Month: September 2014

❁ White flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Very similar to ‘Alba Plena‘, but the foliage is a little darker and the flower-spikes a little longer on unpruned plants.

Sport “on a pink-flowered plant”; found by Mrs Frye about 1940 in her garden at Seattle, Washington, USA; originally propagated by Frances Robertson, nurseryman to Professor Frye, and reputedly introduced into Britain by F. J. Chapple.

Named after Mrs Frye, the wife of the Professor of Botany at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA

❁Lavender (H3) flowers in very long spikes, VIII–X; grey-green foliage in summer, turning drab brown-green in winter; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm. An outstanding plant, apart from its dull foliage; named after the wife of Ralph Purnell.

White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage all the year; spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.

Wild-collected (collector’s no. K16); found on St Kilda by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perthshire, Scotland) in 1966; introduced by R. J. Brien by 1968.

Named after Jock Nimlin, gem collector and field officer on St Kilda, and alluding to the foliage colour.

White flowers but few in number, VIII–IX; sage-green foliage composed of especially tiny leaves giving an unusual appearance; upright compact growth; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.