Golden foliage; forms diminutive, compact, dense mound; height 6–7cm; spread 10cm. Of Swedish origin, this plant has never bloomed. Chance seedling, in garden of Gunnar Kry, Rydal, Sweden; named by Gunnar Kry.
® C.2005:02 registered on 16 February 2005 by Brita Johansson, Musselvagen 3, 468 34, VARGON, Sweden
White flowers, VII–VIII; clear yellow foliage throughout the year; upright; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Named after Jan Dekker’s dog!
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow-gold foliage in summer, turning orange in winter; prostrate when young but develops a semi-prostrate habit; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. It does not suffer as much from scorch as other orange-foliage lings.
Found by P. G. Davis (Haslemere, Surrey, England); introduced by P. G. Davis by 1968. Yates described it as an introduction from Holland.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
White flowers, VIII–IX; light golden foliage; height 46–60cm; spread 46–60cm.
Sport on ‘Loch Turret‘; found by R. J. Brien (Pitcairngreen Heather Farm, Perth, Scotland); introduced by A. C. Smith (Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland) in 1972.
Name alludes to the parent plant and the foliage colour.
❁ Lavender (H3) flowers, IX–X; dull yellow-green, velvety foliage; an erect bushy plant; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Found in 1985 . It was introduced in 1989 and was formerly known as Gold Star.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage, darkening in winter; compact bushy habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by Ray Warner (Barncroft Nursery, Longsdon, Staffordshire, England) before 1985.
The name of a small bird, but here alluding to the foliage colour.
Beetroot (H9) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow-gold foliage shaded orange in summer, which intensifies during autumn and winter to bright red; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to Calluna vulgaris ‘Sir John Charrington’ but produces slightly paler flowers a little earlier.
Found by Brian & Valerie Proudley; introduced by Proudleys Landscape Gardeners (Two Bridges, Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England) in 1969.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
White flowers, VIII–X; pale yellow foliage throughout year; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm. Another good heather introduced by J. W. Sparkes which won a Silver Medal at Boskoop, Netherlands in 1967.
Sport on ‘Hayesensis‘; found in 1959 by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes in 1961.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; downy, gold foliage; vigorous, erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; orange foliage in summer, turning salmon-pink in autumn with dull rust tips in winter; slow-growing; height 10–15cm; spread 10–15cm.
Found by John Letts in 1970; introduced by Foxhollow Heathers (St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England) in 1972.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
