Ericaceae – acidic soil blooming shrubs

Gaultheria health benefits and therapeutic value

Famous for its warm, camphor-like smell, gaultheria also has many other medicinal properties.

Arbutus unedo – noted for its berries

Arbutus unedo is appreciated for its beautiful red fruits that look like strawberries.

Heather, bog flowers for marshes

Heather is a cute perennial very well suited to acidic soils.

Erica carnea, the winter heather

Spreading out to form wonderful carpets of color at the heart of winter, Erica carnea can beat bad weather to the point of sprouting through a blanket of snow. A choreography of white, pink and purple bells swells up from beneath the monotonous white winter mantle. Is this not proof that this small, hardy shrub […]

Winter heather, fall and winter Erica perennials

Winter heather, also called Erica, is a beautiful cute plant that blooms throughout fall and winter.

Erica heather is perfect for pots and baskets and carried around.

Azalea, caring for it well

Azalea shrubs are enchanting straight from the first day of spring, whether your azaleas are indoors or outside.

Bearberry health benefits and therapeutic value

A small shrub with small white and red flowers grouped in clusters, bearberry produces small red fruits and is a plant that heals many ailments

Azalea japonica, the Japanese azalea

Azalea japonica is a small heath shrub that provides evergreen, bushy growth. Its main appeal, however, is the massive blooming: beautiful flowers ranging from pink to red, purple and white.

Bright pink blossoms cover an Azalea japonica with a few bright green leaves.

Bilberry, from planting to harvest

Bilberry is an amazing small fruit tree which you’ll enjoy caring for.

Bilberry health benefits and therapeutic value

A cousin to the American blueberry, bilberry is a fruit that belongs to the Ericaceae family,

Common heather, easygoing all year round

Common heather, also called summer heather, is a beautiful cute plant that blooms generously for a long time.

American Wintergreen, magnificent in winter

American wintergreen is a nice evergreen shrub that hosts shiny red berries in winter that are full of medicinal benefits.

Frost on Gaultheria procumbens berries and leaves.

Pernettya, beautiful in fall and winter

Pernettya is a nice evergreen shrub that is remarkable in fall with its distinctive and elegant berries.

Pernettya berries, tiny dots of red in winter

Andromeda, a 4-seasons shrub

Andromeda is a shrub that stays beautiful from spring to winter thanks to abundant blooming in spring and changing flamboyant hues for the leafage during the rest of the year.