Erica carnea

Cushion-shaped dwarf shrub with creeping twigs, 0.1-0.3 m tall, up to 0.5 m wide.

Bells in terminal racemes, basically pink with some variations, slight scent of honey, flowers depending on weather from November/December into March; flowers in spring immediately after snow melts.

Inconspicuous.

Evergreen, like needles, shiny dark green, often bronze due to the cold.

Shallow and intense, very sensitive to soil compaction.

Sun to light shade, likes warmth, moderately frost hardy; sensitive to heat and drought; sensitive to wind.

well drained, sandy-humic or loamy substrates, (slight acidic) neutral to alkaline, moderately dry to fresh.

Has to be cut back every few years to prevent leaf loss from the centre outwards; cut below the last flowers, at best in April or May directly after flowers wither.

Zone 6