light pink to cerise, re flexed petals, pendulous, fragrant, flecked, late summer
Roots
bulb
Dimensions
3-4 feet
Maintenance
may need staking
Native Site
Japan and China
Cultivar Origin
Carried from its native Asia to Europe by von Siebold in 1828. The English periodical Botanical Register described it: "surely if there is anything, not human, which is magnificent in beauty, it is this plant." Grown in America by the 1850's (#164)