Pale mauve (H2) flowers, Jul–VIII; downy, yellow-green foliage, young shoots tipped yellow in spring; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Found in Sweden and named after the finder.
Month: September 2014
‘Saint Nick’
Mauve (H2) flowers, XII–I, very sparse; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. The foliage effect is good but this has little garden value.
‘Salland’
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VII–X, abundant and in bloom for a long period; mid-green foliage; compact, creeping, forming a cushion; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
‘Sally Anne Proudley’
Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage, young shoots tipped cream in spring; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm. Named after Valerie and Brian Proudley’s daughter.
‘Salmon Leap’
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; light green foliage tinged with salmon giving an unusual and pleasing effect; semi-prostrate; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England).
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
‘Sam Hewitt’
Crimson (H13) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer turning a deep red in winter; erect ,very compact; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling; found by Mr & Mrs Hewitt (Frensham, Surrey, England) about 1982; introduced by Mr & Mrs Hewitt.
Named after the finder’s son.
‘Sampford Sunset’
Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–X; gold foliage in summer, turning a golden bronze in winter; open erect habit; height 21–25cm; spread 46–60cm. Considered to have a better constitution than ‘Sunset‘ but it tends to be greener in appearance
‘Sandhammaren’
♤ Salmon-pink buds, IX–XI; dark green foliage; erect, reasonably compact habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found east of the Beacon of Sandhammaren, Skåne, Sweden, by Kjell-Arne Olsson (Färlöv, Sweden) in 1987; introduced by Henry Olofsson (Munkedal, Sweden) in 1995.
Named after the Beacon of Sandhammaren, where it was found.
‘Sandwood Bay’
White flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; dwarf; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. From the cliff top near Sandwood Bay, Cape Wrath, Scotland.
‘Sandy’
♤ White buds, VIII–XI, in long spikes; yellow foliage throughout the year; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Sport from ‘Melanie‘ found in the nursery of Marohn & Häger (Apen, Germany) in 1995.
Applied for and bred by Kurt Kramer Edammer Str. 26, 26188 Edewecht, Germany, on 18.09.1997. CPVO 6.1997 15/12/1997
Kurt Kramer plant breeders rights given on 19.06.2000. CPVO 4.2000 15/08/2000