Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; dull green foliage; prostrate, spreading, shoots with downwards curving tips; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Suitable for hanging-baskets.
Found by H. A. Hesse (Weener an den Ems, Germany) by 1935.
Named from prostratus = prostrate; flagelliformis = whip-like.
Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer. turning orange in winter; semi-prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Prone to browning.
Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England): introduced by J. W. Sparkes in 1963.
Name alludes to habit and foliage colour.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer, fading to yellow-green in autumn and winter; narrow, erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Sport on ‘Firefly‘; found at Highland Heathers Nursery (Achahoish, Lochgilphead, Scotland); introduced by Highland Heathers before 1989.
Punch was a dog who took a liking for this heather after eating his owner’s food!
Description not available.
Name used by Peter Bingham. “We no longer propagate ‘Purple Passion’ as it was rather unstable. … We only ever sold a trial batch for one year before dropping it. When asked, the garden centres that tried it said it was good but then never even noticed when we stopped producing it.”
P. Bingham to D. Small, email 15 September 2005.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; dark green foliage; close-growing, dwarf habit; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm.
Listed by J. Fraser (Leytonstone), in 1866.
Named from pygmaeus = dwarf.
White flowers, VIII–X, in long spikes; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Makes an attractively shaped plant.
Named from pyramidalis = pyramid-shaped. ‘This is a later name for ‘Alba Pyramidalis’ [see D. F. Maxwell, Low road, 1927]. ‘Pyramidalis’ is being proposed for conservation under the ICNCP (1995, Art. 14). The proposal was accepted in November 2003.
Mauve flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; dark green foliage; dwarf, forming an upright-growing mat; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected in Spain in 1924. Listed by Arnold Arboretum in 1924.
Named from pyrenaicus = from the Pyrenees.
White flowers, X–XI; dark green foliage; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced before 1964.
Name alludes to the flower colour and time of flowering.
Lilac-pink flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; broad spreading habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
White flowers, VII–VIII; light green foliage; forms a mound; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. One of the best of the St Kilda heathers (K52), named after a hill on Hirta.
