Dusky deep purple buds swirl open to very double old-fashioned flowers of velvet plum washed with a haze of sultry smoke. The intense clove fragrance can nearly bowl you over. Beautiful deep, green foliage. Gets all the better with establishment.

• CultivarWEKsmopur
• PatentPat.#18,850
• Plant HabitMedium
• Growth HabitCompact, rounded
• Plant Height24 to 32 inches
• Stem LengthMedium
• Disease ResistanceVery good
• Flower ColorSmoked deep plum purple
• Bud FormPointed to globular
• Flower SizeMedium (about 3 to 4 inch diameter)
• Petal CountOver 35
• Parentage(Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile) x Stephen's Big Purple] x [(International Herald Tribune x Rosa soulieanna derivative) x (Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile)
• HybridizerTom Carruth