Pink (H8) flowers darkening to heliotrope (H12), I–V; gold foliage throughout the year, shoots tipped orange in spring; neat compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by C. Verboom (Boskoop, Netherlands) by 1928.
Name aureus = golden yellow, after the colour of the foliage.
Shell-pink (H16) flowers darken to heliotrope (H12), I–IV; golden yellow foliage in summer, turning deep gold with orange and bronze tints in winter; bushy compact habit; height 20cm; spread 35cm.
Chance seedling found in pot of Erica carnea ‘Treasure Trove’ by David Edge in 2003 at Forest Edge Nurseries.
Deep pink (H8) flowers darkening to magenta (H14), I–IV; yellow foliage turns orange in cold weather; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
This has the deepest flower colour amongst the yellow-foliaged winter heaths. Less vigorous than ‘Foxhollow‘.
Raised by Barry Sellers from seed collected from Erica carnea ‘Aurea‘, found by Barry Sellers (Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, England) in 1977; introduced by Otters’ Court Heathers (West Camel, Somerset) by 1988.
Named after Barry Sellers, the raiser, a member of The Heather Society.
Heliotrope (H12) flowers, I–V, sparse; distinctive whisky-coloured foliage, flecked with orange and gold; neat tidy habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Recommended. Bred by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany) using ‘Myretoun Ruby‘ as one of the parents. Named after the famous blended whisky, and marketed in Europe under the trade designation Whisky.
Heliotrope (H12) to shell-pink (H16) flowers, depending on the exposure to the sun, I–IV; yellow foliage which deepens to orange-red in very cold weather, shoots tipped bronze for most of the year; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
Seedling amongst Erica carnea ‘Aurea’; found at Foxhollow (Windlesham, Surrey, England) by J. F. Letts by 1969; introduced by J. F. Letts. The holotype of f. aureifolia D. C. McClintock was from ‘Foxhollow’.
Named after the finder’s home and nursery.
Pink flowers, I–III; orange-green foliage and shoots tipped yellow in summer; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm In habit similar to ‘Lesley Sparkes‘, which has greener foliage.
Chance seedling found in his garden by Fritz Kircher (Hamburg, Germany).
Name means the yellow foundling.
Registered 1 September 1994: Fritz Kircher, Hamburg, Germany.
Crimson (H13) flowers, II–IV; yellow-green foliage in summer, taking on a bronze tinge in winter; broad, spreading habit. A selected seedling from a deliberate cross between ‘Foxhollow‘ and ‘Myretoun Ruby‘ made by H. M. J. Blum (Gelderingen, Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands) in 1984. Gelderingen is the part of Steenwijkerwold where Herman Blum lives. Registered on 29 October 2002 by J. G. Flecken and G. van Hoef.
White flowers, XII–III; foliage glowing yellow in summer turning lime-green in winter; neat, compact, spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Recommended. Selected from a deliberate cross between ‘Foxhollow‘ and ‘Snow Queen‘, made by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht, Germany).
Dark lilac-pink (H11) flowers, darkening to heliotrope (H12), XII–II; green-gold foliage in summer changing to orange-red in winter; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. A sport from ‘Praecox Rubra‘.
Pink flowers, XII–III, sparse; golden foliage; very compact; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. A slow-growing plant suitable for tubs and window boxes, a sport from ‘Winter Beauty‘.
Found by A. Berg (Dunton Basset, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England) about 1973; introduced by Bressingham Gardens (Diss, Norfolk) by 1982.
Name is an allusion to the foliage colour.
