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Growing guide. How to grow erica. 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.
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- National Collection of Erica
Most ericas are heathland plants that like free-draining, acidic soil. However, there are a few that will tolerate moist, neutral to alkaline soils, such as Erica × darleyensis, E. carnea, E. vagans and E. erigena.
Erica (Heather family) A large genus of useful evergreen perennials. Ericas vary in growth habit, from low spreading and ground-cover to taller more bushy plants. A wide range of flower colours are available, from white through to all shades of pink and red to mauve.
heather. An evergreen shrub with small, narrow, linear leaves and spikes of urn-shaped pink or pale purple, single or double flowers borne from mid-summer to autumn. Plants reach around 60cm in height. Many cultivars have been both selected and bred.
Jun 9, 2020 · The bright and gaudy flowers of Erica coccinea and Erica verticillata and others are pollinated by birds, with 15% of Ericas being bird pollinated. As many as 72% of Ericas are pollinated by insects, including bees, long-tongued flies and many others.
Dec 30, 2016 · Erica carnea is more compact, and Erica darleyensis has a looser growing habit. They look attractive in group plantings in borders or pots. There are many cultivars of both species.
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There are hundreds of species of Erica but only one heather species, Calluna vulgaris, of which there are many cultivars. There are three main groups of ericas, those from northern Europe, from southern Europe and North Africa and those from southern Africa.