Plant family
Heaths, heathers & rhododendrons — Ericaceae
198 species across 16 genera in the Growli library
The heath family gathers the acid-loving shrubs — rhododendrons and azaleas, heaths and heathers, blueberries and cranberries, pieris and mountain laurel — many with bell- or urn-shaped flowers.
Browse heaths, heathers & rhododendrons by genus
All heaths, heathers & rhododendrons we cover
- Albert's Gold tree heath
- Aleutian Mountain Heath
- Aleutian mountain heather
- Alpine bearberry
- American Cranberry
- Arctic Bell-heather
- Augustine's rhododendron
- Autumn heath
- Azalea 'Firefly'
- Azalea 'Gibraltar'
- Azalea 'Hino-Crimson'
- Azalea 'Weston's Flamingo'
- Bearberry
- Bell heather
- Bell Heather C.D. Eason
- Bent Enkianthus
- Beoley Gold heather
- Besom heath
- Bicolor St Dabeoc's heath
- Bilberry
- Black crowberry
- Blue Ice bog rosemary
- Blueberries
- Blueberry 'Bluecrop'
- Blueberry 'Top Hat'
- Bog Bilberry
- Bog Laurel
- Bog rosemary
- Brewer's Mountain Heather
- C.D. Eason bell heather
- Catawba rhododendron
- Catawba Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans'
- Cavatine pieris
- Chandler Blueberry
- Chinese Enkianthus
- Climbing Fetterbush
- Clubmoss cassiope
- Coastal Doghobble
- Coastal Leucothoe
- Common Heather
- Common manzanita
- Common Rhododendron
- Compact bog rosemary
- Cornish heath
- Cornish Heath Mrs D.F. Maxwell
- Corsican Heath
- Cowberry
- Cranberry 'Stevens'
- Creeping Gaultheria
- Creeping snowberry
- Cross-leaved heath
- Cross-leaved Heath Alba Mollis
- Crowberry
- Dark Beauty heather
- Darley Dale heath
- Darley Dale Heath Furzey
- Deciduous Azalea 'Gibraltar'
- Drooping Leucothoe
- Duke Blueberry
- Dwarf blue rhododendron
- Dwarf Mountain Laurel Elf
- Dwarf Pieris
- Dwarf Snowberry
- Eden Valley bell heather
- Encore Azalea 'Autumn Twist'
- Evergreen Huckleberry
- Firefly heather
- Flamingo pieris
- Forest Flame pieris
- Forrest's pieris
- Four-angled cassiope
- Furzey Darley Dale heath
- Gold Haze heather
- H.E. Beale heather
- Heather
- Himalayan Cassiope
- Himalayan pieris
- Himalayan Pieris Wakehurst
- Huckleberry
- Irish heath
- Irish Heath Irish Dusk
- Japanese Pieris
- Japanese Pieris 'Forest Flame'
- Japanese Pieris 'Mountain Fire'
- Japanese Pieris Flamingo
- Keisk's Leucothoe
- Keiske's Leucothoe
- Korean rhododendron
- Kurume Azalea 'Hino Crimson'
- Legacy Blueberry
- Lingonberry
- Lingonberry 'Koralle'
- Little Heath pieris
- Lowbush Blueberry
- Mackay's Heath
- Many-flowered Heath
- Mossy cassiope
- Mountain crowberry
- Mountain Fetterbush
- Mountain Fire pieris
- mountain laurel
- Mountain Laurel 'Olympic Fire'
- Mountain Pieris
- Mrs D.F. Maxwell Cornish heath
- Mulberry Wine prickly heath
- Myretoun Ruby winter heath
- New Zealand Snowberry
- Nikko bog rosemary
- Nodding Enkianthus
- Northsky Blueberry
- Ostbo Red Mountain Laurel
- Oxydendrum arboreum
- Patriot Blueberry
- Pieris japonica Cavatine
- Pieris japonica Valley Rose
- Pinemat manzanita
- Pink Lemonade Blueberry
- Pink Mountain Heath
- Pink mountain heather
- PJM rhododendron
- Point Reyes bearberry
- Portuguese heath
- Prickly heath
- Prickly Heath Bell's Seedling
- Purple Mountain Heath
- Purple mountain heather
- Rabbiteye Blueberry
- Rabbiteye Blueberry
- Rainbow Leucothoe
- Recurved Leucothoe
- Red crowberry
- Red Huckleberry
- Red Sheep Laurel
- Redvein enkianthus
- Redvein Enkianthus Red Bells
- Rhododendron 'Blue Peter'
- Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Boursault'
- Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'
- Rhododendron 'English Roseum'
- Rhododendron 'Fastuosum Flore Pleno'
- Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'
- Rhododendron 'Pink Pearl'
- Rhododendron 'PJM'
- Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans'
- Robert Chapman heather
- Rosebay Rhododendron
- Royal Azalea
- Salal
- Satsuki Azalea
- Scarlet Leucothoe
- Scarletta Leucothoe
- Scottish Heath
- Serrated Enkianthus
- Shagbark manzanita
- Shallon
- Sheep Laurel
- Sierra laurel
- Sierra Leucothoe
- Silver Knight heather
- Small Cranberry
- Snowberry
- Snowberry Creeper
- Snowberry Heath
- Southern Heath
- Spanish heath
- Spartan Blueberry
- Spring Cream heather
- Springwood White winter heath
- St Dabeoc's heath
- Sunshine Blue Blueberry
- Swamp Azalea
- Swamp doghobble
- Sweet Azalea
- Sweetbells Leucothoe
- Tree heath
- Tree rhododendron
- Vancouver Jade Bearberry
- Variegated pieris
- Vivellii winter heath
- Western Bog Laurel
- White Enkianthus
- White mountain heather
- White Perfection Darley Dale heath
- White St Dabeoc's Heath
- Whorled Heath
- Wickwar Flame heather
- William Buchanan heath
- Williams rhododendron
- Winter heath
- Winter Heath Springwood White
- Wintergreen
- Wintertime prickly heath
- Wisley Gaultheria
- Wisley Pearl Gaultheria
- Yakushima Rhododendron
- Yakushima Rhododendron 'Yaku Princess'
- Yellow Azalea
- Yellow Mountain Heath
Heaths, heathers & rhododendrons — frequently asked questions
Are heaths, heathers & rhododendrons toxic to cats and dogs?
Most heaths, heathers & rhododendrons are not pet-safe. Of the 198 heaths, heathers & rhododendrons in the Growli library, 130 (66%) carry a toxic or mildly-toxic ASPCA classification and 68 are pet-safe. They are not uniformly safe, so always confirm the exact species on its pet-safety page before trusting it around cats or dogs.
How much light do heaths, heathers & rhododendrons need?
Most heaths, heathers & rhododendrons want bright, indirect light — 93 of the 198 in our library do best there. If yours stretches toward the window or loses its variegation it needs more light; scorched or bleached leaves mean it is getting too much.
Are heaths, heathers & rhododendrons easy to care for?
Heaths, heathers & rhododendrons are moderate to grow: the one real requirement is a genuinely bright spot out of harsh midday sun. Get the light right and most of the rest of their care follows.
What is the Ericaceae family?
The Ericaceae family — the heaths, heathers & rhododendrons — groups 198 species across 16 genera in the Growli library, most prominently Rhododendron, Erica, Vaccinium. Members share a broadly similar light, water and soil pattern, which is why it pays to learn the family before the individual plant.
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