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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
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.
Information and planting advice for Erica varieties commonly grown in English/British gardens. Description, planting, pruning, care and propagation.
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.
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.
There are three main groups of ericas, those from northern Europe, from southern Europe and North Africa and those from southern Africa. Their origins are surprising when we think of heaths, we think of the wild parts of Britain.
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Ericas are beautiful fynbos and are indigenous to the Western Cape. Discover how to grow ericas with these easy tips.