The Heather Family, also called the Heath Family, is known in the botanical world as Ericaceae. There are about 4000 species in this family widely spread across Earth, including well-known genera such as blueberries, cranberries, mountain laurels, huckleberries, strawberry trees (not real strawberries!), doghobbles, and rhododendrons. The rhododendron genus itself includes what are called azaleas by gardeners, as well as hundreds of tropical plants called vireyas. In Japan, the forked twiggy branches of azaleas are charred, coated in lime from powdered sea shells, and used in tea ceremonies (枝炭).
Arbutus 'Marina' - Marina Strawberry Tree
Arctostaphylos densiflora - Vine Hill Manzanita
Arctostaphylos edmundsii
Arctostaphylos pilosula - Santa Margarita Manzanita
Arctostaphylos rudis
Arctostaphylos stanfordiana - Stanford's Manzanita
Erica abietina ssp. constantiana - Honeysuckle Heath
Erica arborea - Briar Root
Erica arborea - Briar Root
Erica baccans - Berry Heath
Erica baccans - Berry Heath
Erica blanda
Erica blanda
Erica canaliculata - Christmas Heather
Erica coccinea
Erica darleyensis 'Mediterranean White'
Erica lateralis
Erica mammosa - pink
Erica mammosa - white
Erica oatesii
Erica quadrangularis - pink
Erica quadrangularis - white
Erica mammosa - pink
Erica mammosa - white
Erica oatesii
Erica quadrangularis - pink
Erica quadrangularis - white
Erica x darleyensis 'Kramer's Rote'
Leucothoe keiskei 'Royal Ruby' - Royal Ruby Doghobble
Rhododendron 'Blue Peter'
Rhododendron 'Ethel Stocker'
Rhododendron 'Fragrantissimum Improved'
Rhododendron 'Mi Amor'
Rhododendron 'Robert Barry'
Rhododendron 'St. Valentine'
Rhododendron 'White Pearl'
Rhododendron - Asian Violet
Rhododendron - Western Azalea 'Mossman'
Rhododendron laetum x javanicum
Rhododendron pulchrum var calicynum 'Shirotae'
Rhododendron quadrasianum
Rhododendron spinuliferum - an amazing Chinese rhododendron
Rhododendron taronense
Rhododendron zoelleri x leucogigas 'Hany Wu'
Rhododendron x ('Souvenir de J. H. Mangles' x laetum) - Hybrid Vireya
Rhododendron x ('Souvenir de J. H. Mangles' x laetum) - Hybrid Vireya