Daboecia cantabrica
Common name: 
Irish Heath
Pronunciation: 
dab-EE-shi-a KAN-ta-bri-ca
Family: 
Ericaceae
Genus: 
Daboecia
Synonyms: 
Connemara Heath, St. Dabeoc's Heath
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Evergreen shrub, twiggy, to about 1.5 ft (50 cm) high.  Leaves alternate, simple, oval-oblong, only 1 cm long, dark green above, silver pubescence below.  Flowers in 10 cm loose terminal racemes, corolla to 12 mm long, purple (selections white, pink, rose, etc.).
  • Sun
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 6      Native to Ireland and western Europe.  
  • Many cultivars, different flower colors
    • 'Alba', white
    • 'Bicolor', white and magenta striped
    • 'Atropurpurea', rose-purple
    • Donald Pink, pale pink
    • 'Praegerae', a more compact form, with dark pink flowers

 

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  • flowering habit, 'Atropurpurea'

    flowering habit, 'Atropurpurea'

  • flowers, 'Atropurpurea'

    flowers, 'Atropurpurea'

  • shoot, 'Atropurpurea'

    shoot, 'Atropurpurea'

  • flowering shoots, 'Alba'

    flowering shoots, 'Alba'