‘Bennachie Bronze’

Amethyst (H1) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer, turning bronze in winter; broad upright habit; height 15cm; spread 20cm. Found on Bennachie, a mountain west of Inverurie, Scotland, by James Mackay (Blairdaff, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) before 1995 {see J. R. Mackay, 2009 A love affair with heathers. Heathers 6: 25–33}.