‘Dawn’

Deep pink (H1/H8) flowers, VII–X; greyish green foliage, with gland-tipped hairs, the young shoots with red tips in spring, turning golden later; height 10–15cm; spread 31–45cm.

Wild-collected; found on moors near Wareham, Dorset, England, by D. F. Maxwell (Corfe Mullen, Dorset) about 1922-1923, found at the same time as ‘Gwen’; introduced by Maxwell & Beale (Broadstone, Dorset) in 1925.

Named after a niece of H. E. Beale.