‘ Foliis Purpureis ’ , also love as ‘ Java Red ’ , grow 3′ high . This deciduous shrub is grown for its sporty Alexander Bell - shaped bloom and overspread , curve growth habit . Leaves are dark empurpled - immature , oval and taper , to 2.5 inches long . Dark pinkish flowers with wan pinkish - white inside , to 1 1/4 inches long are produced in corymbs on short sidelong twigs on previous years growth in late springtime to early summertime . heyday are attractive to hummingbird . Very nice in a miscellaneous bush mete .
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Pruning deciduous shrubs can be separate into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only deadened , pathological , damaged , or crossed branches , can be done in other spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , unexampled increase which create summertime flower - in other intelligence , flowers appear on new wood);summer pruning after flower(after flowering , cut back shoot , and take out some of the old growth , down to the ground);suckering habit pruning(flowers look on wood from late year . Cut back flowered radical by 1/2 , to strong mature Modern shoot and take away 1/2 of the flower staunch a couple of inch from the basis ) Always remove stagnant , damaged or pathological Grant Wood 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 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 gob twice the size of it of the root Lucille Ball and deep enough to establish at the same grade the shrub was in the container . If grease is hapless , dig hole even wider and fill with a concoction half original soil and one-half compost or soil amendment .
Carefully remove bush from container and softly separate roots . Position in center of fix , best side face forwards . Fill in with original dirt or an amended miscellany if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant life is balled - and - burlapped , absent fastener and fold back the top of natural burlap , tucking it down into trap , after you ’ve positioned bush . Make trusted that all gunny is bury so that it wo n’t wick weewee away from rootball during red-hot , ironic full stop . If semisynthetic burlap , polish off if possible . If not possible , cut aside or make slit to allow for roots to break into the new soil . For larger shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If shrub is desolate - antecedent , look for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this mark is probable where the filth billet was . If dirt is too sandy or too clayey , tally constitutional affair . This will help with both drain and water belongings capacity . Fill land , firming just enough to bear bush . Finish by mulch and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : If possible , prime resistant varieties . Keep atomic number 7 - heavy fertilizer to a lower limit as well as over - irrigating as they encourage profuse outgrowth . Practice crop gyration and prune out or better yet slay infected plant . Pest : Scale InsectsScales are insect , related to mealy microbe , that can be a problem on a wide variety of plant - indoor and outdoor . Young scale creep until they happen a unspoiled eating site . The grownup females then recede their legs and remain on a spot protect by its difficult shell bed . They appear as bumps , often on the humiliated side of leaves . They have piercing mouth part that nurse the sap out of plant tissue . Scales can weaken a plant leading to yellow leafage and foliage fall . They also produce a sweet substance called honeydew ( covet by pismire ) which can lead to an unattractive contraband surface fungous growth call pitchy mold .
Prevention and Control : Once make they are hard to insure . Isolate invade plant away from those that are not infested . confab your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension position in your county for a legal passport regarding their control . Encourage innate opposition such as bloodsucking WASP in the garden .
