Calluna
Heather
Callunas’ tiny scale-like leaves range from deep green to silver, gold and bronze, with some changing color after a frost. Flowering from mid-to-late summer in cool whites, pinks and purples, the small bell-shaped flowers are frozen in graceful repose on one-sided spikes. Heathers are marvelous, fresh or dried.
Heralding handsome woolly gray foliage throughout the year, this knightly cultivar is yet another J. W. Sparkes introduction. Colder weather paints violet tinges on the leaves, while late summer finds upright branches studded with purple flowers near the tips. Plant ‘Silver Knight’ alongside deep green companions such as Calluna vulgaris ‘Dark Beauty’ and Erica ‘Rackliff’ and a captivating contrast is yours to enjoy.
Blooms August–September
Size: 20" high x 2' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 4.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Blazeaway’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Bonita’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Corbett’s Red’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Dark Beauty’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Firefly’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Flamingo’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘H. E. Beale’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Kinlochruel’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Martha Herman’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Multicolor’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘October White’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Red Star’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Sister Anne’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Spring Torch’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Tib’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Wickwar Flame’
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Winter Chocolate’