Lilac pink (H11) flowers, Aug-Oct, with light green foliage and white stems. Neat, erect growing making it suitable for low hedging in milder climates. Found by David Small, President of The Heather Society, in a garden hedge at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Despite extensive enquiry, its real origin is obscure. Ht. 75-100cm. Spd. 75-100cm.
Lilac (H4) flowers, Sep-Nov, on long trailing stems. Mid-green foliage and an open prostrate habit ideal for trailing over rocks or over the sides of a tub. Found by Bert Jones in Dalmatia. Ht. 26-30cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Somewhat interrupted inflorescences of lilac pink flowers, Sep-Oct, with mid-green foliage. Upright open habit. Found on the Greek island of Corfu by Don Richards. Ht. 46-60cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Pale pink (H8) flowers, Aug-Sep, with light green foliage. Dense erect habit. Hardy and very free flowering. Another collected by Don Richards on the Greek island of Corfu. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Shell pink (H16) flowers, Oct-Dec, with grey green foliage. Spreading habit. Very floriferous. Hardy. Ht. 31-45cm. Spd. 46-60cm.
Scented pale shell pink (H16) flowers, much larger than normal, in long arching sprays, Sep-Nov, on mid-green foliage. Broad and rather open habit. Ht. 46-60cm. Spd. > 100cm.
Pink flowers with a lilac-pink calyx, Sep-Oct, with mustard-yellow spring foliage becoming brighter by June fading to golden green by early winter. It was a sport on an unnamed seedling collected in Dalmatia by Bert Jones. The sport was found in 1996 by R. Canovan, Toothill, Swindon, England.
© The Heather Society, 20 February 2006