Predominant Flower Color:  Red

Flower/Truss Description:  Flower openly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, 2½" across, strong red with dark garnet blotch. Held in ball-shaped truss of 13-15 flowers.

Fragrant:  No

Bloom Time:  Late

Foliage Description / Plant Habit:  Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic, acute with apiculus, cuneate base, 5½" long, flat, dark green, retained 2 years. Rounded, well-branched shrub.

Height:  4 feet in 10 years.

Cold Hardiness Temp:  -10°F  ( -23°C)

Parentage  (Seed Parent x Pollen Parent): 
     maximum x thomsonii ssp thomsonii

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):  E

Hybridized or Selected by:  Knippenberg

Registration Reference:  ARS 842

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.