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Erica carnea Springwood Pink

Erica carnea Springwood Pink
Winter Heath, Winter Flowering Heather, Spring Heath

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This evergreen alpine heather with a low, spreading habit produces numerous pink flowers on bronze-green foliage from January to April. Particularly hardy, it prefers alkaline soils that are moist to dry, and dappled sunlight, even shade in the summer. Ideal for ground cover between bushes or in rockeries, it is not bothered by salt spray or pollution.
Height at maturity
15 cm
Spread at maturity
40 cm
Exposure
Sun, Partial shade
Hardiness
Hardy down to -23°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil, Moist soil
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Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time February to May, September to November
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Description

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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Erica carnea Springwood Pink (Foliage) Foliage

Plant habit

Height at maturity 15 cm
Spread at maturity 40 cm
Habit Irregular, bushy
Growth rate slow

Flowering

Flower colour pink
Flowering time January to April
Inflorescence Cyme
Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour green

Botanical data

Genus

Erica

Species

carnea

Cultivar

Springwood Pink

Family

Ericaceae

Other common names

Winter Heath, Winter Flowering Heather, Spring Heath

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference19915

Planting and care

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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Planting period

Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time February to May, September to November

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery, Woodland edge
Type of use Border, Edge of border, Container, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -23°C (USDA zone 6a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Amateur
Planting density 5 per m2
Exposure Sun, Partial shade
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil, Well-drained soil

Care

Pruning instructions Every year after flowering, prune the faded branches to 2 cm from the previous year's shoot and remove the withered flowers from a young age, which will allow the clumps to remain dense while producing fresh new foliage. Never prune on dead wood, as buds do not regenerate there.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time April to May
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil
Disease resistance Average
Overwinter Can be left in the ground

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