Heathers

❁ Double rose-red flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage; upright habit; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.

A sport on ‘Annemarie’ found by Kurt Kramer; it blooms 2–3 weeks earlier.

♤ Deep red buds, VIII–I; dark green foliage; upright bushy habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

CLL 100; sport on ‘Amethyst‘;

Named after the Greek goddess. Preliminary designation (vorläufige Bezeichnung) was “rote Amethyst”.

Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer Edammer Str. 26, 26188 Edewecht, Germany, 1 April 1998, CPVO 2.1999 15/04/1999

Kurt Kramer plant breeders rights given on 15.01.2001. CPVO 2.2001 15/04/2001. (grant no. 6859; file no. 1999/0040).

❁ Double rose-pink (H7) flowers, IX–X, with dark green foliage; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm. Daintier in appearance and paler than ‘Peter Sparkes‘.

Wild-collected; found by by J. Mair (Bearsden, Strathclyde) at Applecross, Ross-shire, Scotland in 1971; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) before 1980.

Named after the place where it was found.

❁ Double rose pink (H7) flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm. One of the more outstanding double red lings.

Sport on ‘Peter Sparkes‘; found by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany) in 1973; introduced by Kramer in 1977.

♤ Clear pink buds, VIII–XI; mid-green foliage; erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. The buds retain their colour well when dried making it ideal for flower arranging.

This outstanding introduction is also ideal for late autumn and early winter use in window-boxes or tubs.

Bred by Paul Wolf and Werner Wolf, Seligenstadt, Federal Republic of Germany

Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 09.02.1999

CPVO published 09/02/1999

♤ Purplish crimson buds, VIII–I; dark green foliage; Upright bushy habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. A selection made by Kurt Kramer with buds which are bluer than ‘Alexandra‘ and which last longer.

Breed by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, 26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 24.07.1995. CPVO 3.1996 24/06/1995

♤  White buds, surviving for a long period, VIII–XII; bright green foliage; compact upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. It has larger buds which last longer and has a less floppy habit than ‘Melanie‘. A seedling from the deliberate cross made by Kurt Kramer between ‘Marleen‘ and ‘Long White‘.

Raised by Kurt Kramer by 1994, at Edewecht-Siiddorf, Germany

♤ Bi-coloured white/crimson buds which darken with age to a uniform deep crimson, VIII–XII; dark green foliage; upright, bushy habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. More compact and darker than ‘Marlies‘.

Seedling; raised by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany) about 1991; introduced by Kramer in 1993; submitted originally for plant breeders’ rights in Germany on 15 May 1992; rights granted for EU on 15 October 1996 (EU-2017).

Named by Kurt Kramer after a famous German singer, Doris Nefedov (née Treitz; 1942–1969) a popular Lithuanian-born singer and songwriter, who used the stage-name Alexandra; she and her mother were killed at the end of July 1969 in an unexplained collision between their car and a truck.

White-flowered C. vulgaris has been known for at least four centuries. When used as a cultivar name ‘Alba’ may cover many different clones; C. vulgaris f. alba is a better name for these plants.

It was first reported in the wild in Britain in John Gerard’s The Herball in 1597.

Named after albus = white; the flower colour.