{"id":15314,"date":"2023-08-10T06:40:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/kasvit\/calluna_vulgaris_ling_or_scots_heather\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:49:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:49:13","slug":"callunavulgaris","status":"publish","type":"kasvit","link":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/plants\/callunavulgaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Calluna vulgaris – ling, or Scots heather"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heather is a familiar native plant to most Finns, found in good light on mineral soils, sand, rocks, bogs and.sandy roadsides. At Mustila it is common in the nutrient-poor pine forests in the upper areas, round the rocky areas, here and there forming beautiful patches.<\/p>\n

Heather flowers in late summer from July to August with reddish-violet or occasionally white flowers. It produces nectar which makes a strongly-flavoured honey. The species can also be used to make tea. It is the Provincial Flower of Kainuu Province.<\/p>\n

Heather can be found almost throughout Europe and Britain has wide-spread heather moors, while in Scotland it has been used in brewing beer, in place of hops (Humulus lupulus<\/em>).<\/p>\n

A broad range of varieties have been produced, with yellow or silvery leaves, for example, and double flowers. Some of these varieties have been tried at Mustila, mostly unsuccessfully. However, a few seem to thrive, flowering later than the native species, from late September onwards.<\/p>\n

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