Description
Although this is now included botanically under angustifolia we regard it as horticulturally very distinct and different. Thus we are retaining the old name – for now at least, so you can choose. This blooms a minimum of three weeks ahead of angustifolia, with flowers of rose-violet, quite unlike the later, white-rose flowers of angustifolia.
A virtually evergreen species with stems of up to 45 cm which carry several large bright pink-violet flowers along with its tidy, upright grass-like leaves.
Easy in a fertile, loam based soil and good in a pot.