Peter,
That one is certainly closer than what you have in Europe but I don't feel either is totally correct. I remember Ed saying that it was "his version of Grigg's Surprise" as the leaves were more tubular. It isn't as tubular as the monstrose forms but thicker and rounder than most semps. That gave it sort of a "spny effect" or as Helen said "spiked".
The European one looks more like what was distributed informally as "Skrocki 51". it had bright colors but it always looked bad after a hard winter. Ed never introduced it. I used it in crossing and 'Mulberry Wine' is from that plant. 'Mulberry Wine' didn't have its parent's faults.
Kevin
