‘Ardy’

Deep pink-red flowers, VI–VIII; dark grey-green foliage; broad erect habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.

Sport on ‘Daphne Underwood‘; found by H. J. van de Laar (Boskoop, Netherlands) in 1968; introduced by P. G. Zwijnenburg (Boskoop) in 1974. The flowers are smaller but are the reddest in the species.

Named after the finder’s daughter, Ardy van de Laar (Ericultura 60: 19 (1986)).