However, most varieties only look good for a few ... These shrubby plants are often confused with a similar plant, heath. Both heather and heath are in the same plant family (Ericaceae), but ...

Spacing: Space plants on center according ... Space dwarf varieties according to label widths. Planted accordingly, heathers should touch each other in three to four years. Mulching: After ...

Winter heather With evergreen ... While hardy, mahonia plants will appreciate a sheltered position away from strong winds. In ...

Varieties such as these are brilliant for growing in ‘ungardenable’ places. Few plants are easier to manage than winter heathers. If you leave them untouched, most form low, tangled bushes.

With the right varieties ... like Mexican heather, firebush (Hamelia patens), firespike (Odontonema strictum), hibiscus, hydrangea, plumbago, Globe amaranth, salvia, shrimp plant, jacobinia ...

Mexican heather plants may grow to 3 feet in diameter and ... and has performed beyond other varieties. The Allyson variety produces an abundance of petite rose-purple flowers during its blooming ...

Kingfisher Nursery in Spalding, Lincolnshire, used to produce nearly one million heather plants a year for the plant-centre trade, but was closed down in June 2017. Scottish nurseries that once ...

Some contrasting whites to plant near ... Skyline varieties are perfect pairings of foliage and flowers. On patios, larger, lower bowls make ideal winter heather containers. With the addition ...

Between the flower and foliage colours they offer, winter flowering heathers make wonderful companion plants. Some of the best varieties which have been reliable over the past winters are Erica ...

Heathers have always been one of my favourite plants, and I sincerely hope you plant some newer varieties now to create more vibrant colour in your winter garden.

This means gardeners can get plants that will grow three varieties of tomatoes. So from one plant, you can grow a slicer, cherry and paste tomato or, say, three different colored cherry tomatoes.

Lortz is an effective communicator and has written a book that will inspire every gardener to not only plant more heather, but to explore the hundreds of varieties now available. Tree heaths ...