Pale pink flowers, VIII–X; grey-green foliage; compact spreading habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected (plant 6); found above Kynance Cove on The Lizard, Cornwall, England, by Dr Alan Leslie and R. Bradshaw on 20 August 1975; introduced by 1993 through Cambridge University Botanic Gardens.
Named after the place where it was discovered.
Pale pink flowers, VIII–XI; mid-green foliage, young shoots tipped yellow during spring; broad upright habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found south of Leech Pool on the Lizard, Cornwall, England, by Miss Marion Hughes on 30 October 1983; introduced through Cambridge University Botanic Gardens by 1993.
Named after the finder.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–XI; mid-green foliage, young shoots tipped yellow during spring; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Dwarf and much-branched … with masses of small flowers of a pleasing pink produced up the stem – much as they are in Erica vagans – and occasional tufts of flowers lower on the stem.
Wild-collected (plant 2); found north-west of Trelan on The Lizard, Cornwall, England, by P. D. Williams (Lanarth) before 1910 (cf Turrill 1922). ‘He told me he actually found the plant nestling against his garden wall’. Found on the same day as Erica vagans ‘St Keverne‘.
Named after the finder.
Pale pink (H8/H16) flowers, VI–X, in long spikes; grey-green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Recommended. Named after the finder.
Deep pink (H1/H8) flowers, VII–X; greyish green foliage, with gland-tipped hairs, the young shoots with red tips in spring, turning golden later; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found on moors near Wareham, Dorset, England, by D. F. Maxwell (Corfe Mullen, Dorset) about 1922-1923, found at the same time as ‘Gwen’; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1925.
Named after a niece of H. E. Beale.
Pale lilac flowers darkening with age, VI–X; bright green foliage, the young shoots tipped yellow in spring; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after a Vice-President of The Heather Society.
Pale lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–X; mid-green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. One of the more floriferous selections of Watson’s heath.
White flowers with shell-pink (H16) tips, VII–X; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Found on Wych Heath, Wareham, Dorset, by F. White, who worked for Maxwell & Beale’s nursery.
Pink (H8) flowers with white bases, VII–X; dark green foliage, the young shoots tipped red in spring; open spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Found near Wareham, Dorset, by D. Fyfe Maxwell and named after a niece of H. E. Beale.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–XI; mid-green foliage, young shoots are orange-bronze in spring turning yellow later; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Collected near Wareham, Dorset, and named after the finder’s father.
