Magenta (H14) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer, fading to yellow-green in autumn and winter; narrow, erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Sport on ‘Firefly‘; found at Highland Heathers Nursery (Achahoish, Lochgilphead, Scotland); introduced by Highland Heathers before 1989.
Punch was a dog who took a liking for this heather after eating his owner’s food!
Description not available.
Name used by Peter Bingham. “We no longer propagate ‘Purple Passion’ as it was rather unstable. … We only ever sold a trial batch for one year before dropping it. When asked, the garden centres that tried it said it was good but then never even noticed when we stopped producing it.”
P. Bingham to D. Small, email 15 September 2005.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; dark green foliage; close-growing, dwarf habit; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm.
Listed by J. Fraser (Leytonstone), in 1866.
Named from pygmaeus = dwarf.
White flowers, VIII–X, in long spikes; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Makes an attractively shaped plant.
Named from pyramidalis = pyramid-shaped. ‘This is a later name for ‘Alba Pyramidalis’ [see D. F. Maxwell, Low road, 1927]. ‘Pyramidalis’ is being proposed for conservation under the ICNCP (1995, Art. 14). The proposal was accepted in November 2003.
Mauve flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; dark green foliage; dwarf, forming an upright-growing mat; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected in Spain in 1924. Listed by Arnold Arboretum in 1924.
Named from pyrenaicus = from the Pyrenees.
White flowers, X–XI; dark green foliage; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced before 1964.
Name alludes to the flower colour and time of flowering.
Lilac-pink flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; broad spreading habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
White flowers, VII–VIII; light green foliage; forms a mound; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. One of the best of the St Kilda heathers (K52), named after a hill on Hirta.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; green-gold foliage in summer, acquiring orange tints in winter and the new growth in spring has red tips; dense spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Introduced by 1987.
Name alludes to the flower colour.
Mauve to pink (H2, H8) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage, young shoots with red and cream tips in spring; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey, England) by 1975.
Olive Turner has not been identified.
