I wanted to make this page so we can all share interesting seedlings that sprout this year as well as thoughts on this seasons crosses.
Here is one of mine! It is tuscany Superb X R. Woodsii. One of my long term goals is to make a bunch of OGR crosses with woodsii to make similar seedlings that will thrive better in the USA, due to the broad growth range of R. Woodsii. Plus i think the leaf, stem, and petal color of R. Woodsii is beautiful. Here is hoping this seedling is a good one! I have another on the way!
I have easy access to nutkana and gymnocarpa plants all around Nanaimo, and have been back-burner pondering what I could do with them. Gymnocarpa in particular has such a tiny, airy habit to it that I love to see in the woods.
Love the idea of that cross and great to see it’s germinating! I hope you’ll get something interesting out of it.
Last season I raised several continuous flowering seedlings from Temple Bells (a wichurana miniature hybrid) X Musquee sans souci (a moschata hybrid, big shrub). The most interesting seedling was quite self-incompatible; I crossed it with some modern roses, just to see what would come out of it. Almost all crosses took. I just stratified so no germination yet. They will likely be triploids.
I also got seedlings from Miracle on the Hudson X Annemarie’s choice (a repeat flowering spin hybrid). Unfortunately they flowered late so I couldn’t cross with them. I hope I can use them this year even though they will likely be montrously prickled shrubs with small flowers
I finally got something out of triploid ‘Tropicana’, but not from lack of trying. A single seed, from a single hip, crossed in spring of 2023, and apparently needing two years of stratification. I’m hoping it survives.
Numerous germinations with Ferdinand Pichard as both mother and father. So far, dramatic striping has been elusive, but I keep plugging away…
A few successful germinations, for the first time combining two of my own babies. I feel like a new grandparent
