Ling Heather is an attractive pink wildflower
common in the British Isles. It is an evergreen shrub that can grow up to two
feet high and has dense terminal flower spikes and sepal-like bracts at flower
bases.
Its pink-purple urn shaped flowers are on
show for long periods which means it is an excellent source of pollen for
insects like bees and butterflies. Its leaves are 1-3mm long growing on its
branches, they are stalk-less and grow in four vertical rows. The leaves are
scale like, dark green and curve in at the edges, because of this, the plant
can retain water well and can thrive in areas like peat bogs which can
sometimes dry up the roots in summer. This type of heather tends to prefer acid
soils. The specimen I have picture is planted in an ornamental bed in a public
park.
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