Large mauve flowers fading to grey or white. Purple anthers. Named after a Japanese. 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:	Late large-flowered group
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	b 1874
Other name(s):	'Morikata Oke'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 16-21cm Tepals: 8, very wide