Common Name:
Heather
Plant Type:
Evergreen shrub
Family:
Ericaceae (The Heath Family)
Geographic Origin:
Central and Eastern Europe
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
1 foot high, 2 feet wide
Landscape/Garden Uses:
Mixed plantings
Flowering Season:
Summer and fall

Flower Color:
Rose purple
Exposure:
Full sun
Soils:
Well-drained soil

Suggested Irrigation:
Moderate watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 0 degrees F. or less

This is a low, mounding shrub, usually around 1 foot high and 2-3 feet broad when mature. It has dark green foliage and produces masses of short flower spikes with small, bright dark rosy purple blossoms in summer and fall. This hardy erica will thrive in full sun along the coast, and light shade inland, needing well drained, preferably acid soil and moderate watering.