Available from a few nurseries in UK and Europe.
Raised by Lemoine in Nancy, France in 1910.
An arendsii hybrid.
Named after the place and battle of Solferino.

An excellent cultivar which has been lost to cultivation in the past but makes a good garden plant with strong stems and beautiful heads of flower.
Should be grown more.

Tall – 81-100cm
Mid-season – 16th-31st July
colour
Very light purple
shape
Trullate
density
Loose
density of flowers
Loose
Colour Mid-green
Nodes Colour
Red and swollen
Surface
Matt