Cultivars
There are many cultivars of this plant, please contact your local nursery for available varieties.
'Allgold'
This upright bushy shrub grows to 450 mm (18in) tall by 600 mm (24in) wide. It produces golden yellow leaves and pink flowers during late summer.
'Anthony Waterer'
This shrub grows to 1.5 m (5ft) tall forming a bushy habit. The dark green leaves may be margin in creamy white and bronze red when young. From late spring to summer, masses of pink flowers are produced over the plant. This plant is commonly cultivated in small gardens.
'Atrosanguinea'
This shrub has an upright habit to 1.2 m (4ft) and produces deep rose red flowers that are arranged in an inflorescence up to 127 mm (5in) wide.
'Bullata'
This slow-growing compact shrub attains a height of 400 mm (16in) and has very dark green leaves. It produces corymbs of pink flowers during early summer.
'Bumalda'
This shrub grows to 1 m (3ft) tall and wide. It produces bronze new growth and pink flowers that appear during late spring.
'Coccinea'
This compact shrub grows to 600 mm (2ft) tall and wide. It produces crimson flowers during late spring and is suitable for small gardens or rockeries.
'Fortunei'
This upright shrub grows to 1.5 m (5ft) tall and produces deep pink flowers that occur in large inflorescence. It has been cultivated in European gardens for many years, along borders or as a specimen.
'Frobelii'
This upright spreading shrub has bronze red in new growth and produces pink flowers.
'Glabrata'
This vigorous shrub has broad ovate leaves up to 127 mm (5in) long and produces rosy pink flowers in an inflorescence up to 300 mm (12in) wide.
'Goldmound'
This shrub has upright spreading habit to 1 m (3ft) tall by 1.2 m (4ft) wide and has golden yellow foliage. It produces pink flowers during early summer and the plant tolerates an open sunny position.
'Golden Princess'
This mound forming shrub grows to a height of 750 mm (30in) and has bronze are yellow new growth that matures to yellow. It produces and bright purplish pink flowers during early summer and in autumn. The foliage turns red before falling.
'Golden Dome'
This small shrub forms a mound habit and produces golden yellow foliage from spring to early summer.
'Lemon Princess'
This shrub forms a compact mound habit to 600 mm (2ft) tall, with yellow foliage and produces pink flowers during early summer.
'Little Princess'
This vigorous shrub grows to 1 m (3ft) tall and has leaves up to 25 mm (1in) long. It produces deep pink flowers during early summer.
'Macrophylla'
This slow-growing shrub produces large, deep green leaves and forms a mounded habit. The small flowers are insignificant.
'Neon Flash'
This upright shrub grows to 1 m (3ft) tall, with reddish new growth that matures to dark green and produces rich red flowers during early summer.
'Nyewoods' syn.'Nana'
This dwarf shrub forms a mounded habit to 450 mm (18in) tall and has small leaves up to 25 mm (1in) long. It produces pink flowers in corymbs that are up to 25 mm (1in) wide.
'Ovalifolia'
This shrub produces white flowers in corymbs up to 127 mm (5in) during early summer.
'Ruberrima'
This shrub grows to 1 m (3ft) tall and produces dark rosy red flowers in the downy corymbs during late spring to early summer.
'Shirobana'
This mound forming shrub grows to 1 m (3ft) tall and has deep green leaves. It produces pink flowers that are flushed white and appear throughout summer.