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Do AVs' first bloomings sometimes not bloom true?

8 years ago

I swear I posted this earlier, but it never showed up here.

I'm not so new to AVs, but certainly no expert. I had a beautiful pinkish lavender one with purple spots and specks quite a few yrs ago. It ended up dying. Don't know its name and can't remember where I got it. I know it was not online tho. I always loved it and wanted to replace it plus add some more. I bought a bunch of new ones a few yrs ago between eBay and the Violet Barn. Lost a lot of them. My problem is I tend to forget to water them! Plus my cats like to chew on them. Well, the few that survived, never bloomed until now. Or at least most of them didn't. I had a garden window put in last yr and what a difference it has made! They're thriving like crazy. But... my question is... can these first bloomings be untrue to the characteristic of the named variety? See, I'm more of a rose nut. I grow over 1700 roses and many are bought as rooted cuttings. I notice that some of those new baby own-root roses often will not bloom the true colors of the rose... sometimes until the second or third cycle of blooms. So can this happen with AVs? I ask because the ones pictured below do not look much like their namesakes. Some are the spotted & speckled ones.

This one was taken in early Feb, and it's pretty much spent now. Was supposed to be FUNAMBULE, which is a deep purple with lighter specks and spots. This clearly has not specks or spots. The photo is not great, as I had to use a flash. It's actually not that BLUE.

This one is supposed to be HEAVEN'S REFLECTION which also should have specks and spots.

This one is supposedly SKY AZURE, which looked online to be more lavender than this light blue, and has slightly ruffled greenish-white picotee edging.

This one was supposed to be MAGIC CHARM which also should have some purple specks and spots. Looks like it might be barely showing a bit of that at the upper edge on the first shot.


So, what do you guys think? Will these bloom true later on, or are they mismarked... or what???

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