Pale magenta flowers; VI-X; bright green foliage; semi-prostrate habit; height 26-30cm; spread 46-60cm.
Chance seedling from ‘Praegerae’; found at the nursery of, and introduced by P. Bakhuyzen & Zonen (Boskoop, Netherlands); a few plants were initially released under the name ‘Praegerae Select’ in 1975; named ‘Cupido’ in 1978.
Pale shell pink (H16) flowers; VI-XI; mid-green foliage; height 31-45cm; spread 31-45cm. Tends to flower for longer than many other St Dabeoc’s heaths. A sport from ‘Bicolor‘ to which it may revert.
Cerise (H6) flowers; VI-X; dark green foliage; spreading habit; height 31-45cm; spread 46-60cm.
Seedling; raised by Don Richards (Rydal Mount, Eskdale, Cumbria, England) about 1970; introduced by G. Yates (Ambleside, Cumbria).
Named after the place where Don Richards lived.
Lavender (H3) flowers; VII-IX; glossy mid-green foliage; vigorous, open, very erect habit; height 31-45cm; spread 61-75cm.
Seedling; raised by Don Richards (Rydal Mount, Eskdale, Cumbria, England) about 1970; introduced by G. Yates (Ambleside, Cumbria).
Named after the place where Don Richards lives.
Mauve (H2) flowers; VI-X; dark green foliage; spreading habit; height 26-30cm; spread 61-75cm.
Seedling; raised by Don Richards (Rydal Mount, Eskdale, Cumbria, England) about 1970; introduced by G. Yates (Ambleside, Cumbria).
Named after the place where Don Richards lives.
Gleaming deep lavender (H3) flowers; VII-IX; glossy, dark green foliage; upright, compact habit; height 26-30cm; spread 31-45cm. Found by S. Ketelaar in his garden 1988, in Holland.
Globose lilac pink (H11) flowers; VI-X; dark green foliage; vigorous, spreading habit; height 31-45cm; spread 61-75cm.
Named from globosus = globular. This name is a synonym of ‘Globosa’ (cf D. F. Maxwell & P. S. Patrick, The English heather garden, 165 (1966)) as applied by Daisy Hill Nursery.
Similar to ‘Bicolor‘ with white, pale pink (H8), pale purple (H10) and even striped flowers on the same stem; VII-X; dark green foliage; height 26-30cm; spread 46-60cm.
Seedling probably from ‘Bicolor; found by J. B. A. Dekker (Mijdrecht, Netherlands); introduced in 1975 by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands).
Amethyst (H1) flowers; VIII-XII; dark green foliage; compact, neat and long flowering; height 16-20cm; spread 31-45cm.
Seedling; raised about 1973, named and introduced in 1977 by Geoff Yates (Tabramhill Gardens, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England).
Named after his daughter.
Amethyst (H1) buds opening to lavender (H3) flowers; VI-X; dark green foliage; broad,erect habit; height 31-45cm; spread 46-60cm.
