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An attractive, neat dome of green foliage tinged a reddish bronze in winter, but it never flowers; height 10–15cm; spread 10–15cm. Ideal for troughs and rockeries.

Found by David Edge at Forest Edge Nurseries in 1977; introduced by Forest Edge Nurseries in 1983.

Named by the finder, David Edge, after his son.

Pale crimson (H13) flowers, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. An unusual flower colour, similar to ‘Hookstone‘ but slightly darker.

Seedling; found at Schalkhaar, Netherlands by G. Michielsen-van Pelt (Schalkhaar) in 1969; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1973.

Named after the daughter of Mevrouw Michielsen-van Pelt.

Gun-metal-coloured buds opening lilac-pink (H11), X–XII; dark green foliage turning bronze in winter; height 61–75cm; spread 61–75cm.

A seedling collected near Arnhem by Dr I. T. Visser (Wageningen, Netherlands) in 1971.

Named to commemorate the World War II battle near the place where it was found.

Mauve flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage tinted orange in summer and turning bright red in winter; upright, bushy habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

Seedling raised and introduced by R. M. Steele (Rose Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada) in 1993 and named after a town in Nova Scotia.

Named after a town in Nova Scotia. The name consists of one word.

Crimson (H13) flowers in long spikes, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beech Wood Nurseries, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes about 1966.

Named after J. W. Sparkes’s nursery, Beechwood.

White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage; dwarf with twisted growth; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.

Found by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perthshire, Scotland); introduced by R. J. Brien by 1977.

Named after the mountain on which it was found?

Bright crimson (H13) flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage; open erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

Found at Beechwood Nursery (Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England) by J. W. Sparkes; introduced by J. W. Sparkes and P. W. Sparkes in conjunction with Tabramhill Gardens (Nottingham) about 1970.

Named after the Worcestershire village near Sparkes’ nursery.

White flowers, VIII–IX; yellow foliage throughout the year; upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Found by J. W. Sparkes at Beech Wood Nursery (Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England) before 1963 and thought to be a seedling from ‘Gold Haze‘.

Named after the Worcestershire village near Sparkes’ nursery, and the foliage colour.

White flowers, IX–X; silvery, pubescent foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. One of the better grey-foliaged lings.

Pale purple (H10) flowers, VII–VIII; yellow-green foliage turning bronze-red in winter; low, spreading habit; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm.

Found by H. M. J. Blum (Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands) in 1977; introduced by P.G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1982.

Named after the finder’s fourth daughter.

♤ Bud-flowering with long flowering spikes, white; IX-XII; foliage grey-green; habit very robust, upright; height 60cm; spread 50cm in 5 years.

Found in September 2007 at Geldern by Johannes van Leuven.

Named after Bettina Banse.

® C.2010:08 registered on 1 December 2010 by Johannes van Leuven, Geldern, Germany.

Dark lilac flowers, VIII–IX; golden-yellow foliage turing copper-red in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Cuprea’

Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer, turning orange, then fiery red in winter; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. More free-flowering than ‘Robert Chapman’.

Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes in 1963.

Name is nn allusion to the changing foliage colours. The name should not be hyphenated (as in List [no date, c. 1975], G. P. Vickers (Sheffield)).

Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage; broad erect habit, making a good ground-cover plant; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Seedling, found among ‘Darkness‘; raised in P. Bakhuyzen & Zonen nursery (Boskoop, Netherlands); introduced by Bakhuyzen in 1982.

Named after the former Nesspolder in part of the nursery at Boskoop.

Flowers usually solitary on short side-shoots, lilac; foliage young stems deep crimson; leaves pale yellow-green, some developing very pale creamy tips; to 2mm long, not appressed to shoot but spreading at angle of about 45° so individual shoots are moss-like; young side shoots not branching.

Chance seedling found in 2005 by Frideborg Sörensson in her garden in Hönö and named by her son, Sten-Börje Sörensson. Bollan was his mother’s nickname.

® C.2011:07 registered on 16 September 2011 by Sten-Börje Sörensson, Hono, Sweden.

Lilac pink (H11) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow-green foliage in summer, turning orange then bronze or red in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

Seedling; found in Mrs Olive Cowan’s garden (Petherton, Temple Close, Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey, England); introduced by Primrose Hill Nursery (Haslemere, Surrey) in 1971.

Name is an allusion to the foliage colours.

♤ Red buds, IX–XII; orange-yellow foliage in summer turning bronze in winter; broad, spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Perhaps the slowest and smallest Calluna making a very tight clump of dark green; height 16–20cm; spread 16–20cm. It has never produced flowers!

A sport on ‘Findling‘ which is another cushion-like ling,  found on G. van Hoef s nursery, Barneveld, Holland by his daughter Ria in 1988.

Bonsai is a Japanese term used for artificially dwarfed trees; an allusion to the dwarf habit.

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Wild-collected; found near Borås, southwestern Sweden, by Mats Johansson about 1982; introduced by Arthur Persson (Tostarp, Sweden) as early as 1984.

Named after the Swedish town, situated east of Göteborg, near which the plant was found [see also ‘Bosnäs’].

White flowers, VII–VIII; mid-green foliage; shoots turning down at ends; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.

Wild-collected (collector’s no. K70); found on Boreray in the St Kilda group by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perth, Scotland) in 1966; introduced by R. J. Brien in 1967.

Named after the island where it was found, Boreray in the St Kilda island group, Scotland.

Lavender-mauve (H3/H2) flowers, VIII–IX; rich gold foliage turning orange with red tints in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Excellent.

Seedling; found by Harry van de Laar in his garden at Boskoop, Netherlands, in 1967; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop) in 1972.

Named after the town where H. van de Laar lived.

Deep bright purple flowers, VII–X; dark green, tight foliage; robust, vigorous, with a low spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Seedling; found by Walter Kolaga (Mayfair Nurseries, Windham, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA) before 1968; introduced by Mayfair Nurseries in 1968.

Named after a county in Pennsylvania, USA, where the introducing nursery was situated.

Large white flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Sport on ‘Loch Turret‘; found by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perth, Scotland); introduced by R. J. Brien about 1970.

Intended for the Queen’s bouquet at The Braemar Gathering, via Miss Ritchie, florist, Dundee.

Purple (H10) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; young spring shoots have attractive red, orange and yellow tints.

Wild-collected; found on Bray Head, County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1972 by Joseph Murphy; introduced by G. Yates (Tamramhill Gardens, Nottingham, England). The plant now in the trade under this name may be ‘Braehead’.

Named after the promontory in County Wicklow, Ireland, where it was believed to have been found by Joseph Murphy {see G. Yates, 1996. Erica cinerea ‘Joseph Murphy’. Yearbook of the Heather Society 1996: 21–22).

Lavender-mauve (H3/H2) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow foliage in summer turning shades of bronze and orange in winter; narrow upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Much brighter than many other lings in winter.

Seedling; found by George Osmond at Archfield Nursery (Wickwar, Wooton under Edge, Gloucestershire, England); introduced by G. Osmond in 1972.

Named after a hamlet near the nursery, near Wickwar, Gloucestershire.

White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage; open erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Wild-collected; found on Buxton Heath, Norfolk, England, by B. G. (Jack) London (Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk), a local heather enthusiast, before 1968.

Named after the Norfolk heath where it was found, and the colour of the flowers.