Correct name ‘Albert’s Gold‘
Month: September 2014
‘Arbora Gold’
Correct name ‘Albert’s Gold‘
‘Albert’s Gold’
White flowers, III–V, sparse, slightly scented; yellow foliage all year being brightest in winter and spring; height 1m and more; spread 75–100cm.
A sport from Erica arborea ‘Alpina’ propagated by Albert Turner (Birmingham, UK); introduced by Denbeigh Heather Nurseries (Creeting St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk) by 1975.
Named after Albert S. Turner(June 1916-January 2018).
‘Estrella Gold’
White flowers, IV–V, profuse; lime-green foliage with bright yellow young shoots in spring; broad compact habit; height 1m and more; spread 61–75cm. Hardier than some other clones.
Collected in Serra da Estrela near Coimbra, Portugal, in 1972 by R. Zwijnenburg and introduced first in the Netherlands.
The name is derived from the place where the plant was found, but spelled incorrectly.
‘Spanish Lime’
White flowers; III–V; foliage rather sparse; gold to lime-green foliage; habit more open than ‘Albert’s Gold‘ but as hardy; height 200cm; spread 150cm. Collected at Alto Campoo, Cantabria, Spain, in 1982 by David McClintock, Charles Nelson and David Small. Name alluding to country of origin and the foliage colour. Registered on 18 February 2000 by D. C. McClintock.
‘Alpina’ (Erica arborea var. alpina)
White flowers, III–V, closely packed in cylindrical spikes, stalks white or green; mid-green foliage; height at least 1m; spread 75–100cm. Hardy.
Collected, according the Georg Dieck(Zöschen, Germany) in 1892, at about 1,400m altitude, in Serrania de Cuenca, Spain, more than a century ago. It is unlikely that more than one clone is in cultivation now, even if he collected several. Introduced by Georg Dieck in 1899.
Named from Latin alpinus = growing in the alpine zone of mountains.
‘Spring Smile’
White flowers, IV–V, buds pink; soft light green foliage, shoots tipped pinkish yellow in early winter; height at least 1m; spread 75–100cm. Tender; can only be grown outside in the mildest climates.
Wild-collected; found in Spain by Rinus Zwijnenberg about 1972; introduced in 1979 by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands).
Names alludes to the flowering season.
‘Picos Pygmy’
White flowers, IV–V; dark green foliage; more erect habit than ‘Alpina’; height at least 1m; spread 61–75cm. Hardy. Found in Picos de Europa, northern Spain, by Terry Underhill; he collected what appeared to be a dwarf form but in fact had been grazed by cattle!
‘Great Star’
Correct name Erica lusitanica ‘Le Vasterival‘
‘William Buchanan Gold’
Deep crimson (H13) flowers; V-IX; dark green foliage flecked with red, gold and yellow throughout the year; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Sport of ‘William Buchanan‘; found by Clive Baulu (Hardwicks Nursery, Newick, Sussex, England) about 1970; introduced about 1975 by Robinson’s Nursery (Knockholt, Kent).
Name alludes to the foliage colour, and the parent cultivar.