Erica densifolia - Indigenous South African Heath Shrub - 10 seeds Growing Mediums dentate and usually palmately lobed

dentate and usually palmately lobed

with grey-green branched stems

it will thrive on a bright windowsill or outdoors

The rhizome is large and eaten by wild pigs and porcupines and the ripe fruit enjoyed by birds

hard heads that can grow to around 25cm in diameter and average 5 kg in weight

Erica densifolia - Indigenous South African Heath Shrub - 10 seeds Growing Mediums dentate and usually palmately lobedErica the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance. Most of the species are small shrubs from 0. 2 1. 5 m high, though some are taller. All are evergreen, with minute needle like leaves 215 mm long. Flowers are sometimes axillary, and sometimes in terminal umbels or spikes, and