Connecticut is a lovely variety which I've grown on a couple of occasions. This is one variety I can usually identify in an Optimara grouping as the color is rather unique. The leaves will no doubt grow larger. My plants were not sucker happy so hopefully yours will settle down now they've been separated.

I have one that i believe is conneticut, not a sucker in sight....

now, pink dove, i just pulled 7 suckers off, and rob's love bite had even more...

Interesting to know that what you guess to be CT has not suckered. My Rob's Love Bite has never suckered, it has remained in a single whorl, it is close to two years old. (I have wondered if it was mislabeled.)

By the way, the local grower who supplies the store where I got the Connecticut sometimes produces O plants that seem to be nothing by collections of suckers, with barely a whorl in sight. We have had discussions speculating about why this happens in our club. Some members drive out to the farm to pick up a quantity if they need them for a sale to the public. They can view the plants' growing conditions. They concluded that sometimes the plants are grown under stressed conditions, that is when they sucker. But that is just a theory. I will try to remember to report back the progress. Joanne