Very pale rose-pink flowers with dark tips, VII–IX; grey-green foliage; compact, erect habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Commercially available from Barncroft Nurseries (Longsdon, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) by 1987; introduced before 1985.
Lilac-pink flower buds held at right angles to the stem but they do not open, turning soft pink and pointing upwards, VI–IX; grey-green foliage; broad erect habit; height 21–25cm; spread 26–30cm. Collected north of Odoorn, Netherlands, and named after a peat-cutting tool.
Pale purple (H10) flowers, VIII–XI; grey foliage, particularly in winter; broad habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found on Kampina Heath between Boxtel and Tilburg, Netherlands, by M. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1965; introduced by P.G. Zwijnenburg in 1967.
Named after the finder’s daughter.
Pale pink flowers, VII–IX; grey-green foliage, leaves with yellow margins; height 16–20cm; spread 21–25cm.
Wild-collected; found by J. Baron at Oosterbos, Emmen, Netherlands, in 1979; named by Mrs Brita Johansson (Vargön, Sweden) in 1991, but introduced as early as 1986 by Herman Blum (Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands).
Named after Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, following a name competition run by the Swedish gardening society STA.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–IX, very free-flowering; grey-green foliage; bushy erect habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. A beautiful heather.
Wild-collected; found on Kampina Heath between Boxtel and Tilburg, Netherlands, by M. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1965; introduced by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop) in 1967.
Named after the daughter of M. Zwijnenburg.
Lilac-pink(H11) flowers, VIII–IX, very free-flowering; grey-green foliage flecked with gold; bushy erect habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. A sport from ‘Helma’.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–X; grey-green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. The flowers are most distinct, as they are held upright, whilst the type produces drooping terminal clusters.’*
Wild-collected; found in ‘a roadside field whilst motoring through Cornwall [England]’ by Mr & Mrs J. F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey) by 1963.
Name alludes to the flower colour and arrangement.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–IX; grey-green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found on Terschelling, Netherlands, by M. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1972; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg in 1975.
Named after an island just off the Dutch coast where it was found.
Pink (H8) flowers, VI–IX, split into segments; grey-green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found near Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, by D. Lockie (Taunton, Somerset) in 1974; introduced by C. G. Hollett (Sedburgh, Cumbria).
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VI–X, usually split into curled segment; grey-green foliage; low neat habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found on the moors in Dorset, England, by C. D. Eason of Maxwell & Beale’s Nursery (Broadstone, Dorset); introduced by Maxwell & Beale in 1936.
Named by Charles D. Eason after his daughter (Yearbook of the Heather Society 4 (1): 33 (1993)). However it is also said that no-one is commemorated and that these were D. F. Maxwell’s two favourite girls’ names (Yearbook of The Heather Society 1971: 27).
