Heathers

White flowers, VIII–IX; hairy, grey-green foliage; open erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Named from tomentosus = covered with short hairs; albus = white.

Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VIII–IX; foliage green; moss-like, with minute leaves and stems, erect, slow-growing; height 10–15cm; spread 10–15cm.

Introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1936.

Named after the fictional character, a tiny hero; alluding to the cultivar’s size.

Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage with young shoots tipped cream, pink, red, orange and copper in spring; bushy; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Wild-collected; found on North Uist, Scotland, by Miss M. Laird (Ledbury, Herefordshire, England); introduced by Jack Drake (Inshriach Nursery, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland) by 1969.

Named after the house belonging to the sister of the finder.

White flowers, VIII–IX, on long, slender curving stems; bright mid-green foliage; loose bushy habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Named from torulosus = with bulges or contractions at intervals.

Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; mid-green foliage; vigorous, upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Seedling; found in Geoffrey Pilkington’s garden, Tremans (Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England) about 1950. Seen by Will Ingwersen, and once thought to have been the true Ingwersen clone ‘Elegantissima‘.

Named after Geoffrey Pilkington’s house, where it was found.