
Botanic Name: Calluna Vulgaris
Origin: Europe
English Name: Heather Flower
French Name: Fleurs de Bruyère Coupées et Tamisées
Also Known As: Calluna Flower, Heather Cut Herb, Dried Heather Flowers, Heather Floral Pieces, Cut Heather Flower
Part Used: Flowers of Calluna vulgaris
Description: Heather is a low-growing perennial shrub native to Europe and parts of Asia, typically forming dense mats up to 50 cm tall with slender woody stems and small scale-like green leaves. The plant produces tiny bell-shaped flowers, usually violet to pink in colour, which bloom from late summer to early autumn. The flowers are harvested when fully open, ensuring maximum colour, structure, and natural floral fragrance.
After harvesting, the flowers are carefully cleaned to remove stems, leaves, and debris. They are then dried using controlled low-temperature methods to preserve their delicate shape, vibrant colour, and characteristic aroma. Once dried, the flowers are sorted, retaining the recognizable flower fragments and providing a consistent, visually appealing botanical ingredient.
The processed Heather Flower is sorted to remove dust and broken fragments, resulting in a clean, free-flowing, uniform product suitable for blending, storage, and use in various applications where intact or partially cut flower material is desired.
Uses: Heather Flower is used in tea-style infusions, herbal and botanical blends, dried floral mixtures, craft projects, decorative herbal displays, cosmetic formulations, and educational herb collections. The flowers provide natural colour, texture, and fragrance, making them ideal for infusions, blended herbal preparations, visual displays, and applications where floral appearance and consistent quality are preferred.
Storage: Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
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