Calluna vulgaris
Scotch Heather Ericaceae
Located in garden next to building behind St. Thomas church.
Calluna vulgaris Ericaceae
Scotch Heather ka-LU-na vul-GA-ris
Evergreen ground cover, 4-24 inches (10-60 cm) high, spread of 2+ ft (60 cm), upright branching, dense, leafy ascending branches forming thick mats.
Calluna vulgaris
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Calluna vulgaris
( Roland Haagen Heather )
'Roland Haagen' bears flowers in a pastel purple-pink and has foliage in yellow-bronze which takes on tints of orange in the winter.
Calluna 'Mrs. Ronald Gray' is a remarkably low growing, handsome heather. I have only one plant growing on top of a rock wall next to heaths and lavenders. It makes a great ground cover, filling in between perennials and small shrubs.
Calluna vulgaris 'Wickwar Flame'
Genus: Calluna
Species: vulgaris
Cultivar: 'Wickwar Flame' ...
heather (Calluna vulgaris) is a low-growing shrub (generally less than 0.5 m tall) with purple, pink or whitish flowers that are relatively small (2-4 mm long). Its short, oblong or triangular leaves (up to 3.5 mm long) are arranged in opposite pairs.
The cultivar of Calluna vulgaris shown in the photo above is "Tib" (sometimes incorrectly "Tibb") but was labeled when we obtained it as "Mrs. Tibb," which was incorrect despite such an official-looking printed label.
Calluna vulgaris
COMMON: Scotch Heather
LEAVES: Opposite, simple, Evergreen, small leaves, scale-like, green, green/bronze fall color
SIZE: 4 to 24" tall, 2' width
HARDINESS: Zone 4 to 7
HABIT: Small, dense, ground cover ...
Calluna vulgaris 'Green Cardinal' Heather, Scotch 'Green Cardinal'
perennial, easy care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 4a thru 8b ...
Calluna vulgaris
Trees and Shrubs, Plants of Home and Garden, Bonsai ...
Calluna Vulgarisc, Heath Family, Ericaceae Family, Norway, Genus Erica, North America
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Calluna spp.
MEDICINAL: A tea made of heather blossoms is used to suppress coughing, and as an aid for sleeplessness.
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Heather or Ling (Calluna vulgaris) - Ling, the common Heather, and its many varieties, are worth growing. They all require lime-free soil.
St Dabeoc's Heath ...
Valorian Scotch Heather [English]: Calluna vulgaris 'Valorian'
Valorira [Malagasy]: Baudouinia fluggeiformis
Valorirana [Malagasy]: Baudouinia fluggeiformis
Vals Witstinkhout [Afrikaans]: Celtis occidentalis ...
heather, Scotch heather, ling Calluna vulgaris
heavenly bamboo; nandina, sacred bamboo Nandina domestica
hedge maple; field maple Acer campestre
hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Hedionda-macho Senna septentrionalis ...
Scotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris 'Kinlochruel')
Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris 'Watereri')
Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Scotch Pinks (Dianthus plumarius 'Spring Beauty')
Scots Heather (Calluna vulgaris 'Kinlochruel')
Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) ...
Calluna vulgaris (Scotch Heather)
Comarostaphylis diversifolia (Summer Holly)
Daboecia azorica
Daboecia cantabrica (Irish Heath)
Enkianthus campanulatus (Furin-tsutsuji)
Enkianthus cernuus
Enkianthus perulatus
Erica arborea (Tree Heath) ...
In the peaty, well-drained soil that's ideal for Erica, Calluna and rhododendrons, I would also grow Andromeda 'Blue Ice', a dwarf bog rosemary with outstanding powdery blue foliage year-round.
Other familiar members of this family include the heaths and heathers (Erica and Calluna) mountain laurel (Kalmia), lily-of-the-valley shrub (Pieris), cranberry (Vaccinium) , Leucothe and Andromeda.
Examples: Bouvardia, Heather (Calluna), Erica, Helianthemum, Hyssopus, Lavandula, Ruta, Santolina, Thymus, gorse (Ulex).
The common heather—the heather of Scotland—is Calluna vulgaris, sometimes called ling. Native to Europe and Asia Minor, it is now common also in Greenland and in North America. Its multiple branches have been used for brooms.
Calamagrostis purpurascens
Calluna
Calotropis gigantea
Calotropis procera ...
(2007) detail the diversity of fungal associated with Vaccinium and Calluna - some may be ectomycorrhizal. Selosse et al.
The small oblong leaves resemble those of Scotch heather (Calluna vulgaris also known by its synonym Erica vulgaris) and are about 3/4 to 1 in (1.9 cm) long and 1/4 to 1/2 in (0.6-1.3 cm) wide.
 See also: Heath, Heather, Calluna vulgaris, Green, Pink
  
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