transplanting heather
Hanako2
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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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Comments (2)Good afternoon Josh! So glad to see you! Thanks for the thread link, I'll be sure to check it out. I'm suprised to see the title to the thread only because my experience with mex heather is that it will severly shrivel and dry out if I didn't completely every 2 days. But when I did it produced tiny little bright purple flowers! Too cute! I think once the plants have gotten use to their new environment they should flower easy in the spring. I'll keep posting photos with my progress, so come back and check it out! Though you know where to reach me if I forget to update. :) As far as lighting goes; I bought a grow light from home depot and I put the bulb in a gold metal lamp I have that is adjustable in height and allows the light to shine directly down. I am confused about the red spectrum vs. blue spectrum....got any tips? Ash...See More'Heather Bun','Top Point',J.t. 'Variegated',Junipers,'Gold Lace'
Comments (2)Dope pics Ken. I like'm them junipers also. They never seem to get any respect. The Rodney Dangerfield of conifers. Willis...See MoreFairhope mini finally, Heather Sproul still waiting...
Comments (7)I don't have Heather Sproul but I do have Fairhope. I hesitated on planting Fairhope because of reports that it is tender in zone 6. And for me in zone 6, it didn't do well but did survive. Now in zone 6B, Fairhope still took a good three years to establish but now that is it, it is still a smallish bush but is going strong and blooming better each year. Now, I'm struggling with Lovely Lorri. I have two of these are they are staying very small. I'm thinking of transplanting them since they don't seem happy where they are. This is another plant that seems to need constant feeding to stay nice. Maybe I should move both Lovely Lorri's and Fairhope to another part of the garden. I have a new area coming open this spring for a bunch more minis....See MoreMy Mexican Heather is dying...
Comments (16)Thanks! I may have to change my opinion about them, but so far so good. My 'soil' is pretty poor and dry so maybe I can get by with letting some of them stay. Shirley and I have said more than once that we need 'invasive' plants so something will live without coddling. But I'll be watching and maybe digging up some to see how it goes. I'll say this; they are certainly drought tolerant. They may wilt but they don't die....See MoreBruMeta
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