Large magenta (H14) flowers, in showy, broad spikes; dark green foliage; height 40cm; spread 60cm. Outstanding: the first heather to be granted The Heather Society’s Premier Award.
A sport from ‘Kramers Rote‘ which tends to bloom later in spring so its larger blossom suffers less from frost damage.
® E.2007.07 registered 5 June 2007 by Olivier Pantin, SAPHO, Les Islettes, La Menitre, France, on behalf of les Pepinieres Renault, Domaine du Rocher, Gorron, France.
Name derivation unknown.
Lilac (H4) flowers, XII–V; mid-green foliage, the young shoots have cream tips in spring; neat rounded habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; raised by J. W. Porter (Carryduff, County Down, Northern Ireland) before 1963; selected, named and introduced by John F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England) in 1970.
Named after a sister of James Walker Porter (see also ‘Jenny Porter‘); the name was suggested by Mrs Eileen Porter.
Deep pink flowers, XII–IV; mid-green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Raised by Mrs Anne Parris (Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales) in 1978; an experiment designed to prove the parentage of this hybrid from an un-named Erica erigena seedling pollinated by Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’; introduced by Mrs B. Evans (Ridgway Heather Nursery, Craven Arms, Shropshire, England).
Named after Mrs Anne Parris (d. 1996; Bulletin of The Heather Society 5 (6): 3 (1995)). Note the name does have a final s after the apostrophe under ICNCP rules.
Dark rose-pink flowers, III–V; dark green foliage without coloured tips on the young shoots in spring; broad upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Selected seedling resulting from the breeding programme of Kurt Kramer in Edewecht-Siiddorf, Germany 1992, and introduced by Kingfisher Nursery, Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire, England, in 1994. Plant Breeders’ Rights granted in Germany on 31 March 1995. This is a tetraploid and hence fertile.
Named originally as “Rosa 12”, but changed to ‘Spring Surprise’.
Flowers pink (H8), darkening to heliotrope (H12), XII–IV; dark green foliage, young shoots tipped red in spring; broad habit; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm.
This was the first hybrid produced by J. W. Porter (Carryduff, County Down, Northern Ireland) in 1943. Not as tall and more floriferous than ‘Furzey‘ or ‘J. W. Porter‘.
Derivation of name unknown.
Large rose flowers, XI–IV; dark green foliage; broad upright habit.
A sport from ‘Spring Surprise‘ found by Johannes van Leuven (Ilmenweg 39, D- 47608 Geldern, Germany), in November 2004. Clone ERI90 submitted for plant breeder’s rights on 29 August 2005 to Bundessortenamt Hannover. The original denomination implied that it is a tetraploid but this was not mentioned on the registration form.
Registered in December 2005 by Kurt Krammer.
Name derivation unknown.
Magenta (H14) flowers, I–IV; gold-bronze foliage throughout the year; height 30cm; spread 50cm.
A sport from ‘Kramers Rote‘, found at Pépinières Roue-Cadiou (Plouigneau, France).
Name derivation unknown
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, I–V; yellow-orange foliage throughout the year; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling, growing near Erica carnea ‘Aurea’; found by J. H. Brummage (Heathwoods Nursery, Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, England); introduced by him before 1966.
Named after the nurseryman who found it.
Pink (H8) flowers, II–IV; yellow-gold foliage in summer, turning bronze in winter; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Resembles ‘Jack H. Brummage‘, but slower growing and foliage darker and more colourful in benign environments. Recommended.
A seedling found by Peter J. Foley (Holden Clough Nursery, Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire, England) by 1980; introduced by Holden Clough Nursery in 1984.
Named after Mr & Mrs Foley’s [then] new baby daughter.
Shell-pink (H16) flowers, darkening to pink (H8); XI–IV; foliage bright glowing yellow throughout the year; habit bushy.
This sport from ‘Darley Dale‘ does not turn bronze in winter. Found in 1996 by Mike Ayres (Production Manager), Windlesham Court Nursery.
Named by Mike Ayres; the name alludes to the plant’s “bright yellow glow”. Registered on 10 October 2002 by John Hall.
