Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Heathers
‘Liliane’
♤ Violet buds, VIII–XII; dark green foliage; erect habit. Long-lasting display of buds. Deliberately bred seedling from ‘Amethyst‘ and “97-18-15”; raised and selected by Kurt Kramer.
® C.2006:09 registered 25 December 2006 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.
Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer Edammer Str. 26, 26188 Edewecht, Germany, on 06.09.2004. CPVO variety data
Kurt Kramer, plant breeders rights given on 12.07.2007. CPVO variety data
‘Lime Glade’
White flowers, IX–X; lime-green foliage, turning almost white in spring; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. A useful plant to use where other yellow-foliaged lings are found to scorch.
Seedling; found by John L. Jones (Glynwern Heather Nurseries, Cilcennin, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales) by 1990.
Name is an allusion to the foliage colour.
‘Lime Gold’
Mauve flowers, VIII–IX; yellow-green foliage, shoot tips orange throughout the year; porstrate yet with erect stems; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
‘Little John’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–IX, in short spikes; mid-green foliage; dwarf, compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. A seedling found on the grave of J. G. Flecken’s father at Kerkrade-Holz, The Netherlands. Registered 23 December 1993: J. G. Flecken, Kerkrade, Netherlands.
‘Llanbedrog Pride’
❁ Rose pink (H7 flowers, IX–XI; gold foliage turning orange-red in winter; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Prone to damage by windburn.
Sport on ‘Peter Sparkes‘; found by J. F. Chattaway at Llanbedrog, Gwynedd, Wales, in 1969; introduced by A. Annabel (Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England) in 1975.
Named after town where the finder lived.
‘Loch–na–Seil’
Pale lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; grey-green foliage; prostrate, slow growing; height 10–15cm; spread 10–15cm.
Introduced by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perthshire, Scotland) in 1963.
‘Loch Turret’
White flowers, VII–IX; bright green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after a lake near Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.
‘Long White’
White flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Good for use as cut-flowers, and widely used in breeding programmes.
Presumably a sport; found in a batch of cuttings at the municipal gardens at Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands; introduced by Plantsoendienst Gemeente (Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands) in 1962.
Name is an allusion to the flower colour and the flower spikes.
‘Loni’
Crimson (H13) flowers, VIII–X; yellow-green foliage in summer, going bronze-red in winter; upright, compact habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Found by Fritz Kircher before 1989 and named after his wife. Registered 1 September 1994: Fritz Kircher, Hamburg, Germany.