Erica cinerea 'Velvet Night' Size:1 gal size

Erica cinerea 'Velvet Night' Size:1 gal sizeAn award winning Scotch heath that is a dwarf evergreen shrub with dark green foliage and deep blackish purple flowers from late spring to early fall. This cultivar is the recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society for its outstanding qualities. Easy to grow, this heath will be happy in full sun in well drained sandy soils. Sensitive to drying out, so keep this one moist lots of mulch helps it thrive.

The bark is cinnamon colored and peels more with age

Seems to be dense enough to choke out weeds

Training will also help to create an exciting focal point at the end of a bed

The foliage is dark green and shiny on branches with thorns

One of our favorite smaller growers

Will lighten up a dark

The flowers are typical of the species

The tree will be 10 ft tall and a bit less wide in 10 years

The needles have a nice blue-green color and are nicely arranged

This witch's broom of the Turkish fir Abies bornmuelleriana grows only 1/2 inch per year

Perhaps give the plant morning sun and afternoon shade

or mass plantings where it can form a colorful groundcover