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Calluna vulgaris Wickwar Flame
Ericaceae
Wickwar Flame Scotch Heather
ka-LU-na vul-GA-ris
- Evergreen ground cover, to 60 cm high, copper and orange-red foliage in winter, bright orange and yellow in summer, flowers mauve.
- Sun. Does well in low nutrient soils.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 4 Developed from Olympic Gold by George Osmond and named after a village in Gloucestershire, introduced in 1970. Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit, 1993.