What kind of plant is heather? Let us introduce you to its basic characteristics
Heather is a shrubby flowering plant. There are about seven hundred species of heather worldwide, roughly distributed across Africa, the Mediterranean and Europe, and its peak blooming season is in spring.
Other names for heather
Heather is also called Scottish heather.
Growing habits of heather
Heather likes a sunny growing environment and can tolerate cold. It prefers loose soil rich in humus, and acidic soil is best.
The flower language of heather
The flower language of heather is loneliness, and happy love.
In the wilderness of Scotland, heather blooms everywhere, letting people truly feel the solitude of heather. In the novel Wuthering Heights, the lonely protagonist is buried on the heather wilderness. Macbeth in Shakespeare also heard the witches' prophecy on the heather wilderness.
Heather is the flower of loneliness.
Heather is the birth flower for December 6.