Ambiguous name.
Month: September 2014
‘Rosalind, Crastock Heath’
Pale lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; green-yellow foliage with an occasional red shoot; loose open habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Not as good as ‘Rosalind, Underwood’s‘.
Found by Mrs A. M. Wye (Crastock Heath, Woking, Surrey, England); introduced as C. vulgaris ‘Rosalind’ by Crastock Heath Nurseries in 1961.
Named originally, perhaps, after Mrs Wye; later the name of the place where it was found was added.
‘Rosalind, Underwood’s’
Lavender (H3) flowers, IX–X; yellow-green foliage in summer, with yellow shoot-tips in autumn, winter, and spring; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding.
Introduced by G. Underwood (Hookstone Green Nursery, West End, Woking, Surrey, England) by 1948 as Erica vulgaris ‘Rosalind’.
Rosalind has not been identified; later the name of the nursery where it was found was added.
‘Rosita’
♤ Dark red buds, VIII–XII; mid-green foliage; spreading; height 30cm; spread 50cm.
Sport on ‘Alicia‘, found by Kai Miissig (Miltenberg, Germany) on 4 October 2002 in Miltenberg. “The buds are much darker than ‘Pink Alicia‘.”
® C.2006:01 Registered on 23 January 2006 byKurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.
Recorded and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 05.12.2006. CPVO 1.2007 15/02/2007
Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 22.06.2009. CPVO 4.2009 15/08/2009
‘Ross Hutton’
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Darkness‘ but blooms two weeks earlier.
Wild-collected; found on Cluanie Moors near Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1962; introduced by D. Hutton (Aberfoyle, near Callander, Perthshire, Scotland) by 1973.
Named after the introducer’s son.
‘Roswitha’
♤ Deep lilac-red buds, IX–I; dark green foliage; broad upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Roter Oktober’
Crimson flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Selected from seedlings produced by cross-pollinating ‘Darkness‘ and ‘Beoley Crimson‘; raised in Germany by D. Scholjegerdes (Aschhangerfeld, Germany) before 1987; introduced by Scholjegerdes about 1987. Listed by Heinz Schlangen (Westermoorstr. 33, 26683 Saterland/Scharrel, Germany).
Name alludes to the flower colour and month of flowering.
‘Rotfuchs’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–X; green foliage, the young shoots tipped red in spring, turning orange later; strong grower; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Rubrum’
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–IX; light green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Ruby Slinger’
White flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage, the young shoots with yellow tips in spring; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Outstanding.
Wild-collected; found on Calf of Man by F. J. Chapple about 1965; introduced by Slieve Donard Nursery (Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland) in 1967.
Named after Ruby (1909-1985; nee Rebecca Mills), wife of Leslie S. Slinger, proprietor of the Slieve Donard Nursery (see Calluna vulgaris ‘Leslie Slinger‘).