Bijou della Garza

van Houtte, 1846-1847, Catalogue, 27:20 as ‘Bijou de la Garza’: Formal double, deep cerise, all the petals widely blotched with white, and almost striped at the centre by an equally white band. The petals are slightly curled and evenly concave and are cerise on the reverse. Berlèse, 1849, Annales de la Société Central d’Horticulture de Paris, vol.40, p.231: Flower, formal double, a deep carmine red splashed with white. Petals, broad, cupped, rounded, a little notched, numerous, well imbricated, all extensively blotched or striped longi­tudunally with a ribbon of white. Originated in Italy by G. Ugoni. Orthographic variant: ‘Bijou de la Garza’.