Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K.Koch.

Fully-hardy, prostrate to erect shrub with lance-shaped leaves, lustrous above and silver-hairy beneath, and 10cm long racemes of rounded urn-shaped purple-pink flowers in summer and autumn.  To 40cm.  There are many garden varieties.  [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’]. 

Horticultural & Botanical History

In use as a garden plant since at least 1800, but probably much longer.  [RHSD, PD, JD]. 

History at Camden Park

Only listed in the 1857 catalogue [T.372/1857]. 

Notes

Published Jan 08, 2009 - 11:46 PM | Last updated Jul 17, 2010 - 07:07 AM

More details about Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K.Koch.
Family Ericaceae
Category
Region of origin

Western Europe
Synonyms
  • Daboecia polifolia D.Don
  • Vaccinium cantabricum Huds.
  • Menziesia polifolia Juss.

 
Common Name

Irish heath, St. Dabeoc’s heath, Cantabrian heath
Name in the Camden Park Record

Dabaecia polifolia 
Confidence level high