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Buy from a reputable Garden Centre, choosing
plants that:
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Look nursery
fresh and healthy |
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Are nice and bushy |
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Cover the pot |
Study the labels ensuring you select varieties which flower
at your required time of year - picture labels also give an
accurate guide to flower colour.
| Dec-May |
Winter-flowering
varieties such as Erica Carnea and Erica Darleyensis give
fabulous displays of colour from deep red to
white plus bronze to golden foliage |
| Mar-May |
Varieties of Calluna
provide 'Spring Tips' which make the plant look as thought
it is on fire |
| Jun-Sep |
Scottish Bell Heather,
Erica Cinerea, provides a wonderful range of colour from
white to beetroot red plus golden foliage |
| Aug-Oct |
Calluna varieties give
a stunning range of colour with many double-flowered varieties |
| Sep-Feb |
Newly introduced bud-flowering
Callunas are a must for this period, particularly in tubs
and troughs |
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