This is a very showy bloom! The first blooms of the year are sometimes single, though later blooms are very full and ruffled. I planted mine on the same trellis as an older dark purple Jackmanii, and the contrast between the two is very striking. I had envisioned the Proteus and Jackmanii blooming together, but thus far the Proteus has stayed fairly small, around 2 feet tall, while the Jackmanii has spread past the top of the trelllis and throughout the branches of the Redbud tree behind it. It is still a striking effect when they both bloom, but an entirely different effect than I'd planned. I think some radical pruning of the Jackmanii is in order.

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