Crimson (H13) flowers in long spikes, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beech Wood Nurseries, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes about 1966.
Named after J. W. Sparkes’s nursery, Beechwood.
♤ Wine-red (H14) buds, IX–XII; dark green foliage; broad, spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. From Jürgen Krebs (Hoyerhagen, Germany) before 1998.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer, turning bronze in winter; broad upright habit; height 15cm; spread 20cm. Found on Bennachie, a mountain west of Inverurie, Scotland, by James Mackay (Blairdaff, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) before 1995 {see J. R. Mackay, 2009 A love affair with heathers. Heathers 6: 25–33}.
Mauve flowers, VIII; mid-green foliage; semi-prostrate and twiggy; height 5cm; spread 30cm. Another found by James Mackay on the same day as ‘Bennachie Bronze‘ {see J. R. Mackay, 2009 A love affair with heathers. Heathers 6: 25–33}.
White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage; dwarf with twisted growth; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perthshire, Scotland); introduced by R. J. Brien by 1977.
Named after the mountain on which it was found?
Bright crimson (H13) flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage; open erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found at Beechwood Nursery (Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England) by J. W. Sparkes; introduced by J. W. Sparkes and P. W. Sparkes in conjunction with Tabramhill Gardens (Nottingham) about 1970.
Named after the Worcestershire village near Sparkes’ nursery.
Crimson flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage flecked with yellow; upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Sport from ‘Beoley Crimson’.
White flowers, VIII–IX; yellow foliage throughout the year; upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Found by J. W. Sparkes at Beech Wood Nursery (Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England) before 1963 and thought to be a seedling from ‘Gold Haze‘.
Named after the Worcestershire village near Sparkes’ nursery, and the foliage colour.
White flowers, IX–X; silvery, pubescent foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. One of the better grey-foliaged lings.
Pale purple (H10) flowers, VII–VIII; yellow-green foliage turning bronze-red in winter; low, spreading habit; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm.
Found by H. M. J. Blum (Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands) in 1977; introduced by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1982.
Named after the finder’s fourth daughter.
