It is often found with heathers, and other acid loving plants, on sandy soils.

It can also lower the pH of the soil surface, making it useful as a mulch under acid loving plants.

Many acid loving vegetative species occur in Portlethen Moss, and the habitat is monitored by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.

Iron deficiency can be avoided by choosing appropriate soil for the growing conditions (e.g., avoid growing acid loving plants on lime soils), or by adding well-rotted manure or compost.

Some are true acid loving plants such as C. grabowski, found in peat bogs in Borneo, while others such as C. balansae and C. pontiderifolia are found in streams with limestone beds-hard alkaline water.

A very hardy and easy plant, which can be grown with most of the acid-loving plants.

I wanted to make a raised bed to grown acid-loving plants in my limey soil.

They are especially appreciated by worms and acid-loving plants such as blueberries.

When acid-loving plants require nutrition, these sorts of fertilizers are sought.

Fertilize once, at the start of the season, with a fertilizer formulated for acid-loving plants.

Though it may survive with acid-loving species, it will remain impoverished.

When all the limestone is dissolved out of the soil, more acid-loving species such as heather can become established.

For example, many gardeners believe that if they use acid-type fertilizer on their acid-loving plants, all will be well.

Feed monthly from April to November with fertilizer for acid-loving plants.

When iron is not available to these acid-loving plants, they become yellow and need iron supplements.

To grow acid-loving plants successfully, the soil may have to be treated with the addition of finely ground sulfur.

Yet another book on the acid-loving mixed shrub border will say the same thing as the others and yet not so at all.

Certain species of sphagnum and the acid-loving bulbous rush may become abundant.

In addition, soda beverages contain sugar, and acid-loving molds are everywhere.

This acid-loving hardy evergreen bears masses of pink, red or white berries.

It is the carriers of the nutrients that make fertilizers acidic and suitable for use on acid-loving plants.

Read the fine print to make sure that the fertilizer contains ammonium nitrogen, the kind preferred by acid-loving plants.

I know marble is a form of limestone, so will it make the soil alkaline and unsuitable for acid-loving plants?

Those who grow acid-loving plants, like rhododendrons, azaleas and many wild flowers, are usually pleased to find pine needles on the ground.

This soluble form of iron is often added to formulations for acid-loving plants, including gardenias and camellias.

Without fish, insects become the dominant species and acid-loving insects, such as water boatmen, proliferate.

Fertilize acid-loving broadleaf evergreens after they go dormant.

An important factor in the cultivation of these acid-loving plants is the solubility of the all-important nutrient, iron.

Particularly sensitive plants are rhododendrons, mountain laurels, azaleas, blueberries and other acid-loving plants.

This unavailability of iron explains why rhododendron, pieris and many acid-loving plant foliage turns slightly yellow or looks less than the deep lush green.

Acidiphilic and acid-tolerant strains which were initially classified under this genus have later been moved to Kitasatospora (1997) and Streptacidiphilus (2003).