Gross… thanks for the quick responses!!
Petals that hold too long are not a fault in cut flower varieties, for obvious reasons.
In general, petals that go green don’t shatter.
Robert, what do you mean by ‘go green’?
“what do you mean by ‘go green’?”
Petals that don’t drop and become green as they age.
‘Green Ice’, is one example, but there are many.
Silvia, a Poulsen Patio rose, does the same-gorgeous yellow,then every flower turns green for about a month, then a month or so later they all turn into little brown fuzzy lollypops-if it is pruned (must be pruned) it goes into another bloom cycle, first yellow, then green, and again forever brown. The cooler weather really brings out the green. The yellow does last quite a while, to be fair, but the green and brown are a little off putting, and if not pruned, I think that rose would be happy to bloom only once or at most twice a year, hanging on to it’s brown lollypops.
In my opinion petals that don’t drop are a nightmare for those breeding cultivars for garden use. The characteristic seems to shows up spontaneously. It seems to be lurking in the genome.
“petals that don’t drop… seems to shows up spontaneously.”
Rose sp flowers last from a few hours (i.e. four here for summer flowers on rugosa) to up to five days.
Garden roses were selected for slow opening long lasting flowers.
“petals that don’t drop” are over or bad expression of characteristics we are breeding for.
Does anyone recognize this one? It looks like a hybrid musk to me. I’m fairly sure this is the dad to a green Prosperity seedling I have.
It has freaky sepals x_X
Paul Barden wrote earlier in this thread-
‘Sheri Anne’ gives a percentage of green seedlings, FYI<<
Paul,
I really appreciate information like this. I have looked around, but cannot locate any source for ‘Sheri Anne’ in my country.
Are you able to suggest any other alternatives that tend to produce green seedlings, from your own observations.
George.