‘Riko’

Ruby (H5) flowers, VI–VIII; grey-green foliage; compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. This has the darkest flowers of any Erica tetralix cultivar.

A seedling from ‘Tina‘ raised by Lothar Denkewitz (Hamburg, Germany) in 1991. ‘Samtpfötchen‘ is a sister-seedling.

Named after a grandson of Lothar Denkewitz.