Month: September 2014

Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; downy, gold foliage; vigorous, erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; orange foliage in summer, turning salmon-pink in autumn with dull rust tips in winter; slow-growing; height 10–15cm; spread 10–15cm.

Found by John Letts in 1970; introduced by Foxhollow Heathers (St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England) in 1972.

Name alludes to the foliage colour.

White flowers, VIII–IX; green-gold foliage; compact, erect; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

Raised and introduced by C. Benson (Preston, Lancashire, England) before 1987.

Name alludes to the foliage colour.

White flowers, VIII–IX; clear yellow foliage throughout the year; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.

Found by H. Hoekert (Oldebroek, Netherlands); introduced by Hoekert in 1983.

The unusual name derives from an area near Oldebroek in the Netherlands.

Ruby (H5) flowers, IX–XI, sparse; dark green foliage flecked with red and orange; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.

Found by W. C. Slocock (Goldsworth Nursery, Woking, Surrey, England); introduced by W. C. Slocock before 1964 as ‘Goldsworth Crimson Variegata’.

Name alludes to the parent plant and the foliage colour. The three words are separate and there are no hyphens.

Pink (H8) flowers in pretty, long spikes, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.

Found by Robert Hayes (Grasmere, Cumbria, England), and introduced by Robert Hayes in 1930; resembled ‘Hammondii‘.

Named after Grasmere, a lake in the English Lake District.

Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage; spreading; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Seedling; found at Great Comp (Borough Green, Kent, England) before 1976

Named after the garden near Sevenoaks, Kent, where it was found.