Flowers are hermaphrodite, single, flat or flattish, 8.5-9.5 cm across, upward- or outward-facing, bi-axillary and terminal flowers, not scented. Sepals are white centrally shading to pale purplish pink then purplish pink in margins, edge of sepals purplish pink to reddish purple, outside of sepals pink with yellow calyces; 6 × 2.5-3 cm, broadly elliptic, overlapping in basal third to half, wavy-margined, long-pointed. Filaments white; anthers light yellow. Stigmas yellow. Seed-heads not persistent. Deciduous climber, with stems up to 3 m. Leaves are trifoliate, green when young maturing to mid-green; margins entire. Flowers fairly early with a dramatic flush of flowers lasting about 3 weeks. Flowers on current year's growth.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height:  The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3 metres
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
USDA zones:  Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	6-9
Raised by:	Gary Vann
Country of origin:	United States of America
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	h2018 reg2022
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	(patens × VdL) × patens
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8.5-9.5cm, Sepals: 8, calyces: 6 x 2.5-3cm, broadly elliptic, overlapping