The Low Road: Hardy Heathers and the Heather Garden |
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a-half alba amongst beautiful Bell Heathers blooms bright Broadstone buds bush calyx CHAPTER ciliaris codonodes collected Common Heather Conifers Cornish Heath Cornwall corolla Crawfordii Cross-leaved Heather cultivation cuttings D. F. Maxwell dark green deep rich distinct Dorset Heath double flowers dwarf dwarfer early spring Erica Calluna Erica carnea ERICA CINEREA Erica mediterranea ERICA MULTIFLORA ERICA TETRALIX ERICA VAGANS Erica vulgaris feet Fine-leaved Heather flower-heads flower-spikes flowering period ground growing grown growth habit Hardy Heathers Heather Garden Heather nurseries hibernica lime limy soil low road Lyonesse Menziesia months moor Moorland mower multiflora native natural obtain pale pink flowers peat plant plena produce flowers purple reason rich pink rock roots rubra seedling seeds shade shoots sorts species of Heather spikes splendid stems summer Summer Heath surface tall taller taller-growing Tetralix Tree Heathers upright white flowers white form white variety white-flowered wild winter and early
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