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Oldgardenrose wrote:
That is one I refer to as "similar to" florentina. I saw in the last HIPS journal on pg 27 one of almost identical color and form but it is listed as an IB rebloomer. 'White Autumn King', Sass 1935. My white has an ice-blue tint when you look closely at it and a faint aroma close to the nose but I would not identify it since it was found naturalized in a vacant area. Someone may have just dumped some trash at one time or another and it survived and multiplied.

I have another of the type you seek but also it has no name yet. Very close to 'Copper Lustre'. The color in the pic is off by quite a bit from true due to my
camera adding a rose tint in bright sunlight. The standards are more of a tan or light brown and the falls begin as a copper color changing to a darker brown about midway.