Large mauve tepals have mauve tips with a raspberry tint which is also noticeable in veins. The flowers are gappy when fully developed. White filaments with pale yellow anthers. The tepals bend down at the side and the tips. 'Iunost' is the result of 'cocktail breeding' , 'Candida' x 'Kermesina', 'Lawsoniana' and C integrifolia and is reckoned by some to be one of the best 'pink' types. The name means 'youth'.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:	1.5 - 2.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	M A Beskaravainaja
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised:	r1967 n1970
Parentage:	'Candida' x 'Kermesina, 'Lawsoniana' and C integrifolia
Other name(s):	'Junost'; 'Junostj'
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 13-16cm Tepals: 4-6, 6-7cm long, 2-2.5cm wide, oblong-elliptic, gappy Database entry: 772
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	M A Beskaravainaja