Calluna vulgaris 'Wickwar Flame'
Common name: 
Wickwar Flame Scotch Heather
Pronunciation: 
ka-LU-na vul-GA-ris
Family: 
Ericaceae
Genus: 
Calluna
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Evergreen ground cover, to 60 cm high, copper and orange-red foliage in winter, bright orange and yellow in summer, flowers mauve.
  • Sun, does well in low nutrient soils
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 4    Developed from ‘Olympic Gold’ by George Osmond and named after a village in Gloucestershire, introduced in 1970.    Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit, 1993.
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  • plant habit, winter

    plant habit, winter

  • foliage

    foliage

  • shoots (leaves), winter

    shoots (leaves), winter