Description: Tall bushy variety, dark green curved leaves, double deep lilac flowers, Very hardy and vigorous. Flowers last longer in light shade. Recommended alternative to R. ponticum - better colour, as tough, and not an invasive weed!
Parentage: catawbiense x ponticum
Ultimate Height: 4.0 meters after 10 years
Flowering Period: This plants flowers in the North Hemisphere around May-June
Somewhere between Hardy anywhere in the UK and moderate parts of Europe such as Holland, southern Sweden, coastal Denmark, favourable parts of Germany etc, moderate parts of NE USA and eastern Canada. AND Hardy in colder parts of Germany and Scandinavia, New York, Nova Scotia, etc. (Please note.)