Heathers

Purple (H10) flowers, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; slender, upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected; found at Colligan Bridge, Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland, by Brian O. Mulligan (then Assistant to the Director, RHS Gardens, Wisley; latterly Director, University of Washington Arboretum, USA) in August 1936; introduced by the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, Wisley, Surrey, England, in 1957.

Named after the locality in County Down where it was found.

Beetroot (H9) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Good when planted with other bell heathers that have pale foliage or pale flowers.

Seedling; found by J. F. Letts (Fohollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England) by 1969; introduced by J. F. Letts.

Ruby-red flowers, VII–IX, in long spikes; dark green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.

Seedling; found by S. Ketelaar (Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands) in 1979; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1983.

Very pale shell-pink flowers, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Attractive.

Wild-collected; found on Bagshot Heath, Surrey, England, by G. D. Waterer before 1960; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) by 1964.

Named after a foreman in Waterer’s Knap Hill Nursery.

Lavender (H3) flowers, white at the base, VII–X; mid-green foliage; tidy, prostrate habit; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. Recommended.

Wild-collected; found at Trink Hill, southwest of St Ives, Cornwall, England, by Miss M. B. G. Waterer (Eden Valley, Ludgvan, near Penzance, Cornwall) in 1926; introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) in 1933.

Named after Miss Waterer’s house at Ludgvan.

Lavender (H3) flowers, VII–X, small; mid-green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Found in a garden at Ringwood, Hampshire, and introduced in The Netherlands.

Lavender-pink flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.