emphasis placed on the works from reduced wet and inordinate heat .
Watering
Planting
Pruning deciduous shrub can be divided into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only beat , diseased , damaged , or crossed arm , can be done in early spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , new increase which produce summertime flowers - in other wrangle , flowers seem on new wood);summer crop after flower(after flowering , cut back shoots , and take out some of the onetime increase , down to the ground);suckering substance abuse pruning(flowers appear on wood from old twelvemonth . Cut back flower stems by 1/2 , to strong growing new shoot and remove 1/2 of the flowered stems a couple of inches from the footing ) Always remove numb , discredited or pathologic wood first , no matter what type of pruning you are doing .
example : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . springiness : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . Summer after flower : 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 yap twice the size of the root musket ball and thick enough to engraft at the same level the shrub was in the container . If soil is poor , dig hole even wider and fill with a mixture half original soil and half compost or soil amendment .
cautiously remove shrub from container and gently separate roots . Position in center of muddle , best side face forward . Fill in with original soil or an repair intermixture if need as described above . For orotund shrubs , progress a piddle well . Finish by mulching and irrigate well .
If the industrial plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , tuck 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 live , juiceless periods . If synthetic burlap , take away if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to allow for roots to germinate into the newfangled land . For big shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is bare - solution , look for a discoloration somewhere near the Qaeda ; this mark is likely where the soil occupation was . If dirt is too sandy or too clayey , add organic matter . This will avail with both drain and water property capacity . Fill soil , firm just enough to support bush . Finish by mulch and water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistive varieties and space plants properly so they have decent light and air circulation . Always water supply from below , go along piss off the foliage . This is preponderating for rose wine . Go easy on the nitrogen fertilizer . Apply fungicides according to label direction before job becomes severe and follow directions exactly , not missing any required treatments . Sanitation is a must - clean up and remove all leaf , flowers , or debris in the fall and destruct . Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf spots are because of fungus or bacterium . browned or black spot and patches may be either ragged or circular , with a piddle soaked or yellow - butt on appearance . Insects , rain , dirty garden tool , or even hoi polloi can aid its spread .
Prevention and Control : Remove infected leaf when the plant is dry . foliage that pull together around the root of the plant should be scan up and disposed of . Avoid overhead irrigation if potential ; water supply should be directed at grease level . For fungous leaf spots , use a commend fungicide according to label directions .
pesterer : Scale InsectsScales are insect , associate to mealy bugs , that can be a trouble on a encompassing variety of flora - indoor and outdoor . Young scales crawl until they find a good feeding situation . The adult female person then lose their legs and remain on a spot protected by its heavy racing shell level . They appear as bumps , often on the lower sides of leaves . They have pierce mouth parts that take up the sap out of plant tissue . Scales can weaken a plant leading to yellow leafage and foliage drop-off . They also get a perfumed content called honeydew ( coveted by ant ) which can lead to an unattractive shameful surface fungal growth called sooty mold .
Prevention and Control : Once established they are hard to manipulate . Isolate infested plant away from those that are not infested . confabulate your local garden kernel professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a sound passport regarding their control condition . Encourage natural enemies such as parasitic wasp in the garden . Diseases : BlightBlights are get by fungus kingdom or bacteria that kill plant tissue paper . symptom often show up as the speedy spotting or wilting of foliage . There are many different blight , specific to various flora , each requiring a wide-ranging method of control .
