Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) grows very happily in a damp-ish sandy clay with creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia). A combination you would never see in the wild because the Erica likes dry heathland and the Lysimachia grows in marshland. But that does not matter, because this is a garden situation and we are not trying to re-create authentic wild habitats (whatever they might be - is there a 'wild habitat' in Britain?) The point is that these two plants complement each other in form, grow well together, cover the ground and the insects like them.

© Marc Carlton 2006

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