‘W. G. Pine’

Flowers pink (H8), darkening to heliotrope (H12), XII–IV; dark green foliage, young shoots tipped red in spring; broad habit; height 16–20cm; spread 46–60cm.

This was the first hybrid produced by J. W. Porter (Carryduff, County Down, Northern Ireland) in 1943. Not as tall and more floriferous than ‘Furzey‘ or ‘J. W. Porter‘.

Derivation of name unknown.