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'Frankie'

Nodding, bell-shaped, mid-blue flowers with white staminodes, the outer ones tipped blue. Raised by Frank Meecham in Lincolnshire, UK.

Group: Atragene group
Approximate height: 2.5 - 4.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Apr May
Aspect: Any aspect
Pruning: No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by: Frank Meecham
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Date raised: rc1990 i1991
Parentage: alpina x unknown
Other name(s): alpina 'Frankie'; ochotensis 'Frankie'

Further detail:

Tepals: 5cm long, lanceolate to broadly elliptic, long-pointed