Erica cinerea ‘Purple Beauty’
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Twisted Heath

Erica

Heath

Heaths have fine, short, needlelike evergreen leaves that vary from deep green to silver, gold, or chartreuse. Tiny, urn-shaped flowers sparkle like hoarfrost, in shades from white to pinks and rosy purples. Though most floriferous in winter and early spring, (and highly welcome at that dreary time!), a scheme for year-round color can be developed by combining with Callunas.

Erica cinerea ‘Purple Beauty’   

It was a British couple, Mr. and Mrs. Letts, whose keen eyes first noted this summer flowering beauty in the wilds of Cornwall and later introduced it. Ample-sized, more than abundant and long blooming, the luminous amethyst flowers sparkle like jewels upon the vigorous dark green needlelike foliage that defines ‘Purple Beauty’s exquisite, low bushy habit.

Blooms June – October.

Size: 12" high x 22" wide; hardy to zone 5.

Erica cinerea ‘Purple Beauty’ (S-0471)
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Other selections in this genus

• Erica carnea ‘Ann Sparkes’
• Erica carnea ‘Golden Starlet’
• Erica carnea ‘King George’
• Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’
• Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’
• Erica carnea ‘Springwood Pink’
• Erica carnea ‘Springwood White’
• Erica carnea ‘Vivelli’
• Erica cinerea ‘C. D. Eason’
• Erica x darleyensis ‘Furzey’
• Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’
• Erica x darleyensis ‘Margaret Porter’
• Erica mediterranea ‘W. T. Rackliff’
• Erica vagans ‘Mrs. D. F. Maxwell’