Flowers bright orange with green tips and are sticky; IV-XI; foliage deep-green, neatly arranged around the stem, point upwards and are slightly curved at their ends; habit erect, woody; height 1.2-1.5 m.
Name from the Greek word blennos, which means mucous, referring to its sticky flowers.
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Flowers white, pink or combinations of both, tubular in shape and grouped in attractive clusters near the ends of the branches; foliage small grey-green; habit sparse, upright woody; height up to 1.5m. Common name is Bridal heath.
First published 1805 in H.C. Andrews’s Heathery. He named it after his fellow artist at Kew, Francis Bauer (1758 – 1810) who was botanical artist to King George III.
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Flowers curved and tubular, between 18 and 26 mm long, shiny and semi-translucent, normally pink to orange, but yellow-flowered forms are also found. It is a sturdy, medium-sized, single- to multi-stemmed, bushy shrub growing up to 1.5 m tall. Except for the flowers, it is covered with tiny glandular hairs, which give it a mildly sticky feel. The leaves are grouped on short side branches on sturdy stems giving the shrub an overall, thickly leafy appearance.
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Bright crimson flowers often display pale green, white or yellow lobes; XII-III; foliage green, simple leaves are whorled, linear, entire and petiolate; habit erect; height 80-120 cms. Erica speciosa can be seen high in the Swartberg Mountains in large drifts forming shrubby stands over a metre in height.
Erica speciosa was first described by Henry Charles Andrews in 1804.
See Heather Society Yearbook 1998 page 31 for some more information about this species.
Flowers slender spikes of red flowers; early- to mid-season; very long flowering and durable; habit compact.
Flowers slender spikes of deep rose-pink; mid- to late-season; habit erect.
Flowers upright spikes with dark pink; mid-season; habit broad. Sport of ‘Glaser’s Rote’, named after Leonardo da Vinci.
Flowers slender spikes of white flowers, robust, long-flowering, durable; early- to mid-season; habit erect; foliage bright golden-yellow.
Named after the self-taught Mexican artist, famous for her self-portraits, Frida Kahlo de Rivera (1907–1957).
Flowers straight upright spikes of large, deep red; late-blooming; foliage bright golden yellow; habit erect.
Named after Käthe Kruse (1883-1968), the famous German maker of dolls.
Flowers slender spikes of deep rose-red; early to mid season; habit erect robust, long-flowering, durable.
