Heathers

White flowers; XII–V; dark green foliage; compact habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.

Introduced, as Erica carnea, by C. E. J. Stibbington (St Albans, Hertfordshire, England) by 1960.

Name derivation unknown

White flowers; XI–III; large (to 6mm long) flowers; mid-green foliage; strong but compact habit; height 35cm; spread 60cm.

Deliberately raised by Peter Bingham (Gedney, Lincolnshire).

Named after one of his sons, Mark (his nickname is Bing).

® E.2007:13 registered in 2007 by Peter Bingham, Gedney, Lincolnshire, UK.

Flowers white, free flowering; I-V: foliage mid-green; compact habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

An improvement on ‘Silberschmelze‘ from which it was a sport; found by J. Wilson (Oliver & Hunter, Moniaive, Dumfries, Scotland); introduced by Oliver & Hunter in 1978.

Named after a locality in Dumfriesshire, in the Moniaive area. Originally named ‘Snowdrift’, a name already in use in this denomination group.

White flowers; XII–IV; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Silberschmelze’ but blooms slightly earlier.

Seedling; found by N. R. Webster at his former home, Glencairn, Elgin, Scotland, before 1954; introduced by Slieve Donard Nursery (Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland) by 1960.

Named after  Norman Webster (this is the correct name, not ‘Norman R. Webster’). Note: This is difficult to distinguish from Erica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze‘.

Ashen white flowers; XII–V; mid-green foliage, the young shoots with cream tips in spring; height 31–45cm; spread 75–100cm.

Sport on Erica mediterranea hybrida (i.e. Erica x darleyensis ‘Darley Dale’); found by Georg Arends (Wuppertal, Germany), and introduced by Arends in 1937.

See Yearbook of The Heather Society 3 (2): 57-66 (1984).

The name means “molten silver” (but should not be translated).

Flowers white; XII–V; mid-green foliage sulphur coloured in summer; habit stiff bushy; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding.

A chance seedling, mistakenly introduced as Erica carnea by Jack Drake (Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland) by 1966. Now Classified as Erica x darleyensis f. aureifolia ‘White Glow’.

Name alludes to the flower colour.

Pure white flowers; XII–IV; bright green foliage, the young shoots tipped yellow in spring; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm. Calyx lobes almost as long as corolla; sepals c. 4mm, corolla c. 4.5mm; bract & bracteoles above midpoint of peduncle; anthers tan, partly included [spec. in herb P G Turpin, grown at Cottswood 22 January 1981].

Outstanding – best of the white Darley Dale heaths.

Sport on ‘Silberschmelze‘; found by H. Knol (Gorssel, Netherlands); introduced by Knol about 1972. Listed by Heinz Schlangen (Westermoorstr. 33, 26683 Saterland/Scharrel, Germany) as “White Perfektion”.

Name alludes to the flower colour.