Supplement VII (2007) to International register of heather names

 

Registered cultivars.

 

Calluna vulgaris

 

Amla’

Reg. no. C.2006:02: registered on 2 January 2006 by Torgny Karlsson, Glimakra, Sweden.

Corolla heliotrope (H12); flowers on rust-red pedicels, single, August–mid-September; foliage lime-green with more yellow tips, turning bronze-yellow in Autumn. Habit low, dense, spreading; 20cm tall, 50cm broad after 5 years because each shoot (even flowering ones) curves downwards; it does not need pruning. Very hardy.

      Chance seedling found in a pot containing a “big ‘Arran Gold’ ... used as a mother plant to take cuttings from”; found at Glimakra, about 2000.

      Established here.

     

‘Bright Velvet’

Reg. no. C.2006:05: registered on 29 October 2006 by Albert Bosch, Westerlee, Netherlands.

Flowers white; foliage pure grey, without a trace of green; habit erect.

      Sport on ‘Velvet Fascination’, found by Albert Bosch in 1994 on nursery.

      Ericultura 143: 9 (2006).

 

‘Copper Splendour’

Reg. no. C.2006:06: registered on 29 October 2006 by Albert Bosch, Westerlee, Netherlands.

Flowers mauve (H2); foliage scaly (makes one think of a conifer), orange-yellow in Summer, deepening to red-copper in Winter with orange foliage in heart of plant; habit strongly erect with stiff branches.

      Sport on ‘Manitoba’, found by Albert Bosch in 1999 on nursery.

      Ericultura 143: 9 (2006).

 

‘Haalboom’s Red’

Reg. no. C.2006:04: registered on 11 September 2006 by Firma W. Haalboom en Zn, Driebergen, Netherlands.

Corolla helder rood (zoals ‘Dark Beauty’); August–September; foliage groen / frisgroen; habit breed opgaand. “Het is een mooie, gezonde cultivar met opvallende bloemkleur en rijkbloeiend”.

      Deliberately bred, about 2003, by H. Hoekert, kwekerij Hoekert BV Oldebroek; selected and named by Henk Haalboom.

      Ericultura 143: 10 (2006).

 

‘Milky Way’

Reg. no. C.2006:07: registered on 29 October 2006 by Albert Bosch, Westerlee, Netherlands.

 Flowers white; foliage light green, new growth white that lasts a long time; habit compact, erect.

             Sport on ‘Poolster’, found by Albert Bosch in 1998 at nursery.

      Ericultura 143: 10 (2006).

 

‘Oregon Glow’

Reg. no. C.2006:03: registered on 1 March 2006 by Ella May T. Wulff, Oregon Heather Society, USA.

Flower ruby; foliage dark green; habit vigorous, upright. Differs from other cultivars in its much-branched, long inflorescence and striking deep colour.

      Chance seedling in patch of naturalized Calluna, at Yachats, Oregon, USA, found and selected by Ella May T. Wulff in 2001.

      Established here. Heather news quarterly 30 (1): 2 [name ony] (2007).

 

‘Rosita’

Reg. no. C.2006:01: registered on 23 January 2006 byKurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.  

      Knospenblüher, dunkelrosa, August-Dezember; foliage hellgrün; habit aufrecht. “Die Knospen sind wesentlich dunkler als bei ‘Pink Alicia’.”

      Sport on ‘Alicia’, found by Kai Müssig (Miltenberg, Germany) on 4 October 2002 in Miltenberg; CLL 299 submitted for plant breeders’ rights, 6 September 2004, to to Bundessortenamt Hannover.

      Established here.

 

Daboecia

 

D. cantabrica ‘Barneveld’s Glorie’

Reg. no. D.2006:01. registered on 20 March 2006 by G. van Hoef, Barneveld, The Netherlands.

Flowers single; corolla Purple Violet  81A; calyx Greyed Purple 184B; July–October; foliage “zomer: geel-groen 153A; winter: bruin rode verkleuring 178A”; habit “Breed opgaand”. “Bijzonder het gele loof in contrast met de donkere bloem. Speciaal het jonge loof is geel met bronskleurige groeitoppen.”

