Purple-violet flowers with dark red central bar. Green filaments. The last listing given by Magnus Johnson for this cultivar is in 1935 (actually 1959, but this last reference is in error), Riekstina has the name on a list of 77 cultivars introduced into Latvia between 1870 and 1910. We had thought this cultivar lost, but our regular contributor Susan Wilson recently found a plant alive and well in Shrewsbury, UK labelled 'Prince of Wales' (see photo). It is not yet clear whether this is the 'real thing'.

Group:	Late 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.	Jul Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
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	1858
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	viticella 'Atrorubens' x lanuginosa
Further detail:	Tepals:4-6