Mauve (H2) flowers; IX; foliage dark green, tipped with pink and red in spring and summer; habit compact; height 10cm; spread 25cm. Collected on Trink Hill, Cornwall, England by Richard (Dick) Ide. Formerly called Calluna vulgaris ‘Maiden’s Blush’.
Heathers
‘Doctor Violet Gray’ (=Erica verticillata)
Flowers light pink, tubular, 20mm, 3mm diameter; arranged in terminal 4-flowered, or occasionally 3-flowered, umbels, on very short lateral branches. Synflorescences neat, spike-like, each with up to 6 whorls of flowering branches, on strong, erect, main branches; terminal apex of the stem continuing growth. Non-flowering lateral branches on the main flowering stems to 4–5cm long, arranged in whorls of 5. Medium-sized, erect clone, to an average height of 1.0–1.2m, to 0.5m broad. Viable seed produced sparingly.
Origins: accession number 548/06; from the collection of the late Dr Violet Gray who was a member of The Heather Society’s Cape Heaths Group; she is also commemorated in Calluna vulgaris ‘Mrs Ronald Gray’.
Being of South African origin the plant is not regarded as hardy in the UK and is preferably grown in a pot, using ericaceous compost, and brought into a frost free, light and airy environment during the winter months.
® E.2012:09 registered by Anthony Hitchcock, Nursery, Plant Collections & Threatened Species Program Manager Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden.
‘Rosita’
Pink rose(H7) flowers; VII-IX; foliage dark green; habit compact erect; height 20cm; spread 30cm.
‘Hubertal’
Amethyst(H1) flowers; VII-IX; foliage light green; habit open erect; height 30cm; spread 30cm. Less floriforous and taller than ‘Maxchan’. Of French descent.
‘Maxchan’
Flowers amethyst (H1); VI-IX; foliage dark green, habit erect; height 20cm; spread 40cm. French origin.
‘Columbia’
Flowers bright pink; XII-IV; foliage green; habit dwarf with needle-like leaves; height 40-60 cms, spread 40-60 cms.
‘Torero’
Flowers mauve to heliotrope (H2 / H12) in spikes to 8cm long, corolla urn-shaped, to 7mm long, maximum width 5mm; calyx dark mauve, to 4mm long; anthers very dark red, fully emergent; II-IV; foliage dark green above, pale green below, to 9mm long, linear; habit upright; height to 45cm tall; spread 35cm after 5 years (not pruned). Differs from ‘Kramers Rote’, more upright habit and more “red”.
Deliberately raised seedling, cross made by Johannes van Leuven in February 2008; selected February 2010; EU-Sortenschutz SR-2 (Torero).
Named after a bullfighter. registered on 6th April 2015 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.
® E.2015:02. registered on 6th April 2015 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.
‘Ramona’ {Irish Princess®}
Flowers violet; VII-X; foliage light green; habit broadly upright; height to 50cm; spread to 50cm after 4 years (pruned). More vigorous than ‘Vanessa’ with flowers in loose spike.
Deliberately raised seedling by Johannes van Leuven, selected in September 2013. Registered on 13 July 2015 by Johannes van Leuven, Ilmenweg 39, 47608 Geldern, Germany. ® D.2015:03.
‘Annika’ {Irish Princess®}
Flowers pink; VII-X; foliage light green; habit broadly upright; height to 50cm; spread to 50cm after 4 years (pruned). More vigorous than ‘Rosella’ with flowers in loose spike. Deliberately raised seedling by Johannes van Leuven, selected in September 2013; from an unnamed seedling × ‘Maja’.
Registered on 13 July 2015 by Johannes van Leuven, Ilmenweg 39, 47608 Geldern, Germany. ® D.2015:02.
‘Tina’ {Irish Princess®}
Flowers red; VII-X; foliage light green; habit broadly upright; height to 50cm; spread 50cm after 4 years (pruned). Deliberately raised seedling by Johannes van Leuven, selected in September 2013.
Registered on 13 July 2015 by Johannes van Leuven, Ilmenweg 39, 47608 Geldern, Germany.® D.2015:01. Named after his future daughter-in-law, Christina Schönmakers.