With superb leathery, glossy green leaves, McHardy forms typical urn shaped buds of a deep apricot colour from a golden base. The petal edge is distinctly coral. With all 45 petals unfolded, a huge bloom is formed with the outer petals having reflexed outwards and the inner petals filling the bloom. The bush grows stiffly upright to about chest height, giving space for each magnificent bloom to be admired