White flowers; VIII-XI: habit erect.
Listed by 1982; finder thought to be R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perthshire, Scotland).
Named, perhaps after the fairy-tale character, but probably also alluding to flower colour.
Heathers
‘Derry Gold’
VIII–IX; may be slightly more gold than ‘Ruth’s Gold‘ but hasn’t come up to expectations’.
Wild-collected; found on Derry Cairngorm, Scotland, by James Mackay (Dellside, Blairdaff, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) by 1995.
Named after the mountain on which it was found and the foliage colour.
‘Margaret Bowerman’
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).
‘Asli’
♤ Bud-flowering (Knospenblüher), white, VIII-X; foliage: silvery green; habit: upright, bushy, to 50cm × 50cm after 4 years (pruned). Buds relatively large, pure white; early blooming and long-lasting; very vigorous.
A deliberately raised seedling (VL 11-00012); cross made in 2010; selected in September 2011 by J. van Leuven.
® C.2017:01 registered on 20 June 2017 by J. van Leuven, Geldern-Lüllingen, Germany.
Recorded and bred by Johannes van Leuven, Ilmenweg 39, 47608 Geldern, Germany. 02.03.2017. CPVO 3.2017 15/06/2017
Johannes van Leuven, EU PBR given on 06.05.2019. CPVO 4.2019 15/08/2019
‘Margaret Benson’
Synonym for Erica carnea ‘Weisse March Seedling’
‘Little Anne’
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’).
‘Memory’
Flowers rose pink (H7); XII-IV; foliage green; habit upright; height and width 30-60cm. Improvement on Erica carnea ‘Winter Beauty’
‘Grüner Favorit’
Correct name for this cultivar is Erica arborea f. arborea ‘Kermit’. Name changed as original name was rejected by the Federal Plant Variety Office (Bundessortenamt).
‘Heidedorf Lüllingen’
Flowers white; malformed style-end noticeably crooked; stamens with sigmoid bend towards apex of filament; anthers without any visible awns (not even a tuft of spicules). Some flower bud aborted.
Deliberately raised seedling from E. lusitanica × E. carnea ‘Winterfreude’, cross made by Johannes van Leuven in 2012; clone 7.
® E.2016:08. Registered on 29th December 2016 by Johannes van Leuven (Geldern, Germany).
‘Pink Tina’
Flowers “lachsrosa”, VII-X; foliage green; habit broadly upright, to 50cm tall, 50cm spread after 4 years (pruned).
Sport on ‘Tina’ found by Johannes van Leuven, in July 2013.
® D.2016:03. Registered on 29th december 2016 by Johannes van Leuven (Geldern, Germany).