Species.  Purple to lavender, cream reverse, cream stamens.  Small, single, curved tip, nodding, pitcher-shaped bloom form.  Midsummer to midautumn.  USDA zone 4b and warmer.  Height of 16" (40 cm).   Unknown American origin (1875).

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Group 3, Herbaceous Group.  Blue, yellow center.  Moderate fragrance.  Medium, bell-shaped bloom form.  Early-to-late summer.  Height of up to 32" (up to 80 cm).   Friedrich Manfred Westphal (1996).

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Early Small Flowered, Evergreen.  White.  Single, overlapping bloom form.  Early spring.  USDA zone 8b through 9b.  Height of 3" to 5" (8 to 13 cm).   Unknown in New Zealand (1975).

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Early Small Flowered, Group 1, Montana Group.  Pink, mauve shading.  Single, bowl-shaped bloom form.  Late spring to early summer.  USDA zone 7b through 9b.  Height of 15' (455 cm).   Percy Picton (1960).

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Group 3, Herbaceous Group, Late, Small-flowered.  Pink.  Mild fragrance.  Single, bell-shaped, nodding, twisted petals bloom form.  USDA zone 3b through 9b.  Height of 2' to 4' (60 to 120 cm).   Magnus Johnson (1952).

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Group 3, Herbaceous Group, Late, Small-flowered.  Lilac, blue shading.  Almond fragrance.  Single, hyacinth-shaped, tubular bloom form.  Midsummer to early autumn.  USDA zone 5b through 9b.  Height of 3' to 5' (90 to 150 cm).   Victor Lemoine (1900).

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Group 3, Large-flowered.  Mauve.  Sometimes striped.  Medium, single bloom form.  Early to midsummer.  USDA zone 8b and warmer.  
Height: 6'7" to 9'10" (200 to 300cm).   Raymond J. Evison (2000), Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (2000).

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Atragene Group, Early Small Flowered, Group 1.  Single, nodding bloom form.  Late spring to early summer.  USDA zone 5b through 9b.  Height of 6½' to 8' (200 to 245 cm).   Magnus Johnson (1979).

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Pink, darker edges.  Single, overlapping bloom form.  USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Height of 6' to 10' (185 to 305 cm).   Ken Pyne (1987).

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Group 2, Large-flowered, Mid-season.  Violet, purple stripes, ages to mauve .  Single bloom form.  Mid-to-late summer.  USDA zone 4b through 9b.  
Height: 8' to 10' (245 to 305cm).   Thomas Cripps and Son (1912).

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USDA zone 2a and warmer.  

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USDA zone 2a and warmer.  

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Group 3.  Mauve - purple.  Small to medium, twisted petals bloom form.  Late spring to midsummer, early autumn.  Height of 3' to 4' (90 to 120 cm).   Raymond J. Evison (1999), Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (1999).

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Early Large Flowered.  Lilac, darker center.  Single bloom form.  Late spring to early summer, late summer.  USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Height of 6' to 8' (185 to 245 cm).   Percy Picton (1974).

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Group 3, Viticella Group.  Red, purple shading.  Small, bell-shaped, star-shaped bloom form.  Early summer to early autumn.  Height of 8' 2" to 9' 10" (250 to 300 cm).   Wim Snoeijer (1999).

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Group 3, Late Large Flowered.  Light pink, lilac shading, deep pink stripes.  Medium, single bloom form.  Midsummer to early autumn.  USDA zone 2a and warmer.  Height of 4' 11" to 6' 7" (150 to 200 cm).   Uno Kivistik (1986), Aili Kivistik (1986).

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Group 3, Late Large Flowered.  Dark purple, violet-red stripes.  Single bloom form.  Midsummer to early autumn.  USDA zone 2a and warmer.  Height of 9' 10" to 13' 1" (300 to 400 cm).   M. I. Orlov (1966).

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Group 3, Texensis-Viorna Group.  Blue, white reverse, blue stamens.  Large, bell-shaped, semi-nodding bloom form.  Late summer to early autumn.  Height of 8' 2" to 9' 10" (250 to 300 cm).   Barry Fretwell.

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Atragene Group, Early Small Flowered, Group 1, Macropetala Group.  White.  Double, nodding bloom form.  Late spring, late summer.  USDA zone 3b through 9b.  Height of 7' (215 cm).   Barry Fretwell (1969).

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Early Small Flowered, Evergreen, Group 1.  White.  Single, overlapping bloom form.  Early-to-midspring.  USDA zone 7b through 9b.  Height of up to 20' (up to 610 cm).   George JACKMAN & Son.

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Early Large Flowered.  White.  Strong fragrance.  Single, semi-double bloom form.  Late spring to early summer, late summer to early autumn.  USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Height of 8' to 10' (245 to 305 cm).   Vince & Sylvia Denny (1983).

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Early Large Flowered.  Violet and blue, silver(y) shading.  Single, notched, overlapping bloom form.  Late spring to early summer, late summer.  USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Height of 7' to 8' (215 to 245 cm).   Arthur H. Steffen (1975).

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USDA zone 2a and warmer.   Unknown in Tibet.

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Group 3, Late Large Flowered.  Dark purple, darker anthers.  Large, single, star-shaped bloom form.  Early summer to early autumn.  Height of 8' 2" to 9' 10" (250 to 300 cm).   Raymond J. Evison (2002), Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (2002).

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