Heath plants love acidic, cool and well-drained soil. Planting is an important phase in the life of a plant.
After having been grown in a container in a nursery, your plant will move to a new environment to which it must adapt.
Carefully follow each of the steps sequenced below.
This will guarantee that your heath plant will grow beautifully!
Planting heath plants
- Dig a hole 4 to 5 times wider than the clump of the plant you are transferring. Usually heath trees and shrubs are sold in containers about 6 to 10 inches across (15 to 25 cm).
Hole diameter | Hole depth | |
Trees | 32Â inches (80 cm) | 40Â inches (1Â m) |
Shrubs | 24Â inches (60 cm) | 20Â inches (50 cm) |
- Break up the soil that was dug out, removing rocks and pieces of wood.
- Mix this soil with heath soil (â…“Â soil to â…” heath soil).
- Let the root clump sit in a bucket of water for a few minutes to re-hydrate soil and roots.
- Carefully run your fingers or a tool to untangle roots without wounding them, since they usually tend to cross over each other.
- At the bottom of the hole, place a little bit of granulated organic heath plant fertilizer.
- Place your plant in the hole, carefully spreading the roots out along the bottom. If the soil is very chalky, place a felt mat at the bottom of the hole to create a pocket of heath soil.
- Fill the remaining space in the hole with heath soil.
- Lightly compact the soil
- ater abundantly.
Smart tip for heath plants
For trees or shrubs that are over 40Â inches (1Â m) tall, you must stake them upon planting!
The most beautiful heath plants
Hydrangea |
Magnolia |
Japanese Maple |
Escallonia |
Common summer heather |
Winter heather |
American wintergreen |
Skimmia |
Azalea |
Rhododendron |
Japanese azalea |
Camellia |
Gorse |
Guitar plant |
Crinodendron |
As you see, having soil that is too acidic for “normal” plants doesn’t mean you can’t grow a beautiful garden!
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Credits for images shared to Nature & Garden (all edits by Gaspard Lorthiois):
Common heather by Bruno Glätsch ★ under Pixabay license
Hydrangea by Adriana Knop under Pixabay license
Magnolia by Hans Braxmeier under Pixabay license
Japanese red maple by Florian Jung under Pixabay license
Escallonia by Jane Kirkwood ☆ under Pixabay license
Heather by Alicja Juskowiak under Pixabay license
Erica winter heather by Nicola Buske under Pixabay license
American wintergreen by Per Verdonk under © CC BY-NC 2.0
Skimmia by Mabel Amber under Pixabay license
Azalea by Kim Dae Jeung under Pixabay license
Rhododendron by Karsten Paulick under Pixabay license
Japanese azalea by Toshihiro Gamo under © CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Camellia (also on social media) by Tiffany under Pixabay license
Gorse by Eric Van Praet under Pixabay license
Guitar plant flowers by Tim Rudman under © CC BY-NC 2.0
Single flower by Leonora Enking ★ under © CC BY-SA 2.0
Common heather by Bruno Glätsch ★ under Pixabay license
Hydrangea by Adriana Knop under Pixabay license
Magnolia by Hans Braxmeier under Pixabay license
Japanese red maple by Florian Jung under Pixabay license
Escallonia by Jane Kirkwood ☆ under Pixabay license
Heather by Alicja Juskowiak under Pixabay license
Erica winter heather by Nicola Buske under Pixabay license
American wintergreen by Per Verdonk under © CC BY-NC 2.0
Skimmia by Mabel Amber under Pixabay license
Azalea by Kim Dae Jeung under Pixabay license
Rhododendron by Karsten Paulick under Pixabay license
Japanese azalea by Toshihiro Gamo under © CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Camellia (also on social media) by Tiffany under Pixabay license
Gorse by Eric Van Praet under Pixabay license
Guitar plant flowers by Tim Rudman under © CC BY-NC 2.0
Single flower by Leonora Enking ★ under © CC BY-SA 2.0
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