Description: Stiff upright habit, staying compact in a sunny position, dark green leaves, deep red flowers with a black blotch in neat trusses. Good in cold gardens.
Parentage: catawbiense Hybrid ?
Ultimate Height: 3.0 meters after 10 years
Flowering Period: This plants flowers in the North Hemisphere around May-June
Hardy in all but the coldest parts of Pacific Northwest and UK, France and northern Italy, around Bergen (Norway) and mildest parts of NE USA such as Cape Cod and parts of Long Island. (Please note.)