Pink Mountain Heather
Phyllodoce empetriformis
Pink mountain heather is a low evergreen heath of high western slopes, forming needle-leaved mats hung with rosy bell flowers near melting snow. A choice, slow shrublet for cool, acidic rock gardens.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY