White flowers,with bright yellow anthers fading to pale tan after anthesis, VIII–X; mid-green foliage, young shoots with bright golden tips in spring; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm.
A sport from ‘Lyonesse‘; found by Alan W. Newsham in 1982 at Twin Acre Nursery (Knutsford, Cheshire, England).
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
White flowers, VIII–X, in a compact spike; bright green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. The russet-coloured dead flowers low down on the spike are not so noticeable as in other white-blossomed Cornish heaths.
Wild-collected; found by P. D. Williams (St Keverne, Cornwall) on The Lizard, Cornwall, England; introduced by 1927.
Named from St Keverne, Cornwall; albus = white.
Off-white flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; open erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm.
Listed by Wallace in 1914.
Named from Greek; leuco- = white; anthos = flower.
White flowers, VIII–X with pale brown anthers; bright green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found by Mr & Mrs Maxwell in 1923 while on their honeymoon, collected on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1925.
Named after the mythical land said to lie beneath the sea off the Cornish coast.
White flowers, VIII–X, with chocolate-brown anthers; mid-green foliage, each leaf having a yellow tip; very compact; height 10–15cm; spread 46–60cm. Not the best white Cornish heath
Introduced by 1879.
Named from nanus = dwarf.
White flowers, IX–XI, sparse; dull golden foliage, with bright yellow young shoots in spring, turning bright green in winter; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Subject to windburn particularly in winter and spring and may revert to dull green foliage.
Sport on a normal plant with white flowers (E. vagans f. alba); found at Aldenham Heather Nursery (Watford, Hertfordshire, England) by Brian W. Proudley in 1965; introduced by Aldenham Heather Nursery in 1968.
Named after the raiser’s wife.
White flowers, VIII–X, abundant; dark green foliage; compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; found by S. Dawson in 1970 in his garden at Wakefield (Yorkshire, England).
Named after the finder’s daughter.
White flowers, VIII–X, with attractive golden anthers; mid-green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm.
Found by C. Benson (Farington, Preston, Lancashire, England); introduced by C. Benson by 1977.
Name alludes to the flower colour.
White flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage; vigorous with an open habit unless well trimmed; height 46–60cm; spread 75–100cm.
Wild-collected; found on Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall, England; introduced by Treseder & Son (Truro, Cornwall) in 1965.
Name alludes to the flower colour, and habit.
White flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage; vigorous; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.
Introduced by 1985, perhaps by Neil Treseder (Truro, Cornwall, England).
Name alludes to the flower colour, and habit.
