Magenta flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage changing to dark bronze-green in winter; upright, bushy; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Lorna Ann Hutton‘ but has slightly broader flower–spikes.
Seedling; found by M. van de Berg (Bennekom, Netherlands) in 1976; introduced by Hoogenraad Nursery (Ederveen, Netherlands) in 1979.
Named after the finder’s daughter.
Brick-red flowers, VII–IX, in long spikes; dark green foliage; vigorous, erect; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after a former Chairman of The Heather Society by his daughter-in-law.
Bright magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX; gold foliage which reddens in winter; compact spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Deep beetroot (H9) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Velvet Night‘.
Wild-collected; found at the long-derelict railway station at Angarrack, Cornwall, England, by Mrs B. E. M. Garratt and David McClintock in 1974.
Named after Angarrack a village 2 miles northeast of Hayle, Cornwall, England.
Flowers ruby to beetroot, corolla H5/H9; calyx green to reddish brown; VII-VIII/IX; foliage dark green; habit broad erect; height 20cn; spread 25cm after 5 years (pruned). Has same good characteristics as ‘Pentreath‘, but special colour. A sport from ‘Pentreath‘ found by Dick de Bruijn in 1997 on his nursery.
Named after the finder’s wife.
® E.2007:14 registered 6 September 2007 by Dick de Bruijn, Boskoop, Netherlands.
Flowers in racemes to 5cm long, magenta (H14), pedicels red; VI-VIII; new foliage pink in Spring turning yellow then red, mature foliage light green in Summer, mid-green at other seasons; habit compact spreading; height 15cm; spread 30cm; stems red ageing to brown, glabrous. Sport on Erica cinerea ‘Purple Beauty‘ found in 1995 at Summerhill Nursery, Frensham, Surrey, England, by Mrs Anita Lillie Austin. Registered 24 August 1998: Mrs A. L. Austin, 68 Birch Road, Headley Down, Bordon, Hampshire GU35 8BW, England.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VII–XI; light green foliage; broad upright habit; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. Named after a niece of the finder.
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after Herman Blum’s third daughter.
Ruby (H5) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; compact, erect; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after the finder’s daughter.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–X; yellow-green foliage throughout the year, young shoots with bronze tips in spring; height 10–15cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found on Chobham Common, Surrey, England, about 1960 by Anne Berry; introduced by G. Underwood & Son (Hookstone Green Nursery, West End, Woking, Surrey) by 1963.
Named after Anne Berry who was an employee of G. Underwood & Sons (Chobham, Surrey).
The spelling of the cultivar name is here corrected, as permitted under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (8th edition, 2009), Article 35.3, to correct the unintentional mistake (“Ann Berry”) in the original spelling.
White flowers becoming pale shell–pink (H16), VI–XI; mid-green foliage; neat spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Found on a heathland bank near Corfe Mullen, Dorset.
Very sparse mauve (H2) flowers, VII–VIII; light yellow foliage in summer, turning to apricot-orange in winter; neat and compact; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm.
Found as a sport collected on Sunningdale Golf Course, Surrey, England, by J. F. Letts; introduced by J. F. Letts in 1970.
Name is a reference to the coloured foliage.
Bi-coloured flowers, white at the base becoming pale lavender (H3), purple (H10) at the mouth, VII–IX; dark green foliage; spreading but open habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Rich lavender flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; vigorous spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; found by Horace (“Papa”) Hale (Ashgarth, Haslemere, Surrey, England) by 1973; introduced by P. G. Davis (Haslemere) by 1978.
Named after H. Hale’s house; garnet refers to the flower colour.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Listed as early as 1826 by Conrad Loddiges (Hackney, London, England). However the plant currently grown under this name was found by Georg Arends (Wuppertal, Germany) and introduced by him by 1920.
Named from atro- = dark; purpureus = purple. The name is sometimes hyphenated, atro-purpurea (e.g. J. F. Letts, Hardy heaths & the heather garden: 83 (1966, 2nd edition).).
Correct name ‘Daisy Hill Ruby‘
Ruby (H5) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; provides neat ground-cover; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Name used by G. Sinclair in 1825, at varietal level; it is unlikely that the clone presently named ‘Atrorubens’ is identical with the plant Sinclair knew.
Named from atro- = dark; rubens = reddish.The name is sometimes hyphenated, atro-rubens (e.g. J. F. Letts, Hardy heaths & the heather garden: 83 (1966, 2nd edition).).
Ruby (H5) flowers, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; more or less prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Introduced by G. E. Reuthe (Keston, Kent, England) in 1926, as ‘Atrosanguinea’; re-named by Maxwell & Beale, to distinguish the clone from another introduced by James Smith & Sons (Darley Dale, Derbyshire).
Named from atro- = dark; sanguineus = blood-red. The Latin name is sometimes hyphenated, atro-sanguinea (e.g. J. F. Letts (1966).) Letts also employed a colon rather than brackets (‘Atro-sanguinea: Reuthe’s Variety’). Eponym: after G. E. Reuthe.
Ruby (H5) (RHS 61A) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; broad spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Found by James Smith & Sons (Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England), and introduced by James Smith & Sons in 1852. Apparently re-named by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset), to distinguish it from another clone introduced by Reuthe.
Named from atro- = dark; sanguineus = blood-red. The Latin name is sometimes hyphenated, atro-sanguinea (e.g. J. F. Letts (1966).) Letts also employed a colon rather than brackets (‘Atro-sanguinea: Smith’s Variety’).
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; very compact, slow growing; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.
Lilac-pink flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; spreading habit; height 25cm; spread 40cm. Seedling raised by J. A. M. Dahm (Bemmel, Netherlands) by 1993.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; broad spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Possible seedling; raised and introduced by Hardwicks Nursery (Newick, Sussex, England) about 1963.
