White flowers, VIII–IX; lime-green foliage in summer, turning green-yellow in winter and spring; upright, untidy unless trimmed; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
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‘R. A. McEwan’
White flowers, VII–VIII; bright green foliage; broad spreading habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Named after the master draper of Dundee, the grandfather of the introducer.
‘Radnor ‘
❁ Shell-pink (H16) flowers, VIII–X; bright green foliage; height 21–25cmr; bushy, compact habit; spread 31–45cm. Best double pink where a compact plant is required.
Wild-collected; found in Radnor Forest near Presteigne, Wales, by Miss H. M. Appleby in 1954; introduced by Dingle Hollow Nursery (Stockport, Cheshire, England) about 1955.
Named after the place where it was collected.
‘Radnor Gold’
❁ Shell-pink (H16) flowers, VIII–IX; light gold foliage in spring and summer, turning greener in winter; bushy, compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Radnor Forest near Presteigne, Wales, by Miss H. M. Appleby in 1954; introduced by Dingle Hollow Nursery (Stockport, Cheshire, England) about 1955.
Named after the place where it was collected.
‘Raket’
White flowers, VIII–IX, in long spikes; mid-green foliage; broad, vigorous, upright habit; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Ralph Purnell ‘
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–X, floriferous; dark green foliage; vigorous; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm. Named after the husband of Elsie Purnell.
‘Ralph Purnell Select’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–X; bright, light green foliage; vigorous; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm. Except for foliage colour, similar to ‘Ralph Purnell‘.
‘Ralph’s Pearl’
Pale purple flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; vigorous, upright; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm.
A sport from ‘Ralph’s Red’; introduced by J. D. W. E. van der Lip (Hazerswoude, Netherlands) in 1991.
Name is alluding to the parent cultivar.
‘Ralph’s Red’
Deep purple-red flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; upright; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.
Sport on ‘Ralph Purnell’; found and introduced by J. D. W. E. van der Lip (Hazerswoude, Netherlands) in 1989.
Name alludes to the parent cultivar.
‘Randall’s Crimson’
Deep crimson (H13) flowers, darker than ‘Darkness’, VIII–IX, in dense spikes; dark green foliage; low spreading habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
A seedling found by Mr & Mrs Randall (Dunchideock, Devon) in 1981, growing near ‘Darkness‘.
Named after the finders.