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Potted Heather Plants - Description
- Pink Heather Plant
- Ground Cover Heather Plant
- Variety: Erica Darleyensis WinterFreude
- Winter / Spring Flowering Heather Plant
- Happy in All Soil Types: Neutral, Alkaline & Lime Soils
- Potted Plant
- Pot Size: 1.5 Litre
Potted Heather Plants - Characteristics
- Plant Type: Evergreen perennial
- Bee friendly plants
- Habit: Low, mound forming
- Fully Grown Size: 50cm spread & 15cm in height
- Flower Colour: Pink
- Flowering Time: From December to March
- Spacing: 30-50cm
- Hardiness: Hardy
Heather Plants - Uses
- Ideal for any low maintenance planting scheme
- Evergreen, mound forming plants are perfect in any garden
- Great for late Winter & Spring colour
- Superb ground cover plant
- Position along the front of borders
- Ideal in alpine gardens and also suits Japanese style gardens
- Plant with conifers, ferns & grasses
- Plant in rockeries or bog gardens
- This Winter flowering heather is suited to lime or alkaline soils
Potted Heather Plants - Planting Instructions
- Soak pots in water before sowing
- Choose a location
- Grow in full sun or partial shade
- Deep, fertile soil that is well drained
- Also happy in moist soil conditions
- Spacing: 30- 50cm apart
- Prepare bed by digging over soil & adding fertilizer or manure
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Handle pots with care
- Squeeze side of pots to remove plant
- Firm in well
- Soak soil well after planting
- Feed every 2 to 3 weeks
- To maintain the plants compact & neat shape, cut back after flowering
- Remove approx 1 inch of growth
