Heathers

White flowers, VIII–IX; lemon-yellow foliage throughout the year; broad upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Found in Fife, Scotland.

Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; vigorous, compact, forms a “bun”; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected; found among stone chippings in a disused quarry near Leedstown, Cornwall, England, by R. A. Ide (Camberley, Surrey) about 1972; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) about 1972.

Named after Miss Penny Ide and the shape.

Beetroot (H9) flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. An unusual colour. Selected seedling from a deliberate cross between ‘Allegro’ and ‘Battle of Arnhem’, raised by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany).

❁ Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VIII–XI, in long spikes; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Outstanding in trials.

Named after the son of J. W. Sparkes.

Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; very broad habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1971.

Named after Petra van Dijke, granddaughter of P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands).

Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; downy foliage, silver-grey in summer deepening to the colour of old pewter plate in winter; spreading habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.

♤ Pure pink buds, VIII–XII, very abundant; bright green foliage; compact, upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

A sport from ‘Alicia‘. Kurt Kramer; Germany – Edewecht.

Name alludes to the flower colour and the parent cultivar. Preliminary designation (vorläufige Bezeichnung) was “rosa Alicia”.

❁ Shell-pink (H16) flowers, VIII–IX; golden foliage in summer, turning rusty red in winter; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

A sport from ‘Golden Dream‘; found by G. J. Cookes in 1986 at Little Froome Nurseries (Fenny Drayton, Warwickshire, England); introduced by Little Froome Nurseries in 1990.

Name alludes to the flower colour and parent cultivar.

Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; upright; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.

Sport on ‘White Gown‘; found by Herbert Mitchell (Helmsley, Yorkshire, England); introduced by Mitchell by 1976. Occasionally reverts to ‘White Gown‘.

Name alludes to the flower colour and parent cultivar.