 | | | Perennials for Sun or Part Shade: Heather, Ling (Calluna) Ling, or Scotch Heather, is renowned for the fantastic honey it makes. Beekeepers hereabouts transport their hives down to Exmoor for the heather season, in August and September. The varieties we sell, however, flower longer and provide important late nectar flow for both bees and butterflies. Heathers are also food plants for 30 butterfly and moth species. Best planted in larger groups it makes for good ground cover too.
Varieties:
Calluna vulgaris 'Alicia': white flowers, RHS AGM
Calluna 'Aphrodite': deep red buds
Calluna 'Peter Sparkes': lilac flowers (illustrated)
Calluna 'Wickwar Flame': gold/red foliage, pink flowers
If we cannot find exactly the variety you would like in the nursery at the moment and we can find a very close alternative, we hope it is acceptable to supply it in lieu. Before we do so, however, we will ask you if you would be happy to accept a substitute.
Flowers: August-December
Soil type: Fertile, moist, well drained, non alkaline
Supplier : Burncoose Nurseries
We donate half of our profit on sales of Heather to The British Beekeepers' Association
Please note: there is a minimum purchase of 10 of each variety and a minimum overall order size of £50.
Our nectar and pollen plants have been chosen in association with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, British Beekeepers’ Association and Butterfly Conservation, who benefit from any sales. Please also see our wildflower and grass seed mixes, which include a Bumblebee mix, Pollen and Nectar Mix and Butterfly and Moth Wildflower Mix. We sell a number of plants in this section which provide important late and early nectar and pollen, for which also see our bulbs and non-native trees.
For butterflies, although you will find some nectar plants in this section which are also food plants for caterpillars, you will find many more in wildflower plugs, wildflower seeds, and native trees and shrubs.
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