Large, pale lilac-pink (H11) flowers, in short spikes; VII-X; small, dark green leaves; compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 10–15cm. Seedling of ‘William Buchanan‘ raised and introduced in 1970 by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) and named after Cora Jongeneel, his granddaughter.
Heathers
‘Bearsden’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers; VI-XI; glossy dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
‘Ben’
Amethyst (H1) flowers; V-IX; dark green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Everything about this plant is diminutive, tiny glossy leaves, small flowers and a very neat habit. A must for the sink or trough garden.
Seedling; raised by Mr M. H. Lunn in 1989 and introduced in 1991 by Crail Nurseries (Newstead Abbey Park, Nottinghamshire, England).
Named after the Lunns’ King Charles spaniel.
‘Alba ‘
More than one white-flowered clone is in cultivation under this name; VI-X; given this mixture these would best be labelled Daboecia cantabrica f. alba unless they can definitely be identified as a named cultivar.
‘Alba Globosa’
White, globular flowers; VI-IX; mid-green foliage; compact habit; height 31-45cm; spread 61-75cm.
‘Bellita’
White flowers; VI-IX; light green foliage; height 35cm; spread 60cm. More compact than many of the other whites with smaller flowers but it is much more floriferous.
Seedling; raised, selected and introduce by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht-Siiddorf, Germany, by 1992. Ref: Ericultura 87: 22 (1992).
A fantasy name.
‘Creeping White’
White flowers; VI-X; bright green foliage; height 26-30cm; spread 31-45cm. The habit is not so prostrate as the name suggests.
‘David Moss’
Free-flowering, white; VI-X; dark glossy green foliage; height 31-45cm; spread 31-45cm.
Presumably a seedling; named and introduced by W. Moss (Afonwen, Mold, Flintshire, Wales).
Named after W. Moss’s son.
‘Early Bride’
Correct name ‘April Fool‘. See Supplement to International register of heather names – IV (2004) in Heathers 1: 64 (2004).
‘Snowdrift’
White flowers; VI-X; bright, mid-green foliage; broader in habit than ‘David Moss’ but equally floriferous; height 31-45cm; spread 61-75cm.
Seedling raised and introduced by 1971 by Messrs George Jackman (Woking, Surrey, England).
Name alludes to the flower colour.