Flowers single, with normal style and stamens, corolla shading from mauve (H2) at base to amethyst (HI) at tip, calyx deep red: foliage mid-green: also produces tufts of “wheat-ears” comprising 12-16 deep red bracts, 2.7 – 3.5mm long x 1.6-2.3mm wide habit upright, 30cm or more tall.
Found in Ringwood Forest in 1982.
Registered no. 136. 22 September 1995: Mrs W. E. S. Bamford, Haythorne Nursery, Verwood, Dorset. {Yb Heather Soc. 1996: 60.}
Cerise (H6) flowers, June-Oct, with dark green foliage. Compact habit. 20cm tall, 40cm spread.
Seedling; found by Don Richards in his garden (Rydal Mount, Eskdale, Cumbria, England) by 1973. Introduced by G. Yates (Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria) in 1980.
Name, brick, refers to the flower colour.
Ruby (H5) flowers, VII–VIII, abundant; dark green foliage; upright but often weighed down by the flowers; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Well worth growing.
Wild-collected; found on Bucklebury Common near Newbury, Berkshire, England, by William R. A. Parsons (Wood Close, Upper Woolhampton, Berkshire); introduced by W. R. A. Parsons by 1977.
Named after a common near Newbury, Berkshire, where it was found.
Bright magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; neat ground-cover; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. Recommended.
Wild-collected; found near Broadstone, Dorset, England, by C. D. Eason, and introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1929.
Named after the finder, Charles Douglas Eason (c. 1892-1972), an Australian, who was employed by Maxwell & Beale.
Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–X; mid-green foliage; graceful habit; height 26–30cm; spread 61–75cm.
Wild-collected; found on Corfe Mullen Heath, Dorset, England, by C. G. Best of Maxwell & Beale which firm introduced it in 1929.
Named after the finder, C. G. Best, an employee of Maxwell & Beale.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–VIII, fading almost to white; mid-green foliage; broad habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Cairn Valley, Glencairn near Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, by J. Wilson; introduced by Oliver & Hunter (Moniaive, Dumfries, Scotland) in 1967.
Named after a valley in the parish of Glencairn, Moniave, Dumfries, Scotland.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding.
Wild-collected; found on Caldy Island off the Pembrokeshire coast, Wales; introduced by R. Hayes (Grasmere, Cumbria, England) by 1955.
Named after the island on which it was collected.
Correct name ‘Underwood Pink‘
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–X; mid-green foliage; compact spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 61–75cm. A good carpeting heather.
Wild-collected; found in the Cévennes, France, by Sir Oscar Warburg (Epsom, Surrey, England) and Dr E. F. Warburg (Oxford University); introduced by the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, Wisley, in the 1930s.
Named after the locality where it was found, in France.
Dusky rose-pink flowers, VII–X, in long spikes; mid-green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; found at Champs Hill, Coldwaltham, Sussex, England, by Mrs M. A. Bowerman in 1976.
Named after the Bowermans’ garden in West Sussex where it was found.
Purple (H10) flowers for a long period, VI–XI; dark green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. Recommended.
Wild-collected; found during a ramble in Cornwall, England, by Mr & Mrs J. F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by J. F. Letts about 1966.
Named after one of the finders’ Sheltie dogs. (see also ‘Sherry‘).
Ruby (H5) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; neat compact habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. One of the first bell heathers to bloom.
Name used by 1823 and current in the mid-1800s; also used by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in the 1920s, but whether the same plant was involved is impossible to ascertain. The clone now in gardens is probably Maxwell & Beale’s.
Named from coccineus = red.
Purple (H10) flowers, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; slender, upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found at Colligan Bridge, Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland, by Brian O. Mulligan (then Assistant to the Director, RHS Gardens, Wisley; latterly Director, University of Washington Arboretum, USA) in August 1936; introduced by the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, Wisley, Surrey, England, in 1957.
Named after the locality in County Down where it was found.
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VII–XI; gold foliage flecked with red and yellow; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.
Sport on ‘P. S. Patrick‘; found by B. & V. Proudley (The Nutshell, St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England); introduced by B. & V. Proudley in 1971.
Named in honour of Mrs Constance I. MacLeod, first Secretary of The Heather Society from1963 to 1977.
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Good when planted with other bell heathers that have pale foliage or pale flowers.
Seedling; found by J. F. Letts (Fohollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England) by 1969; introduced by J. F. Letts.
Flowers purple, single; VI-IX; foliage mid-green; habit trailing, creeping or weeping with stems grow flat on ground or descending; height 3cm; spread 35cm after 3 years forming a mat on level ground. Wild-collected from an exposed coastal location in southwestern England in July 2007 by David Edge: has “novel habit with its green foliage and trailing, weeping” stems.
Published; URL www.heatherworld.org/new-heathers (posted 24 October 2015).
® E.2015.03 registered on 21 October 2015 by David Edge, Forest Edge Nurseries, Verwood Road, Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset.
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; vigorous, upright; height 30cm; spread 50cm.
Ruby (H5) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; neat ground-cover plant; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Formerly named ‘Atrorubens, Daisy Hill’; introduced by the Daisy Hill Nursery, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Corolla and calyx dark violet (H10 purple–H11 lilac-pink); VII-XI; foliage mid-green; habit upright; height 40cm; spread 40cm in 3 years.
Chance seedling, selected at Geldern by Johannes van Leuven in August 2007.
Named after David van Leuven, one of Johannes van Leuven’s sons.
® E.2010:09 registered on 30 October 2010 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.
Ruby-red flowers, VII–IX, in long spikes; dark green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; found by S. Ketelaar (Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands) in 1979; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1983.
Very pale shell-pink flowers, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Attractive.
Wild-collected; found on Bagshot Heath, Surrey, England, by G. D. Waterer before 1960; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) by 1964.
Named after a foreman in Waterer’s Knap Hill Nursery.
Flowers rose pink (H7). Indistinguishable from ‘Next Best‘.
