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.
Heathers
‘Red Shift’
Flowers ruby; foliage dark green with bronze tips; habit open.Faster growing than ‘Nathalie‘. A seedling found on his nursery by John Proudfoot,Almondell Nursery, Methven, Perthshire, in 1990.
‘Alistair’
Flowers pale rose; VII-IX; foliage small light green leaves. Found by H.H. Ballantyne of Netherfeld, near Dumfries in a friends garden before 1991.
‘Golden Sunrise’
‘Erling’
Extreme dwarf, dark green foliage; looks like a ball of moss.
Sport (witch’s broom) on ‘Martha Hermann‘, in Sweden by a friend of Brita Johansson in 1990.
Named after the finder’s husband.
‘Pink Lantern’
Flowers pink; foliage bright green; habit low growing, broad. Chance seedling found c 1990 by John Proudfoot of Almondell Nursery, Methven, Perthsire, Scotland, c. 1990.
‘Rachel Patricia’
Flowers few, mauve; foliage light green, with pink tips in spring lasting well into the summer; habit low, compact.
Seedling, raised by Stan Crabtree, Eversley Nursery, Hesketh Bank, near Preston, Lancashire; named after his grand-daughter.
‘Breivik’
Flowers pink; foliage dense dark green; habit broad very hardy. Collected north-west of Bergen, Norway, by Anna Karin Breivik, c. 1990.
‘Cinderella’
No description.
Plant of uncertain parentage, derived from Cape species. Introduced by G. Leurs, Germany, by 1994; granted plant breeder’s rights, 1 July 1994. Notwithstanding the duplicated use of this epithet (cf Daboecia cantabrica ‘Cinderella’) it is accepted under ICNCP Art 22.2.
‘Cornish Gold’
Flowers off-white; VIII-XI; foliage gold in summer, turning lime-green; habit compact;
Sport on ‘Cornish Cream‘ found by Mr Watson of Callender Propagators, Scotland, in 1995; named and introduced by him.
Name alludes to the parent cultivar and to the foliage colour.