Erica carnea 'Saskia' (Saskia Heath)

An excellent groundcover, with lovely deep rose-pink flowers in winter and early spring over bronze-green, needle-like foliage; ideal for poor soils, also great for massing in the garden; requires organic highly acidic soil, full sun and no standing water

Saskia Heath is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Saskia Heath is covered in stunning spikes of rose bell-shaped flowers with dark brown anthers rising above the foliage from mid winter to early spring. It has green  foliage with hints of coppery-bronze. The tiny needles remain green throughout the winter.

Saskia Heath will grow to be only 6 inches tall at maturity extending to 8 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.