Heather Flower Other Names

A bed made from heather had the added extra of original aromatherapy and the fragrant flower heads were usually placed towards the top of the mattress where the sleeper s head would lie.

Heather flower other names. The heather flower s meaning comes from its genus name calluna which stems from the greek word kalluno and means to cleanse or adorn. Heather is a european native common to fields ditches and waste areas in the cooler areas of europe and the british isles especially in the heathland habitats where it is an important food source for grazing animals. The winner of several international flower awards the dark beauty boasts profuse dark cerise semi double flowers that deepen to ruby red with age and last for a very long time in late summer and early fall.

It can be found in heathlands moors bogs and mountain slopes. Dark beauty calluna vulgaris. Heather flowers also come in beautiful and varied colors of copper pink gold silvery gray and almost infinite shades of green.

Calluna vulgaris erica vulgaris. Other names scot s heather heath froach ling scotch heather. Heather the name most commonly used for the plant is of scottish origin presumably derived from the scots word haeddre.

They are considered to be dwarf shrubs and cannot grow that tall 4. Heather is widespread in temperate areas throughout the northern hemisphere. True heather common heath broom heather scots heather ling common ling lyng beitilyng icelandic heidekraut german fraoch gaelic.

Heather flowers commonly grow in northern and western europe turkey and morocco and have been naturalized in parts of north america. Heather flower meaning lavender admiration solitude. Originally from europe and some parts of asia this is an ancient flower with most associations closely held in scotland but also grows wild in mexico.

This heather has compact bright red blooms grows to six inches high and blooms from january to april. Heather flowers come from the family of plants ericaceae 3. This is appropriate as heather plants were once used for making brooms.