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Erica spiculifolia
Also called Eastern Heath
Spike heath (Erica spiculifolia) is a dwarf evergreen heath-like shrub, about 25 cm tall, from mountain areas of southeastern Europe and northern Turkey, grown in rock gardens and borders. It needs acidic, lime-free soil and full sun to thrive.
Erica spiculifolia, commonly known as spike heath or Balkan heath, is a species of plant in the Erica genus, native to southeastern Europe and northern Asia Minor. It is a dwarf evergreen shrub and heath-like plant to 10 in high. Leaves are dark green. The flowers are rose-pink and bell-shaped, appearing in terminal clusters in early summer. It was first identified in 1802.
It inhabits sub-alpine areas with acid soils up to 2,800 meters elevation in the mountains of southeastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, and Greece) and northern Turkey.
The plant prefers sandy peat with lime-free. Propagate from seed, cuttings or division. It is suitable for rock gardens and borders.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erica spiculifolia 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.
