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Pink blooms on Chrysler Imperial, anyone?

Theresa McHarney

7 years ago

Has anyone else had their Chrysler Imperial bloom pink? I'm posting on behalf of my mum-in-law, who has been dying to have this rose. She got one from our friendly neighborhood nursery a year or two ago, and was devastated when it showed up pink instead of red, and minus the beautiful perfume. Mislabeled? or root stock? or could it just need food?

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LauraLG Z5b-NwPA

last year

My Chrysler Imperial often has a pinkish tone to it. Is this similar to the pink color you see on yours?

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seil zone 6b MI
7 years ago
Sorry to say that it probably was a mislabel. It does happen. I would let the nursery know. They may be willing to help you out with a new one.
Cori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Yeah I have never had a pink bloom on Chrysler Imperial. It could be rootstock though, which could then just be pulled off.

I'm not familiar enough with rootstock to know if there is a pink non fragrant rootstock, but maybe someone else can help with that? Did it have the typical red, fragrant blooms before? Or is this the first time it bloomed in one or two years?

Do you live close by your mom-in-law so you could go over and look at it to see if the cane with the pink bloom is from below the graft? Simply pull it off if it is. :)
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Heather Creel
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I am having the same issue! the nursery said it shouldn’t have bloomed at all yet (I planted from bare root) and it will be red next season

a month later it bloomed pink again

curious to see what next year brings…
fig_insanity Z7b E TN
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@Heather Creel It would be more unusual for CI to NOT bloom the first year from a bare root. Nearly every modern rose, including Chrysler Imperial, will form buds within a few weeks of planting. The only roses that don't would be once blooming roses that bloom only in Spring, and they bloom in their second Spring (usually). A pink bloom indicates it is NOT CI. Either the nursery is not wanting to replace the rose, or they know nothing about roses, period.

EDIT: Some climbing roses are reluctant to bloom their first year in ground, even if they are repeat bloomers. They will sometimes need to grow a good root system to support the future top growth. But that's not a problem the bush form of CI should have....at all.
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Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
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Does the bloom look like Chrysler imperial or could it have reverted to root stock?
Tututara Zone 7
last year
For me it has not. It is CI with red fragrant blooms. Here are pictures of blooms

from this month.

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