Unusual pale cerise (H6) flowers, VI–X; dark green foliage; neat habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Wild-collected; found in Cornwall, England, by Mr & Mrs G. D. Waterer (Bagshot, Surrey); introduced by Knap Hill nursery (Woking, Surrey) by 1964.
Presumably named after a relative of Mr and Mrs Waterer, but Tom Waterer has not been identified.
Pale pink (H8) flowers, VI–X; mid-green foliage; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Formerly named ‘Carnea, Underwood’s Variety’. Not reliably hardy, can be damaged in severe winters
Rose-red flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
A sport from ‘Pink Ice‘ and has a similar habit. Found by H. Westermann (Bispingen-Borstel, Lüneberger Heide, Germany) by 1978; introduced by H. Westermann in 1983.
Named after an employee.
Deep beetroot (H9) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage, shoots tipped chocolate in winter; neat habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found near Broadstone, Dorset, England, by an employee of Maxwell & Beale in 1923, and then introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1925.
Probably named after the person who collected it, a member of Maxwell & Beale’s staff.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; bushy; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Plants with this name were in cultivation in USA by 1943, but whether the present clone is in any way connected must be doubtful. Note Waitz (1805) had Erica cinerea var flora violaceo, but that name is invalid and is most unlikely to have been the origin of the name employed in the 1940s.
Name is from Latin violaceus = violet
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; vigorous spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Of Dutch origin.
Lilac pink (H11) flowers, VII–IX; mid-green foliage; neat habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Cornwall, England, by Mrs V. P. Letts and Mr J. F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by John F. Letts by 1965. ‘A colour we thought most striking as it stood amongst all the colours of the Cornish moor…’.
Named after Mrs Letts.
Beetroot flowers, VI–IX; dark green foliage; neat spreading but compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after the village in Surrey.
Dull pale ruby (H5) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Named alludes to the flower colour.
