Small, dark crimson flowers; IX-X; foliage orange turning red in winter; habit erect; height 30cm; spread 45cm.
Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursery, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced either by J. W. Sparkes or J. F. Letts about 1966.
Name is an allusion to the flowering time and flower colour, and to the foliage colour.