♤ Buds mauve (H2) at tips fading to pale lilac (H4), IX–XI; dark green foliage; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found on Ginkelse Heide, near Arnhem, Netherlands, by Dr Ir T. Visser (Wageningen, Netherlands) before 1972; introduced by W. Haalboom & Zonen (Driebergen, Netherlands) by 1972.
Named after the finder, Dr T. Visser [Ericultura 60: 17 (1986)]
♤ Lilac–pink (H1) buds that eventually fading to silver–white, VII–XI; dark green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found on the slopes of Chobham Ridges, Surrey, England, by George Underwood (Woking, Surrey) in 1936; introduced by G. Underwood & Sons (Hookstone Green Nursery, West End, Woking).
Named after the finder, George Underwood (see Erica vagans ‘George Underwood’).
Ruby (H5) flowers; X–XII; foliage dark green; habit stiff, upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Selected seedling from the progeny ‘Allegro‘ x ‘Battle of Arnhem‘, raised by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany).
Pale mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow/gold foliage in summer turning orange in winter; slow-growing into a dense mound; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Found on the island of Skye and named after a malt whisky.
White flowers, VIII–IX, in long, slender spikes; bright green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; semi-prostrate; height 16–20cm; spread 21–25cm. One of the earliest lings to bloom.
Named from tenuis = slender, thin.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VII–X; orange-green foliage the year; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. Similar to ‘Inshriach Bronze’.
Found by M. Ramsey (Threave Gardens, Dumfriesshire, Scotland); introduced by Inshriach Nursery (Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland) by 1970.
Named after the nursery, and the foliage colour.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX, very sparse; dark green foliage; forms a carpet; height less than 10cm; spread 16–20cm. This will survive a reasonable amount of trampling.
Wild-collected; found among Erica ciliaris at Arne, Wareham, Dorset, England, by D. F. Maxwell (Corfe Mullen, Dorset); introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) by 1938.
Name alludes to its dwarf habit.
♤ Pink buds, VIII–XII, abundant; foliage golden deepening in winter; habit broad spreading; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
A sport from ‘Sandy‘ found in the nursery of Paul Wolf (Seligenstadt, Germany) in September 1999. Propagated by Paul and Werner Wolf; made commercially available in September 2001.
Named after the finder’s grand-daughter.
Registered on 8 July 2002 by Kurt Kramer.
Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer Edammer Str. 26, 26188 Edewecht, Germany, on 06.12.2000. CPVO variety data
Kurt Kramer plant breeders rights given on 19.05.2003. CPVO variety data
❁ Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VII–X; dark green foliage; rather open spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. One of the earliest double-flowered lings to bloom.
Wild-collected; found in the Pentland Hills, Scotland, by Miss Isobel Young (Currie, Edinburgh, Scotland) in 1934; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1938.
Named after a nickname of Miss Isobel Young, who found the plant.
