Mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with pale straw foliage in summer, turning orange in winter. Compact. Progeny: 'Anna'. Ht. 16-20cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
White flowers, Aug-Sep, with grey green foliage and upright growth. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with dark green foliage tinted red and yellow in summer. Erect compact plant with many coloured young shoots hence its name. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Several clones are grown under this collective cultivar name which should be described as var. hirsuta. The one common factor is that the cultivar will have downy grey foliage with mauve flowers. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, Oct-Nov, with dark green foliage. Spreading erect habit. Recommended for late flower. Progeny: 'Van Beek' Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
One of the most compact of all Callunas with bright green foliage which does not flower. This plant occasionally throws a reversion which is more vigorous and has mauve (H2) flowers. Such a reversion should be cut out so that the moss-like appearance is not destroyed. Ideal for sink gardens. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 21-25cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with bright red growth in spring retained long into summer. Rest of foliage is dark green. Ht. 21-25cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Deep mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with the foliage shades of terracotta in summer turning to a striking brick red in winter. Progeny: 'Punch's Dessert'. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Lavender (H3) flowers, Jul-Sep, with yellow foliage in summer deepening to orange flame in the autumn. Erect habit. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Mauve (H2) rose flowers, Aug-Sep, with light yellow orange foliage throughout the year. Upright but spreading growth. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Double rose-red flowers, Sep-Nov, with dark green foliage. Upright spreading habit. Sport from 'Dark Star'. Ht. 16-20cm. Spd. 31-45cm
Lavender (H3) flowers, Aug-Sep, with dark green foliage. In spring, the new growth is pinkish red, definitely more red than 'Spring Torch'. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
A few mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with bright green foliage. This plant forms an appealing neat hummock of tightly packed foliage. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 16-20cm.
Double lavender (H3) flowers, Aug-Oct, with dark green foliage. Neat habit. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
White flowers, Aug-Sep, with bright green foliage. Prostrate habit. One of the St. Kilda heathers. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 26-30cm.
White flowers, Aug-Sep, with yellow/green foliage. Compact, erect habit. Named after the mother of the finder. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Double shell pink flowers, Aug-Sep, with yellow tipped shoots. Compact habit. Less vigorous than 'County Wicklow' from which it was a sport. Named after the finder's youngest son. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 21-25cm.
Pale purple (H10) flowers, Aug-Sep, with yellow foliage. Low-growing and spreading habit. Seedling, found under 'Foxhollow Wanderer', by Homer Ferguson, Fort Bragg, California, U.S.A. in 1994. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Long white racemes of white flowers, Aug-Oct, with lime yellow foliage throughout the year. Erect open habit. Floriferous. Recommended. Sport from 'Long White' found by Jim Thompson of Manchester, California, U.S.A. Named in honour of the Californian gold rush of 1849. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Pale purple (H10) flowers, Aug-Sep, with bright green foliage. Good ground cover plant. Found in a copper mine in Cornwall, England by John F. Letts and named after his house in Surrey. Ht. 16-20cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
One or two purple (H10) flowers, Aug-Sep, but is chiefly grown for its soft mid-green foliage forming a very neat hummock. Suitable for sink gardens. Named after Walter Fox of Kew, England, 1858-1910. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 21-25cm.
Bright mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with emerald green foliage. Forms a tiny mound. As the name implies it is much more free flowering than the other 'Foxii' forms but at the expense of the neatness of the mound. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 16-20cm.
Sparse mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with bright green foliage. Beautiful miniature plant. Progeny: 'Heidepracht'; 'Salland'. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 26-30cm.
Pink flowers, Aug-Sep, with green/gold foliage in summer turning orange red in winter. Upright habit. Ht. 16-20cm. Spd. 21-25cm.
Lavender flowers, Jul-Aug, with gold foliage turning an intense orange red in winter. Open erect habit. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, Aug-Oct, with dull dark green foliage which in spring has tips of red, cream and pink. Found shortly after the Second World War by Fred Chapple, first President of The Heather Society. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
Lilac pink (H11) flowers, Oct-Nov, with pale green foliage. Erect habit. Slightly tender. Named after the place in France where found. Ht. 46-60cm. Spd. 61-75cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with glabrous green foliage. Upright habit. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
A bud-bloomer, (f. diplocalyx), with long spikes of purplish pink buds fading to white at the base, Aug-Dec, with mid-green foliage. A neat, compact, erect plant. Considered to be an improvement on 'Marleen', it is the result of a deliberate breeding programme by Kurt Kramer using 'Marleen' as one of the parents. It is named after a past President of Gesellschaft der Heidefreunde, the German Heather Society. Progeny: 'Martha' Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 31-45cm.
© The Heather Society, 21 February 2006