‘Phoebe’

Corolla rose-pink; calyx rose-pink; X-I; foliage dark green; habit compact, bushy; after 3 years 15cm tall, 25cm across.

Chance seedling at Forest Edge Nurseries, in found by David Edge in 2003; believed to be a cross between Erica carnea ‘Treasure Trove’ and Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’.

Registered on 20 January 2005, by David Edge, Forest Edge Nurseries, Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 8LJ.

Named from a large chunk of rock that goes around Saturn at an odd angle.