Heather

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Ericales

Family: Ericaceae

Genus: Calluna

Heather flowers are bloom in summers. Heather flowers species are usually in purple or violet shades. Heather flowers of different range bloom from July end to November. Flowers remain on the plants over winters but can turns into brown which can lead to interesting effects. For cut flower arrangements, heather varieties are cultivated in rock gardens.  A low bundle of handsome  greenery topped by multiple thorns of colored flowers. Heather flowers are native to Scotland, Ireland, Russia and northern America. One of the primary Classes of plant that grown on the dirty, acid or poor soils which is good characteristic of heaths.

In Heather flowers, the corolla is jazzy in true heaths, and in the Erica type, heathers have jazzy pink or rarely, white sepals overlapped the corolla.

How to grow:

It is preferable for heathers to keep in full sun and well-shattered, dirty or acidic soil as well as protect it from cold winters winds.

Heathers plants can be grown anytime in the non-frozen ground.

 Plants should be grown in the mixed peat moss, fertilize or processed with the existing soil.

To encourage new root growth, add a little non-burning fertilizer to the planting soil.

  

Plant the heather plants so that the Root-ball should be level with the soil surface

Be careful not to mass mulch up over the root system. In the well drained soil, heathers can be planted as they will not bear constant wet feet. Fixed the soil around the plant and wet the soil.

The heather plants should be trimmed or cut each year just after plants have finished flowering so that will get more flowers in the following years.

Propagation:

A healthy parent plants less than three years old can be propagated to new heather plants by cutting or layering.

Uses:

Heather's of type’s lower, winter spreading types and upright winter types are best for winter arrangements.  Heather’s leaf and plant top can be used to make medicines which helps to cure the kidney and lower area conditions, Liver diseases, stomach pain, spasms, gallbladder  problems, other conditions.