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It resembles a yellow Irish Elegance, nearly like an Irish Elegance sport I recently observed.
Original on top, the lower two the more yellow mutation.
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This seedling was culled for basically lack of excellence. Golden Wings is such an incredible plant that I doubt it can be improved upon. lol
But I have TWO seedling from OP hips off it growing this season, and I’m willing to be proven wrong!
I have wondered which of the yellow Pimpinellifoliae would be most desireable to work with (health and color saturation on a rose that could survive my Texas climate).
Have you tried any controlled crosses that might maintain or reinforce the color saturation?
Even though GW sets lovely large orange hips every year, I haven’t had enough germination from the OP seeds to really bother using it as a female. I might use it’s pollen on a few things this summer just to see.
You could go right back to 'R. spinosissima lutea' Rose there’s a couple USA gardens with it so might be worth tracking down.
I got it last season it’s a pretty deep yellow and sets (black) hips easily.
I’m in Australia so possibly not too far off climate wise and it’s doing well here. Should start seeing germination soon(ish) couple other spino (eg Irish Rich Marbled) have started germinating.
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