While “clean common” doesn’t exactly spark much emotion, the flower’s historical importance and cultural significance do. The Heather plant has long been valued in Scottish culture.

But both often feature heather — the bogland flowering bush that dominates the moors of Scotland, especially in the Highlands. The mauve flowers of this bush produce a distinctly Scottish aroma ...

Pop queen Madonna is to become the new flower of Scotland, it emerged today. A heather is being cultivated for the star and her husband, Guy Ritchie, as a second wedding anniversary gift.

Dr Marian Bruce has created The Wild Scottish Flavour Wheel to enable people to rediscover the lost tastes of wild Scottish ...