Very large, bluish-white flowers with brownish-purple anthers. This Cripps' cultivar is mentioned by Markham (1935) and Whitehead (1959) but now appears to be lost from cultivation - please contact us if you know otherwise. In 1912, William Robinson in his book 'The Virgin's Bower' lists this cultivar as "trusted to give lovely effects if culture and position be all [it] deserves."

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:	Cripps & Son
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	c1875
Other name(s):	Mis-spelling: 'Grand Duchesse'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: up to 25cm Tepals: 8, not overlapping, narrow elliptic