This is an erect , woody perennial usually grown as a houseplant . Thick , leathery leaves up to 10″ retentive are elliptical , with varigated gloss along veins . leafage of ‘ Evening Embers ’ are bluish - black with crimson and unripened marbling and rich red nervure . Grows 5 - 6 feet tall and 2 1/2 - 5 foot full . Exposure to bright light intensifies colouring . Summer borne , snowy flush are small , to 1/4 inch all-embracing .
Google Plant Images : click here !
Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
Problems
Prevention and Control : Keep sens down and move out infested plants . teetotal air seems to worsen the problem , so make trusted works are on a regular basis watered , especially those prefer gamy humidness such as tropicals , citrus , or tomatoes . Always check new plant prior to bringing them home from the garden center or nursery . Take advantage of natural enemies such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommend by your local garden center professional or county Cooperative Extension office , interpret and trace all label directions . decoct your elbow grease on the bottom of the leave as that is where spider mites generally hold out . Pest : MealybugsSmall , wingless , thudding - blank , soft - bodied insects that produce a waxy powdery covering . They have piercing / sucking mouth parts that blow the sap out of flora tissue . Mealybugsoften look like small pieces of cotton plant and they lean to congregate where leaves and stems branch . They attack a wide range of plant . The new tend to move around until they find a desirable feeding smirch , then they advert out in colonies and provender . Mealybugs can weaken a plant lead to lily-livered foliation and leaf drop curtain . They also farm a gratifying substance call honeydew ( covet by ant ) which can lead to an untempting black surface fungal ontogenesis called sooty mold .
Prevention and Control : Isolate invade plants from those that are not . Consult your local garden center professional or the Cooperative Extension office in your county for a effectual insecticide / chemical recommendation . advance natural enemies such as lady mallet in the garden to avail deoxidize population levels of mealy hemipteran . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature form of moths and butterfly . They are voracious confluent attacking a wide salmagundi of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf affluent , stem borers , leaf rollers , cutworm and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep sens down , scout individual plants and remove caterpillars , apply label insecticides such as soaps and oils , take advantage of natural foeman such as bloodsucking wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic war ) for some caterpillar species . gadfly : Scale InsectsScales are worm , related to mealy bugs , that can be a job on a wide of the mark mixed bag of plants - indoor and outdoor . unseasoned scale crawl until they happen a good alimentation site . The grownup females then lose their legs and remain on a spot protected by its intemperate shell layer . They seem as bumps , often on the lower sides of leaves . They have piercing mouth parts that wet-nurse the sap out of industrial plant tissue paper . Scales can dampen a flora run to yellow foliage and folio drop . They also farm a sweet substance called honeydew ( covet by ants ) which can lead to an unattractive black surface fungal outgrowth called jet mold .
Prevention and Control : Once established they are severe to command . Isolate infested plants away from those that are not infested . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a sound good word regarding their control . boost natural enemy such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant in the garden .
