Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; somewhat erect; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm.
Wild-collected; found on Guernsey, Channel Islands, by David McClintock (Platt, Kent, England), and Ken Beckett (Stanhoe, Norfolk) in 1968; introduced by B. & V. Proudley (St Briavels, Gloucestershire) by 1974.
Named after the Bailiwick of Guernsey, where it was collected, and the flower colour.
Small amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; prostrate compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Like ‘Guernsey Lime‘ and ‘Guernsey Purple‘, suitable for sink-gardens and small rockeries.
Small purple (H10) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; compact prostrate habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Like ‘Guernsey Lime‘ and ‘Guernsey Plum‘, suitable for sink-gardens and small rockeries.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–XI; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. A showy plant.
Thought to be a seedling, perhaps from ‘Startler‘ crossed with ‘Atrorubens‘; found by R. E. Hardwick (Newick, Sussex, England) in his nursery; introduced by Hardwicks Nursery before 1965.
Named after the finder, Ronald Eustace Hardwick (d. 1999; Bulletin of The Heather Society 5 (17): 13 (1999)), and the flower colour.
Bi-coloured flowers white at base and mauve (H2) at mouth, VI–VIII, very profuse; bright green foliage; vigorous; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; found by B. G. (Jack) London before 1977 in his garden at Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, England; introduced by Neil Brummage (Heathwoods Nursery, Norfolk) as ‘Eden Valley Improved’ in 1978; re-named in 1981 at Jack London’s request.
Named in memory of a fellow heather enthusiast and friend.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–IX, becoming white at the base; dark green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; found in Mrs Margaret Bowerman’s garden at Coldwaltham, Surrey, England, in 1977
Derivation not known. When published in the Yearbook of The Heather Society (1983), the cultivar name was incorrectly spelled as two word (‘Heather Bank’). The name is one word.
Amethyst (H1) flowers for a long period, VII–XI; dark green foliage; loose habit; height 26–30cm; spread 61–75cm.
Wild-collected; found near Heathfield, near Bovey Tracey, Devon, England, by Neil Treseder (Truro, Cornwall); introduced by Treseder’s Nursery (Truro, Cornwall) by 1966.
Named after a hamlet near Bovey Tracey, in south Devon.
Ruby (H5) flowers, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. Good garden-worthy plant.
Pure purple flowers, VII–VIII, in long spikes; green foliage; broad spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Collected in Peñas de Europa, Asturias, northern Spain, and named after the finder.
Very pale lilac – almost white – flowers, VII–VIII, in small spikes; pale green foliage; slow growing, prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm Suitable for sink-gardens and small rockeries.
Wild-collected; found near Lochinver, north-western Scotland, by R. D. Trotter in 1927; introduced by Jack Drake (Inshriach Nursery, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland).
