Sunday, June 24, 2018

Revisit: Sorocco House Lavender

I already talked about this rose before, but the older the plant gets the more fascinating it gets. I bought the rose at the Sacramento City Cemetery Open Garden rose sale in 2018. Sorocco House Lavender is a found rose, meaning that the identity is lost.
Most of the blooms last year were similar to these:

A few in the fall and early this spring were like this:
Lately they have been more like this:




I find it amazing how different the roses can be from one rose bush. Is it any wonder that a solid identification may never happen? It is believed to be very similar to Mme. Lombard, if not the same, but the only way to know a hundred percent would be genetic testing.

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