origination:
BESS BOCKSTOCE (Bockstoce, 1955) - Double - Light Pink - Early - Hybrid. Medium height. Good stems. A cross of an officinalis with albiflora on a 1F single red with an albiflora double white or pink. Bulletin 136
Elizabeth Babb:
Bess Bockstoce (Bockstoce, 1955) Deep Pink, full double, early, 33" tall, hybrid. Flower opens deep pink then outer petals fade while the tightly packed inner petals retain the deep pink color for a very unusual effect. Hard to find. Limited.
Svetlana Poperechnaya 2006:
Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk: index plantarum 2007, available under [link]: listed as 'Bass Beckstoce'