Sport on ‘C. G. Best‘; found at R. Warner’s Barncroft Nurseries (Longsdon, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England); introduced by Barncroft Nurseries by 1985.
Named after the lane in Longsdon, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, where Barncroft Nurseries are situated.
Because this is indistinguishable from ‘Next Best‘, the latter name has priority; see ICNCP (1995, Art. 2. 18).
Lavender (H3) flowers, white at the base, VII–X; mid-green foliage; tidy, prostrate habit; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. Recommended.
Wild-collected; found at Trink Hill, southwest of St Ives, Cornwall, England, by Miss M. B. G. Waterer (Eden Valley, Ludgvan, near Penzance, Cornwall) in 1926; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) in 1933.
Named after Miss Waterer’s house at Ludgvan.
Magenta flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; upright, compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. A sport from ‘Stephen Davis’, found at Boskoop, Netherlands, by D. Boer jr. in 1993 and named after his daughter.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VII–X, small; mid-green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Found in a garden at Ringwood, Hampshire, and introduced in The Netherlands.
Lavender-pink flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–VIII; yellow-gold foliage with red tints, brightest in spring; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling growing near ‘Golden Hue‘ and ‘Golden Drop‘; found in J. E. B. (Edward) Plummer’s garden at Fiddlestone Lodge, Burton in the Wirral, Cheshire, England; propagated at Liverpool University Botanic Gardens, Ness, Cheshire, before 1959.
Name derived from the garden, Fiddlestone.
Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; raised by U. Schumacher (Winnekendonk, Lower Rhine, Germany) by 1971.
Name probably alludes to the colour of the flowers.
Flowers purple shading to crimson (HIO to H13); VI/VII-X; foliage very fine, pale green to yellow, with red shoot-tips; habit compact; height 16cm; spread 18cm after 4 years when not pruned.
Sport on ‘Blossom Time‘ at Champs Hill in 2003, found and selected by Sid Brown.
Named (with her consent) after Dame Felicity Lott, singer; her affectionate nickname.
® E.2009:04 registered on 22 October 2009 by Mrs Mary Bowerman, Champs Hill, Coldwaltham, West Sussex, UK.
Ruby (H5) flowers, VII–XI; dark green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. Has a distinctive flower colour and is a good ground-cover.
Wild-collected; found east of St Ives, Cornwall, England, by J. F. Letts (Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by J. F. Letts by 1964.
Named after the finder’s home and nursery, and the foliage colour.
Dusky rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Despite its upright habit, it provides a neat ground-cover plant when pruned annually.
Wild-collected; found at Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England, before 1921; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1921.
Named after the finder, a maid employed by the Maxwell family.
Pale purple flowers, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; height 25cm; spread 40cm. It was found during 1969 in France by M. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands).
Pale cerise (H6) flowers, VII–X; mid-green foliage; compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Possible seedling; found by D. Waterer (Bagshot, Surrey, England) in 1954; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) in 1965.
Named after Frederick H. D. Corston was a director of Knap Hill Nursery (Woking, Surrey) from 1968.
Pretty lavender (H3) flowers, VI–X, with ebony sepals and stalks; dark green foliage; spreading; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Dorset, England, by George Osmond by 1924; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1929.
Named after George Osmond who worked at Maxwell & Beale in the 1920; later he established his own nursery at Wickwar, Wooton under Edge (Gloucestershire).
Striking ruby (H5) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; sturdy habit; height 16–20cm; spread 21–25cm.
A seedling found in a batch of ‘C. D. Eason’ at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland, by 1960.
Named after the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, where it was raised, and the flower colour.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage, shoots especially when young with distinctive red tips; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
A sport on ‘C. D. Eason‘; found at Moniaive, Dumfries, Scotland by J. Wilson of Oliver & Hunter; introduced by Oliver & Hunter by 1970.
Named after a parish near Moniaive, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
Magenta flowers, VII–IX; gold foliage in summer tinged bronze in autumn; compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; found by Clive Benson in his garden, Farington, Preston, Lancashire, England; introduced by C. Benson by 1983.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VI–VIII, sparse; young foliage orange, maturing to gold in summer before turning bright orange and then deep red in winter; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Dorset, England, by Charles D. Eason of Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset), and introduced by Maxwell & Beale in 1933.
Named after his favourite plum jam which is made from the Australian plum of the same name. The name is composed of two words, not one.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–X; pale yellow foliage, the shoots tipped orange in winter; strong upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm.
Wild-collected sport; on a plant growing on a railway bank near Broadstone, Dorset, England, found by D. F. Maxwell, and introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1925. The holotype of Erica cinerea f. aureifolia came from this clone.
Name is a reference to the yellow foliage. The name is composed of two words, not one.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–XI; yellow foliage turning gold and red in winter; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Pruning improves the foliage colour.
Mauve flowers of little significance, VII–VIII; golden foliage; shoots radiating from the centre of the plant bend down before rising at the tips; height 10cm; spread 25cm. A seedling found at Almondell Nursery (Methven, Perthshire, Scotland) and named after part of John Lewis’s score for the film ‘No Sun in Venice’.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–IX; golden foliage in summer deepening to rusty red in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. More vigorous than ‘Golden Drop‘.
Seedling; collected, perhaps on Sunningdale Golf Course, Surrey, England, by John F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by John F. Letts by 1972.
Name alludes to the foliage colour, and it possible origin on a golf course.
Lavender (H3) flowers with white bases; VII–X; foliage golden to lime-green; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. A sport from ‘Eden Valley‘ found in 1987 by David Edge (Forest Edge Nurseries, Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset). Registered 22 June 1999: David Malcolm Edge, Forest Edge Nurseries, Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 8LS, England.
