Erica vagans is a bushy, spreading, evergreen shrub, reaching 2 to 3 feet tall. It has dark green foliage and mauve, pink, or white, summer flowers. Various cultivars are available. Heaths require good drainage, preferably sandy soil with organic matter […]
Erica vagans ( Birch Glow Cornish Heath )
Erica vagans is a bushy, spreading, evergreen shrub, reaching 2 to 3 feet tall. It has dark green foliage and mauve, pink, or white, summer flowers. Various cultivars are available. Heaths require good drainage, preferably sandy soil with organic matter […]
Erica tetralix ( Heather )
From midsummer to midfall, Erica tetralix produces umbels of pale pink, urn-shaped flowers, to 3/8 inches long. This dwarf, spreading shrub has grayish-green leaves that are lance-shaped and often glandular, and are arranged in whorls of four to form a […]
Erica tetralix ( Alba Mollis Cross-Leaved Heath )
From midsummer to midfall, Erica tetralix produces umbels of pale pink, urn-shaped flowers, to 3/8 inches long. This dwarf, spreading shrub has grayish-green leaves that are lance-shaped and often glandular, and are arranged in whorls of four to form a […]
Erica stuartii ( Stuart’s Heather )
This is a spreading, evergreen shrub that produces umbels of pink, urn-shaped flowers, to 3/8 inches long, throughout summer and fall. Leaves are oblong and grayish-green. Found in Western Ireland.
Erica stuartii ( Irish Lemon Stuart’s Heather )
This is a spreading, evergreen shrub that produces umbels of pink, urn-shaped flowers, to 3/8 inches long, throughout summer and fall. Leaves are oblong and grayish-green. ‘Irish Lemon’ produces bright mauve flowers from late spring to summer and has bright […]
Erica persoluta of gardens ( Persoluta of Gardens Heather )
In winter and spring, Erica persoluta of gardens bears racemes of dark pink flowers, to 1/8 inch long. Leaves are linear, light green, to 1/4 inch long. These rarely survive outdoors in cultivation. Grown extensively in California for cut flowers […]
Erica mammosa ( Heather )
From spring into summer, this upright shrub produces tubular, pink, green, dark red, orange red, or white flowers, 1/2 to 1 inch long, in clusters of terminal racemes, to 3 inches long. Leaves are dark green, either lance or linear […]
Erica mackaiana ( Plena Mackay’s Heath )
Erica mackaiana, from summer to early fall, bears bright pink, urn-shaped flowers, to 1/4 inch long, in umbels. This erect shrub has leaves that are oblong-lanced shaped, hairy tipped, and dark green. Grows best in damp soil. ‘Plena’ makes a […]
Erica mackaiana ( Dr. Ronald Gray Mackay’s Heath )
Erica mackaiana, from summer to early fall, bears bright pink, urn-shaped flowers, to 1/4 inch long, in umbels. This erect shrub has leaves that are oblong-lanced shaped, hairy tipped, and dark green. Grows best in damp soil. ‘Dr. Ronald Gray’ […]