White flowers, VII–IX; bright green foliage; compact; height 16–20cm; spread 21–25cm. Found at 1,000m altitude on Sgoran Dubh, Cairngorms, Scotland. Early to come into bloom.
Month: September 2014
‘Whiteness’
White flowers, VIII–IX, free-flowering; light green foliage; erect compact habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Sport from ‘Darkness‘; found by H. Hoekert (Oldebroek, Netherlands) in 1980; introduced by Hoekert in 1983.
A pun on the name ‘Darkness’, alluding to the white flowers.
‘White Pearl’
❁ White flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage; erect; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.
‘White Princess’
Correct name ‘White Queen‘
‘White Queen’
White flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘White Star’
❁ White flowers, IX–X, in long spikes, with dark red stems; foliage dark green; broad erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Wickwar Flame’
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–XI; gold foliage in summer, turning superb shades of orange, then red in exposed conditions during winter; vigorous; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.
Found and introduced by G. Osmond, Archfield Nursery (Wickwar, Wooton under Edge, Gloucestershire, England); in commerce in 1970.
Named after a village where George Osmond lived in Gloucestershire.
‘Wilma’
Pale lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage, shoots tipped cream and orange in spring; open spreading habit; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after an employee at Bob Brien’s nursery at Pitcairngreen, Scotland.
‘Wingates Gem’
Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; light orange foliage, shoots with pink tips in spring, turning bright orange in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
One of three introductions by Wingates Nursery near Bolton, Lancashire.
Seedling; raised by Mrs Lambert (Wingates Nursery, Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire, England) before 1985.
Named after the nursery; there is no apostrophe in the name.
‘Wingates Gold’
White flowers, IX–X; gold foliage throughout the year; compact; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; raised at Wingates Nursery (Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire, England) before 1985.
Named after the nursery; there is no apostrophe in the name.