‘Ross Hutton’

Beetroot (H9) flowers, VIII–X; dark green foliage; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm. Similar to ‘Darkness‘ but blooms two weeks earlier.

Wild-collected; found on Cluanie Moors near Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1962; introduced by D. Hutton (Aberfoyle, near Callander, Perthshire, Scotland) by 1973.

Named after the introducer’s son.