Erica
Category: Ground cover
A compact, free-flowering shrub, ideal for adding color during winter and early spring. Very cold hardy and excellent for low-maintenance gardens. Its small flowers attract bees and pollinators.
Characteristics
- Watering
- • Low to moderate • Resistant to moderate drought
- Soil
- • Acidic, well drained • Tolerates poor soils • Prefers a light substrate
- Blooms
- June – October Abundant, long-lasting blooms
- Exposure
- • Full sun • Tolerates light partial shade
- Fruit
- Not applicable
- Size
- • Height: 0.5–1.5 m • Compact, dense shrub • Moderate growth
- Use
- • Ornamental ground cover • Low-maintenance gardens • Attracts pollinators
- Propagation
- • Cuttings