This plant was originally named C. vulgaris ‘Coccinea‘ but to distinguish it from an earlier cultivar with the same name, the name was amended by adding “Smith’s Variety”. The earliest publication of the name in its amended form that has been traced is the first edition of T L. Underhill, Heaths and heathers (p. 96) published in 1971. Therefore the amended name contravenes the ICNCP (1995, Articles 17.9, 17.15) because it contains both a Latin word and the word variety.The correct name is ‘Derbyshire Crimson‘
Heathers
‘Moulin Rouge’
♤ Bud-bloomer; bright red; IX-XI; foliage bright green; habit tight, upright. Chance seedling, found in September 2001; selected by Johannes van Leuven.
Recorded and bred by Johannes van Leuven, Ilmenweg 39, 47608 Geldern, Germany. 19.01.2005. CPVO 2.2005 15/04/2005.
Johannes van Leuven, EU PBR given on 17.08.2005. CPVO 5.2005 15/10/2005.
‘Angie’
♤ Bud-flowering; corolla and calyx dark red; buds medium-sized; IX-XII; foliage dark green; habit upright, after 5 years 60cm tall, 50cm across.
Sport on ‘Moulin Rouge‘, found by Johannes van Leuven un September 2003. Named after the German Chancellor (Bundeskanzlerin), Angela Merkel.
® C.2005:04 registered by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern-Lüllingen, Germany.
Recorded and bred by J. van Leuven, Ilmenweg 39, 47608 Geldern, Germany. 07.11.2005. CPVO 1.2006 15/02/2006
Johannes van Leuven, EU PBR given on 09.05.2008
‘Golden Angie’
♤ Bud-flowering: red (“mittelrot”): IX-XII. Foliage golden yellow. Habit bushy, upright. to 50cm tall, 50cm broad in 5 years.
Sport on ‘Moulin Rouge‘ found at Gerldern by Johannes van Leuven in September 2008.
® C.2010:07 registered by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.
‘Berta’
Pure white flowers, with bright yellow foliage, later flowering than ‘Golden Angie‘
Sport from ‘Golden Angie‘.
‘Snow Surprise’
Flowers clear white; III-V, corolla 5mm long, 2.5mm across; anthers dark brown; calyx white, 2.5mm long; foliage light green; height 25cm; spread 30cm after 3 years (not pruned).
Sport on ‘White Spring Surprise‘ in winter 2007; found by Kurt Kramer; introduced autumn 2011.
® E.2014:02 registered on January 2014 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.
‘Molly Rose’
Deep rose-pink flowers (H7) verging onto cerise (H6), single, VII-IX; corolla urn shaped 6mm long x 4mm across; calyx, anthers, and style-end ruby (H5); calyx length 3 mm; foliage dark green; new growth bright green; habit compact.
Wild-collected, found in August 2013 in the vicinity of Frencham, Surrey, by Molly Rose Hall.
® E.2014:03 registered on 3 November 2014 by John Hall, John Hall Plants Ltd, Headley Down, Hampshire, UK.
‘Selma’
♤ Flowers-buds red, dense;IX-XII.
Deliberately raised seedling, cross made by Helmut Hiedl.
® C.2014.07: registered 29 December 2014 by Helmut Hiedl, Altrusried-Krugzell, Germany
Recorded and bred by Helmut Heidl, Wasserschwenden 3, 87452 Altusried, Germany 21.01.2014. CPVO 2.2014 15/04/2014
Helmut Heidl, EU PBR given on 08.06.2015. CPVO 4.2015 15/08/2015
‘Sarah’
♤ Flowers-buds white, 4mm long, 1.5mm across; IX-XI; foliage light green, in summer with light green new growth, turning light green to yellow in autumn; habit upright; height 30cm; spread 25cm after 3 years (pruned).
Deliberately raised seedling made in October 2007 by Helmut Hiedl; selected in October 2008.
® C.2014.05 registered on 9 January 2014 by Helmut Hiedl, Altrusried-Krugzell, Germany.
Recorded and bred by Helmut Heidl, Wasserschwenden 3, 87452 Altusried, Germany 20.01.2011. CPVO 2.2011 15/04/2011
Helmut Heidl, EU PBR given on 08.10.2012. CPVO 6.2012 17/12/2012
‘Rena’
♤ Flower buds H8, IX-XII; foliage mid-green; habit upright; height 30cm; spread 25cm after 3 years.
Sport on ‘Hera‘, found by Kurt Kramer in October 2007.
® C.2014.06 registered on 11 September 2014 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.