Large flowers of deep, glossy violet-purple with purple-brown anthers. Bred by Gégu, Anders, France around 1886. This cultivar is mentioned by Markham (1935) and Whitehead (1959) but now appears to be lost from cultivation - please contact us if you know otherwise. William Robinson writes in his book 'The Virgin's Bower' (1912), "The beauty of [this hybrid] cannot be described in words."

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Flowering period(s):	Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Gégu
Country of origin:	France
Date raised:	c1886
Parentage:	lanuginosa x 'Jackmani'
Other name(s):	None known
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 20cm Tepals: 6-8, wavy margin Database entry: 1143