Flower pedicels and sepals dark red, corolla bicoloured, amethyst (HI) at base shading to white and back to amethyst at lobes: VII-VIII: foliage dark green with mid-green tips in spring: habit open, upright: height 20cm: spread 15-20cm. Found as a seedling by Mrs Petterssen in July 1993 on the island of Misje, west of Bergen, Norway. Named after her late friend, the poet Olav H. Hauge (d. 1994) who wrote “Ogmund rides home”. Ogmund was a 13th century merchant-venturer from Mrs Petterssen’s village who became a Crusader in Jerusalem. Registered 10 October 1995: Mrs E. B. Petterssen, Otervei 16, 5045 Skjoldtun, Norway.
Heathers
‘Sidney Spicer’
Flowers lavender (H3), single: VII-VIII: foliage summer yellow/ green: habit prostrate . Found growing in the centre of a pot of Calluna vulgaris ‘White Lawn’ but it proved impossible to determine if it was a sport or a seedling. Registered 22 September 1995: Mrs W. E. S. Bamford, Haythorne Nursery, Verwood, Dorset.
‘Brian Bamford’
Flowers single, with normal style and stamens, corolla shading from mauve (H2) at base to amethyst (HI) at tip, calyx deep red: foliage mid-green: also produces tufts of “wheat-ears” comprising 12-16 deep red bracts, 2.7 – 3.5mm long x 1.6-2.3mm wide habit upright, 30cm or more tall.
Found in Ringwood Forest in 1982.
Registered no. 136. 22 September 1995: Mrs W. E. S. Bamford, Haythorne Nursery, Verwood, Dorset. {Yb Heather Soc. 1996: 60.}
‘Wendy Bamford’
Flowers pale mauve (H2), single; VII-VIII: foliage dense, in summer mature foliage yellow/ green with orange/ gold tips:habit semi-prostrate. A nursery seedling found in 1987. Registered 22 September 1995: Mrs W. E. S. Bamford, Haythorne Nursery, Verwood, Dorset.
‘Branton Bamford’
Flowers heliotrope: II-IV; flower buds sparse, in racemes approximately 2 cm long towards the centres of long, trailing stems: foliage yellow/ green in summer: habit semi-prostrate. A sport on Erica carnea ‘Pink Cloud’ found in Haythorne Nursery in 1992. Registered 22 September 1995: Mrs W. E. S. Bamford, Haythorne Nursery, Verwood, Dorset.
‘Compacta ‘
Clusters of shell pink flowers; V-VI; foliage glaucous green; height 20 cm; spread 30 cm; habit compact, broad making a neat mound.
‘Sunshine’
Flower buds bright dark pink, contrasting with pale yellow-green foliage, opening white; foliage yellow, fine; habit upright.
Seedling raised by Helmut Hiedl (Altusried, Germany). Resistant to Pestalotiopsis (an endophytic fungus that attacks heathers); suitable for cultivation under glass.
See http://www.hiedl-gbr.de/aktuell2.htm (accessed 2 January 2015).
‘Zulu’
Does not produce flowers; foliage black-green in summer; new growth dark green; habit broad, upright; height 30 cm; spread 25 cm after 3 years; pruned.
Stated by the registrant to be a girl’s name. Together with ‘Zeta’ and ‘Zoe’, ‘Zulu‘ creates an excellent Trio – Girls in the colours of the German National Flag.
Deliberately raised; cross made in Autumn 2007; selected Autumn 2008, by Kurt Kramer.
® C.2015:06. Registered by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany).
Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 20.06.2014. CPVO 4.2014 15/08/2014
Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 25.07.2016. CPVO 5.2016 15/10/2016
‘Zoe’
Does not produce flowers; Mature foliage orange to red; young foliage yellow to orange; habit upright; height 30cm; spread 25cm, after 3 years, pruned.
Deliberately raised; cross made in Autumn 2007; selected Autumn 2008, by Kurt Kramer.
® C.2015:05. Registered by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany).
Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 20.06.2014. CPVO 4.2014 15/08/2014
Kurt Kramer,14-93-12, EU PBR given on 25.07.2016. CPVO 5.2016 15/10/2016
‘Zelia’
Does not produce flowers; foliage light green; habit upright; height 30 cm; spread 25 cm after 3 years; pruned.
Deliberately raised; cross made in Autumn 2007; selected Autumn 2010, by Kurt Kramer.
® C.2015:04. Registered by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany).
Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer Edammer Str. 26, 26188 Edewecht, Germany on 20.06.2014. CPVO 4.2014 15/08/2014
EU plant breeders rights given on 25.07.2016 CPVO 5.2016 15/10/2016.