Erica curviflora

Image: Andrew massyn [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

Description

Best grown with other Fynbos species such as ericas, buchus, brunias, and restios. This plant is pollinated by sunbirds (potentially also long-tongued flies).

Propagation instructions - cuttings

It is propagated vegetatively by rooting fresh semi-hardwood tip or heel cuttings. Cuttings are rooted in multi-trays on heated benches under mist spray. Cuttings are rooted in autumn or spring in a rooting medium of equal parts bark and polystyrene chips. A semi-hardwood rooting hormone is used to aid the rooting process.

Propagation instructions - seeds

This species grows easily from seed when subjected to smoke treatment and sown in well-drained, acidic, sandy soil. Seed is normally sown from late summer into autumn, i.e. March to May.

Sources and references

Scientific name

Erica curviflora

Common name(s)

Water Heath

Features

Genus

Erica

Family

Ericaceae