Lasurstern

A very early and abundantly flowering variety. Attractive, large, lavender-blue flowers with nicely contrasting yellow stamens appear from mid-May to June and then continue until the end of summer. It looks especially lovely combined with yellow-flowering azaleas or yellow-leaved shrubs.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers large, 15–20 cm in diameter, lavender-blue, made up of 6–8 sepals with a lighter stripe during flowering and a pale violet underside with a white stripe. The stamens have yellow anthers on whitish filaments. It flowers abundantly in V–VI, more lightly in VIII–IX. Leaves simple or ternate.

HOW IT GROWS: climbs using leaf stalks. It grows moderately strongly, reaching 2–3 m in height.