‘Mrs Alf’

Lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–XI, sparse; very dark green foliage, turning brown in winter, and young shoot-tips red in spring; height 16–20cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected; found in Glenisla, Scotland, by Mrs A. W. Wilson (Dunfermline, Scotland) about 1935; introduced by Jack Drake (Inshriach Nursery, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland) by 1959.

Named after the finder.