Thanks Kim. Really, any way to “tame” it from being a climber is a good thing for me, something more shrub form even 5 x 4 with less prickles because it has vicious thorns would even be a plus. I just like the size 3-4 by 3-4, it’s very “neat” and a good size for most gardens imo.
I’m still waiting on my ‘RdlH’ seeds in the fridge so I need to wait to see what kind of crosses they were, ‘Stanwell Perpetual’ or ‘Plaisanterie’ or something else completely. The latter I’m assuming would be either gorgeous or a mutant so I’m bracing myself. Not all are entirely to “the plan”, part of me just wants to cross ‘Plaisanterie’ with everything just because it sets so many hips and I’m just obsessed.
As far as mini’s - I have been wanting to get ‘Joycie’ for a long time, but I’m not sure it can be grown here no-spray. I’m not sure many minis here can be grown no-spray!I just scrapped up enough money to buy an ‘Unconditional Love’ which should be coming in April. I completely forgot to include it on the list. I’ll probably be exploring with that if I can and will cross ‘Plaisanterie’ with that as well.
Any suggestions on healthier mini’s for the mid-atlantic?
Thanks Jadae, I don’t think it’s very ambitious, I will probably end up using my finger for a lot of crosses, just kind of brush pollen on things, so it probably will be more casual pairings…I’ll try being “technical” with emasculation and such but I’m terrible with timing so we’ll see how that will go. I haven’t had much success keeping seedlings either so I’ll probably only end up with a few…
Thanks with the triploid thing. I was thinking of doing crosses both ways just to make sure, so that should be okay. I’m trying to think which of mine are triploid,
‘Softee’
‘Hazeldean’
any others? I’ll need to check on hmf. Mildew can be gross here sometimes, two of my I believe to be Sven OP seedlings were entirely mildewy and gross half the summer, but one was not and I’ve planted that one. It had a lavender flower, probably a lot like it’s parent plant. foliolosa has really impressed me, I received some babies from Paul Barden and even being just a stick and young their autumn foliage was still quite noticeable. I like that the plant supposed to not get very big.
I’m hoping ‘String of Pearls’ might be usable, thank you for that one Kim, it seems interesting, I have quite a few things that are still too young to use. It’s quite sad really…
But miniatures then, besides ‘Unconditional Love’ are there any minis out there that could be grown no-spray here in Maryland? I’m not sure there are too many.
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