White flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Good for use as cut-flowers, and widely used in breeding programmes.
Presumably a sport; found in a batch of cuttings at the municipal gardens at Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands; introduced by Plantsoendienst Gemeente (Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands) in 1962.
Name is an allusion to the flower colour and the flower spikes.
Crimson (H13) flowers, VIII–X; yellow-green foliage in summer, going bronze-red in winter; upright, compact habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Found by Fritz Kircher before 1989 and named after his wife. Registered 1 September 1994: Fritz Kircher, Hamburg, Germany.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Typical of the wild ling in the region from which it got its name.
White flowers, IX–X, in elegant spikes; very dark green foliage; vigorous ,upright; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm. Ideal for use as cut-flowers, but prone to fungal problems.
Finder unknown; introduced by R. Lyle (Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland).
Name alludes to its flowers and flowering time; and after Ronald Lyle.
White flowers, VIII–IX; distinctive, feathery, dark green foliage creating a lacy effect when in flower; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found in Morayshire, Scotland, by Ronald E. Lyle (Alloa, Clackmanonshire, Scotland) by 1965.
Named after the finder.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–X, small; mid-green foliage; very compact; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Found by B. & V. Proudley (St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England); introduced by B. & V. Proudley in 1968.
Named after the younger son of Brian & Valerie Proudley (see also Calluna vulgaris ‘Andrew Proudley’).
Lilac-pink flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; vigorous; height 60cm; spread 60cm.
White flowers, VIII–X; yellow-orange foliage throughout the year; low -growing but upright; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after Herman Blum, the finder’s, second daughter.
White flowers, VIII–IX, abundant; yellow-green foliage, turning greener in autumn, young shoots tipped white in spring; broad, upright; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. It differs from ‘Westerlee Green‘ in having a broader habit and the foliage is greener in autumn.
Seedling; selected by A. Bosch (Westerlee, Netherlands); introduced by Bosch in 1991.
Named after a frog puppet in a TV programme.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; downy, deep lilac-grey foliage, shoot tips pale yellow in winter, changing to red in spring; strong, upright shrub; height 30–40cm; spread 31–45cm. Very hardy. Selected by Brita Johansson (Vargön, Sweden) and named after her daughter.
