White flowers; II–IV, in long, erect spikes; bright green foliage; erect; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Selected seedling from the deliberate cross between ‘Springwood White‘ and ‘Snow Queen‘ made by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany), differs from ‘Isabell‘ in its slightly smaller corolla, much smaller than ‘Schneekuppe‘; named and introduced by the British Heather Growers Association in 1993.
Name is an allusion to its parentage.
Registered 19 February 1993: David Small, Creeting St Mary, UK.
II–IV, abundant; bright green foliage; erect but spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Another selected seedling from the deliberate cross between ‘Springwood White‘ and ‘Snow Queen’ made by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany).
White flowers; I–III; bright green foliage; neat compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Considered to the the best white-flowered winter heath when it reaches 5 years old.
Another selected seedling from the deliberate cross between ‘Springwood White‘ and ‘Snow Queen‘ made by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany), and a distinct improvement on ‘Springwood White‘
Name alludes to the flower colour.
II–IV; bright green foliage; neat compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Another selected seedling from the deliberate cross between ‘Springwood White‘ and ‘Snow Queen‘ made by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany).
I–III; soft green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Considered to be an improvement on ‘Snow Queen‘, from which it was a seedling.
Large pure white flowers; XII–V; mid-green foliage; neat, compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.
Seedling found by C. Verboom (Boskoop, Netherlands), and introduced by Verboom in 1934.
No description available. Plant of unknown origins.
Abundant white flowers; XII–V; foliage bright green; vigorous, trailing habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
For decades this was the outstanding white-flowered Erica carnea but is superseded by some of the deliberately raised cultivars. Still ideal for hanging baskets.
Wild-collected; found on Monte Correggio, northern Italy, by Mrs Anna Walker (1866–1948) (Springwood, Stirling, Scotland; her gardener who propagated the plant was Robert Howieson Syme (1873–1946)) before 1925; named by F. J. Chittenden (Director, Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, Wisley) in 1925. Mrs Walker’s account of the discovery is in My garden 2: 105-106 (May 1934); on Syme see My garden 32: 625, 627 (June 1946).
see Heathers 4: 34–35. 2007.
Originally named ‘Springwood’, after Mrs Walker’s house in Stirling, Scotland; white was added when the plant received an AM in 1930.
I–III; bright green foliage; upright compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
A selected seedling from the deliberate cross between ‘Springwood White‘ and ‘Snow Queen‘ made by John Hall (Windlesham Court Nurseries, Windlesham, Surrey) in 1986.
A made-up name, comprising white (flowers) and (John) Hall.
II–V, abundant; bright green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Another selected seedling from the deliberate cross between ‘Springwood White‘ and ‘Snow Queen‘ made by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany), but named and introduced by the British Heather Growers Association. It flowers a little later than ‘Isabell‘ and ‘Ice Princess‘. Registered 19 February 1993: David Small, Creeting St Mary, UK.
