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Scotch Heather
Latin Name:
Calluna vulgaris
location:
much of Europe
The Scotch Heather, originally named Calluna vulgaris, i usually found close to much of Europe. It is usually shaped as a low-growing evergreen groundcover, making it a very interesting plant! In the summer, a special form of foliage appears, more or less leaves are very small, mostly 0.05" to .1" long and in the automn its foliage then is exposure in winter makes foliage develop a bronze, yellow, reddish or silvery cast depending on the cultivar. The Scotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris) also has flowers being rosy to purplish pink for species and grows fruits, characterized as small dehiscent capsule. An interesting characteristic it has is its bark, where we can see not or ornamental importance on it. An interesting fact concerning its culture is that full sun However, an inconvinient with the Scotch Heather can be that a difficult plant to get to survive in most landscapes A way to identify a Calluna vulgaris having its small, 4-ranked leaves forming a square-appearing shoot. The Scotch Heather's propagation is uncommon since it performs it by seed
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