Rose photo courtesy of Huyustus

16/09/25 France

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Rose photo courtesy of Lance Mellon

According to Peter Beales, Roger Phillips, and Martyn Rix, this is the true Bloomfield Abundance, and those guys are the gurus, in my opinion. Whether or not it is a sport of Cecil Brunner is not the question (it may be). But these guys all list the small-budded, long-sepeled plant as the Bloomfield. And I have grown them both side by side, and I do see many differences. Cecile Brunner is rounded, early blooming, and stockier. The Bloomfield Abundance is spindlier, late blooming, and has those long sepals. Over here in CA, there is also quite a bit of controversy regarding this rose. People swear by the found, large pink rose now attributed to Bloomfield Abundance. But I will stick with the Beales, Phillips, etc, school as I have been observing them for years and see a difference and where that large pink rose came from is a mystery.

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Rose photo courtesy of Huyustus

16/09/25 France

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Rose photo courtesy of HubertG

Same bud, opening up. 16/9/25. I'm reserving my proper assessment of the fragrance for now as I have some hayfever, but my first impression is that it's fruity and reminded me of the scent of 'Mrs B R Cant'.

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