Day 141: Landscape heather (genus Erica) as is commonly seen in gardens is not too far removed genetically from that found in the alpine meadows (Phyllodoce) and in the highlands of Scotland (Calluna). Like its relatives, it is a resilient, yet vulnerable plant, able to withstand the relentless weight of winter's deep snow and the bitterest cold, yet one which dies beneath an idle, heedless foot-fall when in its full summer sap. It requires an acidic soil in order to thrive, and does not take well to pruning. Its flowers may be pink or white.
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