Get Inspired For Heather Flower In Winter 20+
30cm 12in x 45cm 18in.
heather flower in winter. Though heather blooms profusely in the summer in hues of pink purple red and white they will develop a purple or bronze blush in the fall and winter. According to the Virginia Cooperative Extension heather can grow in gardening zones 4 through 6 and with some protection from the midday summer sun in zone 7. Aug 19 2015 December Red December red heather is easy to grow and produces nectar that attracts bees in winter.
Plant heaths and heathers in open areas up hillsides or along pathways. The winterspring flowering heathers will tolerate some shade but wont flower as well. It blooms between early to late.
Low maintenance deer or salt resistant winter hardy drought tolerant once established and fairly easy to grow they do not require much. The flowers of both types are ideal for small winter arrangements. Golden foliaged varieties will need to be planted full sun in order to keep their bright colours.
Read the information for the cultivar you choose to be sure it will thrive in your area and make it through the winter. Golden foliage turning to orange in winter. Their evergreen foliage in shades of green yellow bronze and red sparkles against the weary winter backdrop of tans and browns or the white of snow.
WinterSpring flowering heathers are the families labelled as Erica carnea Erica x darleyensis and Erica erigena. They pair especially well with dwarf conifers which require similar acidic soil conditions. Flowers purple darker near the tip in late winter and early spring Erica.
Heather and heath like more acid soil preferring a pH of 45 to 55 so work in some acid amendments if your soil tends to be alkaline. The foliage is a bright green color most of the year but turns bronze in winter adding to the interest. Plant heathers so that the foliage is resting on the ground and no part of the root ball is showing above ground.