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Erica scoparia
Also called Besom Heath
Erica scoparia, the green heather or besom heath, is a Mediterranean evergreen shrub in the heath family, valued for its drooping bell-shaped flowers. It tolerates a range of shade levels but needs reliable moisture and acidic soil to thrive.
Erica scoparia, the green heather or common besom heath, is a shrubby European species of heath in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.
It is native to the western Mediterranean Basin in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), Northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), Southern France, Italy, Balearic Islands, Sardinia and Corsica.
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 scoparia 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.
