Lavender (H3) flowers, IX–X; yellow-green foliage in summer, with yellow shoot-tips in autumn, winter, and spring; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding.
Introduced by G. Underwood (Hookstone Green Nursery, West End, Woking, Surrey, England) by 1948 as Erica vulgaris ‘Rosalind’.
Rosalind has not been identified; later the name of the nursery where it was found was added.
♤ Dark red buds, VIII–XII; mid-green foliage; spreading; height 30cm; spread 50cm.
Sport on ‘Alicia‘, found by Kai Miissig (Miltenberg, Germany) on 4 October 2002 in Miltenberg. “The buds are much darker than ‘Pink Alicia‘.”
® C.2006:01 Registered on 23 January 2006 byKurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.
Recorded and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 05.12.2006. CPVO 1.2007 15/02/2007
Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 22.06.2009. CPVO 4.2009 15/08/2009
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Darkness‘ but blooms two weeks earlier.
Wild-collected; found on Cluanie Moors near Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1962; introduced by D. Hutton (Aberfoyle, near Callander, Perthshire, Scotland) by 1973.
Named after the introducer’s son.
♤ Deep lilac-red buds, IX–I; dark green foliage; broad upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Crimson flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Selected from seedlings produced by cross-pollinating ‘Darkness‘ and ‘Beoley Crimson‘; raised in Germany by D. Scholjegerdes (Aschhangerfeld, Germany) before 1987; introduced by Scholjegerdes about 1987. Listed by Heinz Schlangen (Westermoorstr. 33, 26683 Saterland/Scharrel, Germany).
Name alludes to the flower colour and month of flowering.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–X; green foliage, the young shoots tipped red in spring, turning orange later; strong grower; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–IX; light green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
White flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage, the young shoots with yellow tips in spring; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Outstanding.
Wild-collected; found on Calf of Man by F. J. Chapple about 1965; introduced by Slieve Donard Nursery (Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland) in 1967.
Named after Ruby (1909-1985; nee Rebecca Mills), wife of Leslie S. Slinger, proprietor of the Slieve Donard Nursery (see Calluna vulgaris ‘Leslie Slinger‘).
Deep lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–X, in long spikes; golden yellow foliage in summer turning rusty red in winter; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
❁ White flowers, VIII–X; yellow foliage throughout the year; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Any reversion with green foliage should be removed as soon as possible.
Sport on ‘Alba Plena‘; found by J. W. Sparkes at Beechwood Nursery (Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes in 1951.
Named after the raiser’s mother.
