Heathers

White flowers, VII–VIII, bright green foliage with yellowish tips retained for most of the year; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

Seedling; found by F. J. Chapple in his garden at Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, England, about 1950.

Jae was the nick-name of Mrs Jessie Chapple.

White flowers, VI–VIII; mid-green foliage; neat upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Seedling; found by Georg Arends (Wuppertal, Germany); introduced by Arends in 1938.

Named from albus = white; a reference to flower colour; praecox = early, precocious, a reference to the flowering season.

White flowers, VII–VIII; bright green foliage; distinctive, close intricate habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.

Sport on Calluna ‘Rigida’; introduced before 1867 when it was listed by James Smith (Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England).

Named from albus = white; a reference to flower colour; rigidus = rigid, stiff.

White flowers, VI–VII; mid-green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected (collector’s no. K60); found on St Kilda by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perthshire, Scotland) in 1967; introduced in 1971 by The Scottish National Trust. One of several clones collected from St Kilda.

Named after the founder of the St Kilda Club.

Lavender flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer turning orange in winter; upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Seedling; raised at Heather Acres (Elma, Washington, USA); selected by Pat Cullers and Karla Lortz, and introduced in 1998 at Northwestern Flower and Garden Show, Seattle, by Heaths & Heathers (Shelton, Washington, USA).

Named in honour of Alice Knight, a founding member of the North American Heather Society.

Mauve flowers, IX–X; yellow orange foliage throughout the year; low compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. A Dutch introduction.

Seedling; found by M. van de Berg (Bennekom, Netherlands) by 1987; introduced by G. van Hoef (Barneveld, Netherlands) by 1990.

Named after the finder’s grand-daughter.