Heathers

‘Kiran’

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Flowers single, mauve (H2), solitary on short lateral shoots; VIII-X. Spreading plant with erect and ascending shoots; young shoots lime-green; mature plants appearing orange-red due to strong red tints that develop on sunlit sides of shoots, shaded foliage remaining light green; leaves minute, glabrous apart from some hairs on margins and at tip, densely clustered on short side shoots;  Strong autumnal colours in mature plants, with pale flowers.

Chance seedling found in August 2008 by Noel Allan at Galloway Heathers Nursery, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Named after the granddaughter of Noel Allan, Galloway Heathers, Cartyport, Newton Stewart, Scotland (in Sanskrit the name means “ray”).

® C.2012:04 registered on 8 August 2012 by J. Fitz-Earle, Crocketford, Scotland DG2 8QE.

‘Nora’ {Gardengirls®}

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♤ Bud-flowering (Knospenblüher) H5 (ruby); buds 4mm long, to 1.5mm diameter; IX-XII; foliage dark green, young growth mid-green; habit upright, bushy; height 25cm; spread 30cm after 3 years (pruned). Bud colour redder than ‘Juliane’. Sport on ‘Juliane’ found by Hans-Peter Holz, Weeze, in autumn 2008.

® C.2012:03 registered on 19 February 2012 by K. Kramer, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.

‘Gina’

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♤ Bud-flowering (Knospenblüher) H7 (rose-pink); buds 5mm long, to 2mm diameter; VIII-XII; foliage light green; habit upright; height 30cm; spread 25cm after 3 years (pruned). Bud colour between ‘Pink Alicia’ and ‘Rosita’.

Sport on ‘Pink Alicia’ found by Kay Müssig, Miltenberg, in autumn 2003.

® C.2012:02 registered on 19 February 2012 by K. Kramer, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.

Breed by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, 26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 17.02.2011. CPVO 3.2011 15/06/2011

Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 08.07.2013. CPVO 5.2013 15/10/2013

‘Frieda’ {Gardengirls®}

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♤ Bud-flowering H11 (lilac-pink), (Knospenblüher); IX-XII; foliage dark green, with mid-green new growth; habit upright; height 30cm; spread 25cm after 3 years (pruned). Late-flowering seedling (07-40-1) raised in 2007 and selected in 2009.

® C.2012:01 registered on 19 February 2012 by K. Kramer, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.

‘Stardust Muxoll’

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❁ Flowers “double” (densely packed with petaloid segments), white, due to “doubling” the flowers seem whiter than any single cultivar; VI-X; pedicels not recurving but remaining erect or sharply ascending (as in Daboecia cantabrica f. blumii) so the flowers are not pendent at maturity; corolla 9mm long, 9mm diameter, not shed after flowering, broadly urn-shaped; calyx green, sepals to 3mm long; foliage green throughout the year; habit spreading; height 25cm; spread 35cm (after 4 years not pruned). Deliberately raised seedling from ‘Charles Nelson’ (pollen parent) × ‘White Blum’ made in 1998 by Jens Kjærbøl.

® D.2011:01 registered on 12 July 2011 by Jens Kjærbøl, Bryrup, Denmark.

‘Zelena’

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Non-flowering clone; foliage light green; habit upright habit; height 30cm; spread 25cm(pruned) after 3 years.

Seedling raised in 2002; selected in 2008 by Kurt Kramer.

® C.2011:02 registered on 16 January 2011 by K. Kramer, Edewecht, Germany

Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer Edammer Str. 26, 26188 Edewecht, Germany on 11.06.2012. CPVO 4.2012 15/08/2012

EU plant breeders rights given on 16.06.2014 CPVO 4.2014 15/08/2014.

‘Späte Angie’

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♤ Bud-flowering, red (H5–H6), buds small; IX-XII; foliage bright green; broad, upright habit; height 50cm; spread 50cm after 4 years.

Sport on ‘Angie’ (“blooms three weeks later than ‘Angie’”), found by Clemens Keysers, Kevelaer in October 2010.

® C.2011:13 registered on 25 November 2011 by J. van Leuven, Geldern-Lüllingen, Germany.

‘Marcelita’

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❁ Flowers double, 6mm long, 6mm across, magenta (H14); VIII-X; foliage green; new growth green; habit upright; height 60cm; spread 30cm across after 3 years (pruned).

Sport on ‘Annemarie’ found in August 2006 by H. J. Kuipers in his nursery. Flowers darker than ‘Annemarie’ and habit more erect.

® C.2011:09 registered on 23 September 2011 by H. J. Kuipers, Nijensleek, Holland