Heide demands special location qualities
All sunny locations that are open to the wind are predestined for the heather garden. A key function for the correct soil quality is the pH value. This should be between 4 and 5 so that heather plants can develop vitally and healthily. The frugal Erika and Calluna particularly welcome loose, sandy, dry to fresh soil.
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Combine correctly for a long flowering period - tips for the planting plan
The dream of the ever-blooming heather garden is within your grasp if you skillfully combine the different heather types and blooming times. The following tips for the planting plan show how it works:
- Winter and spring bloomers: Snow heather (Erica carnea), English heather (Erica x darleyensis)
- Summer bloomers: Bell heather (Erica tetralix), Cornwall heather (Erica vagans), gray heather (Erica cinerea)
- Autumn bloomers with beautiful foliage colors: Heather (Calluna vulgaris) with the varieties Garden Girls, Boskoop and Dark Beauty
In the small garden you don't have to do without a picturesque heather bed. Here varieties that remain small are useful, such as a purple-lilac heather dwarf (Calluna vulgaris) or deep red ruby carpet (Erica carnea), which combine to form dense carpets of flowers.
Splendid plant partners round off the heather garden
The imaginative planting plan is not limited to heather plants. With small pines, junipers and dwarf rhododendrons, heather species form a harmonious neighborhood. Premium candidates for a decorative tete-a-tete are also colorful lingonberry bushes, frugal thyme and early-blooming bulb flowers such as crocuses, snowdrop and Daffodils.
Decorative elements underline the floral heather flair
Where extensive heathland with rolling hills and valleys extend, stylish decorative elements loosen up the appearance creatively. Sand paths exude authentic flair. Serve as a natural eye-catcher Boulders from regional quarries. Tree trunks and roots provide visual variety and at the same time attract beneficial insects to your new heather garden.
Tips
Heath in designing one Japanese Including the garden is not a breach of style. Rather, heather plants are among the few splashes of color that are accepted alongside evergreen classics such as bamboo or Korean fir. In addition, small heather species lie at the feet of the blooming beauties of the Japanese garden, such as azaleas and rhododendrons.
