Book  (Aug 2002)  Page(s) 54.  
 
Lavender Pinocchio
Rated 5.8

Website/Catalog  (22 Dec 1998)  Page(s) 30.  Includes photo(s).
 
Lavender Pinocchio Floribunda. Boerner 1948. Description... A uniquely colored flower of lilac pink with an undertone of cappuccino brown...

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 249.  Includes photo(s).
 
Lavender Pinocchio Cluster-flowered. Bred by Eugene Boerner and introduced by Jackson & Perkins in 1948. Parentage: 'Pinocchio' x 'Grey Pearl'. Description... the color is not a straight lavender, but pleasingly mixed with café au lait tones...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 306.  
 
Floribunda, mauve, 1948, 'Pinocchio' x 'Grey Pearl'; Boerner; J&P. Bud ovoid, light choclate-olive-brown; flowers pink-lavender, double (28 petals), large (3-3 1/2 in.) blooms in clusters; fragrant; vigorous, bushy, compact growth,

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 137.  Includes photo(s).
 
A large-flowered brownish-lavender Floribunda with a bushy habit. Much used in breeding because of its unusual colours. Boerner (USA) 1948. ('Pinocchio' x 'Grey Pearl') Flowers throughout summer. Height: 60 cm (2 ft.) Some scent.

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 123.  
 
'Lavender Pinocchio'  Short  Lavender  pink  Remontant     P4   H2 
Raised by Eugene  Boerner and introduced by  J & P in 1948, 'Lavender Pinocchio' revived hopes of a blue rose. It has rather small semi-double flowers, light lavender pink, very pretty with their yellow stamens; it is much better grown under glass than outdoors in the British climate. It was derived from 'Pinocchio' x 'Grey Pearl'.

Book  (1953)  Page(s) 20.  
 
Harry H. Hazlewood.  The New Roses of 1953. 
Lavender Pinocchio (Boerner 1948). Rather large semi-double blooms for the type and as flowered here, a dull slaty colour which, strangely enough, appeals to numbers of growers.

Website/Catalog  (1953)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Novelty Roses 1953. Lavender Pinocchio Hyb. Poly. (Boerner, 1948.) Large semi-double blooms in clusters which, in a cool climate, might justify the term lavender, but so far only a dull, slaty grey has been seen here. 8/6 each.

Article (magazine)  (Dec 1951)  Page(s) 22.  
 
'Grey Pearl', a controversial item in itself and of no distinguished popularity, has mothered a new and distinctly fashionable group of hybrids... Greying a color or shading, brings new color qualities not available with pure pigments. That is what 'Grey Pearl' contributes, as illustrated in the smoky pink-lavender of Lavender Pinocchio.