Purple (H10) flowers, I–III; dark green foliage; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. A seedling found in his garden by Fritz Kircher (Hamburg, Germany) in 1987. Registered 1 September 1994: Fritz Kircher, Hamburg, Germany.
Heathers
‘Heathwood’
Lilac-pink (H11) and cerise (H6) flowers, aging to magenta (H14), with cerise (H6) sepals, II–IV; dark bronze-green foliage; neat habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; found by J. H. Brummage in his nursery, Heathwoods Nursery, Taverham, near Norwich, Norfolk, England, about 1950; introduced by Jack Brummage in 1957
Named after Jack H. Brummage’s original nursery.
‘Jack Stitt’
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, I–V; mid-green foliage, sometimes the young shoots hav red tips in spring; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Seedling; raised by Lieutenent-Colonel J. H. Stitt (Drumcairn, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland) by 1972; introduced by G. Yates (Tabramhill Gardens, Newstead Abbey Park, Nottinghamshire, England) by 1977, as Erica x darleyensis.
Named after the finder.
‘James Backhouse’
Lavender (H3) flowers, III–IV; mid-green foliage; loose straggly habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Switzerland by Richard Potter of Backhouse Nurseries; introduced by Backhouse Nurseries (York) Ltd in 1911.
Named after James Backhouse III (1861-1945), proprietor of Backhouse Nurseries (York) Ltd. (see Occasional papers, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin 8: 44-45 (1996)).
‘Jason Attwater’
Lilac-pink flowers (H11) rapidly darkening to pink (H8), II–IV; mid-green foliage, with prolific creamy yellow young shoots in spring and summer; spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 46–60cm. Collected near Lake Plansee, Austria, and named in memory of an infant son of a friend of the finder. Registered 19 February 1993: David Small, Creeting St Mary, UK.
‘Jean’
Magenta flowers, I–III; dark green foliage; neat compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. A selected seedling from a deliberate cross between ‘Myretoun Ruby‘ and ‘Heathwood‘ made by John Hall and named after his wife, Jean Barbara. it has a deeper colour, larger flowers and blossoms earlier than ‘Heathwood‘.
‘Jennifer Anne’
Pink (H8) flowers darken to heliotrope (H12), XI–IV; dark green foliage; neat and compact habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. One of the earliest winter heaths to blosson.
Seedling found by Geoff Yates (Tabramhill Gardens, Newstead Abbey Park, Nottinghamshire, England) in 1960s; introduced by Geoff Yates.
Named after Mrs Geoffrey Yates.
‘John Kampa’
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, I–IV; dark green foliage; vigorous; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found in John Kampa’s Conifer Nurseries, West End, Woking, Surrey.
Named after nursery owner, and son-in-law of Underwood.
‘John Pook’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers which are white in bud giving a bicoloured effect, I–III; mid-green foliage; strong growing plant; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
A seedling found by D. Cox in 1975 in his own garden at Syston, Leicestershire; introduced by Goscote Nurseries (Crossington, Leicestershire) in 1983.
Named after a nursery foreman.
‘King George’
Pink (H8) flowers, XII–III; dark green foliage; very compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. One of a series of clones collected in Switzerland by Richard Potter of James Backhouse Nursery, York.