Erica cinerea - Cultivation Notes
This lime hating heather requires neutral or acid soils, preferring an open sunny spot, tolerating cold as well as dry conditions. It is low maintenance ground cover need - cut back flower stalks to main growth after flowering.
Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage
Strengths of Erica cinerea:
- Sun loving drought tolerant plant
- Scented blossom
- Attracts wildlife to feed or nest
- All round tough plant suitable for problem areas
- Provides valuable winter interest
- Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
- Suitable for container growing
- Architectural plant – ideal as a ‘stand out’ plant
- Suitable for exposed coastal planting
- Tolerates full sun and sandy, drought-prone soils
- Tolerates cold exposed locations
Design & Plant Use for Erica cinerea:
- Evergreen ground cover suitable for problematic dry soils in full sun
- Evergreen plant with attractive foliage for winter interest
- Low growing alpine plant flourishing in a dry sunny location
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Common Missspellings: Erika, Ericer, Eriker, Ericar, Errica, Ericka, Erricker