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Learn how to grow Ericas in your garden with the RHS expert guide on choosing, planting, feeding, pruning and propagating plants.
- National Collection of Erica
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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.
This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts. Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are reviewed annually.
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.
In rock garden pockets it is best grown in groups of three and can be successfully inter-planted with the dwarf, bright red spring-flowering Watsonia Coccinea and the deep blue Babiana Angustifolia.
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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The two genera are close relatives, having similar bell-shaped flowers but some differences influence cultivation. Heaths and heathers are best grown in contrasting groups. There are hundreds of species of Erica but only one heather species, Calluna vulgaris, of which there are many cultivars.
