Principessa di Borbone

Floricoltura Lago Maggiore, Catalogue, 2002, p.25, colour photo p.27; Formal double, with 60-70 petals. Intense pink when just opened, ageing to light pink in the centre. Upright, fast, shrubby growth. Oval leaves with cuspidate apex. Originated by Floricoltura Lago Maggiore, Cerro di Laveno, Italy in 1993 and dedicated to HRH Princess Camilla Crociani of Borbone. Italian CS, Notiziario, 2002, No.1, p5 with colour photo; Leaves 9.5-13 cm x 5.5-7.5 cm, mid-green. Plant is sun tolerant in summer. Synonym ‘F.L.M. Principessa di Borbone’.