Rosy purple flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Introduced by Jürgen Krebs (Hoyerhagen, Germany) and named after his first apprentice, Jochen Stelling.
Month: September 2014
‘Johan Slegers’
Deep purple-red flowers, VIII–IX; orange-yellow foliage turning orange-red in winter; open habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. A seedling found growing near a plant of ‘Sir John Charrington‘ by A.G. Siegers at his nursery in Holland in 1992. Named after the son of the introducer.
‘John Denver’
Trade designation for ‘Marleen Select‘
‘John F. Letts’
Lavender (H3) flowers, IX–X; gold foliage in summer, turning bronze in autumn, then red and orange in winter; prostrate habit; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. Very similar to ‘Golden Carpet‘.
Seedling in a bed of ‘Mrs Ronald Gray‘; found by John F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England) in 1960s; introduced by B. and V. Proudley (Aldenham Nursery, Watford, Hertfordshire) in 1968.
Named after the well-known heather nurseryman of Windlesham, Surrey.
‘Johnson’s Variety’
Lavender (H3) flowers, X–I; mid-green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. An outstanding late-flowering ling found by Arthur Johnson near Hyères in southern France in February 1927.
‘Josefine’
White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage; neat, erect, compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
A seedling introduced by K. Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany) in 1993 from his extensive breeding programme.
Named after the sister-in-law of Anne Beirmann, friend of Kurt Kramer.
‘Joseph’s Coat’
White flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. The plant, when found on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, had spikes of pink and white flowers, hence its name, but this characteristic was soon lost.
Wild-collected; found in the Uig area on the wast coast of the Isle of Lewis in 1971 by William S. Dobson (Edinburgh, Scotland); introduced by J. Ponton (Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland) in 1972.
Name is an allusion to the pink and white flowers, and the loss of this characteristic; from the Biblical story.
‘Jos’s Lemon’
White flowers, VIII–IX; lemon-yellow foliage, becoming lemon-green in winter; broad, upright compact habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Registered 23 December 1993: J. G. Flecken, Kerkrade, Netherlands.
‘Jos’s Whitie’
White flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage, young shoots with light green tips in spring; dwarf with upright branches; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm. Seedling found by Jos Flecken in his garden at Kerkrade, Netherlands, in 1991.
‘Joy Vanstone’
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; straw-coloured foliage in summer, turning orange in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. A beautiful but under-rated, plant.
Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursey, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J.W. Sparkes by 1963.
Named after Mrs Vanstone (Lowson Ford, Warwickshire), wife of Jack Vanstone, director of H.V. White, flower sellers, of Birmingham.