Mauve (H2) multi-bracteate flowers, Nov-Jan, although it has been known to show flower in May. Dark green foliage. Very unusual but not of great garden value. Named after the finder, Mrs. J. Longstaffe, and the month when found. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with downy grey foliage. Spreading habit. One of the best greys. Named after the finder. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 26-30cm.
White to lavender flowers, July-Sept, with mid-green foliage. Vigorous habit. Ht. 30cm. Spd. 60cm.
White flowers fading to pale lavender, Jul-Sep, with mid-green foliage. Vigorous habit, thus pruning is essential to keep a tidy plant. Outstanding in The Heather Society Trials. Named after the second child of Charles Chapman, Birmingham, England. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
White flowers, Aug-Sep, with dark green foliage flecked with cream. The variegation is attractive but there is a tendency for it to be lost on propagation. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Lavender (H3) flowers, Aug-Sep, with straw gold foliage in summer deepening to orange gold in winter. Foliage is generally deeper than 'Joy Vanstone'. Named after John F. Lett's, the finder's, dog! Ht. 16-20cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Double deep pink (H8) flowers, Jul-Sep, with dark green foliage. Neat, dwarf habit. Found near Settle, Yorkshire, England and named after a director of the then famous Maxwell & Beale nursery. Progeny: 'Gold Hamilton'; 'Karina'; 'Red Favorit'; 'Sabrina'. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 21-25cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with grey green foliage tipped cream and pink in spring. The habit is similar to 'Sister Anne' from which it was a sport. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 21-25cm.
Double lilac pink (H11) flowers, Sep-Nov, with dark green foliage turning bronze in winter. Good double, much under-rated. More disease resistant than most of the double pink Callunas. A seedling found on Winterton Heath, Norfolk, England and named after the finder. Ht. 16-20cm. Spd. 26-30cm.
Double mauve (H2) flowers, Sep-Oct, with bright green foliage even in winter. Neat, good ground cover plant. Sport from 'Alba Plena'. Daughter of J.W. Sparkes. Ht. 16-20cm. Spd. 26-30cm.
Rosy purple flowers, Aug-Sep, with dark green foliage. Compact habit. Introduced by Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen near Bremen, Germany and named after Krebs' first apprentice, Jochen Stelling. Ht. 21-25cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Deep purple red flowers, Aug-Sep, with orange yellow foliage turning orange red in winter. The habit is more open than 'Sir John Charrington' which it resembles. Named after the son of the introducer. Ht. 21-25cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Lavender (H3) flowers, Sep-Oct, with gold foliage in summer, bronze in autumn, red and orange in winter. Prostrate habit. Very similar to 'Golden Carpet'. Named after the then well known heather nurseryman from Windlesham, Surrey, England. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 21-25cm.
Lavender (H3) flowers, Oct-Jan, with mid-green foliage. Upright habit. An outstanding late flowering Calluna found by Arthur Johnson near Hyères, southern France in February 1927. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
White flowers, Aug-Sep, with bright green foliage. Neat erect compact habit. Named after the sister-in-law of Anne Beirmann, friend of Kurt Kramer, the introducer, from a number of seedlings which were part of a breeding programme. Ht. 21-25cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
White flowers, Aug-Oct, with mid-green foliage. The plant, when found, had racemes of pink and white flowers, hence its name, but this characteristic was soon lost. Found on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 26-30cm.
White flowers, Aug-Sep, with lemon yellow foliage becoming lemon green in winter. Broad, upright compact habit. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
White flowers, Aug-Sep, with dark green foliage which exhibits light green tips in spring. Dwarf with upright branches. Seedling, perhaps from 'Whiteness', found by Jos Flecken in his garden at Kerkrade, Netherlands, in 1991. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 16-20cm.
Lavender (H3) flowers, Aug-Sep, with straw coloured foliage in summer, orange in winter. A beautiful, much under-rated, plant. Named after Mrs. Vanstone, Lowson Ford, Warwickshire, England wife of Jack Vanstone, director of H.V. White, flower sellers, of Birmingham. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Lavender flowers, Aug-Sep, with gold foliage in summer turning orange with red tints in winter. Compact upright habit. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Lilac flowers, Aug-Sep, with grey green foliage tipped pink and yellow in spring. Erect habit. Ht. 21-25cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, Jul-Sep, with soft dark green mossy foliage. Thought to be a seedling from 'Sister Anne', it forms a neat mound. Raised by Walter Kolaga, proprietor of Mayfair Nurseries, Nichols, New York, U.S.A. and named after his wife June. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
© The Heather Society, 21 February 2006