Common heather, or calluna, is a bushy and hardy sub-shrub with evergreen foliage. Here is everything you need to know about these seeds:
Description:
- Common heather forms pretty carpets of small flowering clumps in various colors, from July to September.
- This shrub is found wild in many places with acidic soils in the northern hemisphere.
- It can be used in beds, rock gardens, ground cover, low hedges, borders, or in window boxes.
- The flowers can be harvested at the beginning of their blooming for fresh use or dried in decoction for medicinal purposes.
- Heather is a melliferous plant that produces a characteristic dark brown honey, with a strong caramel flavor, highly appreciated for gingerbread making.
Cultivation:
- Heather prefers acidic soils and a semi-shaded location.
- It can be grown in a pot or in open ground.
- Seeds can be sown in spring.
- Heather seeds generally require cold stratification to optimize germination.
Commitment to Quality: At SemiSauvage - Permaculture, located near the Auvergne Volcanoes, all our seeds are reproducible, non-hybrid, and acclimated to our region. They are selected, sorted, stored, and carefully packaged, thus guaranteeing their purity and quality. We are committed to providing seeds without any chemical treatment, for the greatest pleasure of amateur gardeners.
