‘Alba Aurea’

White flowers, VIII–X, bright green foliage with lemon tips particularly in spring and autumn; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm.

J. Smith (Darley Dale) listed this as early as 1868; The Lawson Seed & Nursery Co. (Edinburgh, Scotland) listed it in 1874 (as ‘Albo Aurea’).

Named from albus = white; after the flower colour: aureus = golden yellow; after the foliage colour.