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Calluna Vulgaris leaves turning brown

Last post 11-10-2009 8:07 PM by sue1002. 3 replies.

• 11/10/2009 12:04 AM

  halo1234 Location: Mansfield Nottingham Joined on: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 6

  Reply | Contact Hi, I Have 6 Calluna Vulgaris, mixture of pink & white. I noticed that 2 of the plants leaves have started to go brown, along with the flowers. As these are evergreen I'm assuming this is bad. They were planted out around 2 months ago & have all put on a decent amount of growth. They are all in the same soil close together, my soil is a little clay'ish & is slightly alkaline. I've not watered them for 6+ weeks & the tips are not drooping at all.  I did a quick search here & on the net & couldn't find anything specific relating to this   Thanks

• 11/10/2009 09:01 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  They like acid soil. sue1002

• 11/10/2009 11:10 AM	In reply to
  halo1234 Location: Mansfield Nottingham Joined on: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 6	Reply | Contact  Now I always thought that the autum/winter heathers could live with neutral soil & Calluna Vulgaris was fairly easy going on soil PH.  Or is that Erica Carnea?

• 11/10/2009 08:07 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  There's 7 different varieties of Calluna vulgaris on this link http://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantselector/resultslist.aspx?SearchesID=933359 and they all prefer acid soil which is moist and well drained. sue1002