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Blazeaway Heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Blazeaway'
Also called blazeaway scotch heather
Blazeaway Heather blooms from August through September.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Blazeaway Heather
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 16 in tall and 24 in wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (checked).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Blazeaway Heather. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Blazeaway Heather
Plant Blazeaway Heather in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from August to September.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Blazeaway Heather get?
16 intall5 ft 7 inan adult24 inwideSee Blazeaway Heather in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Blazeaway Heather
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Blazeaway Heather about 24 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Blazeaway Heather to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Blazeaway Heather's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 29 published sources on October 10, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- NC State ExtensionSPECIES page, Calluna vulgarisheight, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- wilsonbrosgardens.comWilson Bros Gardens (online nursery; a discontinued item's page, left...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Plant Addictsthe queue's storeheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- pridescorner.comPrides Corner Farms (wholesale grower, Lebanon, Connecticut)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Society (UK)height, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Internet Archive (archived page)Heaths & Heathers Nursery (Shelton, Washington), catalog Fall 2005/Spr...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, years to mature size, soil and diseases
- Missouri Botanical GardenSPECIES page, Calluna vulgaris, taxonid 279934hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Internet Archive (archived page)Rock Spray Nursery (Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts), 2005 catalog (PDF...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- archive.orgBrooklyn Botanic Garden, Plants & Gardens vol. 27 no. 2 (Summer 1971),...height, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- plants4home.comPlants4Home (online plant store)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- rockyknollfarm.comRocky Knoll Farm (Oregon)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- shop.mahoneysgarden.comMahoney's Garden Center (Massachusetts; relays Prides Corner Farms)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- skynursery.comSky Nursery (Shoreline, Washington), handout 'Heathers and Heaths', Re...height, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- archive.orgWashington Park Arboretum Bulletin vol. 54 no. 3 (Fall 1991), The Arbo...height, spread, sun, bloom months and color and soil
- briggsnursery.comBriggs Nursery (wholesale propagator)height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
- cornellfarms.comCornell Farm (Portland, Oregon)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
- singtree.comSinging Tree Gardens Nursery (McKinleyville, California)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
- diggingdog.comDigging Dog Nursery (Albion, California)height, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- heatherworld.orgHeather World (heatherworld.org): the Heather Society's register entry...height, spread, bloom months and color and trait tags
- pubs.ext.vt.eduVirginia Cooperative Extension publication 3010-1489, Heaths and Heath...spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and soil
- archive.orgRoyal Horticultural Society, Wisley Heather Trials 1970, extracted in...height, spread and bloom months and color
- archive.orgBrooklyn Botanic Garden, Plants & Gardens vol. 24 no. 1 (Spring 1968),...height, sun and bloom months and color
- heatherworld.orgThe Heather Society: International Register of Heather Names, Volume 1...height, spread and bloom months and color
- Internet Archive (archived page)Sylvan Nursery, Inc. (Westport, Massachusetts), wholesale Heather/Heat...height, spread and bloom months and color
- homegarden.cahnr.uconn.eduUConn Home & Garden Education Center fact sheet, Heath and Heather (SP...hardiness zones, soil and pests
- archive.orgThe Heather Society, Heathers 3 (2006), pages 9-13: Colin Rogers, 'Sun...sun and water
- archive.orgThe Heather Society, Year Book 1972, pages 22-25: R. M. Steele, 'Heath...hardiness zones
- archive.orgThe Heather Society, Year Book 1987, pages 29-33: Barrie Porteous, 'He...hardiness zones
- extension.rutgers.eduRutgers Cooperative Extension (NJAES), Landscape Plants Rated by Deer...pests
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