Heliotrope (H12) flowers, I–V; mid-green foliage, sometimes the young shoots hav red tips in spring; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Seedling; raised by Lieutenent-Colonel J. H. Stitt (Drumcairn, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland) by 1972; introduced by G. Yates (Tabramhill Gardens, Newstead Abbey Park, Nottinghamshire, England) by 1977, as Erica x darleyensis.
Named after the finder.
