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Irish
Heathers for Easy Living ... |
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life to your garden with all year round
colour and low maintenance, with our busy
lives many of us don’t have the time
to spend evenings and weekends looking after
our gardens. |
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beauty of heathers is that once planted
you can sit back and enjoy the benefits
of your work, with little after care, giving
you more pleasure every year. |
| 10
good reasons to plant heather : |
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So easy to grow |
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Can be planted almost anywhere |
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Strong long lasting resistant plants |
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Long life span |
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All year round colour |
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A huge range of colours from flowers
to foliage |
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Superb ground cover |
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Range of height 3 – 24 inches |
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Low maintenance |
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Suitable for containers |
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Heathers 3 Pack - 1 Litre |
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Mixed Winter Heathers |
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Kramer's Red |
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White Perfection - 2L Pink |
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Eva Gold |
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The
six most commonly used varieties ... |
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| Erica
Carnea |
Winter
spring flowering, low growing good colour
flowers and wide range of colour foliage
good ground cover suitable for all soil
types. Frost hardy. |
| Erica
Daleyensis |
Also
winter spring flowering, easy to grow more
bushy than the carpeting Erica Carnea, so
keep this in mind when purchasing. Suitable
for all soil types. A frost hardy plant
with magnificent colourful flower and foliage. |
| Calluna
Vulgaris |
Flowers
late summer to late autumn. These are among
the hardiest of heathers and most varies,
flowers can be single or double, with a
massive range of colours and many with interesting
foliage. Needs peat (light acid soils) |
| Erica
Cinerea |
This
variety is a let spring and summer bloomer.
Flower colours vary greatly and spectacular
in bloom, also so a couple with great foliage.
Celebration and Fiddlers Gold. Best in acid
soil. |
| Erica
Vagan |
Flowers
from July to October. A most attractive
and unusual plant, they are very symmetrical
with bell shaped flowers and provides a
useful range of colour. Suitable for most
soil types. |
| Daboecia
Cantabrica |
This
species is commonly known as the “Irish
Bell Heather”, originally from the
west of Ireland. These flower for over five
months with two major flushes in early summer
and autumn. Likes acid soil. |
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Handy
tips on how to plant and
layout your heather garden design ... |
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The best time to plant heathers is in the
autumn when the widest selection is available. |
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Keep well watered for the first year. |
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Plant deeply with the lower foliage resting
on the soil surface. |
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Prepare the soil, heathers have a fine root
system cannot easily penetrate clay, therefore
it is beneficial to dig in some peat. |
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Plant in a sunny position, in groups of
5-7 plans with 4-5 planters per square metre. |
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Soak the plant before planting. |
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Remove fallen leaves from heathers to prevent
damage to the foliage. |
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Annual pruning after flowers have died is
essential. |
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a.
Erica x darleyensis “Furzey”/
“Mary Helen”
b. Erica x Darleyensis “White Perfection”
/ “Kramers Red”
c. Erica carnea “Myretoun Ruby”
/ Erica vagan “St Keverne”
d. Erica carnea “Rosalie” /
“Springwood Pink”
e. Erica carnea “Vivelli” /
“Ice Princess”
f. Erica carnea “March Seedling”
/ Erica Vagan “Yellow John”
x. Specimen shrubs, conifers, hollys, grasses
and
bulbs for added spring colour. |
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Above
is a sample of a planted bed with
colour throughout the year. |
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