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Pale mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX, free-flowering; glaucous green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Plants were cultivated under this name by 1846.

Named from pallidus = pale.

Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage tinted bronze, going darker in winter; compact slender habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Introduced by William R. A. Parsons (Wood Close, Upper Woolhampton, Berkshire, England) before 1977.

Named after W. R. A. Parsons, and alluding to the foliage colour.

Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; pale grey foliage; open habit with twisted stems; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Introduced by William R. A. Parsons (Wood Close, Upper Woolhampton, Berkshire, England) before 1973.

Named after W. R. A. Parsons, and alluding to the foliage colour. The first name ends with an s, so it is followed by an apostrophe and an s — Parsons’s.

Pale lavender flowers, VII–IX; bright golden foliage throughout the year; compact, erect; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Recommended.

Seedling; introduced by Heather Acres Inc. (Elma, Washington, USA) in 1993.

Named after Pat Cullers, a long-time employee at Heather Acres Inc. (Elma, Washington, USA).

Pearly white flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; compact, erect; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Introduced by Little Park Nursery (Flowton, Suffolk, England) by 1980.

Name is an allusion to the flower colour.

Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; vigorous, compact, forms a “bun”; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected; found among stone chippings in a disused quarry near Leedstown, Cornwall, England, by R. A. Ide (Camberley, Surrey) about 1972; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) about 1972.

Named after Miss Penny Ide and the shape.

Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; golden foliage deepening to orange in winter; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Introduced by Pennyacre Nurseries (Springfield, Fife, Scotland) before 1975.

White flowers, VIII–IX; lemon-yellow foliage throughout the year; broad upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Found in Fife, Scotland.

Beetroot (H9) flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. An unusual colour. Selected seedling from a deliberate cross between ‘Allegro’ and ‘Battle of Arnhem’, raised by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany).

❁ Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VIII–XI, in long spikes; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Outstanding in trials.

Named after the son of J. W. Sparkes.

Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; very broad habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1971.

Named after Petra van Dijke, granddaughter of P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands).

Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; downy foliage, silver-grey in summer deepening to the colour of old pewter plate in winter; spreading habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.

♤ Pure pink buds, VIII–XII, very abundant; bright green foliage; compact, upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

A sport from ‘Alicia‘. Kurt Kramer; Germany – Edewecht.

Name alludes to the flower colour and the parent cultivar. Preliminary designation (vorläufige Bezeichnung) was “rosa Alicia”.

♤ Bud-flowering; white; IX-XII; foliage green; habit broad, upright; height 50cm; spread 50cm in 4 years.

Sport on ‘Angie‘ found by Johannes van Leuven in October 2005 at Geldern.

® C.2007.05 registered 24 November 2007 by J. van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.

Recorded and bred by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern-Lüllingen, Germany. 13.11.2007. CPVO 6.2007 15/12/2007

Johannes van Leuven, EU PBR given on 28.04.2010.

♤ Bud-flowering with long flowering spikes, pink; IX-XII; foliage grey-green; habit very robust, upright; height 60cm; spread 50cm in 5 years.

Sport on ‘Bettina’ found at Geldern by Johannes van Leuven: “Upright and longer flowering shoots than ‘Pink Madonna‘, robust, vigorous.”

® C.2010:09 registered on 1 December 2010 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.

❁ Shell-pink (H16) flowers, VIII–IX; golden foliage in summer, turning rusty red in winter; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

A sport from ‘Golden Dream‘; found by G. J. Cookes in 1986 at Little Froome Nurseries (Fenny Drayton, Warwickshire, England); introduced by Little Froome Nurseries in 1990.

Name alludes to the flower colour and parent cultivar.

Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; upright; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.

Sport on ‘White Gown‘; found by Herbert Mitchell (Helmsley, Yorkshire, England); introduced by Mitchell by 1976. Occasionally reverts to ‘White Gown‘.

Name alludes to the flower colour and parent cultivar.

♤ Bud-flowering; pink; VIII-XII; foliage green; habit broad, upright; height 50cm; spread 50cm in 4 years.

Sport on ‘Madonna‘ found by Johannes van Leuven in October 2006 at Geldern.

® C.2007.06 registered 24 November 2007 by J. van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.

Recorded and bred by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern-Lüllingen, Germany. 13.11.2007.

Johannes van Leuven, EU PBR given on 28.04.2010. CPVO checked 03.11.2024

♤ Pink buds(H8).

Recorded and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 27.01.1998.

Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 23.03.2000.

❁ White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Found at Southport Flower Show, Lancashire, England, by Jack Platt (Ulness Walton, Leyland, Lancashire) in 1974; introduced by Clive Benson (Preston, Lancashire) in 1978.

Name alludes to its origins.

Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–IX, very profuse; dark green foliage; close spreading, yet graceful; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.

Seedling; found by David McClintock in his garden at Bracken Hill, Kent, England, about 1976; introduced by Great Comp, Borough Green, Kent, England.

It received its name as a result of winning a prize at a Royal Horticultural Society Show on its first showing.

Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; dull green foliage; prostrate, spreading, shoots with downwards curving tips; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Suitable for hanging-baskets.

Found by H. A. Hesse (Weener an den Ems, Germany) by 1935.

Named from prostratus = prostrate; flagelliformis = whip-like.

Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer. turning orange in winter; semi-prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Prone to browning.

Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England): introduced by J. W. Sparkes in 1963.

Name alludes to habit and foliage colour.

Magenta (H14) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer, fading to yellow-green in autumn and winter; narrow, erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Sport on ‘Firefly‘; found at Highland Heathers Nursery (Achahoish, Lochgilphead, Scotland); introduced by Highland Heathers before 1989.

Punch was a dog who took a liking for this heather after eating his owner’s food!

Description not available.

Name used by Peter Bingham. “We no longer propagate ‘Purple Passion’ as it was rather unstable. … We only ever sold a trial batch for one year before dropping it. When asked, the garden centres that tried it said it was good but then never even noticed when we stopped producing it.”

P. Bingham to D. Small, email 15 September 2005.

Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; dark green foliage; close-growing, dwarf habit; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm.

Listed by J. Fraser (Leytonstone), in 1866.

Named from pygmaeus = dwarf.

White flowers, VIII–X, in long spikes; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Makes an attractively shaped plant.

Named from pyramidalis = pyramid-shaped. ‘This is a later name for ‘Alba Pyramidalis’ [see D. F. Maxwell, Low road, 1927]. ‘Pyramidalis’ is being proposed for conservation under the ICNCP (1995, Art. 14). The proposal was accepted in November 2003.

Mauve flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; dark green foliage; dwarf, forming an upright-growing mat; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected in Spain in 1924. Listed by Arnold Arboretum in 1924.

Named from pyrenaicus = from the Pyrenees.