China
Rose form. Flowers 16cm x 6cm ; flowers double
coloured, with purplish red (61-C) and pink (38-D) on the same
plant or on the same branch and flower; petals stiff, regular, dark purple
basal blotches; stamens slightly petaloid;
pistils 9-11, floral discs purple. Stalks long, stiff, flowers upright. Flowering
midseason. Plant tall, erect. Branches
fairly slender, stiff. Leaves orbicular, medium-sized, stiff, slightly sparse;
leaflets ovate, acuminate at the apex; leaflets
with numerous shallowly-cut lobes growing with pink flowers; the leaflets
with a few deep-cut lobes growing with
purplish red flowers; leaves with two shapes appearing on the branches which
develop with the double coloured
flowers. Growth vigorous, flowers many. Classic variety. Very inconsistent
flowers on the same bush.
Might be blooms of pink and others are red and at the same time a few are
pink with streaks and patches of red.
As the plants matures, some are picture perfect with one half pink and the
other half red.
variety
is sold out in pots now but bare roots should
be available Sept 2008. Email to order.
