MONSTROUS buds & HUMUNGOUS blossoms of rich ruby red hold their durable brilliance from beginning to end. IMMENSE petals (just one can cover a child's palm) lend a classical Hybrid Tea bud shape, slowly spiraling open to a ruffled WHOPPER of a showstopper. LARGE lettuce-like leaves of an unusual red-green color gracefully enrobe the long cutting stems—in perfect proportion to the flower. Who needs a bouquet? It only takes one PRODIGIOUS posy to fill a vase. Most massive in the spring.

• Cultivarcv. WEKsiamia
• PatentPat.#21,816
• Plant HabitMedium to medium-tall
• Growth HabitUpright to slightly spreading
• Plant Height43" to 4¼'
• Stem LengthLong
• Disease ResistanceVery good
• Flower ColorResilient bright ruby red – sometimes kissed with ebony
• Bud FormBig, pointed & ovoid
• Flower SizeMassive, more than 5 and as large as 8 inches in diameter
• Petal CountAround 30
• Parentage(City of San Franscisco x Olympiad) x [Amalia x (Ingrid Bergman x All That Jazz)]
• HybridizerTom Carruth