Winter is a period of rest for plants.Therefore, in the coldest months of the year, you will not find flowerbeds in invigorating colors in the garden.One of the few plants that bloom during this period is Erica carnea.
This long-lived, short shrub has low requirements and is easy to care for. It is an excellent ground cover plant as it can quickly create dense rugs.It looks best when planted in larger groups, when its countless tiny flowers create large colorful spots visible from a distance.
The flowering of briar is the already mentioned flowering during the winter vegetation break. The plant develops flowers when most of the shrubs have shed their leaves, has only bare shoots and is resting in anticipation of spring.
If we are going to arrange a permanent perennial bed with briar, we should carefully select companion plants that go well with it.These can be various ornamental grasses, e.g. fescue Festuca cinerea or Stipa barbata, coniferous shrubs, incl. Dwarf pine Pinus pumila, column juniper Juniperus, as well as other short shrubs.
Apart from the red heather, our native Erica tetralix marsh briar is resistant to frost, as well as the common heather Calluna vulgaris, related to heathers. Other briar species, such as Darley's Erica darleyensis and scattered Erica vagans, freeze more easily and need protection in winter.
Amazing heather
For discounts, please select the correct position. Red heather likes sunny places, moderately moist and - unlike heather - slightly loamy soil with a higher calcium content.If the substrate is very compact, loosen it and loosen it with the addition of sand.In good conditions, small, luxuriantly flowering shrubs can grow in the same position even for many decades.
In the garden, we enjoy beautiful varieties of briar with the different colors of their flowers.They are also an important source of food for birds, insects and other animals that set off in search of food at the end of winter.
