Erica carnea ‘Ann Sparkes’
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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 carnea ‘Ann Sparkes’   

A beacon of dazzling color, the low-to-the-ground mat is cloaked in distinctive needlelike foliage set aglow with gilded yellow hues and bronzy red tips. Resulting as a sport from ‘Vivellii’ and named by J. W. Sparkes in 1955 for his sister-in-law, this lambent beauty is further heightened when her carmine-red racemes unfurl, cheering up a drab winter landscape.

Blooms February – March.

Size: 6"–9" high x 12"–15" wide; hardy to zone 4.

Erica carnea ‘Ann Sparkes’ (S-0637)
Each $7.25
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Other selections in this genus

• 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 cinerea ‘Purple Beauty’
• 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’