Heathers

Heliotrope (H12) flowers, II–III; dark green foliage; similar habit to, but more compact than, ‘Loughrigg‘; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.

Deep pink (H8) flowers, I–V; mid-green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Seedling; introduced (as E. herbacea) by Jongkindt-Coninck (Dedemsvaart, Netherlands); introduced by 1919.

Named from atro- = dark; ruber = red.

Heliotrope (H12) flowers, II–IV, very abundant; mid-green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Possible seedling; found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes by 1971.

Named after the Worcestershire village near Sparkes’ nursery.

Shell-pink (H16) flowers darken to lilac-pink (H11), III–IV; mid-green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Introduced by 1820; Loudon listed it in 1830.

Named after the latin carneus = flesh-coloured.

Magenta (H14) flowers with crimson (H13) sepals, I–IV; dark bronze-green foliage; broad spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Introduced by H. van Gemeren & S. C. van der Wilt (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1986.

It is perceived as a challenge to ‘Myretoun Ruby‘ which it is!

Shell-pink (H16) flowers darkening to heliotrope (H12), III–IV; dark green foliage; moderate spreader; height 10–15cm; spread 46–60cm.

Seedling; introduced by Messrs R. V. Roger Ltd (Pickering, Yorkshire, England) by 1982.

Named after the wife of J. C. Fletcher, heather foreman at R. V. Rogers Ltd. (Pickering, Yorkshire).

Pale lavender (H3) flowers, III–IV; mid-green foliage; moderate spreader; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.

Shell-pink (H16) flowers, I–V, in long spikes, profuse; mid-green foliage; vigorous trailing habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Seedling; found in 1976.

Named after a great-grandmother of the Simmersons.