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Corbett’s Red Scotch Heather

Scientific name: Calluna vulgaris ‘Corbett’s Red’
Taxonomy
Family:Ericaceae
Type:Groundcovers evergreen
Native:NO
Plant Requirements
Zone:4 to 9
Sun:Full to partial sun
Moisture:Dry
Plant Characteristics
Height:1 ft
Width:2 ft
Bloom:Fall flowers
Bloom Time:September to October
Bloom Color:Red
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description Named for the Oregon nursery where it originated, this reliable American cultivar offers striking crimson flowers that nearly obscure its low mound of handsome greenery.

  Morphology:
This cultivar of Scotch Heather is an evergreen ground-cover that attains a height of 12" and a width of 24”. It bears tiny, scale-like leaves ranging in color from deepest green to silver, gold and bronze, with some changing color after a frost. Leaves are scale-like, arranged oppositely, and are 4-ranked giving a squarish shape to the shoot.

Scarlet (dark red) flowers first appear in late summer on a one-sided spike. Flowers are bell shaped and be distinguished from heaths (genus Erica) by having a colored calyx that is longer than the corolla of the flower.

  Adaptation:
Full to partial sun. Heathers do best on acidic, infertile, sandy, gritty, or sandy loam soils. The soil must be well drained for this plant to thrive. Drought resistant when established

  Pests:
None reported typically in the Pacific Northwest.
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