石楠是我国传统的乡土树种,分布在秦岭以南的广大地区。初见石楠就被它那密密层层的小白花吸引,花虽小却十分精美,上百朵小花组成一个个密集的花团,十分美丽。花后结小梨果,果实熟时红色,后呈褐紫色,缀满枝头,极为壮观。它的枝叶也很秀丽,且终年常绿,用作园林风景树,列植、孤植效果都不错。它萌芽力强,耐修剪,可修剪造型,提高观赏价值,也可用作绿篱,是一种可赏叶,可观花,亦可观果的优良观赏树种。石楠 Heather is China’s traditional native tree species, distributed in the vast area south of the Qinling Mountains. Heather was first seen by the small white flowers that are closely linked to attract, although the flowers are small but very beautiful, composed of more than a hundred flower flowers intensive one, very beautiful. After the flower knot small pear, ripe fruit when the red, brown purple, decorated with branches, very spectacular. Its foliage is also very beautiful, and year-round evergreen, as a landscape tree, column planting, solitary plantations are good. It is sprout strong, resistant to pruning, can be trimmed shape, improve the ornamental value, can also be used as hedges, is a kind of ornamental leaves, considerable flowers, but also fruit viewing ornamental tree species. Heather