Profuse pink flowers held well above foliage, in compact spikes; I–III; foliage mid-green; habit compact; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. Sport from ‘Cecilia M Beale‘.
Heathers
‘Golden Wedding’
Flowers none to date; foliage gold in summer, lime-green to gold in winter; habit compact, erect, low. A chance seedling found in 1996 and named to celebrate Jack and Ruth Piatt’s golden wedding anniversary in 1999.
Registered 1 November 1999: Jack Piatt, Fernbank, 176 Southport Road, Ulnes- Walton, PR5 3LN, Lancashire, England.
‘Lila Fee’
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.
‘Joan Graham’
Flowers white to lilac (H4) with red /crimson petal edges turning brown; foliage green; habit upright, large,self-branching.
Chance seeding; raised by M. Nicholson; found in a tray of seedlings set from capsules from ‘Mrs D. F. Maxwell‘; the other parent was possibly ‘Lyonesse‘. Outgrew the other 50 seedlings and was covered in flowers; bloomed for first time in September 2000.
Named after Mrs Nicholson (her maiden name). Registered on 1 February 2001 by Mr M. Nicholson.
‘Melanie Select’
‘Loni Kircher’
Bud-bloomer, calyx lilac (HI); IX-XI; foliage mid-green; habit broad, bushy. Deliberately bred seedling; raised by Kurt Kramer in 1991 (sister-seedling of ‘Fritz Kircher‘).
Named after Mrs Loni Kircher, wife of Fritz Kircher, President of Gesellschaft der Heidefreunde. This cultivar should not be confused with Calluna vulgaris ‘Loni’ which is also named after Mrs Kircher, and which is not a bud-bloomer. Registered on 3 November 2002 by Kurt Kramer.
‘Klausi’
♤ Bud-bloomer, calyx white; IX-XI; foliage bright green; habit upright, compact. Deliberately bred seedling: raised by K. Kramer in 1991 (sister-seedling of ‘Alicia‘).
A composite word, without meaning. Registered on 3 November 2002 by Kurt Kramer.
‘Klaudewi’
♤ Bud-bloomer, calyx white; IX-XI; foliage bright green; habit upright. Deliberately bred seedling: raised by K. Kramer in 1991 (sister-seedling of ‘Alicia‘).
A composite word, without meaning. Registered on 3 November 2002 by Kurt Kramer.
‘Golden Ellena’
♤ Bud-bloomer, calyx lilac-red;IX-X; foliage outstanding yellow in summer turning orange in winter; habit broad, spreading. Sport on ‘Marleen‘; found by Eckart Berndt in his nursery in 1998.
Named after Eckart Berndt’s daughter, and alluding to the foliage colour. Registered on 6 October 2002 by Eckart Berndt.
‘Dreinullvier’
♤ Bud-bloomer, calyx lilac (H3);IX-XI; foliage mid-green; habit broad, bushy. Deliberately bred seedling; raised by K. Kramer in 1991 (sister-seedling of ‘Fritz Kircher’).
The name comprises the German words for three (drei), zero (null) and four (vier) (304 was its nursery code). Registered on 3 November 2002 by Kurt Kramer.