With careful planning, you can have one or more varieties in bloom almost every month of the year. Foliage colors include many shades of green, gray, yellow, orange, red, and bronze. Flower colors are white and shades of pink, red and purple. Where To Plant They grow best in full sun, but can tolerate partial shade. Plants in shade will not bloom as well and tend to get leggy.
Most varieties do best in well drained slightly acid soil.
How To Plant Prepare a hole at least twice the size of the root ball. Partially fill the hole with compost or topsoil. Do not plant too deeply. Heath and heathers have shallow root systems. Scoring or lightly scratching the root ball in two or three places often helps plants become established more quickly and can prevent plant loss.