Plant profile
Botanical name: Calluna vulgaris
German name: Heather / broom heather
Family: Ericaceae (heather family)
Flowering time: July to December
Blossoms: Pink, purple, white, orange, green, light green, yellow
Foliage: Evergreen
Growth habit: Dwarf shrub, upright growing up to 40cm high
Origin: Central and Northern Europe
Details of Calluna vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris is an evergreen, upright and slow-growing shrub which, with a maximum height of 40 cm, belongs to the dwarf shrubs and is commonly known as heather or broom heather. The dark green leaves are only a few millimetres long and lie curled up along the branches.
It makes its grand entrance from July and flowers well into the winter. In the greyer months, the bell-shaped flowers add colour to the garden. The numerous flowers of the broom heather grow in bunches on the long branches. This easy-care and frost-hardy heather blooms well into winter and prolongs the colourful summer display.
It likes a semi-shady to sunny position and prefers a humus-rich and well-drained soil that is not too moist. The heather is frost-hardy and can also cope well with lower temperatures in winter.
Use of heather in design
Calluna vulgaris is particularly suitable for borders, beds and planters. Due to its slow-growing character, this heather is particularly popular as a ground cover. However, it also provides interesting accents in attractive planters. Beautiful contrasts are achieved in combination with conifers and grasses. Heather also cuts a fine figure as a single plant in a decorative planter and provides colourful eye-catchers in winter. Our plant of the month is not only easy to care for, but also a real eye-catcher in autumn and winter.
Broom heather is available in different colours:
Planters for Calluna vulgaris
The broom heather enhances many a garden, balcony or terrace in a beautiful planter. A wide variety of planters are available in the Amadeo Ambiente online shop. In the picture, the broom heather is shown to its best advantage in harmonious Lechuza pots. . Click here for the Lechuza planters.
