Corolla pink, calyx pale pink; I-V; foliage green-gold in summer, changing to yellow-gold in winter; habit broad, upright. More vigorous, and foliage less orange than other golden-foliage Erica x darleyensis. Selected in 2003 from a deliberate cross between Erica carnea ‘Golden Starlet’ and Erica erigena ‘Brian Proudley’ made in 1996 by David Wilson, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
Name alludes to foliage colour and western North American history; named by Crystal Gillingham (Wilson’s Nursery Ltd). registered on 3 August 2004 by David Wilson, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.