‘Aurea’

Pink (H8) flowers darkening to heliotrope (H12), I–V; gold foliage throughout the year, shoots tipped orange in spring; neat compact habit; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Introduced by C. Verboom (Boskoop, Netherlands) by 1928.

Name aureus = golden yellow, after the colour of the foliage.