The tepals of this bell-shaped, nodding form are dark violet-blue on the outside, with sparse ginger hairs, inside a paler colour and hairless. Pale green anthers on white or yellow filaments. Grown from seed collected from the wild in Korea.

Group:	Viorna group
Approximate height:	1.5 - 2.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jun Jul Aug
Aspect:	Semi-shade
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Roy Nunn
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised:	r1999 f2003 n2004
Parentage:	seed from ianthina
Other name(s):	ianthina 'Josie's Midnight Blue'
Further detail:  Tepals: 4; broadly lanceolate, pointed, tip recurved Database entry: 3240