Large purple (H10) flowers, VII–VIII, freely produced in long spikes; dark green foliage; broad erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Commercially available in England about 1867 from Robert Veitch & Sons (Coombe Wood Nurseries, Exeter, Devon, England)
Named from grandiflorus = large-flowered
Purple (H10) flowers, VI–VIII; lime-green foliage, shading bronze in winter; tight prostrate habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Like ‘Guernsey Plum‘ and ‘Guernsey Purple‘, suitable for sink-gardens and small rockeries.
Wild-collected; found on Brecqhou, off Sark, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, by David McClintock (Platt, Kent, England), and Ken Beckett (Stanhoe, Norfolk) in 1968; introduced by P. Zwijnenberg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1973.
Named after the Bailiwick of Guernsey, where it was collected, and the foliage colour.
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; somewhat erect; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm.
Wild-collected; found on Guernsey, Channel Islands, by David McClintock (Platt, Kent, England), and Ken Beckett (Stanhoe, Norfolk) in 1968; introduced by B. & V. Proudley (St Briavels, Gloucestershire) by 1974.
Named after the Bailiwick of Guernsey, where it was collected, and the flower colour.
Small amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; prostrate compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Like ‘Guernsey Lime‘ and ‘Guernsey Purple‘, suitable for sink-gardens and small rockeries.
Small purple (H10) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; compact prostrate habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Like ‘Guernsey Lime‘ and ‘Guernsey Plum‘, suitable for sink-gardens and small rockeries.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–XI; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. A showy plant.
Thought to be a seedling, perhaps from ‘Startler‘ crossed with ‘Atrorubens‘; found by R. E. Hardwick (Newick, Sussex, England) in his nursery; introduced by Hardwicks Nursery before 1965.
Named after the finder, Ronald Eustace Hardwick (d. 1999; Bulletin of The Heather Society 5 (17): 13 (1999)), and the flower colour.
Bi-coloured flowers white at base and mauve (H2) at mouth, VI–VIII, very profuse; bright green foliage; vigorous; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; found by B. G. (Jack) London before 1977 in his garden at Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, England; introduced by Neil Brummage (Heathwoods Nursery, Norfolk) as ‘Eden Valley Improved’ in 1978; re-named in 1981 at Jack London’s request.
Named in memory of a fellow heather enthusiast and friend.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–IX, becoming white at the base; dark green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; found in Mrs Margaret Bowerman’s garden at Coldwaltham, Surrey, England, in 1977
Derivation not known. When published in the Yearbook of The Heather Society (1983), the cultivar name was incorrectly spelled as two word (‘Heather Bank’). The name is one word.
Amethyst (H1) flowers for a long period, VII–XI; dark green foliage; loose habit; height 26–30cm; spread 61–75cm.
Wild-collected; found near Heathfield, near Bovey Tracey, Devon, England, by Neil Treseder (Truro, Cornwall); introduced by Treseder’s Nursery (Truro, Cornwall) by 1966.
Named after a hamlet near Bovey Tracey, in south Devon.
Ruby (H5) flowers, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. Good garden-worthy plant.
Pure purple flowers, VII–VIII, in long spikes; green foliage; broad spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Collected in Peñas de Europa, Asturias, northern Spain, and named after the finder.
Very pale lilac – almost white – flowers, VII–VIII, in small spikes; pale green foliage; slow growing, prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm Suitable for sink-gardens and small rockeries.
Wild-collected; found near Lochinver, north-western Scotland, by R. D. Trotter in 1927; introduced by Jack Drake (Inshriach Nursery, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland).
Lavender (H3) flowers, VII–XI; mid-green foliage; rather straggly habit unless well pruned; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm.
Amethyst(H1) flowers; VII-IX; foliage light green; habit open erect; height 30cm; spread 30cm. Less floriforous and taller than ‘Maxchan’. Of French descent.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–IX, profuse, with large petaloid sepals half the length of the corolla; dark green foliage; compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Unusual and attractive.
Wild-collected; found near Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, by D. Hutton (Aberfoyle, near Callander, Perthshire, Scotland); introduced by Hutton about 1968.
Named after David Hutton.
Deep mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; distinctive prostrate, creeping habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found on cliffs near Santander, north-eastern Spain, by C. Brighton (Berkhamstead, London, England); introduced by Holden Clough Nursery (Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire) in 1981.
Name alludes to its country of origin.
Shell-pink (H16) flowers, VI–X; light green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. Deserves to be more widely grown.
Wild-collected: from Hamel Down or Hunter’s Tor, Devon, or Trink Hill, Cornwall, England, collected by Miss M. B. G. Waterer (Eden Valley’, Ludgvan, Cornwall) about 1941; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) by 1960.
Named after a Scottish friend of Miss Waterer.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–IX; leaves dark green in lower part and yellow towards tips; open habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. Distinctive. Found by David McClintock at Jardin d’Olivet, Jersey.
(H10) flowers, VI–X, in long spikes; dark green foliage; bushy upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Found at Montendre in the Charente, between Bordeaux and Cognac, France, by N. Nagels (Kalmthout, Belgium) in 1977 and named after his son.
Crimson (H13) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; compact habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after a prominent member of The Heather Society.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–X; gold foliage in summer turning bronze in winter; height 21–25cm; spread 61–75cm.
Wild-collected; found near Broadstone, Dorset, England, by C. D. Eason of Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset); introduced by Maxwell & Beale in 1933.
Named after another son of Charles Eason (see under Erica cinerea ‘C. D. Eason’) (Yearbook of the Heather Society 4 (1): 32-34 (1993)).
Purple (H10) flowers, VII–IX; golden foliage turning red in winter; broad upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. More floriferous than ‘Constance‘. A sport found in J. G. Flecken’s garden, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, during 1988 on a plant that had been collected in the wild at Lande de Frehel, Brittany, France. Registered 23 December 1993: J. G. Flecken, Kerkrade, Netherlands.
Purple (H10) flowers, VI–X, profuse and for a long period; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Collected by Joseph Murphy on Bray Head, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Purple flowers; VII-IX; foliage dark green. Dense upright growth. 25cm tall, 60cm spread.
