❁ Cerise (H6) flowers, IX–X, redder than ‘Annemarie‘; dark green foliage; open habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding.
Sport on ‘Annemarie‘, deliberately induced by irradiation; found by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany); introduced by Kramer in 1984.
Name alludes to the flower colour.
Crimson (H13) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Introduced by Bill Goddard (Flora Vista, British Columbia, Canada) before 1978.
Name alludes to the flower colour — but perhaps more correctly to the spring growth being red.
White flowers, VIII–IX, in longe spikes; downy grey foliage, young shoots with yellow tips in spring and summer; very erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. One of the best “spring-tip” lings.
Seedling; found by T. Huisman (Hattem, Netherlands) by 1980 and introduced in 1986 by H. W. de Bruijn (Boskoop, Netherlands).
Named after the introducer’s wife.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–IX. profuse; pale green foliage; prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Seedling found by F. Kircher (Heideberg, Hamburg-Langerhorn, Germany) in 1968; introduced by F. Kircher in 1972.
Name is a shortened form of Erica.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–X; orange foliage in summer turning red in winter; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Introduced by Pennyacre Nursery (Springfield, Fife, Scotland) by 1977.
Pale mauve flowers, VII–IX; light green foliage, young shoots tipped bright yellow in spring; broad upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. It arose as a seedling with Mr T. Huisman of Hattem, and was introduced by Mr H. W. de Bruijn Boskoop in 1992. This cultivar won a silver medal at Floriade 1992.
Correct name ‘Alba Rigida‘
Pale mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage with occasional orange-yellow shoots; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected sport; found on a plant in a quarry at Rivington Pike near Bolton, Lancashire, England, by Jack Platt (Ulnes Walton, Lancashire) in 1978; introduced by Felsburg Nursery in 1981.
Named after the place where it was found.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; downy, soft yellow foliage, becoming duller with red tints in winter; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling near ‘Silver Knight‘; found by H. M. J. Blum (Steinwijkerwold, Netherlands) in 1980; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherland) in 1983.
Fantasy name, alluding to parent cultivar.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–X; gold foliage in summer, turning orange in autumn, and red in winter and spring; rounded compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 61–75cm. Prone to disease.
Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes by 1962.
Named after the eldest child of Charles Chapman, Birmingham, England.
