Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–IX, ; yellowish green foliage, with bronze-red shoot tips particularly in winter; height 75–100cm; spread 75–100cm. A seedling found by Mr and Mrs D. I. Lockie (Sherford, Taunton, Somerset) in 1989.
Erica terminalis : Corsican heath
Shrub to 2–3m tall; shoots upright; leaves in whorls of 4, to 9mm; flowers in terminal umbels; calyx with 4 free sepals; corolla 6–7mm long, urn-shaped, pink; stamens 8, included; anthers with 2straight spurs; nectar produced; style-end capitate, about 4mm diameter, exserted.
Blooms from late spring to late summer, or early autumn.
Native in south-eastern Spain, Corsica, Italy including Sardinia and Morocco, and long-naturalized in Northern Ireland. This lime-tolerant species is surprisingly hardy and is suitable for zone 5. The faded bells provide an attractive russet hue all winter.
Few cultivars have ever been named, and it is not as common in cultivation as it deserves to be.
`Thelma Woolner`
Deep lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–X; dark green foliage; height 61–75cm; spread 46–60cm. Less reliable than the “type”.
Collected in Sardinia and named by the finder after his wife.
Erica terminalis
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–IX, faded flowers russet in winter; mid-green foliage; open habit which can be vastly improved by pruning in the early years; height to at least 1m; spread 75–100cm.