      Chance seedling; found in July 2002 by G. van Hoef; “als zaailing in een pot met D. × scotica ‘Bearsden’.”

      Ericultura 143: 10 (2006).

 

Erica

 

‘May Queen Ina’

Reg. no. E.2006:03: registered on 11 June 2006 by Satoshi Miwa, Japan.

Corolla 20mm long, <6mm diameter, hairy, rose pink (H7); lobes darker spreading; calyx dark green (N134A-RHSCC), <4mm long; very floriferous; foliage dark green (N134A-RHSCC); habit upright, forming a well-branched shrub.

      Around 2000, some staff of a plant trading company brought a single plant from USA, and the plant was brought to Tsuyoshi Kinoshita through some other persons. It has been marketed in Japan as pot-flower in recent years (since 2002) under the name Erica ventricosa “grandiflora”; it is not E. ventricosa, flowers larger, corolla not glabrous.

      Engei Nyusu Reta no. 53: 28-29 (photograph on back cover) (2006).

     

E. carnea ‘Rubens’ Palette’

Reg. no. E.2006:08: registered on 29 October 2006 by Albert Bosch, Westerlee, Netherlands.

Flowers single, magenta (H14), bigger than normal; foliage dark green, bronze-green in Winter; habit compact, broad spreading with upstanding branchlets.

      Origin not known; found by Albert Bosch about 1985 at nursery as a single plant in a batch of plants, bought elsewhere, without a name.

      Ericultura 143: 11 (2006).

 

E. × darleyensis ‘Golden Perfect‘

Reg. no. E.2006:09: registered on 29 October 2006 by Albert Bosch, Westerlee, Netherlands.

Flower white; calyx green; foliage pure yellow, yellow-green in Winter,does not burn in sun; habit broad, spreading, more compact than most E. × darleyensis

      Sport on ‘White Perfection’, found by Albert Bosch in 1995 at nursery.

      Ericultura 143: 11 (2006).

 

E. × darleyensis ‘Stieneke’

Reg. no. E.2006:05: registered on 17 September 2006 by Fa. W. Haalboom en Zn, Driebergen, Netherlands.

Corolla wijnrood (H 14); foliage “heldergeel in zomer, oranjegeel tot oranjerood in winter”; habit “breed spreidend”.”Het is een zeer gezonde, rijhbloeiende plant met geel loof.”

      Sport from ‘Kramer’s Rote’, found by H. Haalboom sr in 1997 at Kwekerij Fa. W. Haalboom en Zn, Driebergen.

      Ericultura 143: 11 (2006).

 

E. × darleyensis ‘Winter Surprise’

Reg. no. E.2005:08: registered on 31 December 2005 by Kurt Kramer, Edewecht, Germany.

Corolla & calyx rosa; November–April; foliage dunkelgrün; habit breit-aufrecht. “Blüht früher und hat größere Blüten als ‘Spring Surprise’.”

      Sport on ‘Spring Surprise’, found by Johannes van Leuven (Geldern, Germany), in November 2004. Clone ER190 submitted for plant breeder’s rights on 29 August 2005 to Bundessortenamt Hannover.

      Established here.

 

E. × garforthensis ‘Craig’

Reg. no. E.2006:04: registered on 18 August 2006 by Dr John Griffiths, Garforth, Yorkshire.

After hard pruning, a compact, grey-green shrub, about 1m tall; new growths brighter green than mature foliage; corolla pink (H8); not free-flowering.

      The “original” (only surviving) clone of the batch of seedlings raised in 1983, the progeny of E. tetralix ‘Bartinney’ × E. manipuliflora ‘Aldeburgh’.

      Named after Dr & Mrs Griffiths’s first grandson, Craig Simpson.

      Established here.

 

E. multiflora ‘John Tucker’

Reg. no. E.2006:06: registered on 1 October 2006 by The Registrar, The Heather Society.

