Flowers pale amethyst (H1) shading to pink (H8) at the base, VIII–IX, in long spikes; dark green foliage, tipped magenta in autumn; vigorous, upright; height 46–60cm; spread 75–100cm. A sport on ‘Robert Chapman‘, found by Lindsay Campbell (Argyll, Scotland) and named after Gloucester Boy, his pet rat which had just died. Registered 12 November 1998: L. Campbell, Merle, Kilmore, by Oban, Argyll, PA34 4XX, Scotland.
Heathers
‘Gnome Pink’
Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; dark green foliage; compact, upright; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Sport from ‘Gnome’ and it may revert to it.
Found at Beechwood Nursery (Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England) and introduced by J. W. Sparkes by 1964.
So named because of its habit, and flower colour. Note that the name was originally printed by Chapple with brackets around pink
‘Goldcarmen’
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage, deepening in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Gold Charm’
Violet flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage, the young shoots tipped pink in spring; compact; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.
‘Golden Blazeaway’
Lilac flowers, VIII–IX; intense golden yellow foliage throughout the year; open erect habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. A sport found on ‘Blazeaway‘ by John L. Jones, Glynwern Nursery, Cilcennin, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales; introduced in 1994. Differs from its parent in keeping its intense gold foliage in winter, making a very nice plant.
‘Golden Carpet’
Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–X; gold foliage turning orange and red in winter; prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Seedling amongst a group of ‘Mrs Ronald Gray‘; found by John F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England); introduced by John F. Letts in 1966.
Name is an allusion to the foliage colour and habit.
‘Golden Dew’
White flowers, IX–X; gold foliage; low, open habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.
‘Golden Dream’
❁ White flowers, VIII–IX; light golden foliage throughout the year; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
Sport on ‘My Dream‘; found by G. J. Cookes at Little Froome Nurseries (Fenny Drayton, Warwickshire, England) in 1984; introduced by Little Froome Nurseries in 1986.
Name alludes to the parent plant and the foliage colour.
‘Golden Feather’
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–X, sparse; feather-like gold foliage in summer, turning reddish orange in winter; height 21–25cm; spread 61–75cm. Very susceptible to windburn.
Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes by 1964.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
‘Golden Fleece’
Lilac (H4) flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; yellow foliage in summer, turning bronze in winter; compact, bun-shaped habit with curling stems; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.
Seedling; found by David Edge at Forest Edge Nurseries (Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset, England) in 1985; introduced by David Edge by 1988.
Named for foliage texture and colour.