Has anyone had any luck with a bracteata and roxburghii cross? (I might add abyssinica in the equation as well)
I want to do an experiment with genetic range, and apparently they are all very distantly related.
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All three are species I had in the past fantasized about working with, and having seen photos of Rosa abyssinica in the desert mountains of Northeast Africa that is one that I continue to covet. I know of only one accession in the U.S.A..
More than roxburghii, I now covet R. hirtula.
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Even though I am in South Africa and closer to the source, from what I can see Abyssinica is just as rare here. Luckily Mr Taschner at Ludwigs roses keeps a bunch of wild rose species including a single massive Abyssinica rose plant and he lets people take cuttings, so Iām hopeful I could maybe get some.
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