Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; downy silver-grey foliage; prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Found by a past President of The Heather Society, David McClintock, in his garden at Platt, Kent.
Month: September 2014
‘Grijsje’
Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; downy grey-green foliage; neat erect habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
‘Grizabella’
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; pale grey foliage, more silvery than its parent ‘Silver Knight’; strong, upright grower; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Found at Tornesch-Ahrenslohe, Germany, as a sport.
‘Grizzly’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, IX–X, in long spikes; downy grey foliage; vigorous, upright; height 61–75cm; spread 61–75cm.
‘Grönsinka’
Mauve flowers, but very sparse; yellow-green foliage; forms a diminutive, pin-cushion; height less than 10cm; spread 10–15cm. Very hardy.
Wild-collected; found at Grönsinka, Dalarna, Sweden, by Ellert Björklund in 1983; introduced by Arthur Persson (Tostarp, Sweden) in 1991.
Named after the place where it was found.
‘Guinea Gold’
White flowers, IX–X; yellow foliage throughout year; vigorous; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Gunilla Uggla’
❁ Pink (H8) flowers, deeper in colour at base; IX–XI; some flowers shaded salmon; foliage dark greyish; habit open, spreading. Does not respond well to being pruned.
Wild-collected; found by Gunilla Uggla in a forest in Smaland, southeast Sweden, in August 1987. Registered 13 January 2000; Brita Johansson, Musselvagen 3, 468 34, Vargon, Sweden.
Named after the finder.
‘Winter Fire’
Fire-red tubular flowers,II–IV, very floriferous; mid-green foliage with yellow shoot tips in spring; compact but vigorous broad habit; height 90cm; spread 60cm. It was a seeding grown from Erica oatesii in South Australia but clearly is a hybrid. Tender and needs a frost-free environment.
‘May Queen Ina’
Pink tubular flowers, 20mm long, V–VII, very floriferous; dark green foliage; strong, vigorous upright growth; height 46-60cm; spread 46-60cm. Selected and named in Japan. The origins of this clone are obscure but is similar to Erica ventricosa. Tender and needs a frost-free environment
‘Helène’
Yellow-orange flowers deepening to a pinkish orange, tubular, 25mm long V–VII; dark green foliage; strong, vigorous ,upright growth; height 46-60cm; spread 46-60cm. The origins of this clone are obscure. A plant bearing this name was first introduced by J. B. R. Gentilhomme (France) in 1879 and it is possible that the plant bearing this name now is not the original. Tender and needs a frost-free environment.