Purplish-red flowers with brown anthers on whitish filaments. 'Rahvaninne' is Estonian for 'Popular Front'.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jul Aug Sep (Oct)
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Uno Kivistik
Country of origin:	USSR/Estonia
Date raised:	r1985 f1988
Parentage:	'Ernest Markham' x 'Bal Tzvetov
Other name(s):	YOU ARE SO FRIENDLY
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 14-18cm Tepals: 6; 7-8cm long, broadly elliptic, overlapping, tip recurved, margin wavy Database entry: 387
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	Uno and Aili Kivistik