Heathers

‘Janina’

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♤ Bud-flowering; buds amethyst (H1), to 5mm long; VIII-XII; foliage dark green with paler new growth; habit spreading and hanging; height 10cm; spread 25cm after 3 years (pruned). Sport on ‘Amethyst’ found by Gerhard Martens, Kalkar, in autumn 2010 between unnamed seedlings, selected in 2008. Has bigger buds than ‘Madonna’ and is more resistant against fungi.

® C.2013:02 registered on 17 March 2013 by K. Kramer, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.

Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer Edammer Str. 26, 26188 Edewecht, Germany, on 21.03.2013. CPVO variety data

Kurt Kramer plant breeders rights given on 16.03.2015. CPVO variety data

‘Elisa’

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♤ Bud-flowering; buds white, 5mm long; IX-XII; foliage light green; habit bushy, broad; height 30cm; spread 35cm after 3 years (pruned).

Deliberately raised cross by Kurt Kramer, made in 2008 between unnamed seedlings, selected in 2009.

® C.2013:07 registered on 8 December 2013 by K. Kramer, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.

Breed by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, 26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 01.07.2013. CPVO 5.2013 15/10/2013

Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 8.06.2015. CPVO 4.2015 15/08/2015

‘Aurelia’

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♤ White buds; IX-XII; foliage gold; habit broad and upright; height 40cm; spread 60cm after 3 years (not pruned). Better growth than ‘Sandy‘; less buds, upright.

Chance sport from ‘Sandy’ found in October 2010 at Geldern by Johannes van Leuven; to be released in 2015.

® C.2013:03 registered on 25 October 2013 by J. van Leuven, Geldern-Lüllingen, Germany.

‘Agnes’

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♤ Bud-flowering; small buds, densely covered, healthy and vigorous; red purple; IX-XI; foliage green; habit  upright; height 50cm; spread 50cm after 3 years (not pruned).

Deliberately raised cross by J. van Leuven, made in 2010 between unnamed seedlings, selected in September 2011; for introduction in 2015.

Recorded and bred by J. van Leuven, Geldern-Lüllingen, Germany. 14.11.2013. CPVO 1.2014 15/02/2014

J. van Leuven, EU PBR given on 08.06.2015. CPVO 4.2015 15/08/2015

® C.2013:05 registered on 25 October 2013 by J. van Leuven, Geldern-Lüllingen, Germany.

‘Bert Jones’

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Flowers white, anthers maroon ; VIII/IX-X late;  habit upright.

Clone AWJ3 collected in Croatia by the late A. W. Jones.

Named after A. W. Jones, the finder, a keen student of heathers, particularly this species, and formerly the Registrar and Honorary Editor of The Heather Society. Registered on 20 December 2010 by The Registrar, The Heather Society.

‘Swindon Surprise’

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Flowers pale pink “with a hint of coral”; corolla translucent; sepals pearly white; anthers dark maroon; style strongly exserted; pedicels dusky red; VII/VIII-XI;

Chance seedling before 2005, most probably from ‘Toothill Mustard’; found by R. Canovan in his garden.

® E.2010:14 registered on 20 December 2010 by Richard Canovan, Toothill, Swindon, Wiltshire.

‘Claribelle’

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Flowers: clear pink (same as ‘Treasure Trove’) with no hint of mauve; III-V; foliage mid-green in Summer; habit bushy, upright; height 20cm; spread 25cm after 3 years (not pruned).

Chance seedling (perhaps from ‘Rosalie’) found in 2007 at Forest Edge Nurseries by David Edge.

Named “Clear pink flower colour (pink bells)”.

® E.2010:13 registered on 8 December 2010 by David Edge, Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset.

 

‘Dorset Sunshine’

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Flowers opening lilac-pink (H11), darkening to magenta (H14) (as in ‘Wintersonne’); III-V; foliage deep golden in summer, turning lime-green in winter; habit compact (as its parent); height 15cm; spread 25cm after 3 years (not pruned).

Sport on ‘Wintersonne’ found in 2007 at Forest Edge Nurseries by David Edge.

Named by Kurt Kramer.

® E.2010:12 registered on 8 December 2010 by David Edge, Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset.

‘Tobi’

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Corolla and calyx dark red (H5 ruby–H6 cerise); VII-XI; foliage dark green; habit upright; height 40cm; spread 40cm in 3 years.

Chance seedling, selected at Geldern by Johannes van Leuven in August 2007.

Named after Tobias van Leuven, one of Johannes van Leuven’s sons.

® E.2010:11 registered on 30 October 2010 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.

‘Mark’

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Corolla and calyx “rosa” (H12 heliotrope); VII-XI; foliage dark green; habit upright; height 40cm; spread 40cm in 3 years.

Chance seedling, selected at Geldern by Johannes van Leuven in August 2007.

Named after Markus van Leuven, one of Johannes van Leuven’s sons.

® E.2010:10 registered on 30 October 2010 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.