Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–X; gold foliage in summer, turning orange then red in winter; bushy habit; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. Similar to ‘Aurea‘.
Seedling; found by R. E. Hardwick while he was working for Lionel Cox in his nursery at Newick, Sussex, England, about 1955.
Name may be an allusion to the foliage colours.
Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–XI, numerous; downy, grey foliage; erect; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Seedling; raised by Don Richards (Rydal Mount, Eskdale, Cumbria, England), perhaps from ‘Ax’; introduced by G. Yates (Ash Landing Gardens, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria) in 1980.
So named ‘because the plants practically disappeared in the bed; they were the same colour as the soil’, and then the tall thin flower spikes appeared
Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage, shoots tipped vivid red in spring; very compact; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in Aberfoyle Slate Quarry, Perthshire, Scotland, in 1962; introduced by D. Hutton (Aberfoyle, near Callander, Perthshire, Scotland) by 1975.
Named after a malt whisky.
White flowers, VIII–XI, mid-green foliage, shoots with yellow tips in autumn and winter, cream tips in spring; compact; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, IX–XI; dark green foliage, the new shoots pink and cream turning red later in spring; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–X, mid-green foliage, shoots with pink and red tips in winter and spring, cream and pink in summer; bushy; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Lavender flowers, VIII–IX; grey foliage; very vigorous, open, erect habit, the long shoots having numerous side-shoots towards their tips, creating the effect of antlers; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
Collected by W. S. Dobson, Edinburgh, c. 1970.
White flowers, IX–XI; bright green foliage; compact, upright; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Selected from seedlings of the deliberate cross between ‘Hammondii’ and ‘Long White’ made by Kurt Kramer.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; grey-green foliage becoming silver tinted in spring; compact; height 31–45cm; spread 46–60cm.
❁ Deep pink flowers with white centres, VII–VIII; dark green foliage; low, bushy habit; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm. A very attractive plant taking its name from shading of the flower.
Seedling, between ‘J. H. Hamilton‘ and ‘H. E. Beale‘; found at Cornish Garden Nurseries (Perranworthal, Truro, Cornwall, England) by Mr Dover about 1978; introduced by Cornish Garden Nurseries.
Named from shading of the flower from near white in the centre to deep pink on the outside.
