Large, open sprays of purple magenta blooms, fading to shades of purple, mauve and violet-grey. They have a rich perfume and plentiful green moss. A tall, vigorous shrub with thorny stems and dark green foliage; it can also be trained as a climber. Laffay, 1855. Very fragrant, large, semi-double, deep magenta-purple blooms, 9cm across, open from heavily-mossed buds, then fade to greyish-purple, once-flowering in midsummer. H 2-2.5m x W 2m.
