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Azorean Heather

Erica azorica

Also called Azores Tree Heath

Azorean Heather
Photo: Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0

Azorean Heather (Erica azorica) is a shrub or small tree from the Azores, growing on coastal cliffs, lava flows and dry slopes. It is hardy and grows best in full sun with well-drained, acidic soil.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Acidic, well-drained, sandy or peaty mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cool, windy coastal conditions but is frost-sensitive below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Azores
Climate
subtropical

About

Erica azorica (Portuguese: urze) is a species of heath endemic to the Azores.

Where it grows

Erica azorica is mainly distributed on coastal cliffs, lava flows, dry slopes, in natural forests, Australian cheesewood woodlands, ravines and craters of the Azorean archipelago, from sea level to the highest altitudes.

Other Erica plants

Erica abbottii · Honeysuckle heath · Summer heath · Erica albens · Erica alfredii · Cold Heath · Foxtail Erica · Erica amicorum · Erica amoena · Erica ampullacea · Erica andevalensis · Eyelash Heath

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erica azorica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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