Purple (H10) flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; compact, upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Found by Dr Ir T. Visser (Wageningen Netherlands); introduced by W. Haalboom & Zonen (Driebergen, Netherlands) in 1972.
Named after Dr Visser’s daughter.
Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VIII–IX; light green foliage; new growth in spring has pretty yellow and red tips; broad upright habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Young plants have coloured foliage in autumn.
Seedling; selected in 1992 from seedlings of ‘Spring Torch’ crossed with other cultivars, at A. Bosch’s nursery (Westerlee, Groningen, Netherlands); named and introduced by A. Bosch in 1995-1996.
“Cassa” means cash (money) in Dutch – it sells well!
Cerise flowers, IX–XI, with grey-green foliage; upright habit; height 25cm; spread 45cm. A seedling raised by C. Harding (Old Hall Nurseries, Puddington, Cheshire) in 1973, and named after his daughter.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–X; golden yellow foliage in spring, turning orange to pale green in winter; compact, spreading; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Sport on ‘Alba Rigida‘; found at Graffham, Guildford, Surrey, England, by John Hewitt (Frensham, Surrey) in 1981.
Named after Hewitts’ daughter
White flowers, VIII–IX; bright gold foliage throughout the year; open erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; found by John Morris in his nursery (The Lock’s Nursery, Scarva, Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland) in 1985; introduced by John Morris.
Name alludes to the foliage colour; Celtic refers to its Irish origins.
White flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; upright habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
Listed by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perthshire, Scotland) about 1990.
Charles Chapman has not been identified, although it is possibly, Charlie Chapman, director of J. V. White, of Birmingham
White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. Very hardy. Introduced by H. Bowen (Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA) before 1993.
❁ Pink (H8) flowers, VII–IX; gold foliage from spring to early autumn then turning greenish gold; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.
Sport on ‘J. H. Hamilton‘; found about 1982 by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany) and Tessa Forbes; introduced by Plaxtol Nurseries (Platt, Kent, England) in 1988.
Named after the Ukrainian city which was the site of a nuclear disaster in the 1980s. This cultivar may be sold under a different name ‘Gold Hamilton’ which may be treated as a trade designation.
♤ Purple (H10) buds, VIII–I; yellow foliage in summer, turning bronze in winter; broad spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Sport on ‘Marlies‘, found by Peter Herzog in 1997.
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–IX; grey-green foliage; low-growing, with twisted stems; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
