How to tend a Calluna vulgaris
Also known as: Calluna atlantica Seem., Calluna beleziana Rouy, Calluna ciliaris Schur, Calluna elegantissima Sennen, Calluna erica DC., Calluna genuina Ducommun, Calluna sagittifolia (Stokes) Gray, Calluna vulgaris var. alba (Weston) G.Don, Calluna vulgaris f. alba (Weston) Braun-Blanq., Calluna vulgaris subsp. elegantissima (Sennen) Mateo, Calluna vulgaris var. purpurea G.Don, Calluna vulgaris f. purpurea (G.Don) Braun-Blanq., Erica ciliaris Huds., Erica confusa Gand., Erica eremocharis Gand., Erica glabra Gilib., Erica herbacea Georgi, Erica lutescens K.Koch, Erica nana K.Koch, Erica prostrata K.Koch, Erica reginae K.Koch, Erica sagittifolia Stokes, Erica vulgaris L., Erica vulgaris var. alba Weston, Ericoides vulgaris (L.) Merino, Erica vulgaris var. hirsuta K.F.Waitz, Erica vulgaris var. squarrosa K.F.Waitz, Erica vulgaris var. plena K.F.Waitz, Erica gracilis K.Koch, Erica tomentosa K.Koch, Erica alportii K.Koch, Erica vulgaris var. glabriuscula J.Stokes, Erica vulgaris var. villosa J.Stokes
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Only need keep soil moist
Sunlight
Sufficient sunlight
Soil
Acidic soil
Fertilizer
No much requirement for fertilizers
Pruning
Remove diseased and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Europe
- Category
- Ericaceae, Calluna
- Size
- height about 20-50 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period September-October
- Flower colors
- purple red, light purple, white
- World Flora Online
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