Available from several nurseries in UK and Europe.
Raised by Ernst Pagels of Germany in 1962.
Sold as Red Light in UK.
A sport from Spinell.
This sport had also occurred in Holland where it was called Spartan and had also been called Fleur.

A very good cultivar for forcing or growing in the garden.
Produces many good flower spikes of a good deep colour on strong stems.

Medium – 61-80cm

Mid-season – 16th-31st July

colour
Deep red
shape
Trullate, drooping
density
Loose
density of flowers
Moderately dense
Colour
Mid-green
Nodes Colour
Green
Surface
Matt