Belinda X OP seedling

General Discussion
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The links below are to pictures of one of my seedlings:

Belinda X OP.

It does not get disease and is winter hardy in my no spray, zone 5 garden. It is a once bloomer. I do not have any deliberate crosses with it. I will have to measure its pollen diameter (once we get some dry weather).

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4JkqvzUiVBxhn4uddF93lA?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HeMFHz_R_q3G9q3FkwH5PA?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wDZifb8SZBoD89j-vwJr5Q?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Lq517_7H2uFAMRXbJ0t0lg?feat=directlink

The following link shows the long thin leaves that it has:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3NqnN1_jAGCzbUaEkXUmSA?feat=directlink

Belinda’s parentage is listed as unknown. What do the leaves remind anyone of?

Link: picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4JkqvzUiVBxhn4uddF93lA?feat=directlink

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Nice. Curious that it’s a once bloomer, perhaps a chance cross with the endemic multiflora?

As far as parentage goes, Belinda would have to be related to Robin Hood or Ballerina I would guess to venture. I’ve always been fond of ol’ Robin Hood.

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Just a note regarding ‘Robin Hood’ in North America. The rose often sold as that cultivar is actually ‘Belinda’. Most people who purchase this rose don’t have a clue, of course, that they got the wrong cultivar.

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I know for me, Robin Hood is a true climber… (I know she trims hers back every year). I guess Belinda is a shrub type.

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A very beautiful seedling Henry - congratulations!

I think that I would just cross it with whatever you liked and not worry about ploidy - although it would be interesting to know.

Jim Sproul