White flowers, VIII–IX; light yellow foliage throughout the year; open erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Raised by J. Proudfoot (Almondell Nursery, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland) by 1989.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
Heathers
‘Yellow Beauty’
Semi-double deep cerise flowers, VIII–X; yellow foliage throughout the year; compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
‘Yellow Globe’
Mauve flowers, VIII–IX, sparse; yellow foliage turning orange-red in winter; cushion-like habit; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm. It was found as a seedling near ‘White Lawn‘ by Mr T. Huisman at Hattem, Holland. Introduced by H. W. de Bruijn of Boskoop in 1990.
‘Yellow One’
Pink flowers, IX–X; yellow foliage in summer becoming red in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found by David McClintock (Bracken Hill, Platt, Kent, England) about 1965.
Name alludes to the foliage colour.
‘Yvette’s Gold’
White flowers, VIII–X; bright yellow foliage; robust, upright; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Yvette’s Silver’
Lavender flowers, VIII–IX; grey foliage; vigorous, upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm. Named after Yvette Knutson, a one-time employee of David Wilson (British Columbia, Canada).
‘Yvonne Clare’
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; attractive compact habit; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Found by Herbert Mitchell (Helmsley, Yorkshire, England); introduced by Mitchell in 1972.
Named after finder’s 10-year old niece, Yvonne Wilson, who helped in the nursery.
‘Walter Ingwersen’
Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–X, in long spikes; mid-green foliage; height 46–60cm; spread 61–75cm. An outstanding, but frost-tender, late-blooming ling.
Wild-collected; found at an altitude of 1000 ft in Minho mountains, north of Coimbra, Portugal, by Walter Ingwersen in March 1928; introduced by Ingwersen’s Birch Farm Nursery (Gravetye, Sussex, England) by 1933. This survived the 1940s in the care of George M. Hamer (Sunnymount Nursery, Chisworth, Hyde, Cheshire, England) and was refound and reintroduced by Geoff Yates (Tabramhill Gardens, Newstead Abbey Park, Nottinghamshire, England) in the 1970s.
Named after the finder.
‘Waquoit Brightness’
Crimson flowers, VII–IX, in long spikes; dark green foliage; upright, compact; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Westerlee Gold’
White flowers, VII–IX; light yellow foliage throughout the year; broad, spreading habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Considered to be an improvement on ‘Gold Haze’.