Glowing amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–XI; dark green foliage; height 31–45cm; spread 61–75cm. It can have an untidy habit but in bloom is outstanding. Almost a bi-colour, with the process the other way round, as buds open white and blooms turn lilac-purple [RHS 78A].
Introduced by J. F. Letts before 1963.
Name unknowned.
Magenta (H14) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; neat; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm.
Seedling collected on Skye by Mrs. E. M. Dill (Hereford, Worcester, England) about 1909. Offered for sale as early as 1925 by the Daisy Hill Nursery (Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) and then by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset, England) in 1929.
Named after the finder.
Glowing magenta (H14) flowers, VII–VIII, very profuse; dark green foliage; open erect habit; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found by G. Herbert Mitchell (Newton, Yorkshire, England) as a seedling in a bed of ‘Eden Valley‘; introduced by Mitchell in 1965.
Named after G. Herbert Mitchell’s wife.
Deep rose-pink (H7) flowers, VII–IX; dark green foliage; bushy; height 16–20cm; spread 26–30cm.
Possible Seedling; found by Robert Hayes (Grasmere, Cumbria, England) and introduced by him in 1947.
Striking amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–X; dark green foliage; spreading habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. The unusual flower colour is similar to ‘Vivienne Patricia‘.
Seedling; introduced by John F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England) about 1966.
Named after John F. Letts’ wife.
Cerise flowers, in upright, cylindrical spikes to 10cm long; VII–IX; foliage mid-green; height 60cm; spread 60cm. A seedling found within 70 yards of the Pacific Ocean on Neptune Avenue, Fort Bragg, California, U.S.A.Named after the place where it was found. Registered on 27 October 2001 by Edith M. Davies.
Amethyst (H1) flowers, VII–X; mid-green foliage; upright habit; height 31–45cm; spread 75–100cm.
Seedling; found by R. E. Hardwick (Newick, East Sussex, England) in his nursery; introduced by Hardwicks Nursery by 1967.
Named after the village where the nursery was located, and the colour of flower.
Rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–X; grey-green foliage irregularly flecked with red and yellow; height 26–30cm; spread 61–75cm.
A sport from ‘C. G. Best‘; found by David McClintock at Bracken Hill, Platt, Kent, England, in 1971; introduced by G. Yates (Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria) in 1980.
A punning name, alluding to the parent plant.
Soft lavender flowers, VII–IX, sepals red; dark green foliage; height 26–30cm; spread 31–45cm.
Wild-collected sport; found on a plant on the Novar Estate, Ross-shire, Scotland; introduced by W. A. Cadman (Woodside Nursery, Blackpark, Inverness, Scotland).
Named after the place where it was found.
Pale rose-pink (H7) flowers, VI–VIII; dark green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm. A good ground-cover plant.
Wild-collected; found ‘when passing through’ Devon, England, by Mr & Mrs J. F. Letts (Windlesham, Surrey); introduced by J. F. Letts by 1966.
Name alludes to the flower colour.
