Heathers

♤ White buds, IX–XII, very abundant; light green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. A sport on ‘Alicia‘; the buds develop later and remains fresher for longer, resulting in a long season.

Found by Thomas & Helmut Hiedl, Altusried, Germany, in September 2003.

® C.2005:08 registered on 31 December 2005 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.

Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany.29.08.2005. CPVO variety data

Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 29.05.2007. CPVO variety data

Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; spreading; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected; found in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, by G. Seppen (Putten, Netherlands) about 1971; introduced by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1974.

Named after the finder’s eldest daughter.

Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow-orange foliage turning bronze red in winter; upright; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.

Found by H. Hoekert (Oldebroek, Netherlands) in 1973; introduced by Hoekert in 1983.

Named after Miss Hetty Kampluis, worker in the nursery which introduced it.

Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Outstanding in The Heather Society trials.

Said to have been collected in Ireland [but see Etymology]; and apparently named by 1933 (perhaps by Maxwell & Beale).

Name hibernicus can mean pertaining to winter or Irish; the former seems a more likely derivation given the flowering season.

Amethyst (H1) flowers, X–I; mid-green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding in The Heather Society trials.

Wild-collected; found in the Pyrenees near Hyères, France,  by C. J. Marchant (Stapehill, Wimborne, Dorset, England) before 1932.

Named from hiemalis = of winter. This name is correctly applied to Marchant’s Pyrenees clone.

Deep rose-pink (H7) flowers, VIII–XI; golden bronze foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.

Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–XI, in graceful, long spikes; mid-green foliage; upright; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.

Seedling; found by C. Turberfield (Blyth, Nottinghamshire, England) in 1976; given to Tabramhill Gardens (Arnold, Nottingham) in 1977 and subsequently introduced by Tabramhill Gardens.

Named after Mr Turberfield’s wife.

White flowers, VIII–IX; lime-green foliage throughout the year; open, erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

Introduced by Little Park Nursery (Flowton, Suffolk, England) before 1989.

Name is an allusion to the foliage colour.