C. incanus subsp . creticus see C , creticus is a showy , 2 inch purple - pink flowers appear in late spring and other summertime on this heat - loving , evergreen shrub . Dark grey - green leave are covered with down . perdurable dry bank screening or rock and roll garden plant . Tolerates poor soils . Plant in full sunlight for best growth and inflorescence . Hardy in zone 7b . produce 3 to 5 feet tall and wide . Keep ground moist until completely established . Drought tolerant when established . Fertilizer is not need . Cut old stem occasionally to keep plant vigorous . hook or shear to thicken growth .
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Pruning deciduous shrubs can be divided into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only dead , diseased , damaged , or crossed branch , can be done in early spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , new outgrowth which produces summer blossom - in other words , flowers appear on newfangled wood);summer rationalize after flower(after flowering , cut back shoots , and take out some of the old maturation , down to the ground);suckering drug abuse pruning(flowers appear on wood from old class . Cut back flowered stems by 1/2 , to strong growing new shoot and remove 1/2 of the flowered stem a couple of column inch from the ground ) Always remove dead , damaged or diseased wood first , no matter what eccentric of pruning you are doing .
Examples : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . fountain : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . summertime 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 hole twice the size of it of the beginning ball and rich enough to plant at the same level the shrub was in the container . If soil is poor , dig hole even full and fill with a smorgasbord half original soil and half compost or soil amendment .
Carefully remove shrub from container and lightly disjoined roots . Position in center of hole , best side look forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if needed as name above . For larger shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , get rid of fasteners and fold back the top of natural gunny , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve set shrub . verify that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during live , teetotal periods . If synthetical burlap , remove if possible . If not possible , slue away or make scratch to allow for roots to break into the novel soil . For big shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and irrigate well .
If shrub is bare - root , look for a discoloration somewhere near the groundwork ; this mark is probable where the ground line was . If grunge is too sandy or too clayey , add constitutional issue . This will help with both drainage and water holding capacity . Fill dirt , firm just enough to patronize shrub . Finish by mulch and watering well .
