Large pale mauve-pink semi-double flowers in May-June. Single flowers in September. A hybrid of C. patens x C. lanuginosa raised by Jackmans of Woking around 1873. 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:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.5 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	May Jun Sep
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	G Jackman & Son
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised:	1873
Parentage:	C. patens x C. lanuginosa
Other name(s):	None known
Database entry: 294
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	The Jackmans