Publications
The books listed on this page are mainly about heathers.
Published by The Heather Society
Daphne Everett: The Heather Society’s guide to Everyone can grow heathers!
An introduction to heather gardening (The world of heathers booklet series 1).
Available from The Heather Society; £3.50 (incl. post)
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ISBN Number: ISBN 0-9500412-7-0
Year published: 2000
The Heather Society: Colour Chart
Printed copies of the Colour Chart may be obtained from The Administrator:
for UK addresses please send one 2nd class (large) stamp
for addresses outside the UK please send 2 international reply coupons.
A copy of the chart is sent free of charge to all new members on joining The Heather Society.
Colour chart
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Publications by members of The Heather Society
E. Charles Nelson: Hardy heathers from the northern hemisphere Calluna, Daboecia, Erica
Awarded “REFERENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012″ by Garden Media Guild in November 2012
There is currently a 50% discount on this book from the Kew online shop.
ISBN Number: ISBN 978-1-84246-170-9
Year published: 2011
Publisher: Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Donald Mackay & other members of the Northeast Heather Society: A regional heather growing guide
Copies may be obtained from the NEHS; contact W. Dowley, 28 Hurricane Road, Keene, NH 03431, USA. $7.95 (in USA), $9.95 elsewhere.
ISBN Number: ISBN 0-9786079-9-6
Year published: 2011
Publisher: Northeast Heather Society, USA
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Selection of older publications
David Small & Ron Cleevely: The Heather Society’s guide to Recommended heathers
The 100 best heathers chosen by experts (The world of heathers booklet series 2).
Out of print; an updated list of recommended heathers is available here.
A PDF of the complete list with descriptions, as published in Heathers 9 can be found here.
ISBN Number: ISBN 0-9500412-8-9
Year published: 1999
David Small & Anne Small: The Heather Society’s handy guide to heathers
Out of print.
Three editions were published. There are no plans to re-issue this work, but descriptions of heathers, as listed in The handy guide, are available on this website.
Year published: 2001
E. C. Nelson & D. J. Small: International register of heather names, Volume 1 Hardy cultivars and European species (in 4 parts)
Out of print.
Year published: 2000
E. C. Nelson & D. J. Small: International register of heather names, Volume 2 African species, hybrids and cultivars (in 4 parts)
Out of print.
Year published: 2004
H. A. Baker & E. G. H. Oliver: Ericas in southern Africa with paintings by Irma von Below, Fay Anderson and others.
Purnell, Cape Town & Johannesburg.
Year published: 1967
F. J. Chapple: The heather garden
Year published: 1964 (revised edition)
Publisher: W. H. & L. Collingridge Ltd, London
L. Denkewitz: Heidegärten
Year published: 1987
Publisher: Ulmer, Stuttgart
C. H. Gimingham: Ecology of heathlands
Year published: 1972
Publisher: Chapman & Hall, London
C. Howkins: Heathland harvest. The uses of heathland plants through the ages
Year published: 1997
Publisher: Chris Howkins, Addlestone
A. T. Johnson: The hardy heaths and some of their nearer allies
Year published: 1928
Publisher: The Gardeners’ Chronicle, London
B. de la Rochefoucauld: La bruyère
Year published: 1979
Publisher: Dargaud Editeur, Neuilly-sur-Seine.
B. de la Rochefoucauld: La bruyère
Year published: 1997
Publisher: Éditions Rustica, Paris
J. F. Letts: Handbook of hardy heaths and heathers
Year published: 1966
Publisher: John F. Letts, The Heather Specialist
D. McClintock & Marjorie Blamey: Heather of the Lizard
Year published: 1998
Publisher: The Cornwall Garden Society
D. F. Maxwell: The low road. Hardy heathers and the heather garden
Year published: 1927
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd, London
D. F. Maxwell & P. S. Patrick: The English heather garden
Year published: 1966
Publisher: Macdonald & Co, London
Dorothy Metheny: Hardy heather species and some related plants
Year published: 1991
Publisher: North American Heather Society & Frontier Publishing, Seaside, Oregon
A. Mikolajski: Heathers
Year published: 1997. (The new plant library.)
Publisher: Lorenz Books, London
B. Proudley & V. Proudley: Heathers in colour
Year published: 1974
Publisher: Blandford Press & Hippocrene Books, London & New York.
D. Schumann & G. Kirsten: Ericas of South Africa
Year published: 1992
Publisher: Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg
T. Underhill: Heaths and heathers Calluna, Daboecia and Erica
Year published: 1971
Publisher: David & Charles, Newton Abbot
T. Underhill: Heaths and heathers the grower’s encyclopaedia
Year published: 1990
Publisher: David & Charles, Newton Abbot
H. van de Laar: Het heidetuinboek
Year published: 1974
Publisher: Zomer & Keuning Boeken B. V., Wageningen
H. van de Laar: The heather garden … Translated by P. Rowe-Dutton. Adapted … by D. McClintock
Year published: 1978
Publisher: Collins, London
G. Yates: Pocket guide to heather gardening
Year published: 1978
Publisher: Tabramhill Gardens, Ambleside