Heathers

‘Charnwood Pink’

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Pale pink (lilac (H4) deepening to shell-pink (H16)) flowers; mid-green foliage; tall, erect habit; height & spread 1m after 5 years. One of the clones from Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany), named after a borough in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Toponym: Charnwood is the Loughborough borough in which the Halls’ garden is situated. The Borough of Charnwood is named after the ancient Charnwood Forest. The Oxford dictionary of English place names gives the mediaeval version of Charnwood as “Cernewoda” meaning “Wood in a rocky country”.

® E.2007:11 registered 1 August 2007 by Allen Hall, Nanpantan, Loughborough, Leicestershire.

‘Albert’s Gold’

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White flowers, III–V, sparse, slightly scented; yellow foliage all year being brightest in winter and spring; height 1m and more; spread 75–100cm.

A sport from Erica arborea ‘Alpina’ propagated by Albert Turner (Birmingham, UK); introduced by Denbeigh Heather Nurseries (Creeting St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk) by 1975.

Named after  Albert S. Turner(June 1916-January 2018).

 

‘Estrella Gold’

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White flowers, IV–V, profuse; lime-green foliage with bright yellow young shoots in spring; broad compact habit; height 1m and more; spread 61–75cm. Hardier than some other clones.

Collected in Serra da Estrela near Coimbra, Portugal, in 1972 by R. Zwijnenburg and introduced first in the Netherlands.

The name is derived from the place where the plant was found, but spelled incorrectly.

‘Spanish Lime’

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White flowers; III–V; foliage rather sparse; gold to lime-green foliage; habit more open than ‘Albert’s Gold‘ but as hardy; height 200cm; spread 150cm. Collected at Alto Campoo, Cantabria, Spain, in 1982 by David McClintock, Charles Nelson and David Small. Name alluding to country of origin and the foliage colour. Registered on 18 February 2000 by D. C. McClintock.

‘Alpina’ (Erica arborea var. alpina)

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White flowers, III–V, closely packed in cylindrical spikes, stalks white or green; mid-green foliage; height at least 1m; spread 75–100cm. Hardy.

Collected, according the Georg Dieck(Zöschen, Germany) in 1892, at about 1,400m altitude, in Serrania de Cuenca, Spain, more than a century ago. It is unlikely that more than one clone is in cultivation now, even if he collected several. Introduced by Georg Dieck in 1899.

Named from Latin alpinus = growing in the alpine zone of mountains.

‘Spring Smile’

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White flowers, IV–V, buds pink; soft light green foliage, shoots tipped pinkish yellow in early winter; height at least 1m; spread 75–100cm. Tender; can only be grown outside in the mildest climates.

Wild-collected; found in Spain by Rinus Zwijnenberg about 1972; introduced in 1979 by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands).

Names alludes to the flowering season.

‘Picos Pygmy’

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White flowers, IV–V; dark green foliage; more erect habit than ‘Alpina’; height at least 1m; spread 61–75cm. Hardy. Found in Picos de Europa, northern Spain, by Terry Underhill; he collected what appeared to be a dwarf form but in fact had been grazed by cattle!