♤ Bud-flowerer, cerise (H6); IX-XII; foliage yellow turning dark green; hieght 25cm; spread 30cm after 3 years.
Sport on ‘Theresa‘, found by Kay Müssig (Engelbergweg, Miltenberg, Germany) in October 2006.
® C.2009:04 registered on 11 March 2009 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.
Recorded and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 16.03.2009. CPVO 3.2009 15/06/2009
♤ Bud-flowerer, light pink; IX-XI; foliage silvery grey; habit upright; height 60cm; spread 50cm after 5 years.
Chance seedling, found by Johannes van Leuven at Geldem-Lullingen in September 2007. “‘Silvana’ is the first silver leaf bud heather.”
® C.2009:09 registered on 27 November 2009 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldem-Lullingen, Germany.
Recorded and bred by Johannes van Leuven, Ilmenweg 39, 47608 Geldern, Germany. 07.12.2009. CPVO 1.2010 15/02/2010
Johannes van Leuven, EU PBR given on 06.06.2011. CPVO 4.2011 15/08/2011
♤ Bud-flowerer, dark red; IX-XII; Habit bushy, upright; height 50cm after 5 years; spread 50cm. “Darker than ‘Angie‘.”
Sport on ‘Angie‘, found by Johannes van Leuven in September 2007.
® C.2009:08 registered on 27 November 2009 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldem-Liillingen, Germany.
Recorded and bred by Johannes van Leuven, Ilmenweg 39, 47608 Geldern, Germany. 20.11.2009. CPVO 1.2010 15/02/2010
Johannes van Leuven, EU PBR given on 06.06.2011. CPVO 4.2011 15/08/2011
Flowers white; III-V; foliage yellow-gold; habit upright. Very nice bright yellow and tightly upright and distinct from ‘Estrella Gold‘; more floriferous than ‘Albert’s Gold‘ and easier to propagate.
Sport on Erica arborea ‘Alpina’, found by Chrystal Joy Gillingham in 2004 at Wilson’s Nursery Ltd, Chilliwack.
® E.2008:10 registered on 29 November 2008 by Wilson’s Nursery Ltd, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
Corolla pink; sepals red-brown, buds dark and flowers clear pink; XI-V; foliage dark green; habit loose, upright.
Selected seedling from the deliberate crossing in 1999 of Erica carnea ‘Treasure Trove‘ x Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk‘; made, selected and named by David Wilson.
® E.2008:09 registered on 29 November 2008 by Wilson’s Nursery Ltd, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
Named from flowering time; one of the parents was Erica carnea ‘Treasure Trove‘.
Rose-purple flowers, II–III; foliage tiny dark green leaves; very compact habit created by the many short side shoots; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm. It has the same habit as ‘Sneznik‘, only even more compact and with a stronger flower colour. The mini-flowers are densely packed.
Chance seedling in Brita Johansson’s garden: it “came up near to ‘Sneznik‘ 6 or 7 years ago”.
Arro is the name of one of Mrs Johansson’s daughter’s ferrets!
® E.2008:06 registered on 12 May 2008 by Brita Johansson, Vargon, Sweden.
Striking purple (HIO) flowers; VI-VIII; foliage mid-green; habit: spreading; height 15cm; spread 30cm after 3 years. Wild-collected in Scotland in 2004 by Margareta Dahlin and Brita Johansson. We “took cuttings … from a plant with a striking purple colour, hoping that it would prove hardier than cultivars from south England. So far it has behaved very well”.
Nessie is the name of the Dahlins’ Portuguese water-dog: “Of course Loch Ness is in the background.”
® E.2008:05 registered on 12 May 2008 by Margareta Dahlin, Varnhem, Sweden.
Flower corola pink and bell-shaped; calyx pink; V-VI; foliage green; Growth similar to Erica arborea; height 50cm; spread 30cm after 3 years in 50 cm.
Selected seedling from Erica arborea ‘Alpina‘ x Erica baccans.
Vossbarg (= fox hill) is the name of the area around Kramer’s house.
® E.2008:04 registered on 4 May 2008 by K. Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.
Flowers single, 10mm x 5mm; corolla lilac pink (Hll), calyx heliotrope (H12); XII-V; foliage very dark green with red tips in spring; habit neat, low, spreading mound; height 25mm; spread 50mm.
Sport on ‘W. G. Pine‘, found in 1997 by Ken Hutchins at Oregon Rhododendrons, Corvalis, USA.
® E.2008:02 registered on 24 January 2008 by K. Hutchins, Mossyrock, WA, USA.
Named from a play on the word polyploid (having a chromosone number more than double the basic or haploid number); “probably a tertraploid but not tested”.
Flower single, corolla & calyx amethyst HI; VII-X; foliage shoots with bicoloured golden ends with brilliant glossy red inner leaves, colours deepen to orange and red in winter cold; habit compact spreading height 20cm; spread 40cm.
Sport on ‘Atropurpurea‘, found by Ken Hutchins at Oregon Rhododendrons, Corvalis, USA, in 1994. “Distinctive bicolored foliage gives winter foliage color in areas that can not grow Calluna. The red is much more brilliant than other gold” bell heathers.
® E.2008:01 registered on 24 January 2008 by K. Hutchins, Mossyrock, WA, USA.