Listed by Barncroft Nurseries (Longsdon, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) by 1991.
Name derivation not known, but most unlikey to be named after the American plant collector.
Deep rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–X; mid-green foliage; compact spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 61–75cm. Outstanding. Hardy.
Wild-collected; found in Cornwall, England, by Mr & Mrs J. F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by John F. Letts by 1965.
Named after Mrs Josephine Hutchinson (née Ross), then a gardener at Foxhollow.
Distinctive dusky rose-pink (H7/H13) flowers, VI–VIII; dull grey-green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 26–30cm.
Wild-collected; found near Sandford, Wareham, Dorset, England, by Miss Joyce Burfitt about 1950; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1958.
Named after the finder, a founder member of The Heather Society (see Bulletin of The Heather Society 4 (1): 1-2 (1987)).
Flowers single, pink; VI-IX; foliage gold; habit broad; height 20 cm. Introduced by Glynwern Heather Nurseries, Cilcennin Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales, in 1997.
Ref: Glynwern Heather Nurseries catalogue, 1997.
Deep beetroot (H9) flowers, VI–X; glaucous green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. A Dutch selection which is more compact than ‘Velvet Night‘.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; compact upright habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in the demesne of Sir Hugh Nugent at Leaghillaun, County Kerry, Ireland, about 1975; introduced through the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, by Dr Charles Nelson.
Named after the Irish county where it was found, and the flower colour.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding. Introduced by Waterer’s Knap Hill Nursery.
Pale ruby (H5) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; neat habit; height 10–15cm; spread 10–15cm.
Pale mauve (H2/H12) flowers, VII–IX, in long spikes; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 61–75cm.
Wild-collected; found in Cornwall, England, by Mr & Mrs J. F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by J. F. Letts by 1966. ‘Another cultivar which my wife and I stumbled over while roaming the Cornish countryside.’
Name is an allusion to the flower colour.
Flowers lilac; VII-VIII; foliage dark green; habit compact, upright. Seeding; selection from a sequence of seedlings from a deliberate cross by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany). Registered on 14 December 2001 by Kurt Kramer.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VII–VIII, sparse; bright green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–XI; bright green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Soft lavender (H3) flowers, VI–X, profuse; lime-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. A very attractive plant.
Seedling; found by B. G. (Jack) London (Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, England); introduced by Neil Brummage (Heathwoods Nursery, Taverham, near Norwich, Norfolk) in 1978.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
Flowers profusely with bright purple blossoms (H10) which entirely smother the plant. Compact low plant with green foliage, very slow growing. Little cutting material is available.
Wild-collected; found near Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland, by Mrs Eileen Porter about 1969; introduced by P. J. Foley, Holden Clough Nursery (Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire, England).
Named after Anne Dobbin, Mrs Eileen Porter’s granddaughter (see also Calluna vulgaris ‘Anne Dobbin’).
Deep magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX, profuse; dark green foliage; tidy habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Glenogle, Perthshire, Scotland, about 1961; introduced by D. Hutton (Aberfoyle, near Callander, Perthshire, Scotland) by 1972.
Named after the daughter of the introducer.
Flowers heliotrope.
Seedling; found at Champs Hill, Cold Waltham, West Sussex, England, by Mrs C. Mary Bowerman in August 1985.
Named after the finder’s mother-in-law, Mrs Alfred Bowerman of Champs Hill (d. 1985).
Corolla and calyx “rosa” (H12 heliotrope); VII-XI; foliage dark green; habit upright; height 40cm; spread 40cm in 3 years.
Chance seedling, selected at Geldern by Johannes van Leuven in August 2007.
Named after Markus van Leuven, one of Johannes van Leuven’s sons.
® E.2010:10 registered on 30 October 2010 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.
Flowers amethyst (H1); VI-IX; foliage dark green, habit erect; height 20cm; spread 40cm. French origin.
Flowers deep pink; foliage deep gold in spring and early summer; habit erect with curling stems. A seedling found on his nursery by John L. Jones, Glywern Nursery, Cilcennin, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales, in 1993.
Intense magenta (H14) flowers, VII–X; dark green foliage; vigorous spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Possible seedling; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey, England) by 1970.
Named after Donald Waterer’s younger son.
Glowing amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–XI; dark green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm. It can have an untidy habit but in bloom is outstanding. Almost a bi-colour, with the process the other way round, as buds open white and blooms turn lilac-purple [RHS 78A].
Introduced by J. F. Letts before 1963.
Name unknowned.
Deep rose-pink flowers (H7) verging onto cerise (H6), single, VII-IX; corolla urn shaped 6mm long x 4mm across; calyx, anthers, and style-end ruby (H5); calyx length 3 mm; foliage dark green; new growth bright green; habit compact.
Wild-collected, found in August 2013 in the vicinity of Frencham, Surrey, by Molly Rose Hall.
® E.2014:03 registered on 3 November 2014 by John Hall, John Hall Plants Ltd, Headley Down, Hampshire, UK.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; neat; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm.
Seedling collected on Skye by Mrs. E. M. Dill (Hereford, Worcester, England) about 1909. Offered for sale as early as 1925 by the Daisy Hill Nursery (Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) and then by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1929.
Named after the finder.
Glowing magenta (H14) flowers, VII–VIII, very profuse; dark green foliage; open erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found by G. Herbert Mitchell (Newton, Yorkshire, England) as a seedling in a bed of ‘Eden Valley‘; introduced by Mitchell in 1965.
Named after G. Herbert Mitchell’s wife.
Deep rose-pink (H7) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; bushy; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm.
Possible Seedling; found by Robert Hayes (Grasmere, Cumbria, England) and introduced by him in 1947.
Striking amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–X; dark green foliage; spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. The unusual flower colour is similar to ‘Vivienne Patricia‘.
Seedling; introduced by John F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England) about 1966.
