General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 15 inches
Plant Spread: 24 inches
Leaves: Good fall color
Evergreen
Needled
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Alpine Gardening
Uses: Provides winter interest
Groundcover
Suitable for miniature gardens
Resistances: Flood Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Goes Dormant
Parentage: Myretoun Ruby x Brightness

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Common names
  • Darley Dale Heath
  • Darley Heath
  • Darley Dale Heather
Also sold as:
  • Kramer's Red
  • Kramer's Rote
  • Erica x darleyensis 'Kramers Rote'
  • Krammer's Rote

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-03-23
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-03-23
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-03-18
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-02-26
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2016-04-30
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-03-30
Location: January, 2024
Date: 2024-01-27
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-07-15
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-03-23
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-07-15
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Fairfax, VA | October 2022
Date: 2022-10-24

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MrsBinWY On January 19, 2019 Seeds sown
WS lots (last) in milk jug
MrsBinWY On January 20, 2018 Seeds sown
seeds from ishareflowers; floor of cold sun porch
carpathiangirl On August 29, 2018 Obtained plant
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6 OV
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2020 OV 2
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