ShrubsScotch Heather
Calluna vulgaris
Scotch Heather (Calluna vulgaris) is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 4-6, that matures to about 1-2 ft × 1-2 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect pink, purple and red blooms in summer and fall. It attracts bees, stands up well to deer and poor soil.
- USDA zones
- 4-6
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1-2 ft × 1-2 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Pink, Purple, Red
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Attracts
- Bees
- Tough against
- Deer, Poor soil
- Native to
- Northern North America, northern Eurasia
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Scotch Heather is hardy to about -30°F (estimated from USDA zone 4), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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