Pale lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; nearly prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. From St Kilda (K12).
Heathers
‘Mirato’
White flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage which is tipped bronze thus making a strong contrast with the flowers; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Sport on ‘Long White‘ found in 1991 at Baumschule H. Hachmann (Barmstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
‘Mirelle’
White flowers fading pink, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm.
Sport on ‘Ralph Purnell‘; found by H. Westdijk at Boskoop, Netherlands, in 1977; introduced by Westdijk in 1979.
Named after the finder’s eldest daughter.
‘Miss Muffet’
White flowers, VIII–IX, very sparse; mid-green foliage which has attractive cream tips in spring; height 10cm; spread 10–15cm.
‘Molecule’
Pale lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; dwarf; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm.
Seedling; found by D. Page at Lohbrunner Gardens, Vancouver Island, Canada, before 1962.
Name is perhaps an allusion to its size.
‘Monika’
❁ Red flowers, IX–XI, large; dark green foliage, tined grey in winter; open erect habit; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm. Flowers larger than, but not as dark as ‘Red Star‘.
Sport on ‘Elsie Purnell‘; found in 1981; introduced by Werner Stier (Wiesmoor, Germany) by 1987; submitted for plant breeders’ rights in Germany on 27 August 1987; withdrawn on 13 March 1991.
‘Moon Glow’
Pale purple flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage, young shoots tipped with yellow, and tips red in winter; very broad, low, spreading habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. A seedling from A. Bosch, Westerlee, The Netherlands, in 1992.
‘Mountain Snow’
White flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage, new growth in spring is creamy white; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
‘Mousehole’
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; neat, dwarf; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Collected near Mousehole, Cornwall, by Mr & Mrs John F. Letts and introduced by them.
‘Mrs Alf’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–XI, sparse; very dark green foliage, turning brown in winter, and young shoot-tips red in spring; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Glenisla, Scotland, by Mrs A. W. Wilson (Dunfermline, Scotland) about 1935; introduced by Jack Drake (Inshriach Nursery, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland) by 1959.
Named after the finder.