Cultivation
Common Heath was first recorded in cultivation in England in 1825 but due to its frost-tenderness, it was mostly restricted to greenhouse cultivation.
Plants grow best in a moist but well drained, acidic soil. They may be grown in coastal gardens in a sheltered position. They can be short-lived and are difficult to transplant. Propagation both by seed and cuttings is difficult, reducing potential production by plant nurseries. The most satisfactory results from cuttings can be achieved by using tip growth, taken six weeks after the cessation of flowering, and kept under a fogging system for twenty weeks.
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