Cerise (H6) flowers, VI–IX, the buds are salmon-coloured; grey-green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found near West End, Woking, Surrey, England, about 1937; introduced by G. Underwood (Hookstone Green Nursery, West End, Woking, Surrey) by 1951.
Named after George Underwood’s brother, Leslie.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–IX, which fade as they age giving a bi-colour effect; grey-green foliage; neat habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) by 1927.
Name alludes to the flower colour.
Pink flowers, VII–IX; grey-green foliage with white speckling; compact, slow growing; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. An unusual plant; found at the RHS Gardens, Wisley, Surrey.
Ruby (H5) flowers, VI–VIII; grey-green foliage; compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. This has the darkest flowers of any Erica tetralix cultivar.
A seedling from ‘Tina‘ raised by Lothar Denkewitz (Hamburg, Germany) in 1991. ‘Samtpfötchen‘ is a sister-seedling.
Named after a grandson of Lothar Denkewitz.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VII–IX; light green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. One of the better cross-leaved heaths for flower although the colour is rather muddy.
A very old cultivar sent by G. Donn to Mr Cruikshank of Langley Park, Scotland, 4 October 1813.
Carmine flowers, VII–IX; grey-green foliage; bushy, compact habit; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm.
Named after the latin ruber = red
Off-white flowers with ruby tips, VI–X, fading to salmon; grey-green foliage; neat spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Dorset, England, by Miss R. Beale in 1920; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1921.
Named after Miss Ruby Beale, the finder, and not a references to the colour of the flowers.
Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–IX; grey-green foliage; compact erect habit; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm.
Introduced by Grovemount Alpine Nursery, Auchterader, Scotland, by 1972.
Name may allude to the flower colour.
Dusky rose-pink flowers, VII–VIII; grey-green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling from ‘Tina‘ raised by Lothar Denkewitz (Hamburg, Germany); introduced by L. Denkewitz in 1991. Like ‘Riko‘ this arose from an intended (but unsuccessful) cross between Erica cinerea ‘Pink Ice‘ and Erica tetralix ‘Tina‘.
The name refers to the velvety corolla.
Very pale shell-pink (H16) flowers, VI–X; grey-green foliage; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. A new-comer which promises to be a stayer, which is almost unique in its colour, an ashen-white delicately flushed with silvery rose.
Introduced by T. Smith & Sons, Daisy Hill Nursery (Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) about 1929.
Name alludes to the flowers.
