Valerie Griffiths

Really bright lemon-yellow foliage is why this heath is grown.  The flowers add some color in late summer, but with the intensity of the foliage, it becomes one of the most noticed plants in the gardens.  It is sheared to keep the nice mounded shape, and is combined with plants of contrasting foliage like in this photo, near Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar'.