We have added many new varieties to our offerings for 1999-2000, along with new photographs showing the many different flowercolors, shapes and sizes. I have been growing these plants for 15 years now, both in my own gardens and in pots here at the farm where tens of thousands are grown annually. Strolling by them on a warm spring day, a hot summer evening or a chilly winter afternoon, I slow my pace a bit to admire and appreciate their unique characteristics. After all these years, their beauty still leaves me breathless as I stop to gaze. Heather has evergreen and often colorful foliage which gives the garden year-round interest even during the bleakest months of winter.
Growth habits range from the diminutive to the tall and billowy.
Once established in the garden, heather is tolerant of long periods of drought. Heather can thrive in even the leanest of soils in half to full day sun. Just provide them with a well drained soil prepared with plenty of peat moss and mulch well. Heather is a low maintenance plant needing only annual pruning and mulching to promote vigorous growth, which will reward you with healthy and heavy flowering plants. The hardy species of Calluna and Erica have hundreds of cultivars.