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Erica canaliculata
Also called Christmas Heather, Grooved Bark Erica, Grooved Bark Heath, Grooved Bark Tree Erica, Grooved Bark Tree Heath, Channelled Heath
Erica canaliculata is an erect evergreen shrub from South Africa, sometimes called a tree heath, growing to about 2 metres with pink or white winter and spring flowers. It is grown for its flowers and tiny dark green leaves, and needs frost protection in cold areas.
Erica canaliculata, the channelled heath or hairy grey heather, is a South African species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae.
It is an erect evergreen shrub, sometimes described as a tree heath (a term also applied to E. arborea and E. lusitanica). It grows to 2 metres (6+1⁄2 feet), with tiny dark green leaves and large sprays of pink or white flowers with prominent brown anthers in winter and spring.
Tree Heath · Spanish Heath · Winter heath · Fire heath · Scotch heath · Darley Dale Heath · Irish Heath · Hairyflower Heath · Portuguese Heath · Erica mackaiana · Nine-pin heath · Erica multiflora
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erica canaliculata 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.
