Pale mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; bright yellow foliage turning bronze in winter and spring; broad, spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Month: September 2014
‘Islay Mist’
White flowers in short spikes, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; spreading; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Named after a blended whisky.
‘Isle of Hirta’
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII; yellow-green foliage in winter, turning golden yellow with red at the base of the leaves in summer; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Attractive plant but very slow growing.
Wild-collected (collector’s no. K43); found on Hirta, St Kilda, by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perth, Scotland) in 1966; introduced by the National Trust for Scotland by 1973, and until 2000 named ‘Hirta’, a name that contravenes the ICNCP (1995, Art. 17.9).
Named after the Island where found
‘Isobel Frye’
Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow-green foliage overlaid with greyed orange darkening to red-orange in winter; spreads reasonably rapidly giving good ground-cover; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. Named after the finder’s wife.
‘Isobel Hughes’
❁ White flowers, VIII–X, abundant; bright green foliage; upright, slightly taller than the double whites; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling from ‘Alba Plena‘; raised at Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland, by Mrs Isobel Hughes about 1971.
Named after the finder.
‘Hamlet Green’
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; yellowish grey-green foliage turning orange, yellow and green in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. A very unusual and distinctive heather.
Found by Albert Turner (The Hamlet, Hall Green, Birmingham, England) in 1972; introduced by Denbeigh Heather Nurseries (Creeting St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk) in 1978.
Named after Albert Turner’s house.
‘Hammondii ‘
White flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; vigorous; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. A very old cultivar, but still one of the best.
Introduced by 1850; listed by John Frazer (Leyton, Essex, England) in 1866, and by Lawson Seed & Nursery Co. (Edinburgh, Scotland) in 1874.
‘Hammondii Aureifolia’
White flowers, VIII–X; light green foliage with yellow shoot-tips in spring and early summer; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Keep well pruned for maximum effect.
Found by James Smith (Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England); introduced by James Smith in 1925.
The derivation is not clear; perhaps a sport on Calluna vulgaris ‘Hammondii’ with golden foliage, but more likely to be a seedling from ‘Hammondii’.
Named from aureus = golden yellow; folius = leaf.
‘Hammondii Rubrifolia’
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–X; red tipped young growth in spring; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Keep well pruned.
Sport on ‘Hammondii Aureifolia‘; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1938.
Named from ruber = red; folius = leaf. An allusion to the parent plant.
‘Harlekin’
White flowers, VIII–IX; bright yellow-green foliage throughout the year, flecked with bright yellow; compact; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Recommended.