Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer turning red during cold winters; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Boskoop’.
Heathers
‘Wollmers Weiße’ / ‘Woolmers Weisse’
❁ White flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; bushy, compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
A sport on ‘Radnor‘ found by G. Wollmer, Fühlendorf, Germany, before 1992.
Named after G. Wollmer. German orthography is ‘Wollmer’s Weiße’. An apostrophe is required.
‘Wood Close’
Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–IX; light gold foliage in summer deepening to orange in winter; neat habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after the finder’s home.
‘Valorian’
Deep lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; dark green foliage; dwarf, prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Selected from the seedlings from a deliberate cross between’Mrs Ronald Gray‘ and ‘Foxii Nana‘; named after the introducer’s children, Valerie and Orian.
‘Van Beek’
Magenta (H14) flowers, VIII–X; greenish yellow foliage, shoots tipped yellow changing in winter to yellow with light red tints; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. A sport on ‘Finale‘ found by A. Van Beek (Loenhout, Belgium).
‘Velvet Dome’
Dwarf plant forming a dense mat of bright green foliage in summer, turning brown-green in winter; never blooms; height less than 10cm; spread 21–25cm.
Wild-collected; found near a copper mine in Cornwall, England, by J. F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by J. F.Letts before 1968.
Name is an allusion to the habit.
‘Velvet Fascination’
White flowers, VIII–IX; downy, silver-grey foliage darkening a little in winter; erect; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm. A first-class plant which does not become drab in winter.
‘Violet Bamford’
Pink flowers (H8), VII–VIII; yellow-green foliage, shoots tipped orange-gold in summer, turning orange-red in winter; compact, prostrate; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Registered 22 September 1995: Mrs W. E. S. Bamford, Haythorn Nursery, Verwood, Dorset.
‘Visser’s Fancy’
♤ Buds mauve (H2) at tips fading to pale lilac (H4), IX–XI; dark green foliage; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found on Ginkelse Heide, near Arnhem, Netherlands, by Dr Ir T. Visser (Wageningen, Netherlands) before 1972; introduced by W. Haalboom & Zonen (Driebergen, Netherlands) by 1972.
Named after the finder, Dr T. Visser [Ericultura 60: 17 (1986)]
‘Underwoodii’
♤ Lilac–pink (H1) buds that eventually fading to silver–white, VII–XI; dark green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found on the slopes of Chobham Ridges, Surrey, England, by George Underwood (Woking, Surrey) in 1936; introduced by G. Underwood & Sons (Hookstone Green Nursery, West End, Woking).
Named after the finder, George Underwood (see Erica vagans ‘George Underwood’).