“Two inches of bark chips or cocoa shells make a good mulch for a bed of heathers.”
“Originally introduced from Esher Common, the native ling heathers have been added to in the last three years with advice on color from Gwynne.”
“Flowering bulbs such as hyacinths, daffodils, crocuses, and tulips, along with hellebores, lungworts, and heathers carpet the ground beneath.”
noun
1.A purple-flowered Eurasian heath that grows abundantly on moorland and heathland. Many ornamental varieties have been developed.
‘Have you ever investigated all the available varieties of heaths and heathers?’
‘Litter is a foreign word and the flower beds are immaculate as the heathers and shrubs thrive in the winter weather with the daffodils lurking beneath the surface.’
2.Any plant of the Ericaceae family similar to heather; a heath.