China
Crown form, sometimes anemone form occurs.
Flowers 14cm x 6cm, pink faintly purple (73-C);
the outer petals 2-whorled, large, soft, usually toothed, suffused with purple
at the base;
the inner petals narrowly long, soft, rugose, sparse; some petaloid filaments
bearing anthers
are present, some stamens grow among petals; pistils small or petaloid. Stalks
long, stiff,
flowers upright. Flowering midseason. Plant high, erect. Branches slender,
stiff. Leaves orbicular,
medium-sized, thick, sparse; leaflets ovate, shallowly lobed, apex acute.
Growth medium, flowers many.
Variety
is sold out in pots now but bare roots should
be available Sept 2009. Email to order.
