Large or very large, deep lavender-blue flowers that fade with age in early summer, smaller flowers later. Deep cream or yellow anthers on white filaments. The variety received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.5 - 4.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	May Jun Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Goos & Koenemann
Country of origin:	Germany
Date raised:	ic1905
Parentage:	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Etoile d'Azur'
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 15-23cm (early), 10-13cm (late) Tepals: 6-8 (-9), overlapping, tapering to acute points Database entry: 491