‘Pink Dream’

❁ Shell-pink (H16) flowers, VIII–IX; golden foliage in summer, turning rusty red in winter; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

A sport from ‘Golden Dream‘; found by G. J. Cookes in 1986 at Little Froome Nurseries (Fenny Drayton, Warwickshire, England); introduced by Little Froome Nurseries in 1990.

Name alludes to the flower colour and parent cultivar.

‘Pink Gown’

Heliotrope (H12) flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage; upright; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm.

Sport on ‘White Gown‘; found by Herbert Mitchell (Helmsley, Yorkshire, England); introduced by Mitchell by 1976. Occasionally reverts to ‘White Gown‘.

Name alludes to the flower colour and parent cultivar.

‘Pink Spreader’

Lilac flowers, VIII–IX; grey foliage, the young shoots with pink tips which turn silvery pink; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Found before 1991 and introduced by G. K. Langenberg (Boskoop, Netherlands).

‘Pink Tips’

Pale lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; young shoots are tipped pink; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Of American origin.

‘Platt’s Surprise’

❁ White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Found at Southport Flower Show, Lancashire, England, by Jack Platt (Ulness Walton, Leyland, Lancashire) in 1974; introduced by Clive Benson (Preston, Lancashire) in 1978.

Name alludes to its origins.

‘Poolster’

White flowers, VII–IX; bright green foliage, shoots tipped creamy white in winter and spring; broad spreading habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Of Dutch origin, the name means Pole Star.

‘Prizewinner’

Mauve (H2) flowers, VII–IX, very profuse; dark green foliage; close spreading, yet graceful; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.

Seedling; found by David McClintock in his garden at Bracken Hill, Kent, England, about 1976; introduced by Great Comp, Borough Green, Kent, England.

It received its name as a result of winning a prize at a Royal Horticultural Society Show on its first showing.