Fat bunches of globular pink flowers which turn white with age; broad dark green leaves; height 31-45cm; spread 61-75cm.
Month: September 2014
‘Nana’
Rose-pink flowers; grey-green foliage, blue-green beneath; neat; height 21-25cm; spread 31-45cm. Attractive plant of Japanese origin.
‘Nikko’
Large light clear pink flowers; very glaucous foliage; bushy habit; height 21-25cm; spread 46-60cm. Found in the alpine bog in the national park of Nikko, Honshu, Japan.
‘Shibutsu’
Masses of shiny pale pink flowers which gradually turn white; grey foliage; forms a neat rounded cushion; height 26-30cm; spread 46-60cm. Found on Mount Shibutsusan in an alpine bog meadow, north of Tokyo, Japan.
Heathers 11: Yearbook of The Heather Society 2014
- MIKE IDE : Richard Alfred Ide (1918–1981).
- JENS KJÆRBØL : ‘Romantic Muxoll’: a new St Dabeoc’s heath.
- JOHANNES VAN LEUVEN : The mechanical pruning of heathers.
- GEOFFREY YATES : The “golden years” for heathers: some personal reflections.
- DIANE H, JONES : Growing heathers on an alkaline soils for 43 years.
- RICHARD CANOVAN : Unexpected lime tolerance in some cultivars.
- E. CHARLES NELSON : Growing heathers on driveway hardcore in the East Anglian Fens.
- BARRY SELLERS : RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2013.
- E. G. H. OLIVER : Ericas in Mauritius, home of the dodo.
- E. CHARLES NELSON : Peter Turner’s “Erica hirsuta Anglica”.
- P. JOYNER : Bob Rope 1924-2013). [Obituary]
- The Heather Society’s Proceedings 2013 42nd Annual Gathering, Thirsk, Yorkshire, 6–9 September 2013.
- Supplement XIV (2014) to International register of heather names. (Click here for PDF)
Erica × darleyensis ‘Lucie’
This Darley Dale heath is the first heather to gain The Heather Society’s new accolade, the Premier Award.
This innovative award is granted to a new heather cultivar showing outstanding attributes for general garden planting. Each plant is judged on flower colour, size and longevity, habit, suitability for a wide range of soil types, hardiness, and versatility in the garden.
Erica × darleyensis ‘Lucie’ has magnificent, large, glowing magenta flowers from late autumn to spring. The blossoms are set against dark green foliage. ‘Lucie’ is vigorous and resistant to disease. ‘Lucie’ originated as a sport on ‘Kramers Rote’ (Kramer’s Red) at les Pépinières Renault, Gorron, France, in 1997. The new cultivar possesses all the qualities of its popular, well-known parent yet has larger flowers in broader spikes.
‘Lucie’, which is protected by plant breeders’ rights, is marketed by the French company SAPHO under the trade-mark WINTERBELLES® which includes several other recently introduced winter-flowering heathers.
‘Lucie’ is available from licenced growers and garden centres in the UK and elsewhere. To find out where to obtain this award-winning winter-flowering heather, The Heather Society recommends the RHS Plantfinder.
Erica × darleyensis ‘Lucie’
Registered cultivar no. E.2007.05
Flowers magenta shading to amethyst and purple; corolla to 7mm long and 4mm diameter; flower-spikes to 25mm across, approx. 65mm long; blooms from December to April. Evergreen foliage dark green. Dwarf shrub, spreading to 0.6m across, to 0.45m tall.
Uses: in containers for patios; in mixed borders and rock-gardens; as ground-cover. Lime-tolerant.