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Winter Heather Plants - Description
- Ground Cover Heather Plants
- Erica carnea Bells Extra Special
- Erica X DARLEYENSIS White perfection
- Winter / Spring Flowering Heather Plant
- White Flowering Flowering from November to April
- Suited to Neutral, Alkaline & Lime Soils
- Potted Plant
- Pot Size: 1.5L Pot
- Dwarf Evergreen Shrubs
Winter Heather Plants - Characteristics
- Plant Type: Evergreen
- Habit: Low, mound forming
- Foliage: Tiny overlapping leaves
- Fully Grown Size: 50cm spread & 15cm in height
- Spacing: 60-80cm
- Hardiness: Hardy
Winter Heather Plants - Uses
- These evergreen, mound forming plants are a reliable plant for gardeners
- Low growing plants form neat mounds for ground cover & low maintenance
- Evergreen mounds look best at the front of borders
- Often planted in rockeries or gravel beds
- Suit a Japanese style garden
- Plant with conifers, ferns & grasses
- Suited to bog gardens
- This Winter flowering heather plant is suited to lime or alkaline soils
Winter 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
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