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Help me ID this Cabbage Rose!

Hello friends!

Please help me ID this 'cabbage' rose, it was a gift to my family from someone's mother in law's collection many years ago, so this plant was probably purchased/cloned in the 80s/90s or prior, though obviously the rose variety is much older.

It has a strong, sweet smell, not damask or lemony or apple-y. The blooms are around 3 inches across with many petals and light beige/cream outer petals with a pink center. It's got a very round, juicy bloom, not as round as an Eden but kind of heavy and juicy like Awakening's petals, if you know what I mean. It doesn't look like Eden or Awakening, just using those as a comparison, it does nod like Eden, rather than stiffly presenting like Awakening.

It's being trained in a funny kind of shape right now, I would definitely call it a climber, the canes aren't longer than 10 feet but it's in a small pot (5 gallon maybe?) so that might be restricting its cane size.

It's about 10 feet tall at the moment and probably would be as wide, but like I said it's purposefully being trained in kind of a silly shape as shown in the photos. It's pretty thorny, with evenly spaced thigh thorns and its leaves are more rounded than elongated.

Thanks for all your help!

u/HunnyBunnah — 3 days ago

The blossoms on this Salvia are pure drama! Cascading black buds curl upright to showcase blue flowers on black stems.

Black and Blue Salvia is native to parts of South America, hummingbirds love it and it grows like gangbusters in Northern California (zone 9-ish)

u/HunnyBunnah — 21 days ago