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Erica is an evergreen shrub growing to 0.6 m (2 ft) tall with a spread of 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in). It blooms from July to October with pink, purple, and red flowers, and is noted for attracting wildlife including bees, flies, moths, butterflies, and wind pollination.
Water: Medium · Height: 60 cm · Soil: Prefers acid soils; suitable for light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils; can grow in nutritionally poor soil; mildly acid to very acid pH; tolerates both dry and moist conditions
Jasminum
shrub
Draws the same bees as Heather, Scotch Heather
Thalictrum
flowerThrives in the same partial sun, moderate water conditions as Heather, Scotch Heather
Hesperis
flowerDraws the same bees as Heather, Scotch Heather
Ixora
shrubLike Heather, Scotch Heather, a perennial — fits the same seasonal rotation
