| Originator/Registrant: | Felix Crousse |
| Year of Registration or Introduction: | 1892 |
| Cultivar Group (Type): | Lactiflora |
| Season of bloom: | Midseason (week 4) |
| Flower Form: | Full Double |
| Flower Color: | Pink |
| Flower color description: | Immense, heart-shaped guard petals and a broad, serrated crown of pale flesh-pink, darkening to rose-pink, develops in the center; collar is composed of a few short petals mixed with many yellow stamens. Free-flowering; stems lax at base. |
| Flower size: | Very large |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
| Plant Height: | 36 to 39 inches (.9-1 m) |
| Plant Spread: | 24-36 inches |
| Fruit: | Dehiscent |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| aspenhill | On April 18, 2016 | Obtained plant Lowes - qty 1 |
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