Dabeoc's heath, is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, containing two evergreen shrubs, closely related to the genus Erica. They are native to cliffs and heathland in southern Atlantic Europe and the Azores. In the garden it prefers full sun and loam and sand soil. In UK gardens it is hardy in most of the UK (RHS H5). Suggested uses include cottage and informal garden, gravel garden, patio and container plants, rock garden, banks and slopes, flower borders and beds and ground cover. It tolerates acid and neutral soils, well-drained conditions and south-facing, east-facing and west-facing aspects. Plant in well-drained soil in sun or partial shade.

Daboecia cantabrica, commonly known as St Dabeoc's heath, is part of the Ericaceae family and features evergreen foliage with small, leathery leaves that display a rich dark green on top and a lighter underside. This species is notable for its attractive terminal racemes or panicles, which showcase sizable, nodding, urn-shaped blooms from early summer to autumn.

Daboecia cantabrica

St Dabeoc's heath | Daboecia cantabrica

Daboecia cantabrica 'Pink Lips' is a cultivar of the Daboecia genus, which comprises low-growing evergreen shrubs with small, leathery leaves that are dark green above and lighter beneath. This bushy, spreading branched plant produces nodding, urn-shaped flowers from early summer through autumn. It thrives in full sun on well-drained, fertile loam or sandy soils with an acid to neutral pH. Suitable for various garden settings including rock gardens, flower borders, and patios, it is hardy to UK zone H5 and prefers south, east, or west-facing aspects.

Daboecia cantabrica 'Pink Lips' is a hardy evergreen shrub with pink nodding flowers, ideal for sunny borders, rock gardens, and containers in spring and

Daboecia cantabrica 'Pink Lips'

Daboecia cantabrica 'Wijnie' (Irish heath 'Wijnie') is a bushy, spreading evergreen shrub from the Ericaceae family. It features small, leathery leaves that are dark green above and lighter underneath. This cultivar thrives in full sun and well-drained loam or sandy soils with acid to neutral pH. Suitable for exposed or sheltered sites, it is hardy to UK zone H5. 'Wijnie' is ideal for cottage gardens, gravel gardens, patios, rock gardens, and as ground cover, offering interest from early summer through to autumn with its nodding, urn-shaped flowers, and continuing appeal into winter.

Irish heath 'Wijnie' is an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves, thriving in full sun and ideal for winter interest in borders, rock gardens, and patios.

Daboecia cantabrica 'Wijnie'

Irish heath 'Wijnie' | Daboecia cantabrica 'Wijnie'

Daboecia cantabrica subsp. azorica is a cultivar of Daboecia, a genus of low-growing evergreen shrubs in the Ericaceae family. This bushy, spreading branched plant features small, leathery leaves that are dark green above and lighter beneath. From spring through summer, it produces terminal racemes or panicles with sizable, nodding, urn-shaped blooms. It thrives in full sun on south-, east-, or west-facing aspects and prefers fertile, well-drained loam or sandy soil with an acid to neutral pH. Hardy to UK zone H5, it suits a variety of garden settings including rock gardens, flower borders, and patios.

Daboecia cantabrica subsp. azorica is a hardy evergreen shrub ideal for sunny rock gardens and borders, flowering in spring and summer.

Daboecia cantabrica subsp. azorica

Daboecia x scotica is a bushy, spreading branched cultivar of the Daboecia genus, which comprises low-growing evergreen shrubs with small, leathery leaves that are dark green above and lighter beneath. This cultivar thrives in full sun and well-drained loam or sandy soils with acid to neutral pH. It is hardy to UK zone H5 and suitable for various garden settings, including rock gardens, flower borders, and patios. Daboecia x scotica produces nodding, urn-shaped blooms from early summer through autumn, providing seasonal interest and evergreen foliage throughout the year.

Daboecia x scotica is an evergreen shrub thriving in full sun, ideal for winter interest in rock gardens, borders, and patios with RHS hardiness H5.