Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VIII–IX; soft green foliage; prostrate habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Found by Fritz Kircher, former President of Gesellschaft der Heidefreunde.
Month: September 2014
‘Heike’
❁ Rose-pink flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage which turns grey-green in winter; open erect habit; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm. It was found in 1980 on the nursery of Martin Zimmer at Wiesmoor, Germany, as a sport on ‘H. E. Beale’.
‘Helena’
♤ White buds, IX–XII, very abundant; light green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. A sport on ‘Alicia‘; the buds develop later and remains fresher for longer, resulting in a long season.
Found by Thomas & Helmut Hiedl, Altusried, Germany, in September 2003.
® C.2005:08 registered on 31 December 2005 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.
Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.29.08.2005. CPVO variety data
Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 29.05.2007. CPVO variety data
‘Herbert Mitchell’
White flowers, VIII–IX, very floriferous; bright green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm.
‘Hester’
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; spreading; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, by G. Seppen (Putten, Netherlands) about 1971; introduced by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1974.
Named after the finder’s eldest daughter.
‘Hetty’
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow-orange foliage turning bronze red in winter; upright; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found by H. Hoekert (Oldebroek, Netherlands) in 1973; introduced by Hoekert in 1983.
Named after Miss Hetty Kampluis, worker in the nursery which introduced it.
‘Hibernica’
Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Outstanding in The Heather Society trials.
Said to have been collected in Ireland [but see Etymology]; and apparently named by 1933 (perhaps by Maxwell & Beale).
Name hibernicus can mean pertaining to winter or Irish; the former seems a more likely derivation given the flowering season.
‘Hiemalis’
Amethyst (H1) flowers, X–I; mid-green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding in The Heather Society trials.
Wild-collected; found in the Pyrenees near Hyères, France, by C. J. Marchant (Stapehill, Wimborne, Dorset, England) before 1932.
Named from hiemalis = of winter. This name is correctly applied to Marchant’s Pyrenees clone.
‘Highland Rose’
Deep rose-pink (H7) flowers, VIII–XI; golden bronze foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
‘Highland Spring’
Lavender flowers, VIII–IX; pale green foliage, young shoots tipped cream and orange in spring; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Found at Highland Heathers (Achnahoish, Argyll, Scotland) by Nigel Willis.