Upright shrub, 0.5(–1)m tall; foliage glossy, dark green; flowers in 3s in leaf axils; corolla white, narrow-urceolate, to 4.5mm long, c. 2.5mm diameter (c. 1.5mm at throat); anthers dark brown, exserted a little; calyx and pedicel white; February–May.

      Seedling raised probably in the late 1980s or early 1990s by John R. Tucker (d. July 2006) (Worthing, Sussex); subsequently propagated vegetatively. The origin of the seed is uncertain: it was said to have come from South Africa, which is highly improbable. The plant was originally labelled “Erica longifolium”, but subsequently identified as E. multiflora.

      Established here.

E. x veitchii ‘Westbourne Grove’

Reg. no. E.2006:02: registered on 20 April 2006 by Allen Hall, Loughborough.

Shrub, very floriferous; flowers small, campanulate, pink in bud, white later, style does not protrude; pollen infertile.

      Chance seedling of unknown origin; purchased c. 1980 from a nursery in Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, under the name E. arborea ‘Alpina’.

      Established here (see p. ii (frontispiece)).

 

E. × watsonii ‘Claire Elise’

Reg. no. E.2006:07: registered on 3 October 2006 by Dr John Griffiths, Garforth, Yorkshire.

Flowers deep magenta-pink (amethyst H1[—H12]), in short racemes; foliage dark green, hirsute, cilia glandular; leaves in whorls of 3 or 4 or spirally arranged, pubescent when young, becoming almost glabrous; shoots with golden tips in Spring; stems hirsute with long, gland-tipped hairs, and dense, short hairs; internodes beneath racemes increase in length upwards; habit compact to 15cm tall, spread to 40cm across.

      Selected seedling from deliberate cross of E. ciliaris ‘Corfe Castle’ × E. tetralix ‘Con Underwood, made on 1 August 1982; first flowered in 1987; bred and selected by Dr John Griffiths.

             Named after Claire Elise Simpson (née Griffiths), daughter to Dr & Mrs Griffiths.

      Established here.

 

Other names (not registered) new to the International register of heather names

 

Calluna vulgaris

 

Abigail: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants when marketing bud-blooming Calluna in USA. (Described as an “Exclusive New Variet[y] for 2005. ... our Callunas are evergreen perennials with exceptional ‘Better by Nature’ bud blooming qualities. ... All plants are currently registered [sic] or Plant Patent applied for (PPAF).” The plants were all effectively re-named, given trade designations contrary to the ICNCP.

‘Amethysta’: Eigenzüchtung Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany).

‘Anastasia’: CLL 281; submitted for plant breeders’ rights in Germany on 16 August 2004 by Eden’s Creations B.V (Oldebroek, Netherlands).

‘Blanca’: CLL 342; submitted by Peter Herzog (Westerstede, Germany) for plant breeders’ rights in Germany..

‘bunte Silver Cloud’: Sport aus ‘Silver Cloud’ ...”; Eigenzüchtung Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany).

‘CKRED 4’: CLL 301; submitted by Karl Bückers (Goch-Nierswalde, Germany) for plant breeders’ rights.

‘CKWHI 1’: CLL 251; submitted by Karl Bückers (Goch-Nierswalde, Germany) for plant breeders’ rights.

‘CKWHI 2’: CLL 254; submitted by Karl Bückers (Goch-Nierswalde, Germany) for plant breeders’ rights.

Dark Pink Alicia: trade designation; this name is being widely used, despite being rejected; cf ‘Dapiali’.

‘Dina’: CLL 343; submitted by Peter Herzog (Westerstede, Germany) for plant breeders’ rights.

Emily: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

‘Freckles’: Eigenzüchtung Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany), 2004.

‘Gelb-Grün-Weiß’: Eigenzüchtung Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany).

‘Gent’: CLL 294; submitted for plant breeders rights to Bundessortenamt, by Lieven de Wade (Oostakker, Belgium); granted 12 April 2006. The name had previously been applied to CLL 231.

