origination:
A. I. Skeivene, BG of Institut of Botany, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1958, more info here.
The is a discrepancy between the dates of Skeivene and Kapinos & Dubrov (1958 and 1947)
name in russian:
description of Kapinos & Dubrow (1993):
Skeivene-article in APS-Bulletin:
'Garbe Montinai' (1947). P. l. 'Tierre Recanoux' x 'Germaine Bigot'. Flowers pink with violet blush, double, 18-20 cm. diameter, very pleasantly fragrant. Blooms in mid-June, Plant luxuriant, with large leaves, 100 cm. high. Variety resistant to disease, hardy. Variety released for State testing in 1969.
