(Heather, Martha Hermann Heather, Scotch Heather)

The heather cultivar ‘Martha Hermann’ is a compact, evergreen shrub with a neat bushy habit. It has tiny, scale-like leaves of bright green, and its dense branches shoot out from the plant creating an overall spiky appearance. From summer to fall, it produces numerous clusters of small, pale pink, bell-shaped flowers along its stems.

Heather must have acid soil that is well drained, evenly moist and rich in organic matter. It prefers full to partial sun and is wind tolerant. This pretty shrub...

(Heather, Robert Chapman Heather, Scotch Heather)

The heather cultivar ‘Robert Chapman’ is a compact, evergreen shrub with a neat, mounding habit. It has tiny, scale-like leaves of intense golden yellow that turn red in winter, and its dense branches extend out from the plant creating an overall spiky appearance. From summer to fall, it produces numerous clusters of small, purple-red, bell-shaped flowers along its stems.

Heather must have acid soil that is well drained, evenly moist and rich in organic matter. It prefers full to partial sun...

(Heather, Rose Heather, Scotch Heather)

Rose heather is a small, evergreen shrub most associated with the open, acidic moorlands of northern Europe. It has dense branches that are slender and erect. These are covered with tiny, scale-like leaves of medium to dark green. From summer to fall, it produces numerous clusters of small, rose-pink, bell-shaped flowers along its stems.

Heather must have acid soil that is well drained, while being evenly moist and rich in organic matter. It prefers full to partial sun and is wind tolerant. This...

(Heather, Scotch Heather, Silver Knight Heather)

Neat and vigorous, the heather cultivar ‘Silver Knight’ is a compact, evergreen shrub with a tidy, mounding habit. It has tiny, scale-like leaves of soft silvery gray-green that turn purple-gray in winter. Its dense branches extend out from the plant creating an overall spiky appearance. From summer to fall, it produces numerous clusters of small, bell-shaped, lavender flowers along its stems.

Heather must have acid soil that is well drained, evenly moist and rich in organic matter. It prefers...

(Heather, Scotch Heather, Spring Cream Heather)

Pretty and bright, the heather cultivar ‘Spring Cream’ is a compact, evergreen shrub with a neat, bushy habit. It has tiny, scale-like leaves of bright green and dense branches that are slender and erect. From summer to fall, it produces numerous clusters of small, creamy white, bell-shaped flowers along its stems.

Heather must have acid soil that is well drained, evenly moist and rich in organic matter. It prefers full to partial sun and is wind tolerant. This pretty shrub is highly attractive...

(Heather, Scotch Heather, Spring Torch Heather)

Originating from Europe to Asia Minor, spring torch heather is a compact, low-growing, evergreen shrub that forms a short mound with tiny, scale-like leaves and small bell-shaped flowers. This shrub's many short, upright branches shoot up from its base to form an overall spikey appearance. Its tiny scale-like leaves are green for most of the year but in spring possess a fiery mix of orange, red and cream on their tips. Its mauve-pink flowers appear on short racemes from midsummer to late autumn....

(Heather, Scotch Heather, Tib Heather)

Originating from Europe to Asia Minor, tib heather is a rounded, low-growing, evergreen shrub that forms a short mound with tiny, scale-like leaves and small bell-shaped flowers. This cultivar has a fairly open habit with many short, upright branches shoot up from its base to form an overall spikey appearance. Its unique rosy purple double flowers are the highlight of this plant, appearing on short racemes from midsummer to late autumn.

Tib heather prefers well drained, acidic soil in full sun....

(Cushion Bush, Silver Sand Cushion Bush)

This is a selection, prized for its leaf colors, of a mounding, dry-climate perennial native to coastal bluffs of south and western Australia as well as Tasmania. There it encounters persistent winds and salt spray, a regimen that has made it a near perfect coastal plant for water conservation. The foliage of ‘Silver Sand’ is composed of scale-like leaves on finely divided branchlets. The leaves are a a more intense silvery hue than the parent species and the plant’s habit is a dense mound, hence...

(Grasspink)

When translated from Greek, the genus name Calopogon means "beautiful beard," alluding to the fuzy tuft on the upper petal (labellum) of its seven-part flowers. Comprising four species, all native to southeastern North America and the West Indies, this is a group of terrestrial (ground-growing) orchid wildflowers. Natural habitats include open soggy woodlands, wet prairies, and seepage slopes.

Members of the Calopogon are colloquially called grasspinks. They grow from underground,...

(Grasspink, Manyflower Grasspink)

Heavily perfumed, sometimes with a pungent scent, the manyflower grasspink bears rose-magenta or purplish-rose blossoms in springtime. This wildflower is native to the seasonally moist-to-dry sandy soils across the American southeastern coastal plain. It is a rare orchid in the wild, largely due to pine flatwood habitat destruction. The densest populations can be found in Central Florida.

Manyflower grasspink grows from an elongated corm (bulb-like root) that forks over time. Its slender, grass-like...