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'Lavender Mist' rose Reviews & Comments
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10 FEB 24 by
 Kim Rupert
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There appears to have been a confusion between what is shown as "Mystic Mauve" and what Armstrong Roses sold as that rose back when it was introduced. There is NO way Angel Face X Allspice could produce a polyantha type flower on a short plant. What I purchased from Armstrong and grew back in the early 1980s was a stiff caned climber with large, mauve, double flowers, not this obvious multiflora derivative. When, where or by whom the confusion occurred, I have no idea, but what is pictured is NOT the "Mystic Mauve" Armstrong released forty-plus years ago.
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#1 of 7 posted
11 FEB 24 by
jedmar
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Could it be that the synonym 'Lavender Mist' as reported in Modern Roses for 'Mystic Mauve' is incorrect, that these are two distinct roses?
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#2 of 7 posted
11 FEB 24 by
Kim Rupert
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That could well be the case. Jan's Brentwood Garden lists Mystic Mauve. I've messaged her to inquire if she has the original large flowered variety.
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#3 of 7 posted
11 FEB 24 by
jedmar
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It seems the synonym is correct, but the plant in commerce in USA as 'Lavender Mist' is not the original variety. Bloom size in commerce is 1", not large, the rest of the description does not fit either. We are separating it into a new listing. Photos from Australia would also be welcome.
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#4 of 7 posted
11 FEB 24 by
Kim Rupert
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Thank you. I'm glad you also see the issue with this listing. I hope the original Mystic Mauve is still around as it was nice in its own right.
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#5 of 7 posted
11 FEB 24 by
Kim Rupert
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I heard back from Jan's Brentwood Garden. She received her plant from Rogue Valley Roses as this one of these synonyms so either RVR confused the two or they also have the wrong rose. Once they are separated, the photos of the poly should be moved to the new page, please.
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#6 of 7 posted
11 FEB 24 by
jedmar
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Photos moved. But what is the polyantha actually?
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#7 of 7 posted
11 FEB 24 by
Kim Rupert
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It looks like versions of the various Mignonette or something out of Mike Lowe's Abigail Adams (The Gift X Sweet Chariot). It's very early multiflora poly looking. It could even be something out of Ralph Moore's Blue Mist. Some of the photos also resemble Lavender Cover. Comparing the photos on the RVR site with those here, it's rather variable. It's likely something Rogue Valley obtained through absorbing one of the other nurseries they absorbed over the decades. I've contacted them to alert them their attribution of it being the Christensen large flowered climber is in error and that it had been separated into its own page here. Who knows if that will have any effect? They still have MANY roses they absorbed from Ashdown over a decade ago for which there is only a name entry with no information, no description, no photos, no nothing.
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