Description: Compact, yet vigorous, over twice as wide as high; dense foliage of medium dark green leaves. Campanulate flowers waxey edged, of brilliant cardinal red with faint brown markings. Spring Magic and Baden-Baden are same cross.
Parentage: Essex Scarlet x forrestii ssp. forrestii
Ultimate Height: 0.60 meters after 10 years
Flowering Period: This plants flowers in the North Hemisphere around May
Hardy in all but the coldest parts of Pacific Northwest and UK, France and northern Italy, around Bergen (Norway) and mildest parts of NE USA such as Cape Cod and parts of Long Island. (Please note.)