Beautiful plant. The flowers compliment the leaves. . . nice to see!

Ohhhhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyyyyy that is very beautiful !!!!! Rosie

Beautiful, I have been wanting this one for awhile.

There are a lot of AV's with "rose" in the name but this one is very apropo. Such a sweet, "girly" violet! Love it.

I couldn't agree more.

Imagine if you will,,,,,a lovely bride on her wedding day walking down the aisle holding this plant as her bouquet. Soft pink ribbons complimenting the color of the variegation and flowers. Bet this is one bouquet she will NOT throw ! Rosie

This is a beautiful plant!! :)

I used to grow Bridal Bouquet, but this Rose Bouquet is more suitable for its name, Bouquet". It has amazing variagation on its leaves, but easily survived Japanese summer, very tough hybrid.

This one is a masterpiece. Good Job!

What a lovely plant

Sure is lovely. Nice growing. Mine are still a couple of leaf pots. Always have trouble getting nice variegation here because it's so warm but I get some.

I am in an monsoon country (Japan). During summer time, this one is no longer a variageted hybrid...

wow! such a stunning plant!

but i am curious to see a pic of it in summer too - to compare the variegation.

do you have one by any chance to show us?

This was taken in October. Completely different leaves...

Same with me, Chip. Pretty much all of my variegated plants loose it over my hot summers and then it creeps back over the cooler months. Even so, I generally do not get the stunning variegation most see because even my winter temps are pretty mild and warm.

For the same reason I also get a lot different flowering. My Russians are often very dark with little white in the blooms in summer, then regain it in the cooler months. Same with my Optimara Harlequin. Here's a photo of my RS Rosinka in summer, versus autumn or spring and the third is over winter.

While this isn't leaf variegation, I wanted to show how changeable our AV's can be in variable temperatures. Both leaves and flowers. The above photos are all the same plant in the same year.

Then here is Honey Suckle Rose, not showing variegation in my summer heat.

Then here is the exact same plant about 6 months later over my winter.

I happen to love how changeable they are! Like having two plants in one. ;)

Hyn, we are in the same climate and I get similar things happening quite often. One plant that really holds a consistent leaf variegation though is Suncoast Lavender Silk.

so to be more specific: chip, what are your cooler temps (day/night) that bring this gorgeous leaf variegation?

and hyn, what are yours?

and also, what is the temperature variance between hot-cool seasons.

may be the it's not just the lower temps, but wider swing from day to night and from season to season?

i wonder if this can be tweaked to produce a certain degree of variegation?

like putting av's in a cooler/warmer rooms etc (with thermostats..)

Ohhhhh that Honeysuckle Rose is beautiful !!!! BOTH of them ! Rosie

Maintaing chill just for variegation in Georgia can be a costly idea. You need to keep a thermostat probably at 68-70F...

Thank you for wonderful photos. I totally agree on changes in their color hues in addition to leave variagation.

This is my Ness' Puppy Dreams in November. The weather was sill mild, and we didn't need wool sweaters.

Then the below was taken in March. White color dominates.

Another good example is my Amur Elite Sport.

In August:

In February:

During winter season, my AV are is maintained 15 degrees the lowest, 22 or 23 the highest. In summer, temperatures during day time rise up to 30 degrees even with air conditioning... Even though they lose leaf variagation, they can survive anyway.

Temps vary widely in my art studio by season. Up to 85 degrees in summer, though I try to keep it not higher than 80 now because of my streps. I can't always do it though even with a window AC unit added. In winter, temps can drop down into the 40's though 50's are more usual for lows in winter. Irina is so right. No way I will even try to keep things cool enough to keep variegation through my summer months. Not until I can move my collection down into a basement up in the mountains - which I hope to do later this year.

hyn,

so your AV's are kept at such lows in winter, say 48-55F at night? do you take them off wicks then? or they are underlights, so maybe some residual heat from fixtures keeps them warmer and growing? i'd think they need to be kept much drier for such low temps or they are in danger of rotting or powdery mildew (a few of mine got that in my absence, kept on wicks at 60-62F)

or you meant that low 40-50F outside?

No, I mean when it's 14 degrees outside it may drop into the 40's in the studio. But would be just for one night here or there because we rarely get anywhere near that cold in winter. Our lows are usually more in the 20's which would be around 50 degrees in my studio. Nope, I have no trouble with taking things off of wicks in winter nor any powdery mildew. The only time I ever have a brief brush with PM is usually in the autumn at the very end of summer when it's really hot and dry outside.

The only time I need to remove things from wicks is sometimes in the highest heat of summer. That's when my plants, and especially the streps, will tend to stall and be stressed. Usually my AV's are fine though once in a while I may get a sudden, random surprise in any weather but that's rare.

interesting! this gives me some ideas for south FL. I usually cannot help but pick up a few named special AV's there, but i keep them indoors in a/c . This year many days in Jan were at 70F -75F, with nites in low to mid 60F, occasionally to 55F. So in a shady position on a balcony with very bright light i might get some super variegation for the months of jan-feb..!