Pale violet or deep mauve flowers with a reddish plum-purple bar. Chocolate anthers. According to Johnson, the flowers are fragrant with a "fine scent of cowslip". This cultivar is mentioned by Markham (1935) and Whitehead (1959) but now appears to be lost from cultivation - please contact us if you know otherwise. Not to be confused with a viticella hybrid of the same name raised by Markham around 1937.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Fragrant:	Yes
Flowering period(s):  Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	G Jackman & Son
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1871
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 13cm Tepals: 8, deeply overlapping