Hailey: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

Hannah: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

‘Heidböhl’:  rejected because it contains the vernacular name of the genus “heide”: “Mutation aus ‘Dark Beauty’”; Eigenzüchtung Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany); listed as new in 2006.

‘Ines Jacke’: CLL 250; submitted for plant breeders’ rights in Germany on 2 September 2003 by Ernst Jacke (Elsdorf, Germany); name changed during trial.

Isabella: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

‘Justin’: CLL 304; submitted for plant breeders’ rights in Germany on 10 November 2004 by Herrn Reiner Ooster (Wardenburg, Germany).

Kaitlyn: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

Kapels Gelbe: trade designation for ‘Dart’s Parrot’.

Kaylee: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

Madison: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

‘Moon Garden’: Eigenzüchtung Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany); listed as new in 2006.

‘November Red’: rejected; listed by Jurgen Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany) in 2006 as a synonym for ‘Perestroika’ [sic].

Olivia: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

‘Petronella’: CLL 210; submitted by Firma Rainer de Winkel & Sohn GbR (Gartenbau) (Goch, Germany).

‘Pink Marlies’: listed as available from JacekWolski (Konstantynów Lódzki, Poland). The same name, as “pink Marlies”, is apparently listed as a “synonym” for ‘Marleen’.on http://www.robertmayer.de/html/fs_start.html.

‘Red Beauty’: rejected: CLL 302; submitted by Franz Maassen und Gerd Canders (Straelen, Germany) for plant breeders’ rights.

‘Red Lips’: listed as “new” by Jurgen Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany) in 2006 but not claimed as his own raising.

‘Rosa Bella’: rejected: “Sport aus ‘Marlies’”; Eigenzüchtung Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany).

‘Soraja’: CLL 283; submitted for plant breeders’ rights in Germany on 16 August 2004 by Eden’s Creations B.V. (Oldebroek, Netherlands); name changed whilst still on test to ‘Sylke’.

‘Tom’: CLL 319; submitted by Reiner Ooster (Wardenburg, Germany) for plant breeders’ rights, 1 September 2005.

‘Tschernobyl’: error for ‘Chernobyl’.

UO White: trade designation employed in 2004 by Better by Nature Plants in USA (cf Abigail).

 

Daboecia

 

D. cantabrica

‘Roter Sämling’: listed in 2006 by Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs (Hoyerhagen, Germany).

 

Erica

 

E. carnea

  ‘Heideglut’: rejected because it contains the vernacular name of the genus “heide”: “Mutation an ‘Myretoun Ruby’ von H. Thieleke gefunden”; Jürgen Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen  Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany) listed it as new in 2006.

  ‘Kati’: “Mutation an ‘Madame Seedling’ von H. Thieleke gefunden”; Jürgen Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen  Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany): listed this as new in 2006.

  ‘Roter Sämling’: listed by Jürgen Krebs (Heidböhl-Baumschule Jürgen Krebs, Hoyerhagen, Germany) in 2006 as new, but  not claimed as his own plant.

 

E. cinerea

  Eiddler’s Gold’: typographic error for ‘Fiddler’s Gold’. Haslo Ogrodnicze 4/2005.

E. gracilis

  ‘Bayernblut’: “kwiaty czerwonorózowe, krzewinki duze i szerokie, kwitnienie obfite.” Haslo Ogrodnicze 4/2005.

  ‘Globularis’: rejected because it is a Latin word: “najwazniejsza odmiana we Francji, kwiaty ma mniejsze niz inne odmiany, lecz bardzo liczne, moga byc rózowe, lososiowe lub miedzianoczerwone, rozwijaja sie pózno, lecz dlugo.”  Haslo Ogrodnicze 4/2005.

  ‘Typ Schmidbauer’:  “kwiaty ciemnoczerwone i duze.” Haslo Ogrodnicze 4/2005.

            ‘Weisse Perle’: “Pierwsza odmiana klonalna ‘Weisse Perle’ pojawila sie okolo 1900 roku w okolicach Lipska w Niemczech.” Haslo Ogrodnicze 4/2005.