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It seems more efficient to do this as a general comment than to repost it to every photo, since there are so many. Virtually all pictures here are NOT of Alcea rugosa, which is a perennial species of hollyhock with light yellow non-double blooms. To my eye, only the pics shared by Calif_Sue, RuuddeBlock, and Joy are accurate.

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~Christopher

While what was sold by Vintage Gardens as 'Nouveau Monde' is the rose shown in Steve812's picture, that rose isn't the true 'Nouveau Monde'. The original rose by that name was a purple Gallica. The rose Vintage Gardens obtained from Europe is a large once-blooming pink Hybrid China. I was the only person posting pictures of this rose on HelpMeFind, and the admins there decided to create a new file for the imposter that was sold under that name -- "Nouveau Monde -- in commerce as" -- for the sake of accuracy. It's a fine plant, even if it's not the original. And I'm ecstatic that someone else has it -- so far, that makes only five I know of in the US, but surely there are more.

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~Christopher