Named after John F. Letts’ wife.
Flowers mauve (h2); VII-IX; foliage dark green; habit bushy; height 25cm; spread 45cm.
Seedling; found by Stanley Dawson in his garden at Sandal, Yorkshire, England, during the 1970s.
Named after finder’s wife.
Cerise flowers, in upright, cylindrical spikes to 10cm long; VII–IX; foliage mid-green; height 60cm; spread 60cm. A seedling found within 70 yards of the Pacific Ocean on Neptune Avenue, Fort Bragg, California, U.S.A.Named after the place where it was found. Registered on 27 October 2001 by Edith M. Davies.
Striking purple (HIO) flowers; VI-VIII; foliage mid-green; habit: spreading; height 15cm; spread 30cm after 3 years. Wild-collected in Scotland in 2004 by Margareta Dahlin and Brita Johansson. We “took cuttings … from a plant with a striking purple colour, hoping that it would prove hardier than cultivars from south England. So far it has behaved very well”.
Nessie is the name of the Dahlins’ Portuguese water-dog: “Of course Loch Ness is in the background.”
® E.2008:05 registered on 12 May 2008 by Margareta Dahlin, Varnhem, Sweden.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–X; mid-green foliage; upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 75–100cm.
Seedling; found by R. E. Hardwick (Newick, East Sussex, England) in his nursery; introduced by Hardwicks Nursery by 1967.
Named after the village where the nursery was located, and the colour of flower.
Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–X; grey-green foliage irregularly flecked with red and yellow; height 26–30cm; spread 61–75cm.
A sport from ‘C. G. Best‘; found by David McClintock at Bracken Hill, Platt, Kent, England, in 1971; introduced by G. Yates (Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria) in 1980.
A punning name, alluding to the parent plant.
Flowers beetroot; VIII-X; foliage very dark green; habit a minute plant similar to Erica cinerea ‘Dark Clouds‘ (also raised by John Proudfoot) which is taller; A seedling raised by John Proudfoot, Methven Perthshire, Scotland.
Soft lavender flowers, VII–IX, sepals red; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected sport; found on a plant on the Novar Estate, Ross-shire, Scotland; introduced by W. A. Cadman (Woodside Nursery, Blackpark, Inverness, Scotland).
Named after the place where it was found.
Flower pedicels and sepals dark red, corolla bicoloured, amethyst (HI) at base shading to white and back to amethyst at lobes: VII-VIII: foliage dark green with mid-green tips in spring: habit open, upright: height 20cm: spread 15-20cm. Found as a seedling by Mrs Petterssen in July 1993 on the island of Misje, west of Bergen, Norway. Named after her late friend, the poet Olav H. Hauge (d. 1994) who wrote “Ogmund rides home”. Ogmund was a 13th century merchant-venturer from Mrs Petterssen’s village who became a Crusader in Jerusalem. Registered 10 October 1995: Mrs E. B. Petterssen, Otervei 16, 5045 Skjoldtun, Norway.
Pale rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. A good ground-cover plant.
Wild-collected; found ‘when passing through’ Devon, England, by Mr & Mrs J. F. Letts (Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by J. F. Letts by 1966.
Name alludes to the flower colour.
Purple (H10) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm Recommended.
Wild-collected; found in Dorset, England, by P. S. Patrick in 1928, and introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1930.
Named after Paul Spurgeon Patrick (c. 1892-1974) who was, at the time of discovery, employed by Maxwell & Beale. Later he was Editor of the Yearbook of The Heather Society.
Purple (H10) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; vigorous; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
A plant of unknown origin, available before 1970 from Dutch nurseries under the name ‘Pallida’; named by H. J. van de Laar in 1970.
Pallas is derived from pallidus = pale.
Lilac (H4) flowers, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; vigorous bushy habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) used this name for a plant they introduced in 1921. However the same name had been employed as early as 1826 by Conrad Loddiges (Hackney, London).
Named from pallidus = pale. A plant marketed under this name in Holland was renamed ‘Pallas’.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–X, in spikes up to 12cm long; dark green foliage; vigorous bushy habit; height 25cm; spread 60cm. Found by Paul Pacilly Alphen at Limburg, Belgium, in 1983.
Bright ruby flowers, VII–VIII, profuse; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Recommended.
A sport from ‘C. D. Eason‘ found by J. Peñaz, Chief of the State Nursery, Litomysl, Czech Republic by 1976
Named after Mr Peñaz, the name is pronounced “pen – yazz”.
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; neat carpeter; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding. Named after a village in Cornwall.
Pale shell-pink (H16) flowers, VI–XI; dark green foliage; neat habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Probable seedling; found by John F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England); introduced by J. F. Letts by 1970.
Name alludes to the flower colour.
Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VII–XI; dark green foliage; dwarf twiggy habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Ideal companion for ‘Godrevy‘ and very suitable for growing in tubs, window boxes or sinks.
Bright ruby (H5) flowers, VI–XI; dark green foliage; loose habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; found by J. E. B. Plummer in his garden, Fiddlestone Lodge, Burton on The Wirral, Cheshire, England, before 1959; propagated and introduced by Liverpool Botanic Gardens, Ness, Cheshire, by 1966.
Named after the finder, Edward Plummer.
Ruby-red flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Discovery‘ but not so tall. Found by S. Ketelaar in his garden 1993 Netherlands.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by 1968.
Name alludes to habit and flower colour.
Bright ruby (H5) flowers, VII–VIII; glossy deep green foliage; spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; found in 1972 by H. M. J. Blum in the heather garden of ‘De Voorzienigheid’, the nunnery at Steenwijkerwold (Netherlands) where he was gardener; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1974.
The name is a translation of ‘De Voorzienigheid’, the name of the monastery at Steenwijkerwold where H. M. J. Blum was in charge of the heather garden.
