Heaths thiab heathers yog ib pawg txawv txawv ntawm cov nroj tsuag uas muaj ob peb qhov sib piv hauv ntiaj teb botanical. Lawv muaj cov nplooj ntoo zoo li rab koob zoo ib yam li cov hom conifer, tab sis lawv tus cwj pwm loj hlob prostrate ua rau lawv muaj txiaj ntsig zoo li lub hauv paus. Qhov kev txaus siab tshaj plaws, txawm li cas los xij, yog lawv lub peev xwm los paj tab sis lub caij ntuj no thiab lawv cov nplooj xim uas ua kom tiav cov paj.
Sib piv Heaths thiab Heathers
Botanically, heaths yog nyob rau hauv lub genus Erica thiab heathers yog lub genus Calluna. Ob qho tib neeg loj hlob li ntom shrubby, feem ntau tsis pub ntau tshaj li ob txhais taw siab, txawm tias muaj ob peb ntau yam uas loj hlob mus ua kev loj hlob ncaj ncees.
Txawm hais tias lawv zoo sib xws, lawv tsuas yog cov nroj tsuag nyob deb. Lawv tau siv tib yam hauv toj roob hauv pes, tab sis muaj qhov sib txawv tseem ceeb kom paub txog lawv qhov zoo li thiab tawv.
Nkauj thiab paj
Heathers muaj cov nplai me me zoo li nplooj uas nyob tiaj tus ntawm qia, ua rau lawv zoo li tsis nco qab txog conifers los ntawm qhov deb. Heaths muaj cov koob tiag tiag zoo li conifer. Lub paj qauv zoo sib xws, zoo li, tab sis heather paj feem ntau yog tswb-puab, thaum lub paj paj yog urn-puab. Nyob ntawm ntau yam, qhov kawg tuaj yeem pom nyob rau hauv daim ntawv elongated tubular.
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Cold Hardiness
Heathers yog qhov txias dua ntawm ob qho tib si thiab kho tau zoo thoob plaws sab qaum teb ib nrab ntawm lub tebchaws, qhov chaw uas lawv tuaj yeem pom cov paj hauv cov daus. Heaths zoo dua rau yav qab teb ib nrab ntawm lub tebchaws.
Txoj Kev Loj Hlob
Cov nroj tsuag no muaj ntau yam los muab rau cov tsim toj roob hauv pes, tab sis lawv muaj qhov tshwj xeeb loj hlob uas yuav tsum tau ua.
Soil
Zoo li blueberries, rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas, gardenias thiab ib tug puv tes ntawm lwm yam nroj tsuag, heaths thiab heathers xav tau acidic av tej yam kev mob thiab zoo heev ntws.
Koostau ua tiav los ntawm cog rau ntawm cov av thiab nplooj lwg hauv cov av uas muaj av nplaum hnyav.
Soil pH
Yog tias pH ntawm koj cov av siab dua 5.5, cov nroj tsuag no yuav tsis loj hlob zoo tshwj tsis yog tias koj suav nrog ntau ntau ntawm peat moss rau hauv thaj chaw cog lossis siv cov khoom xws li txhuas sulfate los ua kom acidify cov av.
Low Water Requirements
Nyob rau sab saum toj, heaths thiab heathers zam, txawm nyiam, pluag pob zeb av uas tsis muaj fertility. Lawv muaj qhov xav tau dej tsawg thiab feem ntau siv rau cov chaw toj roob hauv pes uas nyuaj rau cov nroj tsuag feem ntau loj hlob, xws li cov pob zeb ntxhab.
Lwm Cultural Traits
Yuav tsum muaj tsawg kawg yog rau teev ntawm lub hnub nyob rau ib hnub yog xav tau rau cov nroj tsuag kom vam meej. Txawm li cas los xij, lawv zam cov cua thiab ntsev tsuag thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau kev siv thaj chaw ntug dej hiav txwv, nrog rau cov tawv tawv, raug mob montane.
Kev
Lawv feem ntau muaj kev tiv thaiv kab mob thiab kab mob, yog li yog tias tsob ntoo heath lossis heather pom tsis zoo, nws yuav ntau dua vim tias ib qho ntawm lawv cov kev xav tau ntau yam tsis tau ua tiav. Nws yog ib qho nyuaj los kho cov teeb meem tom qab qhov tseeb, yog li ua tib zoo xav txog qhov chaw koj cog lawv thiab sim koj cov av ua ntej kom pom tias nws yog acidic txaus.
Txawm hais tias lawv yog drought tolerant, heaths thiab heathers zoo tshaj plaws nrog cov dej tsis tu ncua. Txwv tsis pub, tsuas yog kev saib xyuas tsim nyog yog muab rau lawv txhua xyoo shearing tom qab paj tau ploj mus. Txiav lawv rov qab li 30 feem pua ua rau cov nplooj ntoo saib tag nrho thiab lush thoob plaws lub caij loj hlob.
Tau Creative
Heaths and heathers have exquisite coloration that should be accentuated in every possible.
- Tseem sib xyaw rau hauv cov ciam teb perennial
- Inside muaj yeeb yuj ceramic pots uas ua rau lawv cov xim pop
- Raws li ib feem ntawm ntau txheej cog nrog aforementioned shrubs uas qhia lawv penchant rau acidic av
- Nyob zoo ib tsoom phooj ywg
- As edging raws paths and beds
- Nyob rau hauv cov nroj tsuag minimalist, xws li pob zeb vaj thiab Zen vaj
Varieties
Nws feem ntau ua tau zoo dua rau kev sib tov thiab sib xyaw ntau yam ntawm cov xim sib txawv es tsis siv cov swaths loj ntawm ib hom. Ntau qhov ntxoov ntxoo muaj ntawm nplooj ntoo thiab paj txhua tus nyiam sib xyaw ua ke zoo.
- 'Alba Rigida' heather muaj paj dawb thiab ci ntsuab nplooj.
- 'Firefly' heather muaj magenta-liab paj thiab xeb-xim nplooj.
- 'Irish Dusk' heath muaj paj paj zoo nkauj nrog grey-ntsuab foliage.
- 'Tenuis' heather muaj violet-xim paj thiab cov nplooj ntsuab tsaus.
- 'Tswb's Extra Special' heath muaj paj liab-ntsuab thiab ntsuab nplooj flecked nrog daj.
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A Garden Designer's Dream
Yog tias koj tuaj yeem muab cov kev mob loj hlob zoo, cov kab mob thiab cov heathers muab cov xim sib txawv ntawm cov xim thiab kev ntxhib los mos pom tsis muaj lwm qhov hauv ntiaj teb cov nroj tsuag. Nrog kev ntxhib los mos ntawm conifers, ci paj ntawm flowering perennials, cov xim ntawm nplooj ntawm cov nplooj ntoo txawv txawv, thiab lub caij ntuj no tawg paj, lawv yog cov hnub qub pob zeb tiag tiag ntawm tus tsim lub palette.
