Flowers pink; foliage dense dark green; habit broad very hardy. Collected north-west of Bergen, Norway, by Anna Karin Breivik, c. 1990.
Heathers
‘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.
‘Marco’
No description.
Plant Breeders’ Rights granted to Albert Bardt u. Sonne, Kirchlinteln, Germany, 18 February 1991.
‘Gengold’ (=Erica nana x patersonia)
Open, erect habit, 10cm tall, 15cm wide; stems mid-green, glabrous; foliage light green in spring and summer, mid-green in autumn and winter; leaves linear with aristate tips, 8mm long, 2mm wide, glabrous; inflorescence a terminal cluster, about 15mm long; pedicel light green, glabrous, 2mm long, with 5 bracts at base; sepals light green, lanceolate, tips aristate, downy, 3mm long, 2mm wide; corolla yellow, tubular, about 15mm long, 5mm wide; anthers included, light green, linear, with divided lobes, without appendages; blooming period in South Africa from August to October. Not frost hardy but suitable for pot-culture.
Raised at Harold Porter Botanic Garden, Betty’s Bay, South Africa by A. van der Zeyde in 1988. Exhibited in September 1995 at National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland, by Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden.
Registered 12 January 1996: Deon Kotze on behalf of the National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, Claremont, South Africa.
‘Jubilee’
Flowers single, pink; VI-IX; foliage gold; habit broad; height 20 cm. Introduced by Glynwern Heather Nurseries, Cilcennin Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales, in 1997.
Ref: Glynwern Heather Nurseries catalogue, 1997.
‘Celtic Flame’
Flowers single, heliotrope; IX-XI; foliage small, dark green; habit spreading. Introduced by private circulation by David McLaughlin, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland , by 1995. This flowers well, even as a small plant, and is a nice contrast with one of David McLaughlin’s other cultivars, ‘Celtic Snow‘.
‘Warren’s Gold’
Flowers single, white; VIII-IX; foliage gold; habit broad erect. Raised and introduced by Glynwern Heather Nurseries, Cilcennin Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales, in 1997.
Ref: Glynwerne Heather Nurseries catalogue, 1997.
‘Tallboy’
Flowers single, rose pink; VIII-IX; foliage light grey; habit narrow erect; heaght 65 cm; spread 30 cm. A free-flowering seedling found under Calluna vulgaris ‘Anthony Davis‘ in 1986. Ref: Ericultura 92: 10 (1994)
‘BEJ’
❁ Flowers full double, pale lilac; VIII-IX; foliage mid-green; habit broad; height 25 – 30 cms. Sport on Calluna vulgaris ‘Flore Pleno‘, found and propagated by John Proudfoot, Almondell Nursery, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland. Name is made up of the initials of Brita Elizabeth Johansson. The larger pale lilac flowers are a nice contrast with the foliage.