Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; pale grey foliage, more silvery than its parent ‘Silver Knight’; strong, upright grower; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Found at Tornesch-Ahrenslohe, Germany, as a sport.
Heathers
‘Grizzly’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, IX–X, in long spikes; downy grey foliage; vigorous, upright; height 61–75cm; spread 61–75cm.
‘Grönsinka’
Mauve flowers, but very sparse; yellow-green foliage; forms a diminutive, pin-cushion; height less than 10cm; spread 10–15cm. Very hardy.
Wild-collected; found at Grönsinka, Dalarna, Sweden, by Ellert Björklund in 1983; introduced by Arthur Persson (Tostarp, Sweden) in 1991.
Named after the place where it was found.
‘Guinea Gold’
White flowers, IX–X; yellow foliage throughout year; vigorous; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Gunilla Uggla’
❁ Pink (H8) flowers, deeper in colour at base; IX–XI; some flowers shaded salmon; foliage dark greyish; habit open, spreading. Does not respond well to being pruned.
Wild-collected; found by Gunilla Uggla in a forest in Smaland, southeast Sweden, in August 1987. Registered 13 January 2000; Brita Johansson, Musselvagen 3, 468 34, Vargon, Sweden.
Named after the finder.
‘Winter Fire’
Fire-red tubular flowers,II–IV, very floriferous; mid-green foliage with yellow shoot tips in spring; compact but vigorous broad habit; height 90cm; spread 60cm. It was a seeding grown from Erica oatesii in South Australia but clearly is a hybrid. Tender and needs a frost-free environment.
‘May Queen Ina’
Pink tubular flowers, 20mm long, V–VII, very floriferous; dark green foliage; strong, vigorous upright growth; height 46-60cm; spread 46-60cm. Selected and named in Japan. The origins of this clone are obscure but is similar to Erica ventricosa. Tender and needs a frost-free environment
‘Helène’
Yellow-orange flowers deepening to a pinkish orange, tubular, 25mm long V–VII; dark green foliage; strong, vigorous ,upright growth; height 46-60cm; spread 46-60cm. The origins of this clone are obscure. A plant bearing this name was first introduced by J. B. R. Gentilhomme (France) in 1879 and it is possible that the plant bearing this name now is not the original. Tender and needs a frost-free environment.
‘Ghislaine’
A spectacular shrub with masses of flowers, deep magenta at the base with white lobes, 9mm long, VIII–I; mid-green foliage; height 61-75cm; spread 31-45cm. Even the earliest flowers do not fade until late in the year. Possibly raised by Milton Hutchins by 1980. Rescued from a nursery in Iver Heath, Berkshire, in 1994.and re-introduced Denbeigh Heathers, Ipswich in 1997. It is named after Anne and David Small’s eldest grand-daughter.
‘Crystal Palace’
White translucent flowers, 2cm long, tubular; mid-green foliage; erect habit reaching 0.7m in 2 years. Chance seedling which appeared among seedlings grown from the seed supplied by Silverhill Seeds from South Africa. First flowered in February 2000 at Shiota Heath Garden, Hamamatsu, Japan. A natural hybrid of Erica patersonii and Erica perspicua by Dr E. G. H. Oliver. It is very close to Erica patersonii in overall appearance having hairy, translucent, white corolla and anthers with appendages. Raised from seed in Japan. Tender and needs a frost-free environment.
® E.2008:03 registered on 26 March 2008 by Satoshi Miwa, Hamamatsu, Japan.