Calluna vulgaris - Shrub heather - pot diameter 10.5 cm - 10-12 cm
Dutch name: Shrub heath, Summer heath, Broom heath, Heath heath
€1.46 per unit (incl. vat)
Product information "Calluna vulgaris - Shrub heather - pot diameter 10.5 cm - 10-12 cm"
- Size of pot: 10.5 cm
- Height of plant: 10/12 cm
- Flowering color: (purple)red
- Winter hardy
- Winter green
- Aromatic
- Insect attractor
- Fall coloring
From August to September, heather bears purple-red, aromatic flowers that are popular with pollinators. It is a small-growing ornamental shrub that also adds a green touch to your garden during winter. During the fall it develops beautiful bronze-colored fall coloring.
The name summer heath comes from its summer flowering, unlike the winter flowering "erica".
Plant characteristics:
- Flower color: (purple) red
- Flowering period: August-September
- Aromatic: yes
- Hardy: yes
- Evergreen: yes
- Leaf color: from green, yellow to silver gray
- Leaf shape: paired and opposite
- Height: 0.4-0.5 m
- Family: Ericaceae
- Common name: Shrub heather, Summer heather, Broom heather, Heath heather
Soil & location:
- Location: sun
- Soil: acidic, heathery soil
- Application: ideal for acidic, dry, poor soils. Also suitable as a coastal plant
Maintenance:
- Pruning: prune as needed to prevent disintegration and high growth. Pruning can be done after flowering to stimulate young growth and prevent seed formation
Product specifications
| Application / use plant: | Unknown - n/a |
|---|---|
| Average number per m²: | 7 |
| Bloom Month: | August, September |
| Bloom color: | Red |
| Branches / bark: | Unknown - n/a |
| Flower color - details: | Red |
| Frost hardiness - details: | Very good (-29 till -23°c), usda zone 5 |
| Frost resistance: | Extrême winter hardiness |
| Fruit: | Unknown - n/a |
| Full grown plant height: | 20 cm |
| Growth habit : | Unknown - n/a |
| Humidity/Soil: | Moist soil |
| Humidity/Soil - details: | Dry, normal |
| Latin plant family: | Ericaceae |
| Leaf / Foliage: | Green, Evergreen |
| Leaf / foliage - details: | Green |
| Location: | Halfshadow, Full sun |
| Location - details: | Half shade, sun |
| Minimum growing height (in cm): | 20 |
| Plant characteristic: | Sea wind proof |
| Plant family: | Hei family |
| Planting distance: | 5-8 pieces per m² (35-45 cm apart) |
| Pruning period: | March, April |
| Winter foliage: | Losing leaf |
| maximal growth height (in cm): | 20 |
| type of crop: | Heath |
| type of soil: | Dry soil, Peaty soil (acidic), Sand soil |
| type of soil / ground - details: | Normal, sandy, peat |
| Package dimensions: | 10L x 11W x 24.25H cm |
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