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Erica arborea 'Estrella Gold' AGM

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Characteristics

Plant type

Shrub

Habit

Bushy

Fragrance

Flower

Resilience

Hardiness

old H4 (hardy)

Colour

Flower

White in Spring

Foliage

Green and Yellow in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter

Size

Ultimate height

1-1.5 metres

Ultimate spread

0.5-1 metres

Time to ultimate height

10-20 years


Preferred common name

tree heath 'Estrella Gold'

Family

Ericaceae


Erica can be prostrate or erect, evergreen shrubs with fine, needle-like leaves in whorls, and racemes or panicles of small, bell-shaped or tubular flowers

'Estrella Gold' is a small, slow-growing, evergreen shrub to 1.2m, with bright yellow young foliage becoming greener in summer but retaining yellow tips. Small fragrant white flowers in long panicles appear in spring

Other common names

  • tree heather 'Estrella Gold'

How to grow

Sunlight

  • Full sun

Aspect

  • South-facing, North-facing, West-facing or East-facing
  • Exposed or Sheltered

Cultivation

Grow in well-drained acidic soil in full sun

Soil

  • Well-drained or Moist but well-drained
  • Acid or Neutral
  • Loam, Clay or Sand

Propagation

Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings

Suggested planting locations and garden types

Low Maintenance or Banks and Slopes


How to care

Pruning

Pruning group 8

Pests

Generally pest free

Diseases

May be affected by Phytophthora root diseases