Available from a few nurseries in UK and Europe.
Raised by Georg Arends of Ronsdorf, Germany in 1952 as a selected japonica seedling.
synonym “Erfurt”.

A very good dark coloured japonica form flowering early of low height.
A good garden plant although is not particularly vigorous so is now superseded by newer cultivars.
A good plant for forcing.

Low – 31-60cm
Early – 1st-15th July
colour
Strong reddish-purple
shape Rhomboidal
density
Dense
density of flowers
Dense
Colour
Light green
Nodes Colour
Green
Surface
Glossy