The rugosa rose Fredrik Hellstrand, which was born from Louise Bugnet’s op seed, is not completely sterile as is commonly thought. The flowers are so densely multiple that pollinators cannot reach the pistil. When the flowers are emasculated they can be pollinated with pollen from another rose. However, FH does not accept pollen from all roses. Last year, I was able to successfully pollinate the rose only with pollen from the R. gallica Splendens and now I have 27 seedlings growing from that pollination. The pollination done with pollen from the (L83 x Pikkalan Kaunotar) x Suzanne rose less than two weeks ago seems to have been successful.
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