Large, purple-violet flowers with a redder bar. Red-brown anthers on cream filaments. Apparently named to remind us of the deep waters of the Baltic Sea.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Flowering period(s):	May Jun Aug
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Stefan Franczak
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised:	r1970 f1975 i1988
Parentage:	Unknown
Other name(s):	None known
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 14-18cm Tepals: 8; 6.5cm long, 3.5cm wide, broadly elliptic, pointed Database entry: 693
People:  Click the name(s) for information about:
	Brother Stefan Franczak