Small, single, rose-pink flowers with a prominent central boss of yellow stamens. The cross took place in 1911 at the Vilmorin-Andrieux nursery in Verrières-le-Buisson outside Paris, the first flowers appeared in 1913 and the form was exhibited in 1914.

The parentage of this cultivar was long thought to be chrysocoma x montana var rubens but research by Christopher Grey-Wilson indicates that it is more probably montana (? Var montana) x spooneri

Approximate height: 5.0 - 7.0 metres
Flowering period(s): May Jun
Aspect: Sun or semi-shade
USDA zones: 7 8 9
Pruning: No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by: R de Vilmorin
Country of origin: France
Date raised: 1911
Parentage: chrysocoma x montana var rubens but now thought (C G-W) montana x spooneri
Other name(s): 'Vedrariensis'; x verrierensis

Further detail:

Flower diameter: 5-7cm
Tepals: 4(-6), 3.5cm long, 2.5cm wide