Distributed for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere
Calluna - Daboecia - Erica
The latest publication from the Botanical Magazine Monograph series, Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere is a fully illustrated guide to all the heather species that grow naturally in the Northern Hemisphere. Covered in detail are the distribution, classification, and conservation of three genera—Calluna, Daboecia, and Erica—supplemented by a history of heathers in cultivation and a select list of the best cultivars. Extensively illustrated with stunning botanical art by Christabel King, this will be an indispensable reference for heather enthusiasts and gardeners, as well as botanists, ecologists, and conservationists with interests in heaths and heath lands.
442 pages | 250 color plates, 41 line drawings, 20 maps | 7 x 9 1/2 | © 2011
Biological Sciences: Botany
Table of Contents
Prolegomenon
1. Introduction
2. Cultivation: Past and Present
A short history of hardy heathers in gardens
Nursery, nurserymen and publications
Cultivation and care in gardens
Pruning
Vegetative propagation
Raising seedlings
3. Calluna Salisb.; Ling
4. Daboecia D. Don: Saint Dabeoc’s heaths
5. Erica L.: Heaths and heathers
Winter- and spring- flowering heathers
The Cornish heath and its congeners
The ciliated, or Dorset, heath
The wind-pollinated besom heaths
Tree heathers
Southern heath
The cross-leaved heaths
The bell heathers
Bruckenthalia, the Balkan heath
The Pentaperan heaths
Erica Hybrids
Part I: Naturally-occurring hybrids involving E. tetralix
Part II: Chance hybrids from British gardens and nurseries
Part III: The “wilderness of uncertainty”: artificial hybrid heaths
Appendix I: Recommended and interesting cultivars
Appendix II: Richard Salisbury’s letter
Appendix III: White heather
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index to Scientific Names
General Index: Common names, people, places and publications