Hope for Humanity a good parent?

General Discussion
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Anyone work with this rose to achieve hardy red roses?

Is it a fertile rose accepting of pollen?

Does it produde o/p hips?

What size are the hips, and how much seed do they yield?

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Dee,

I made my first crosses with ‘Hope for Humanity’ this year with ‘Henry Kelsey’ and ‘Morden Sunrise’. The latter is an experiment to obtain bicolours. I don’t expect to get disease resistant progeny from this cross.

Yes, it is very fertile as a pistillate parent. I can’t say yet how well the seeds germinate. It likely produces o.p. hips. The hips are relatively small, about 3/4" in diameter. My hips aren’t mature yet, so I don’t know how many seeds they contain. My guess is 10 - 12.

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I ordered humanity for this fall, good to hear it is fertile! Thanks for the info. Paul, does it have any BS or PMD?

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I ordered humanity for this fall, good to hear it is fertile! Thanks for the info. Paul, does it have any BS or PMD?

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Timothy,

‘Hope for Humanity’ in cold climates (Zone 3) is relatively disease resistant. Apparently in some warmer climates though, it can get some blackspot.

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Tim, please note that “Humanity” and “Hope for Humanity” are two different roses.

Rob

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Yeah I discovered that last night. :slight_smile: it’s a differ rose.