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Heather looks like it's dying, not sure what to do!
Nayla
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Hey everybody,
I'm super new to plants and I bought two heathers (I think they're heathers?) on a local market a couple of days back.
When I got home I watered them and put them in my window, as the florist told me I would put them either inside or outside.
The next day one of the plants looked very sad whereas the other one looked fine.
It's only getting worse and I;m not sure what to do. They have a lot of light as the sun is on my window most of the day and I've had the window open most of the days too so there's enough fresh air.
If someone could give me some tips that'd be amazing!
This is the plant that looks sick:
This is the healthy plant:
Thank you!
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Top two photos make it look like the compost has shrunk away from the sides. Normally means it's dried right out at some point.
Bottom one looks ok. Both should be outdoors though. They're hardy , garden plants, not pot plants.
Okay thank you for helping!
I will place them outside instead
Can I still do something to save the top one?
I've no idea what training the florist had, but heathers won't be happy indoors!
It's a plant which is happiest on bleak moorlands.
Also, it looks to me as if your plants are so dry that the compost has shrunk - I'd put them in a bucket of water for a couple of hours and let them soak up some water, then allow them to drain and plant them outside - either in bigger pots (in a mixture of half and half John Innes No 3 loam-based compost and the Multi-purpose compost - preferably peat-based) or in the ground.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Snap! Hosta
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you so much! I was so worried I only had them for a couple of days and this started to happen
I'll make sure to put them outside and soak it in water, thank you so much 
we're always keen to help Nayla. Feel free to post any other queries.
I think they've had it. Get some new ones from someone who knows what he/she is talking about and put 'em outside, perhaps with some variegated ivy for company and let them give you at least two/three weeks of flower. Then, to replace them in a month or so, look for erica cultivars, another related genus of plants, the true heaths, which will flower, pinks or whites, winter into spring.
H-C
Whilst I hate to generalise or cast aspersions on anyone - most florists' expertise is in plants that have no roots
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.