How to properly care for the snow heather

It all comes down to choosing the right plants

When choosing suitable plants, you should pay close attention to the labeling in specialist shops or the plants themselves clearly either Heather or assign to the winter heather. The former grows in boggy heathland in relatively mild locations and blooms in midsummer. It is only limited or Depending on the variety, winter hardy and requires a more acidic plant substrate such as peat. The winter heather, on the other hand, comes from mountainous regions of Central and Southern Europe, where the plants tend to be inconspicuous in summer in gravelly river beds or in sparse forests. the Snow heather Usually flowers between February and April, some varieties even earlier depending on the weather. They also have the following characteristics:

• like calcareous soils
• love sunny or at least partly sunny locations
• must never dry out completely in the root area

Maintain the winter heather properly in the balcony box

Basically, the culture in the balcony box or in another planter in the snow heather does not differ fundamentally from the planting as ground cover or Border directly in Garden soil. An important Maintenance measure is the pruning right after flowering in spring, which stimulates the regular rejuvenation of the plants. This prevents bald spots and by autumn there is a strong formation of new flower buds for the following year. However, plants in balcony boxes are more exposed to the weather than plants in garden beds. Under certain circumstances, they can actually do this too hardy Snow heather varieties are in distress due to extreme frosts without winter protection. Even more important for winter damage to the snow heather is the drying out of the soil, which should be prevented by watering sparingly on frost-free days.

Provide a heather look all year round with mixed planting

If you like the typical look of the squat heather plants, then you can easily create the right look in the balcony box all year round. Simply mix specimens of heather and winter heather so that you can look forward to two blooming phases a year. You can provisionally solve the problem of different soil requirements by using the individual plants together with sufficiently large plant pots (with the appropriate soil) in the Window boxes(€ 109.00 at Amazon *) insert.