Available from one or two nurseries in UK and Europe.
Raised by Georg Arends of Ronsdorf Germany in 1930
Award of Merit RHS 1930 at Chelsea
An arendsii hybrid

Was very popular when new but now superseded by other red cultivars.
sports freely.
Colour comes mainly from sepals and filaments.
Makes a very good garden plant and increases well. It is also an early flowering form and of dwarf habit.

Medium – 61-80cm

Early – 1st-15th July

colour Moderate purplish-red
shape Trullate
density
Moderately dense
density of flowers     Dense
Colour Mid-green
Nodes Colour Green
Surface   Glossy