Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

Irish heath 'Rubra' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Shrubs

Plants > Shrubs

Irish heath 'Rubra'

Erica erigena 'Rubra'

Pollinator FriendlyFragrant

Genus: Erica
Family: Ericaceae

About this plant

'Rubra' is a shrub about 40-45cm high and 60cm wide, with a compact habit, dark green leaves, and fragrant, lavender-pink flowers with chocolate-brown anthers, in spring; most Erica species and cultivars are excellent plants for all types of bees

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

LoamSandy

AcidNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in full sun, in well-drained, preferably acidic, sandy or organic soil; will grow in poor soils, and will tolerate neutral and mildly alkaline soils, and will tolerate some shade; for more advice, see heather cultivation

Pruning

Pruning group 1 or pruning group 10 after flowering, to maintain compact habit

Propagation

Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings from mid-summer to late summer, or by mound-layering in spring

Pests

Generally disease-free but rabbits may damage young plants

Diseases

Generally disease-free, but may be affected by Phytophthora root rot, and other fungal diseases, including honey fungus, Pythium, Rhizoctonia, powdery mildews, and leaf spots, especially in warm, wet conditions

Garden Uses

Uses

Flower BordersWall Side Borders

Planting Places

GreenhouseOutdoorBog GardenPond Margins

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years