Calluna vulgaris

#foliagefriday

#foliagefriday

This is gorgeous! The one I had last year looked like the dark green leaves on this picture but I never saw the flowers because I got it on sale. It looks so fresh! 😍😍😍

@ublaszko thank you 😁 these are looking pretty healthy at the moment. Babies but survived the heat thankfully. Hopefully now they’ve been through the 2 extremes they’ll be strong enough for any weather!

My only remaining heathers. Sun killed my bigger ones 😔

So sorry to hear that Kerry.. 😕

@natii me too 😟 just overnight they all looked like they’d been bleached 😕 thankfully I’ve got these to fill the gaps. And I get to buy more 😂

Poor ones, I know how much you loved them 😕 But that's the right attitude, just think of all the new Heathers you can buy 😁😋

@natii and I might know the names of the new ones too 😆

They're starting to wake up too 😊

@ublaszko little baby flowers 💟 so small I couldn’t get a decent photo 😅

You'll have plenty of flowers in late summer 👍👍

@ublaszko 🤞🏼 cos I love the little things 😁

These are loving the heat so much!

@KelsiBriana thanks Kelsi 😀 I love heathers, the way they change throughout the year is lovely to watch. So much varied colour and texture ❤️💚

@KelsiBriana I do repeatedly post about them 😂 they’re a plant well worth looking into 😁

I always thought that heathers are pretty when they're in flower, but rather unimpressive during the rest of the year. I was so wrong 😂 Beautiful colour 🙂

@natii they can look a bit unattractive if you leave them to get woody but mine are still babies yet so managing to keep them looking ok at the moment 😂 but they change colour so much and if you mix summer and autumn flowering ones there’s always something looking great 😄

Absolutely! And they look much better than just ok 😄😋

@natii thank you ☺️

Another one starting to flower 🤗

The flowers look so dainty on this one 😊

@ublaszko little lilac rice grains 😂

😍😍😍

@gjones they’re tiny as rice grains too, adorable ☺️

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@gjones I know they grow well in Scotland so assume they like the cold 😂

@kez001uk Erica tetralix

@ianshaw thanks 😁

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@kez001uk Erica carnea

@ianshaw thank you 😊

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I love the colour of this one 😊

@natii the sun seems to have changed it completely! I hope it’s new growth on its way to flowering 😍 love heathers 😋

I first saw heathers here on GTags just a few weeks ago. Didn't know them before. They're great, so many different varieties 😍 Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to hopefully see the flowers 😋

Ooh I just googled it to see the german name and realized that of course I know heather 😂🙈 But just the common ones, never seen so many different types 😂

@natii they’re beautiful aren’t they! I saw so many in the garden centre a while back and got addicted to them 😂 have 14 different ones now but some are very tiny still. I just love how they bring colour all year round and some flower through the winter too 😍 easy to maintain also, that’s always a bonus 🤣

Absolutely! I had no idea that the leaves are also so beautiful. Seems like I totally underestimated them 😂😋

@natii they’re quite surprising as they change through the seasons. I adore them ❤️

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They look so pretty! All of them! Wish I could keep on alive 😅

@ublaszko thank you urszula 😀 one plant I manage to not overwater 😂 have you tried to grow many?

Two so far 😂😂 I seem to struggle with pruning them too short and killing them with kindness 😂

@ublaszko oh I know what that’s like 😂 I just remember that after flowering they’re to be cut just below the flower spike and I give them a quick shape then too. So far it’s worked 🤞🏼 hope you have success if you ever give them another try. They’re such lovely little plants

Well that's what I did except what was just supposed to be a quick shape turned into a killing stroke 😂😂😂 I must have been working out some issues on my heather 😂😂 I'm going to get the autumn or spring flowering ones. Not too bothered about the summer ones as already have plenty in flower now.

@ublaszko taking out your stresses on the heather 🤣🤣🤣 exactly, there’s enough about in the summer that flowers but the autumn ones are lovely for later colour, and being evergreen makes them so much more appealing

#plantid #heather

#plantid #heather

@kez001uk C vulgaris Silver Knight

@ianshaw thank you 😁 been trying for ages to id these heathers. Appreciate your help 👍🏼

Does anyone know anywhere online that’s useful for id-ing heathers? #plantid

I can't say I do but I was surprised when I saw this. That's Heather? I thought. Although after a good while it does look like that. I go round at snip off the tips 😊😊

@midnightgardener it is heather 😊 and the pink parts are the beginnings of the flowers 😊

#colourcombo