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Care Mountain heather
These plants are used in rock gardens. The Mountain heather has a panel-like development, therefore it tends to widen very much. Mountain heather Is an evergreen; during spring iIt assumes a white colouring; the adult specimens are large in size and reach 20 cm high.

Temperatures Mountain heatherPosizione mezza ombra
Locate this plant in a partially shaded place, where it is exposed to solar rays during the coolest hours of the day. Let's grow the The Mountain heather outdoors; they can bear very harsh minimum temperatures, even when many degrees below zero.Perennial plants mainly have a spring and summer development. During the coldest months of the year the aerial part can completely dry out, to come up the year after.

Irrigation Mountain heatherTenere Umido
Water when the ground is dry; in case of prolonged droughts water very often, otherwise every 1-2 weeks can be enough using 2-3 glasses of water ; avoid water stagnations and excessive watering. These plants display a pretty long period of vegetational rest. During this time it isn't necessary to water the plants.

Adversity Mountain heather
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.

Substrate Mountain heather
Let’s cultivate our plants in a specific soil for acidophilic plants, with an average drainage.

Climate
peat
sand
Soil
Pumice
Bark
S. Organic
alpine
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1
3
0
0
1
continental
3
2
3
0
0
1
mediterranean
2
3
3
0
0
1

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Cultivate Mountain heather

If we want we can cultivate the The Mountain heather in a container. We suggest cultivating the The Mountain heather in a specific soil for acidophilic plants. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather continental it is possible to choose another climate area continental mediterranean

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