Pink (H8) flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer turning a bright orange-red in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. Outstanding foliage plant, performing best in cold open aspects.
Seedling, perhaps from ‘Sir John Charrington‘; found by Don Richards at Rydal Mount, Eskdale, Cumbria, England, about 1978. Introduced by Autumn 1980 by G. Yates (Ash Landing Gardens, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria, England).
A made-up name, because it was a seedling (“son”) from ‘Sir John Charrington‘ — hence the name!
