Heathers

‘Yule Fire’

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Flower single, corolla & calyx amethyst HI; VII-X; foliage shoots with bicoloured golden ends with brilliant glossy red inner leaves, colours deepen to orange and red in winter cold; habit compact spreading height 20cm; spread 40cm.

Sport on ‘Atropurpurea‘, found by Ken Hutchins at Oregon Rhododendrons, Corvalis, USA, in 1994. “Distinctive bicolored foliage gives winter foliage color in areas that can not grow Calluna. The red is much more brilliant than other gold” bell heathers.

® E.2008:01 registered on 24 January 2008 by K. Hutchins, Mossyrock, WA, USA.

‘Little Skookum’

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Flowers mauve; VIII-IX; foliage grey-green; habit low-growing, creeping with swirling branches; height 12-20cm; spread 45cm after 7 years. “One of the lowest silvers. Both ‘Grey Carpet‘ and ‘Silver Cloud‘ are much taller than listed here. It has a more swirling pattern than those two.”

Chance seedling found in her nursery and propagated by Karla Lortz. Pacific Northwest Native American name for a local river.

® C.2008:10 registered on 25 August 2008 by Karla Lortz, Shelton, WA 98584-8429, USA.

‘Waquoit Wild’

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Flowers single; corolla H8; VIII-IX; foliage medium green; habit upright; height 36cm; spread 25cm after 3 years.

“Wild” seedling, found by Paul A. Murphy Jr. at Waquoit Nursery, Waquoit, MA, USA, in September 1997.

® C.2008:09 registered on 24 June 2008 by Jane Murphy, Oxford, PA, USA.

‘Verena’

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♤ Bud bloomer; Calyx violet (RHS 80B); IX-XII; foliage dark green: habit erect; height after 3 years in 40 cm; spread 30 cm. Strong growth, large buds.

Origins: Selected seedling,created by Kurt Kramer (CLL 25; Kramer clone no 302nd).

® C.2008:07 registered on 6 April 2008 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.

‘Sonnenzwerg’

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Flowers white; VII-VIII; foliage yellow; height 20 cm; spread  30 cm after 3 years. 

Selected seedling from ‘Oiseval‘ x ‘Gold Haze‘, created by Kurt Kramer in 1991; selected by K. Kramer in 1993 .

The name means “sun pygmy” referring to foliage colour and dwarf habit.

® C.2008:06 registered on 6 April 2008 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.

‘Lucie’

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♤ White flower buds, larger then ‘Alicia‘; IX-XI; foliage light green; habit erect; height 35 cm; spread 25 cm after 2 years.

Sport on ‘Alicia‘, found by Hermann Glaser (Babenhausen, Germany) in 2004.

® C.2008:05 registered on 4 May 2008 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.

‘Alissa Diane’

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❁ double mauve flowers; VII-X; foliage gold green with orange tints; height 25cm; spread 30cm.

Sport of ‘Tib‘ from Ken Hutchins. Named after Ken Hutchins’s daughter.

® C.2008:02 registered on 24 January 2008 by K. Hutchins, Mossyrock, WA, USA.

‘Wicklow Spring’

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❁Flowers double, shell pink; VIII-X; foliage mid-green with creamy yellow spring growth; forms compact mound.

Sport of ‘County Wicklow‘ found in 1994 by Ken Hutchins at Oregon Rhododendrons, Corvalis, USA; propagated and named by Karla Lortz.

® C.2008:01 registered on 24 January 2008 by K. Hutchins, Mossyrock, WA, USA.

‘Ronsdorf ‘

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Lavender (RHS75A, H3) flowers, darker than ‘Charnwood Pink‘; X-IV;  habit more compact than ‘Charnwood Pink‘; foliage green.  Raised by Kurt Kramer in 2000.

Named after Georg Arends, of Wuppertal Ronsdorf, the renowned German plant breeder and nurseryman was the first to raise the hybrid.

® E.2007.04 registered 17 May 2007 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.

‘Phantom’

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Flowers single,corolla white; VII-IX; calyx lobes green, unequal, fused only at base;  4-lobed; lobes with very sparse hairs in bud; stamens 8, short; filaments ±2mm long, free or variously and irregularly fused in groups of 2-3; anthers small, thecae pale red when young turning pale tan; foliage light green; young shoots yellow; habit  low-growing; height ±15cm: spread 30cm after 4 years.
Deliberately bred seedling raised in 1986 from crosses made the year before; Erica tetralix ‘Alba Mollis‘ x Erica vagans ‘Lyonesse‘.

® E.2007:09 registered on 12 June 2007 by David Wilson, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.