‘Hebbe’

Pale lilac-pink (H11) flowers, VIII–IX; light green foliage, with yellow (and a hint of pink) shoot-tips in spring; broad upright habit; height 25cm; spread 40cm.

Deliberately raised in 1988 by Brita Johansson.

Hebbe was the nickname of a character in a Swedish television series about a rag-and-bone man, Albert, and his son, Herbert (“Hebbe”).

® C.2008:08 registered by Mrs Brita Johansson, Vargön, Sweden.