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Heathers
‘Chittendenii’
Pink flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; slow-growing ; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm.
Introduced by 1934.
Named after F. J. Chittenden (1873-1950), former editor of the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, and Director of the Society’s Gardens, Wisley, Surrey.
‘Diana Hornibrook’
Deep rose-pink (H7) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Outstanding.
Found by Murray Hornibrook (best-known for his books about dwarf and slow-growing conifers); introduced in Britain by 1946.
Named after the daughter of Murray Hornibrook.
‘Fiddlestone’
Deep cerise (H6) flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding.
Seedling; found at Fiddlestone Lodge, Burton in the Wirral, Cheshire, England, by J. E. B. (Edward) Plummer before 1959; named by Mr Plummer and introduced by Liverpool University Botanic Gardens, Ness, Cheshire.
Named after the finder’s house in the Wirral, Cheshire.
‘George Underwood’
Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. Attractive plant.
Possible seedling; introduced by G. Underwood & Son (Hookstone Green Nursery, West End, Woking, Surrey, England) before 1960.
Named after George Underwood (d. 1960), proprietor of Hookstone Green Nursery
‘Grandiflora’
Pale shell-pink (H16) flowers, VIII–X, in long cylindrical spikes; mid-green foliage; open habit, very vigorous; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.
Listed as early as 1867 by James Smith (Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England) as E. multiflora grandiflora.
Named from Latin grandiflorus = large-flowered.
‘Holden Pink’
Pale shell-pink (H16) flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Introduced by, Holden Clough Nursery (Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire, England) before 1964.
Named after Holden Clough Nursery.
‘Hookstone Rose’
Deep pink (H8) flowers, VII–X, very abundant; dark green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm. Flower colour is deeper than ‘St Keverne’ but paler than ‘Mrs D. F. Maxwell’.
Chance seedling, most likely from ‘Mrs. D.F. Maxwell’; found by G. Underwood at Hookstone Green Nursery (West End, Woking, Surrey, England); introduced by Underwood Bros, about 1946.
Named after the Underwoods’ nursery, and the flower colour.
‘Hookstone Rosea’
Correct name ‘Hookstone Rose‘
‘Ida M. Britten’
Deep lilac flowers, VII–XI, blooms for a long time; mid-green foliage; vigorous; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm.
Seedling; found by Mrs Britten at Newstead Abbey Park, Nottingham, England, in 1971; introduced by 1973.
Named after the finder.