Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; downy grey foliage; spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. One of the best grey heathers.
Seedling; found by J. B. A. Dekker (Mijdrecht, Netherlands) by 1974; introduced by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1974.
Named after the finder.
White flowers, fading to pale lavender, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; vigorous; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Pruning is essential to keep a tidy plant. Outstanding in The Heather Society Trials. Named after the second child of Charles Chapman (Birmingham, England).
White flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage flecked with cream; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. The variegation is attractive but there is a tendency for it to be lost on propagation.
Acquired in Japan in the 1970s by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany); introduced by Kramer about 1979.
Name alluding to the flower colour and country whence it was acquired.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; straw-gold foliage in summer, deepening to orange-gold in winter; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after John Letts’s dog!
❁ Deep pink (H8) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; neat, dwarf habit; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. (‘Flowers bright pink without any trace of purple.’)
Wild-collected; found near Moughton north of Settle, Yorkshire, England, before 1935; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1935 originally using the cultivar name ‘Mrs J. H. Hamilton’. The name was changed in 1936 by the nursery.
Presumed to have been named after the finder, J. H. Hamilton, a director of Maxwell & Beale.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; grey-green foliage, young shoots tipped cream and pink in spring; low, spreading; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.
A sport on ‘Sister Anne‘, found by Mr S. Crabtree, Eversley Nurseries, Hesketh Bank, near Preston,, before 1993.
❁ Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage turning bronze in winter; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. Good double, much under–rated. More disease resistant than most of the double pink Callunas.
Wild-collected; found by J. W. Dyce on Winterton Dunes, Norfolk, England, on 19 September 1971 while leading a party from the British Pteridological Society; propagated and introduced by Foxhollow Nursery, Windlesham, Surrey.
Named after J. W. Dyce who was a leading member and honorary secretary of the British Pteridological Society.
Double mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; bright green foliage even in winter; neat; good ground-cover; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm.
Sport on ‘Alba Plena‘; found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes in 1950.
Named after the daughter of J. W. Sparkes.
Rosy purple flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Introduced by Jürgen Krebs (Hoyerhagen, Germany) and named after his first apprentice, Jochen Stelling.
Deep purple-red flowers, VIII–IX; orange-yellow foliage turning orange-red in winter; open habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. A seedling found growing near a plant of ‘Sir John Charrington‘ by A.G. Siegers at his nursery in Holland in 1992. Named after the son of the introducer.
