Mid mauve-blue flowers with a rose-pink bar. White filaments, brown anthers. Fruit heads persistent. Named after a Japanese government official.

Group: Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: 2.0 - 2.5 metres
Flowering period(s): May Jun Aug Sep
Aspect: Any aspect
Pruning: Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by: Charles Welch
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Date raised: r2002 n2008 i2009
Parentage: The President x Hagley Hybrid
Other name(s): None known

Further detail:

Flower diameter: 10-15cm
Tepals: 8; 5cm long, 2.5cm wide, elliptical, overlapping, mucronate
Leaves: ternate