Upright leaves, open habit. Bright red petioles. Pale lavender flowers in July. Hard to find.
Red petiole stems. Red stems, upright.
Large upright plant, leaves deep green with bright purple-red petioles. Flowers pale lavendar.
Deep green leaves with bright red petioles form a clump with an open and upright growing habit. Pale lavender flowers in midsummer.
This is a plant from Van Sellers who did some very interesting hybridizing back in the 80's. It's probably an open-pollenated nigrescens seedling chosen for it's strongly red petioles. Available off and on, it is a good plant for working with red color in hybridizing.