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     • Ericas are ideally suited to rock gardens and containers, they attract nectar-feeding birds and those with long stems make useful cut flowers.
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   Are ericas a good plant?

   • Ericas are best planted in groups, combining either similar or contrasting flower colours, foliage and plant forms. They also work well with other heathers – Calluna and Daboecia. There are so many cultivars to choose from that it is easy to build up quite a collection.

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   Are ericas evergreen?

   • Generally known as heaths and heathers, ericas are usually small evergreen shrubs that bloom over a long period, with masses of tiny flowers in shades of purple, mauve, pink, red or white. In gardens they’re traditionally grown as ground cover, low hedging or winter bedding, although a few, known as tree heathers, make more substantial shrubs.

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   Are ericas Hardy?

   • Generally known as heaths and heathers, ericas are colourful, evergreen, hardy and easy to grow. So it’s not surprising they’re such long-standing garden favourites, used in borders, containers, rock gardens, bee-friendly plantings and winter bedding displays. Most ericas like free-draining, neutral to acidic soil and lots of sun. What are ericas?

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   Where should ericas grow?

   • However, as most ericas like similar growing conditions – a sunny spot in free-draining, acid to neutral soil – your choice will mainly be down to flower colour, flowering time and plant size: Flowers come in many shades of purple, mauve, pink, red, cream and white.

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   Are erica plants expensive?

   • Most erica plants, especially plug plants, are quite reasonably priced, so it’s relatively inexpensive to accumulate a large and varied collection of these colourful, compact shrubs. Most ericas need neutral to slightly acidic soil.

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   How do you grow Erica carnea?

   • Flowers appear from late autumn through to late spring, in a wide range of shades, from deep purple to red, pink and white. Best in full sun but will tolerate semi-shade. Most forms of erica carnea will tolerate lime and neutral soils. General height and spread: up to 1 ft (30cm) by 2ft (60cm).

   Erica (Heather family) Planting and Growing Guide

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3. www.rhs.org.uk › plants › ericaErica - RHS Gardening

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   These small evergreen shrubs more than earn their keep, with long-lasting, colourful flower displays, often in winter when little else is in bloom. They are ideal for small gardens and containers or can be massed together in borders to create a tapestry of colours that change through the seasons.

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4. www.rhs.org.uk › plants › ericaHow to grow Erica / RHS - RHS Gardening

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   Generally known as heaths and heathers, ericas are colourful, evergreen, hardy and easy to grow. So it’s not surprising they’re such long-standing garden favourites, used in borders, containers, rock gardens, bee-friendly plantings and winter bedding displays. Most ericas like free-draining, neutral to acidic soil and lots of sun.

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6. www.seasonalgardening.co.uk › shrubs › ericaErica (Heather family) Planting and Growing Guide

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   • Planting and Growing Erica
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   Plant in a sunny position in well-drained acidicsoil. Most heathers prefer acid soils but several varieties,including E. carnea, E. darleyensis, E. medditerraneaand E. terminalis, will tolerate alkaline conditions. Most varieties are fully hardy with a few exceptions,such as Erica gracilis and Erica xhyemalis (Cape heaths). Treat these as winter-fl...

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   Trim back to base of flowering spikes as soon asthe flowers have faded to rejuvenate plants. Top-dresswith ericaceous compost. Water well in first seasonthen water as necessary particularly in dry weather.Do not let soil dry out in summer.

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   Propagate by layering in autumn (allowing 12 monthsto root fully) or by taking short side-shoot cuttingsin mid to late summer and root them in well drainedsoil in a cold frame. Do not remove the lower leavesbut simply insert to about half their depth in freedraining ericaceous compost.

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7. www.intergardening.co.uk › a-z-plants › gardenErica - intergardening.co.uk

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   E. erigena (Synonym: E. mediterranea), Irish heath, zone 8, to 3 m (10 ft), is one of the best winter and spring flowerers, with a profusion of pink, black-eyed blooms. It can tolerate cold and some lime, and is fairly drought-resistant.

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9. www.rhs.org.uk › plants › ericaGround-cover heathers / RHS - RHS Gardening

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   Botanical name: Erica. Common name: Heath, heather. These compact shrubs can be massed together in a sunny spot to create a tapestry of evergreen foliage in various colours, enhanced with long-lasting seasonal flower displays. They also work well in containers or as low border edgings.

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    Oct 17, 2024 · It’s popular as an ornamental plant in British gardens thanks to the aesthetic variety on offer. Why Grow Tree Heather? Tree heather is a hardy and attractive plant with varieties coming in a wide range of shapes and sizes.

11. www.gardenia.net › plants › generaErica and Calluna - Gardenia

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    Evergreen, Heaths (Erica) and Heathers (Calluna vulgaris) are terrific plants that deserve a spot in the garden. Their fabulous ability to change color year-round, injecting vivid life into our landscape at a time when they need it most, is invaluable.