Corolla pink (H8); VII-X; not free-flowering; after hard pruning, a compact, grey-green shrub, about lm tall; new growths brighter green than mature foliage; The “original” (only surviving) clone of the batch of seedlings raised in 1983, the progeny of Erica tetralix ‘Bartinney‘ x Erica manipuliflora ‘Aldeburgh‘. Named after Dr & Mrs Griffiths’s first grandson, Craig Simpson.
Registered on 18 August 2006 by Dr John Griffiths, Garforth, Yorkshire.
Erica x garforthensis
‘Tracy Wilson’
Pale pink, flowers, slightly fragrant, in compact cylindrical spikes; VII–X; foliage light green, the new shoots tipped creamy yellow; habit compact, spreading; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. A selected seedling from a deliberate cross between Erica tetralix ‘Melbury White’ and Erica manipuliflora ‘Korçula’ raised in 1996 by David Wilson (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada). Registered 25 November 1999 David Wilson, 6605 Hopedale Road, Chilliwack, British Columbia, V2R 4L4, Canada.