Erica cooperi - Indigenous South African Heath Shrub - 10 seeds Melinis It is often planted as

It is often planted as drought-tolerant ground cover

Drought tolerant

and the delicate flower fades with the advancing sunlight

which is one of only two flowering plants found in Antarctica

the latter classified as a distinct race with a thicker skin and darker green colour

Erica cooperi - Indigenous South African Heath Shrub - 10 seeds Melinis It is often planted asErica the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance. Most of the species are small shrubs from 0. 2 1. 5 m high, though some are taller. All are evergreen, with minute needle like leaves 215 mm long. Flowers are sometimes axillary, and sometimes in terminal umbels or spikes, and