‘Trixie’

Pale pink flowers, VII–IX; grey-green foliage, leaves with yellow margins; height 16–20cm; spread 21–25cm.

Wild-collected; found by J. Baron at Oosterbos, Emmen, Netherlands, in 1979; named by Mrs Brita Johansson (Vargön, Sweden) in 1991, but introduced as early as 1986 by Herman Blum (Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands).

Named after Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, following a name competition run by the Swedish gardening society STA.