‘Alba Praecox’

White flowers, VI–VIII; mid-green foliage; neat upright habit; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Seedling; found by Georg Arends (Wuppertal, Germany); introduced by Arends in 1938.

Named from albus = white; a reference to flower colour; praecox = early, precocious, a reference to the flowering season.