{"product_id":"red-fire-erica-erica-cerinthoides","title":"Red Fire Erica - Erica cerinthoides Red","description":"\u003cp\u003eErica cerinthoides, the Red Fire Erica, is one of the most vivid and rewarding winter-flowering shrubs available for Australian gardens. Through the cooler months it produces masses of bright red tubular flowers in generous clusters across the upright stems, delivering a bold and fiery display at exactly the time of year when strong colour in the garden is most welcome. The small, hairy needle-like foliage is attractive year-round and gives the plant a fine, soft texture that contrasts beautifully with broader-leafed companions in mixed borders and rockery plantings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing to approximately 60cm to 1m tall and wide with an erect, upright, shrub-like habit, Red Fire Erica is a compact and well-proportioned shrub that suits a wide range of garden situations. It performs well in borders, rockeries, containers, and coastal gardens, and the bright red tubular flowers are a highly valuable nectar source for honeyeaters and other bird-attracting species through winter. The cut flower potential adds further versatility, making it a genuinely multi-purpose garden plant that earns its place in any well-considered planting scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighly drought and wind tolerant once established, Red Fire Erica thrives in full sun in loam and sandy well-drained soils. Keep moist during dry periods, mulch well around the base, and feed with an annual slow-release fertiliser and occasional liquid feed through the growing season. Generally trouble free and low maintenance, it is one of the best compact winter-flowering shrubs available for adding bold red colour and bird-attracting value to southern Australian gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Nest","offers":[{"title":"14cm","offer_id":46523948073121,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/9711\/0433\/files\/3_159345ca-02aa-4e8a-94cc-852523263abe.png?v=1780973154","url":"https:\/\/www.plantnest.com.au\/products\/red-fire-erica-erica-cerinthoides","provider":"Plant Nest | Trees, Hedging Plants \u0026 Garden Inspiration","version":"1.0","type":"link"}