‘Adrie’

♤ Purple-red buds (smaller than ‘Marleen‘), IX–XI; mid-green foliage; broad spreading, upright habit, height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.

Wild-collected; found on Ginkelse Heide between Ede and Wageningen, near Arnhem, Netherlands, by Dr Ir T. Visser (Wageningen, Netherlands); introduced by W. Haalboom & Zonen (Driebergen, Netherlands) in 1974.

Named after Adrie Hoogerdijk-Haalboom, Mr Haalboom’s daughter (Ericultura 60: 12 (1986)).