winter flowering heather
spring heath
alpine heath
erica carnea latin

Opposite are two beds planted with dwarf conifers and winter flowering heathers.

On the other side of the terrace a raised bed provides visual balance and accommodates a specimen juniper and winter flowering heathers.

Erica carnea (winter heath, winter flowering heather, spring heath, alpine heath; syn.

A notable habitat on the site is alpine heath, which occurs inland from the tops of the sea cliffs.

This area is a patchwork of alpine heaths, herbfields, feldmarks, bogs and fens.

Vegetation types range from alpine heath to wet and dry sclerophyll forests, with temperate rainforest gullies.

The species occurs from the Mount Kosciusko area and southwards on the edge of wet alpine heath or in bogs.

The Alpine Heath (Coenonympha gardetta) is a butterfly species belonging to the Nymphalidae family.

Recovery in alpine heath and grassland following burning and grazing, eastern Central Plateau, Tasmania, Australia.

Erica carnea (winter heath, winter flowering heather, spring heath, alpine heath; syn.

It occurs in alpine heaths and high-altitude woodland in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Although most of Australia is semi-arid or desert, it covers a diverse range of habitats, from alpine heaths to tropical rainforests, and is recognized as a megadiverse country.

It is most common in mountainous regions, including Kosciuszko National Park and the Brindabella Ranges, where they are found in alpine heath or tall open forest with a dense understorey.

He tells us that it comprises five different zones--the zone of the vines, the zone of the laurels, the zone of the pines, the zone of the Alpine heaths, and, lastly, the zone of sterility.

Frost and drought-resistant tufted grasses, herbs with dense root systems, miniature woody shrubs of sagebrush and wormwood mingled with white arctic bell heather, miniature rhododendron, and pink crowberry flowers dominating the dainty purple blooms of alpine heath.

With a bit of luck your bumblebee will find some Erica carnea in flower as they are flowering earlier than usual this year, Kate.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium, Erica carnea, Ilex, Malus, Crataegus, Sorbus, Prunus, Pyrus and Rhamnus.

Hybrids between the European winter heath (Erica carnea) and the Mediterranean heath (E. erigona), these plucky evergreen shrubs exceed any plant I know in both profusion of flowers and length of bloom.