Romantica

A variety with striking, purple-red, very dark, almost black flowers, brightened by pale yellow stamens. It blooms profusely in summer, then more sparsely in autumn.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Medium-sized flowers, diameter 12 cm, dark violet, almost black, becoming purple-red during flowering, consisting of 6 oval, pointed sepals, greyish purple-red underneath, with a lighter stripe running through the middle. Stamens with yellowish green anthers on greenish grey filaments. It flowers abundantly in July on the current year's shoots and continues flowering until September, though less profusely. The leaves consist of 5-9 leaflets.

HOW IT GROWS: climbs by means of leaf stalks. It grows moderately vigorously, reaching 2-2.5 m in height.