The Heather Specialists |
Calluna vulgaris |
Cultivar |
Flower Color |
Time of |
Height and Width |
Foliage |
Winter Foliage |
Comments |
C.W. Nix * |
crimson |
Aug-Oct |
open erect 14” x 24” |
dark green |
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delicate looking foliage |
white |
July-Sept |
tidy spreading 10” x 18” |
medium green |
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lilac pink |
Aug-Sept |
prostrate 4” x 8” |
gold |
red |
from Sweden, hardy |
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lavender |
Aug-Sept |
carpeting 2-4” x 18” |
dark green |
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ours is 2” tall |
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white |
Aug-Sept |
prostrate 6” x 12” |
bright green |
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lavender |
Aug-Sept |
neat tight mound 12” x 16” |
emerald green |
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double reddish purple |
Aug-Sept |
erect 16” X 22” |
dark green |
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blooms well |
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Carmen * |
crimson |
Aug-Sept |
open vigorous 12” x 22” |
dark green |
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sport of ‘Barnett Anley’ |
Carmina * |
crimson |
July-Sept |
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dark green |
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white |
Aug-Oct |
18” x 22” |
gold all year |
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slow growing |
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rose pink |
Aug-Sept |
broad upright 10” x 18” |
light green |
spring tip yellow/red |
Dutch translation means cash. |
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pink purple |
Aug-Oct |
compact 6" x 14" |
gold/green |
gold/orange/green |
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white |
Aug-Sept |
open erect 12” x 18” |
bright gold |
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Charmglo * |
pink buds |
Aug-Nov |
20” x 20” |
medium green |
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white |
Aug-Sept |
low 8” x 20” |
bright green |
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very hardy |
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Christin * |
crimson buds |
Sept-Nov |
12” x 20” |
dark green |
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white |
Sept-Oct |
vigorous upright 20” x 26” |
yellow green |
clear yellow |
very nice plant |
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purple red buds |
Aug-Sept |
low open arching 12” x 14” |
dark green |
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pale shell pink |
Aug-Sept |
prostrate 2” x 18” |
light green |
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from Ireland carpets well |
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Colette * |
crimson |
Aug-Sept |
broad erect 10” x 14” |
dark lime green |
orange tips to red brown |
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Con Brio * |
ruby |
Aug-Sept |
upright 14” x 18” |
yellow green |
bronze red |
sport of ‘Allegro’ nice plant |
mauve |
Aug-Sept |
upright vigorous 14” x 22” |
yellow green copper tips |
bronze |
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mauve |
Aug-Sept |
strong erect 16” x 24” |
orange/yellow |
red/copper |
sport of ‘Manitoba’ |
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lavender |
Aug-Sept |
soft 10" x 16" |
gold tinted orange |
to red |
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crimson |
Aug-Oct |
spreading 10” x 16” |
dark green |
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long racemes |
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white |
July-Aug |
erect 20” x 24” |
bright green |
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blooms profusely |
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Corita * |
white |
Aug-Sept |
16-20” x 24” |
gold green |
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white |
Aug-Sept |
upright 12” x 24” |
bright yellow |
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County Wicklow * + |
large double |
July-Oct |
low compact 12" x 18" |
medium green |
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excellent |
Cramond * |
deep double pink |
Sept-Nov |
upright 18” x 24” |
dark green |
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large flowers |
white |
Aug-Sept |
upright 16” x 24” |
bright green |
spring tips cream |
we like this one |
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deep lilac pink |
Aug-Sept |
broad spreading 8” x 18” |
gold |
orange |
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Crispa * (Crinkly Tuft) |
white |
Aug-Sept |
12” x 12” |
light green |
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foliage crinkly tufts |
mauve |
Aug-Sept |
12" x 20" |
dark green |
spring tips cream |
earlier than 'Spring Torch' |
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Cuprea * |
lavender |
Aug-Oct |
upright 12" x 12" |
copper |
bronze red |
compact upright |