* Nosferatu

A very fine semi-evergreen tetraploid from Curt Hanson, he registered this one in 1990. With 6-inch dark purple-red flowers atop 26-inch tall scapes, it makes quite a show at the corner of one our beds, though we wish it started earlier than in the middle season.

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