Deep mauve (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage; prostrate; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to, but more floriferous than, ‘Mrs Ronald Gray‘.
Wild-collected; found in Dorset, England, by former surgeon to H. M. The Queen, before 1973; introduced by Knap Hill Nursery (Woking, Surrey).
Lady Maithe has not been identified, but presumably she was the wife of the royal surgeon.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; yellow-orange foliage; the shoot tips are pink in winter; spreading, the new shoots curling down, hence its name; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J. W. Sparkes about 1966.
So called because the habit of the new growth resembles lambs’ tails. The cultivar name is spelled as one word, not two.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; buds are distinctly white at the base; dark green foliage; height 46–60cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected; found in the L’Ancresse area of Guernsey by David McClintock (Platt, Kent, England) in 1969.
Named after the area where found on Guernsey, Channel Islands.
♤ Rich brick-red buds, VIII–XI; dark green foliage; upright, bushy; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
A sport from ‘Alexandra‘, found by Paul & Werner Wolf (Seligenstadt, Germany) before 1997; named by Kurt Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany).
Recorded and bred by Kurt Kramer, Edammer Straße 26, D-26188, Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany. 08.09.1997. CPVO 6.1997 15/12/1997
Kurt Kramer, EU PBR given on 08.11.1999. CPVO 1.2000 15/02/2000
White flowers, VIII–IX; golden yellow foliage throughout the year; compact; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm.
Seedling; found by David McClintock in his garden at Bracken Hill (Platt, Kent, England); introduced in the Netherlands and Germany by 1982, when the name was given in error as ‘Lemon Jam’. An allusion to the colour of the foliage.
White flowers, VIII–IX; light yellow foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Introduced by W. R. A. Parsons (Wood Close, Upper Woolhampton, Berkshire, England) by 1981.
Name alludes to the colour of the foliage.
Mauve flowers; IX–X; yellow-green foliage in summer, changing to rusty red in winter; dense and prostrate; height to 10cm; spread to 25cm.
Seedling; found by Clive Benson in his nursery (Farington, Preston, Lancashire, England); introduced by Benson before 1993.
Name alludes to the habit.
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; mid-green foliage, new growth in springis salmon and crimson; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm. Named after the late Mr L. Slinger, director of Slieve Donard Nursery, Newcastle, Northern Ireland.
Mauve (H2) flowers, VIII–IX; orange foliage; erect; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. A striking plant.
Wild-collected; found in the Uig area on the west coast of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, by W. S. Dobson (Edinburgh, Scotland) about 1970; introduced by J. R. Ponton (Kirknewton, Edinburgh, Scotland).
Named after the island on which it was collected, and the flower colour.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; broad, bushy habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
