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Erica carnea Springwood Pink
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The 'Springwood Pink' Erica carnea is a variety of Winter Heath with a very spreading habit, low-growing, ideal for rockeries, ground cover or pots. Its delicate foliage emerges in bronze before turning a soft green. It is covered in a beautiful light pink flowering from January onwards, which then progresses to a darker medium pink, with brown anthers. This long-flowering heath tolerates limestone soils, pollution, and sea spray. It thrives in full sun or partial shade in well-drained soil.
The 'Springwood Pink' Erica carnea belongs to the family Ericaceae. It is one of the many descendants of the Erica carnea native to the limestone Alps. The plant forms a low undershrub with a running and flattened habit, heavily branched, 15 cm tall and 30 to 45 cm wide. Its growth is relatively slow, with a lifespan of around fifteen years. In winter and throughout spring, from January to April-May, it produces delicate little urn-shaped flowers in a soft pink shade that gradually darkens, contrasting with the prominent bronze stamens. The bells are arranged in clusters 5 to 10 cm long at the end of leafy stems. The flowering is melliferous, providing a valuable source of pollen and nectar for bumblebees, hoverflies, and other bees in early spring. The foliage, evergreen in winter, consists of very narrow and erect leaves, vibrant green, with new foliage emerging in bronze.
The 'Springwood Pink' alpine heath thrives at the base of deciduous or evergreen shrubs that provide it with light shade. It makes a good ground cover in rockeries or slopes. Plant it in mass plantings, in a heather garden for a mosaic of colors. Use it in pots alongside taller plants. In borders, plant it alongside Hellebores, small sedges like Carex comans 'Frosted Curls', at the base of Cornus sanguinea.
While heathers, particularly the genus Erica, are often associated with the humid Atlantic heathlands of Brittany, Ireland, or Scotland, there are also heathers that thrive in dry climates and limestone soils, such as those found in the Mediterranean. However, one of the richest areas in heather species is located far away, in South Africa. In the Cape region, there is a plant formation on acidic soil, equivalent to our Mediterranean scrub vegetation, called fynbos, which includes nearly 625 heather species out of the 740 that exist worldwide.
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The Erica carnea 'Springwood Pink' prefers a soil that is not too rich in organic matter, it adapts very well to poor soils. However, it should be light, sandy, slightly acidic, neutral to limestone, moist, but well-drained. Plant in autumn or spring, without burying the collar too deep. This plant appreciates non-burning full sun or partial shade. For the first two years, carefully weed around the base. Adapted to dry environments, the roots of this heather are highly branched in the soil and prevent the establishment of other species nearby once they are well established. In case of prolonged drought, mulch around the base to retain some moisture. Erica can be prone to phytophthora (root rot), pythium, and rhizoctonia during hot and humid periods.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.