B0208 – Gardening with Hardy Heathers

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A sight of a wild landscape covered with heathers in full bloom is breathtaking, so it is understandable why people found ways of cultivating these rewarding plants. A garden plant they excel, offering color of the drabbest month and a huge diversity of hight, habit,and other valuable characteritics in retur for modest culturel demands. This comprehensive and informative account encompasses the heath and heathers of the closely related genera Calluna, Daboecia, and Erica, whose shared caracteristics and similar culturel requirements make them broadly compatible in aa variety of garden situations. Because there are more than 700 cultivated of Calluna alone, selecting the right heather for the right place can be daunting. The authors descriptinons of top performing plants – both classic arieties and new introductions – provide gardeners new to heathers with a valuable starting point, and lists of heathers with special atributes make it possible to seach for heathers suitable for a variety of situations and uses including heat tolerance and early summer blooming.