Erica tetralix - Cross-leaved heath

Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) is an evergreen shrub of bogs, wet heaths, and moors across western Europe, from Scandinavia south to Spain and east to northern Germany and Poland.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹
• Wet soil¹

Outputs

• Dye¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Attracting bees¹
• Ground cover¹

Footnotes

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