Seen in my front yard, this shrub stood about seven feet tall, with reddish pink flowers, at the end of a grayish brown branch and on top of about 5-10 or so long, green, oval leaves drooping down. The flowers were in clumps of about the same as the flowers, and the bark was crusty and could peel off relatively easily.
Ericaceae, the heath family or the heather family is a plant family, comprising mostly calcifuge (lime-hating) plants that thrive in acidic soils. Many well-known plants of the Ericaceae live in temperate climates, such as cranberry, blueberry, various heaths and heathers (Erica, Cassiope, Daboecia, Calluna vulgaris etc), huckleberry, azalea and rhododendron. However, the family also contains many tropical species.