Glowing amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–XI; dark green foliage; vigorous; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found in Cornwall, England, ‘whilst on one of our rambles’ by Mr & Mrs J. F. Letts (Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by J. F. Letts by 1966.
Name alludes to the flower colour.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–VIII; mid-green foliage; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Purple flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; vigorous spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by 1985.
Name alludes to the flower colour and habit.
Deep amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; bushy habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. A nineteenth-century selection.
Introduced by 1800.
Named from purpureus = purple.
Deep rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–VIII, sparse; dark green foliage; dwarf; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Introduced by G. Reuthe Ltd (Keston, Kent, England) by 1908.
Named from pygmaeus = dwarf.
Rich ruby (H5) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; compact erect habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Sport on ‘Pentreath‘; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey, England) in 1972.
Name alludes to the flower colour and parent cultivar.
Bright magenta (H14) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Possible seedling; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1934.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–VIII, very sparse; golden yellow foliage turning orange-red in winter; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Wild-collected sport on a normal plant; found by J. F. Letts on Sunningdale Golf Course, Surrey, England; introduced by J. Hall (Windlesham, Surrey) in 1972.
Purple (H10) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; spreading, prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Wild-collected; found at Mullion Cove, Cornwall, England, by R. A. Ide (Camberley, Surrey) on 6 October 1972; introduced by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands).
Named after the collector’s wife, Elsie Ruth Ide.
Flowers bicoloured, white at base, shading to lavender (H3) and purple (H10) at tips, in spikes to 5-6cm long; VII-X; foliage fresh, dark green; habit upright, approx 20x30cm.
Chance seedling at Speyside Heather Centre; selected for naming in 2002 to mark the pop-star Madonna’s second wedding anniversary. Registered on 11 December 2003 by David Lambie.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–XI; dark green foliage; neat ground cover; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Possible seedling; introduced by Dingle Hollow Nursery (Stockport, Cheshire, England) by 1963.
Named after a village near Stockport, Cheshire.
Salmon-pink(H15) flowers in profusion; VII-VIII; foliage dense dark green. Best regarded as a dwarf variant of ‘C. G. Best‘. 15cm tall, 40cm spread.
Possible seedling; introduced by G. M. Post (Singerskamp, Laren, Netherlands) by 1939. It is now thought to be extinct.
Derivation not known.
Note: A clone widely grown under this name has magenta (H14) flowers in profusion, June-Sept, with dark green foliage; an outstanding plant with a compact, spreading habit (see Small & Small (1998)). This clone is now named ‘Rosy Chimes‘.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; vigorous and spreading; height 26–30cm; spread 61–75cm. Similar to ‘Rosy Chimes’.
Wild-collected; found on a mountainside near Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, by Tom Smith (Daisy Hill Nurseries, Newry).
Name alludes to the flower colour.
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. Similar to ‘Splendens‘ but pre–dates it by half a century.
Large crimson flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; compact erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Named from roseus = rose-pink.
Pink rose(H7) flowers; VII-IX; foliage dark green; habit compact erect; height 20cm; spread 30cm.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX, profuse; dark green foliage; compact, spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Outstanding.
Available widely in the U.K. under the name ‘Rosabella’.
Because ‘Rosabella’ has been used for a clone which may still be in cultivation (although it is believed to be extinct), the same name cannot be applied to an obviously distinct one. A new name is needed and this is provided here.
Pink-red flowers; VII–VIII; foliage dark green; habit upright. Selection made by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany). Registered on 14 December 2001 by Kurt Kramer.
Ruby (H5) flowers with a dusky overtone, VI–X, sparse; dark green foliage; prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.
Wild-collected, found in Cornwall, England, by Mr & Mrs D. Waterer (Bagshot, Surrey) in 1951; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) by 1962.
Named after Donald Waterer’s wife.
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; vigorous but tidy carpeter; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm. Outstanding.
Possible seedling; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1930.
Named after one of Maxwell & Beale’s staff.
Flowers purple, densely clustered in fascicles on short lateral shoots; corolla small, obovoid, elongated to 5mm long, less that 1.5mm across towards base, sepals up to 8, stamens absent, style malformed and emergent; VII-VIII; foliage dark green.
Wild-collected; and aberrant form found on 28 September 2009 on Sandford Heath(SY 93727 90374), near Wareham, Dorset, by Dr. J. F. Wright; the original plant is still alive at that place, 2 october 2011.
® E.2011:02 registered on 4 October 2011 by Dr. J. F. Wright.
Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. A striking plant when in full bloom.
Pale mauve (H2) flowers, VII–VIII; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. An unusual plant having ragged, split flowers.
Wild-collected; one clone was found by T. W. Hazleby in 1912 at Ringwood in Hampshire, England, but it is not certain whether this clone is Hazleby’s.
Named from Greek; schizo- = split; petalus = petal.
Amethyst flowers, VII–IX; gold foliage in summer darkening to orange-red in winter; compact, near prostrate habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Found on Screel Hill near Threave, Castle Douglas, Scotland.
Lilac (H4) flowers, VI–IX; mid-green foliage; rather open habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced long before 1964.
Derivation not known. The name is composed of two separate words.
Ruby (H5) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; compact habit; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. Found in Cornwall by John Letts and named after one of his dogs (see also ‘Cindy‘).
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–VIII; mid-green foliage; rather open habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Introduced by 1963.
Named after the polo field in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire.
Pinkish purple flowers, VI–VII, small, in short spikes; dark green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by 1830s, and in commerce in 1870s, but whether the clone grown under this name today is the same as the nineteenth centruy plants is debatable.
Named after latin spicatus = bearing a spike.
Deep heliotrope (H12) flowers, VI–X; mid-green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 61–75cm.
Seedling; raised by Georg Arends (Wuppertal, Germany) by 1914; introduced by Arends in 1920.
Named from splendens = brilliant.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; large carpeter; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Possible eedling; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1934.
