Large white flowers with a pale pink tinge towards the base of the midribs. Purple-red anthers. The last listing given by Magnus Johnson for this cultivar is in 1935, Riekstina has the name on a list of 77 cultivars introduced into Latvia between 1870 and 1910. It now appears to be lost from cultivation - please contact us if you know otherwise.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
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.	May Jun
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Charles Noble
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b 1873
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	'Standishii' x 'Fortunei'
Other name(s):	'Mrs Villiers Listre'
Further detail:	Tepals: 8, narrow, lanceolate