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Daboecia (after its Irish name, St. Dabeoc's Heath). More commonly spelled Daboecia, and sometimes Dabeocia. Syn., Boretta. Ericaceae. Shrub cultivated for its purple flowers appearing in summer.
 
Daboecia (after its Irish name, St. Dabeoc's Heath). More commonly spelled Daboecia, and sometimes Dabeocia. Syn., Boretta. Ericaceae. Shrub cultivated for its purple flowers appearing in summer.
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This is a very pretty heath-like plant, with purple or white flowers in elegant loose racemes, well adapted for rockeries or borders of evergreen shrubberies. Requires protection North during the winter, and thrives best in a peaty, sandy soil. Propagated by seeds treated like those of Erica, and by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass.
 
This is a very pretty heath-like plant, with purple or white flowers in elegant loose racemes, well adapted for rockeries or borders of evergreen shrubberies. Requires protection North during the winter, and thrives best in a peaty, sandy soil. Propagated by seeds treated like those of Erica, and by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass.
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==Cultivation==
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| name = ''Daboecia''
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| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Ericales]]
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| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
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| genus = '''''Daboecia'''''
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'''''Daboecia''''' is a small [[genus]] in the family [[Ericaceae]], containing two [[shrub]]by species, closely related to the genus ''[[Erica]]''.
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===Propagation===
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''Daboecia'' differs from European ''Erica'' species in having a [[deciduous]] [[corolla]] which is substantially larger than the corolla in the same species of ''Erica''. The leaves are always alternate in ''Daboecia'', never whorled. The generic name come from the name of an [[Ireland|Irish]] saint, [[Saint Dabeoc]], but with the two middle vowels reversed.
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==Species==
 
* ''[[Daboecia azorica]]'', from the [[Azores]].
 
* ''[[Daboecia azorica]]'', from the [[Azores]].
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* ''[[Daboecia cantabrica]]'', from western [[Europe]], in western [[Ireland]] (counties [[Galway]] and southern [[Mayo]]), western [[France]], northern [[Spain]], northwest [[Portugal]].
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* ''[[Daboecia cantabrica]]''
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Some botanists regard the genus as monospecific, making the ''D. azorica'' a subspecies of ''D. cantabrica''.
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St Dabeoc's heath is a popular [[garden]] plant and numerous [[cultivar]]s have been named. Cultivars include selections from the hybrid between the two species, which is named ''Daboecia x scotica'' (lists of cultivars are available from the [http://www.heathersociety.org/ Heather Society]).
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==References==
 
==References==
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*Oliver, E. G. H. (2000). Systematics of Ericeae. ''Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium'' 19.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*Nelson, E. C. (1984). Dabeoc — a saint and his heather. ''Yearbook of the Heather Society'' 1984: 41–46.
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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*Nelson, E. C. (2000). A history, mainly nomenclatural, of St Dabeoc's heath. ''Watsonia'' 23: 47–58.
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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