Derivation not known.
Bright magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; neat habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Found on Marley Common, Haslemere, Surrey, by Peter Davis and named after his son.
Dusky lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–VIII, profuse; dark green foliage; upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced before 1968.
Derivation unknown. Under ICNCP (1995, Art. 17.13) the former name, ‘Strawberry’, is not acceptable, being the vernacular name of another plant.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage, the shoots tipped pink; compact; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. A sport from ‘Rose Queen‘, to which it reverts, and named after a worker at Greenacres Nursery, Worcestershire, who found it there.
Glowing magenta (H14) flowers, VII–X; gold foliage in summer becoming greener during winter; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. An attractive plant.
Seedling among ‘C. D. Eason‘; found by Clive Benson in his garden at Farington, Preston, Lancashire, England; introduced by C. Benson by 1978.
Name lludes to the foliage colour.
Flowers rose-pink (H7); VII-XI; foliage golden in Summer deepening to orange in winter; habit compact spreading; height 20cm; spread 70cm. Sport on Erica cinerea ‘Pink Ice‘ found in 1992 at Carn Nurseries by Pat Glass, originally given the illegitimate name Erica cinerea ‘Golden Wonder’. Registered 20 January 1998: P. Glass, Carn Nurseries, 58 Tirkane Road, Maghera, Co. Derry BT46 SAG, Northern Ireland.
Bi-coloured flowers purple bases and white mouths, VI–XI; deep green foliage; semi-erect; height 40cm. The reverse of the “normal” bi-colours in bell heathers.
Collected in at Lettergesh, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.
Named after Dr E. G. H. Oliver.
® E.2008:08 registered by Susie Kay, Lettergesh, County Galway, Ireland.
Flowers purple; V-VII; foliage dark green, habit open. A seedling found by H. Ballyantyne of Netherfield nurseries, Dumfries.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–XI; mid-green foliage; neat spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Named after the village in Surrey.
Corolla and calyx dark red (H5 ruby–H6 cerise); VII-XI; foliage dark green; habit upright; height 40cm; spread 40cm in 3 years.
Chance seedling, selected at Geldern by Johannes van Leuven in August 2007.
Named after Tobias van Leuven, one of Johannes van Leuven’s sons.
® E.2010:11 registered on 30 October 2010 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.
Unusual pale cerise (H6) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; neat habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found in Cornwall, England, by Mr & Mrs G. D. Waterer (Bagshot, Surrey); introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) by 1964.
Presumably named after a relative of Mr and Mrs Waterer, but Tom Waterer has not been identified.
Pale pink (H8) flowers, VI–X; mid-green foliage; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Formerly named ‘Carnea, Underwood’s Variety’. Not reliably hardy, can be damaged in severe winters
Rose-red flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
A sport from ‘Pink Ice‘ and has a similar habit. Found by H. Westermann (Bispingen-Borstel, Lüneberger Heide, Germany) by 1978; introduced by H. Westermann in 1983.
Named after an employee.
Deep beetroot (H9) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage, shoots tipped chocolate in winter; neat habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found near Broadstone, Dorset, England, by an employee of Maxwell & Beale in 1923, and then introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1925.
Probably named after the person who collected it, a member of Maxwell & Beale’s staff.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; bushy; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Plants with this name were in cultivation in USA by 1943, but whether the present clone is in any way connected must be doubtful. Note Waitz (1805) had Erica cinerea var flora violaceo, but that name is invalid and is most unlikely to have been the origin of the name employed in the 1940s.
Name is from Latin violaceus = violet
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; vigorous spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Of Dutch origin.
Lilac pink (H11) flowers, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; neat habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Cornwall, England, by Mrs V. P. Letts and Mr J. F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by John F. Letts by 1965. ‘A colour we thought most striking as it stood amongst all the colours of the Cornish moor…’.
Named after Mrs Letts.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. A greatly improved variety of ‘Winifred Whitley’ with far larger flowers.
Wild-collected; found at Broadstone, Dorset, England, by W. G. Notley of Maxwell & Beale in 1936, and introduced by Maxwell & Beale in 1939. This is a schizopetalous cultivar of Erica cinerea and not a hybrid.
Named after the finder who worked in Maxwell & Beale’s nursery from about 1933; he died in 1968.
Beetroot flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; neat spreading but compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after the village in Surrey.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–IX; golden yellow foliage in summer turning orange-red in winter; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found on Sunningdale Golf Course, Surrey, England, by John Letts; introduced by John F. Letts (Windlesham, Surrey) in 1972.
Named after Windle Brook, a stream near Windlesham.
Dull pale ruby (H5) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Named alludes to the flower colour.
Amethyst (H1) schizopetalous flowers; VII-VIII; dark green foliage. ‘W. G. Notley‘ is a greatly improved variety.
Wild-collected; found by Miss Winifred Whitley (Broadstone, Dorset, England) by 1933, and introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone) in 1934. It was stated then to be a hybrid between E. cinerea and E. [i.e. Calluna] vulgaris.
Named after Miss Whitley, the discoverer of this plant.
Flower single, corolla & calyx amethyst HI; VII-X; foliage shoots with bicoloured golden ends with brilliant glossy red inner leaves, colours deepen to orange and red in winter cold; habit compact spreading height 20cm; spread 40cm.
Sport on ‘Atropurpurea‘, found by Ken Hutchins at Oregon Rhododendrons, Corvalis, USA, in 1994. “Distinctive bicolored foliage gives winter foliage color in areas that can not grow Calluna. The red is much more brilliant than other gold” bell heathers.
® E.2008:01 registered on 24 January 2008 by K. Hutchins, Mossyrock, WA, USA.
Salmon (H15) flowers, VI–X; mid-grey-green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. A sport from ‘C. G. Best‘, this is attractive and unusual plant was found by Dick Boer (Boskoop, Netherlands) and named after his daughter.
