Predominant Flower Color:  Purple

Flower/Truss Description:  Flower openly funnel-shaped, slightly wavy lobed, 3" across, strong purple with many greenish-yellow spots on dorsal lobes. Held in ball-shaped truss with 12 - 15 blooms.

Fragrant:  No

Bloom Time:  Late Midseason

Foliage Description / Plant Habit:  Leaves elliptic to ovate, acute apex, cuneate-rounded base, slightly recurved margins, about 5" long, mid green, reddish-brown stems. Broad, upright grower.

Height:  5 feet in 10 years.

Cold Hardiness Temp:  -15°F  ( -26°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 
     Catawbiense Grandiflorum x Arthur Bedford

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):  E

Hybridized or Selected by:  Hachmann, Hans

Registration Reference:  RHS 89

Glossary of plant description terminology.
Note: Bloom time and 10 year height information are approximate and can vary dependent on weather and growing conditions.
Cold hardiness temperature is also an approximate value.