1 Care
1.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground
1.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings, Stem Planting
Seedlings
1.3 Plant Maintenance
1.4 Watering Plants
1.4.1 Watering Requirements
Keep the ground moist but not water-logged
Requires regular watering
1.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
1.4.3 In Spring
1.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
1.5 Soil
1.5.1 Soil pH
1.5.2 Soil Type
1.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
1.6 Sun Exposure
Partial shade, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
1.7 Pruning
cut main flower spike, Remove dead branches, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Remove dead leaves
1.8 Fertilizers
Apply 10-10-10 amount, as it is a flowering plant, use high phosphorous content fertilizer
since leafy plants, use higher nitrogen content fertilizer
1.9 Pests and Diseases
Grasshoppers
Annosus Root Rot, Balsam twig aphid, Balsam Woolly Adelgid, Conifer root aphid, Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid, Current Season Needle Necrosis, Douglas-fir Needle midge, Douglas-fir Twig weevil, Eriophyid mite, Giant Conifer or Cinara aphid, Grovesiella Canker, Interior Needle Blight, Melampsora Needle rust, Phytophthora Root Rot, Pucciniastrum Needle rust, Rhabdocline Needle Cast, Root weevil, Spruce spider mite, Swiss Needle Cast, Uredinopsis Needle rust
1.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought, Wet Site
Drought