The author of the article is Aneta Chmiel
I like heathers very much and I like to plant them in my flower beds.Their compositions with common junipers shooting upwards, with a thicket of shadowy and barberry gorse and with clumps of grass look especially beautiful. varieties of these plants.
Soil for heather and plants for such a bed
When preparing the soil for planting, it is worth taking into account the fact that plants from the heather family feel good on light acidic soils.A large number of species thrive best on dry and sandy ground.However, there are also those that grow only on moist soil, rich in nutrients and humus.Taking into account the completely different requirements of different species and varieties of heather, they should not be planted on one plot.
Plants for dry soil:
- heather,
- red briar,
- common juniper,
- sand thyme,
- fescue.
Plants for moist soil:
- marsh briar,
- variegated varieties of rhododendrons,
- azaleas,
- black crowberry.
Composition in the garden
When setting up a moor, it is good to integrate it into a larger garden whole. Our discounts should include shrubs, shrubs and grasses growing both individually and in larger groups.
When the various species and varieties of heather glow with the colors of the flowers, they create a truly picturesque sight.The individual specimens should be selected first of all according to the colors.Thanks to this, we will obtain effective, colorful carpets: from white, through purple, to purple.
An important factor, already at the design stage, is the flowering time of a given plant. The worst thing we can do is plant the bed with similar species of heather that bloom at the same time.Therefore, next to the common heather that blooms from summer to autumn, it is worth planting red heather.Its varieties can bloom even in winter. In summer, we should include colorful perennials in plantings. The background for them can be small shrubs, for example a bell-shaped encantment.
In the heather garden composition I have proposed, floral carpets are a strong accent, on which - apart from heathers - also perennials such as yarrow, sand thyme and various grasses grow. For the arrangement to match a natural-style garden, you can use old boughs and gray boulders.Thanks to them we will get a truly unique heather bed.
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| The discount plan was made by Aneta Chmiel 1. White briar Erica herbacea 'Springwood Queen' 2. Pink briar Erica herbacea 'Winter Beauty' 3. Red briar Erica herbacea 'Vivellii' 4. Thymus serpyllum 5. Bushy aster Aster dumosus 'Lady In Blue' 6. Achillea bloodstone 7. Sheep fescue Festuca ovina |
