Re: heather was: soil types and pH

It's one of those mysteries of life Marge. I thought heather was supposed to
be so hardy and fool proof, but it's not. There is a long list of things
that bug it. Looks like our long dry hot summer was one of them.

Nora
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] heather was: soil types and pH


> > From: Ray & Nora Edwards <raynora.edwards@worldnet.att.net>
> > Yeah Tony I ripped a heather out also. It's been a hard dry year.
> Lot's of
> > plants lost their leaves or they turned brown. What is it with
> heather
> > anyway? Like you said it was one heather (and a large one ) that
> went belly
> > up , its neighbor is fine.
> ----------
>
> I've lost a bunch of heathers over the years - only have one that has
> stayed with me - in my sand bed and every spring it looks so ratty
> I'm sure it's a goner; I trim and it returns.  Sometimes they'll last
> for two or three years in other beds and sometimes hardly a year.
> Had a bed with 4 of them in it for 3 years that I thought were doing
> fine; all were growing well, got old enough to bloom, bloomed and the
> next spring all were dead as doornails...
>
> I think it basically likes cool summers and relatively mild winters;
> or at least winters that don't go up and down in temperature like a
> roller coaster from really cold to warm.  Also likes really sharp
> drainage but doesn't want to dry out - tough combo.  I have given up
> buying new ones...sigh.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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