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 itâs germinating! I hope youâll 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 Annemarieâs choice (a repeat flowering spin hybrid). Unfortunately they flowered late so I couldnât 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 âTropicanaâ, 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. Iâm hoping it survives.
Numerous germinations with Ferdinand Pichard as both mother and father. So far, dramatic striping has been elusive, but I keep plugging awayâŚ
A few successful germinations, for the first time combining two of my own babies. I feel like a new grandparent
Today I would like to take the opportunity to show a 5 week old seedling from a cross of 2024 Stellata Mirifica X Eye of the Tiger. So far, four seedlings with a few days difference have emerged from this batch. The little plant presented was the second and is the most developed seedling so far.
I have a good number of germinations in an Alfred Sisley Ă R. pendulina batch (pollen collected from several wild specimens in SĂźdtirol). Iâm hoping in a striped seedling (and with a good dose of luck with pendulinaâs purple flowers).
Iâm also excited for 5+ germinations in a Carmen Wurth Ă Novalis batch. Novalisâ pollen had failed several times in the past. I also have a few The Wedgwood Rose Ă Novalis seeds in the fridge, but no germinations yet. Iâm hoping for a floribunda/grandiflora type with Novalisâ (and to a lesser degree CWâs) health, and ideally fragrance from the seed parent.
Iâm very curious about a group of modern Ă angel wings/R. multiflora nana crosses. As seed parents I used Carmen Wurth, Francis Meilland, Madame Anisette, The Wedgwood Rose and Desdemona. Few germinations so far, letâs see if anything interesting comes out of this. Many of the seeds were smaller than usual for those seed parents, giving me hope for true hybrids.
I would be really interested to see how those Alfred Sisley x pendulina seedlings turn out! Neither of my striped roses want to set hips in my climate.
The first picture shows the vigorous seedling that should be tuscany superb x woodsii. It looks very tuscany and i am wondering if it may actually be a self? I was pretty sure i pulled off all the anthers and petals for the cross i made, only time will tell. The second flower which is seen in the background of the first photo is a state of grace OP seedling. Ive collected seeds from state of grace every year with no germinations. No real fragrance, but it looks nice, the plant is very prickly though. The last two are OP seedlings of double knock out, both of which have little fragrance and heavily take after their parent.
My bad! Like a fool, my brain put the flower onto the foliage and blended them into one. Nice foliage! I have âViolaceaâ/âLa Belle Sultaneâ, and loooove the deep purple colour.
Sad day today, i had a cremoisi superiour x woodsii seedling that had sprouted in a bag and i accidentally ripped off the radical while checking the bag it was one of my rarer seeds, i spent all last year pollinating as many flowers as possible to get 2 seeds. I think the other one is germinating, so i hope i still get one plant out of all thatâŚ
After a previous year ('23/'24) of no seedlings germinating, I have a few from a couple of crosses performed this last summer that are showing up. Using the miniature âRuffles ânâ Flouishesâ as seed parent, I pollinated with âRhapsody in Blueâ and âBlue for Youâ. I got 4 hips per each cross, with seed quantities numbering in the 40âs cumulative per each cross. I have 4 or five seedlings up for each so far, after stratification in the 'fridge this fall/winter.
I also have a batch of seeds from one of my own crosses just starting to emerge - OP âCarlinâs Rhythmâ x âGolden Wingsâ, which mama (following photo) is itself a pale yellow flat form that is basically thornless, like âCarlinâs Rhythmâ. I expect yellow, but who knows.
âCarlinâs Rhythmâ x âGolden Wingsâ, so open pollination from this crossâŚ
I did however have a youngâun from '22/'23 come into itâs own and flower itâs small head off last year - a cross of âSplish Splashâ x âBlue for Youâ. A quite thorny one, on the flower model of âSplish Splashâ but tighter and lighter; white blushing light pink. Very clean foliage. Wouldnât stop blooming all spring and summer. Very compact so far in a pot.
Homere is a triploid tea. It has never formed an OP hip in my garden, but it does have one recorded descendant, which happens to be as a seed parent, so I knew it could.
I used Homere as a âpollen dumpâ for various leftover pollen last spring, without emasculating or removing petals or covering . A single hip formed, which was still green at 4 months but contained 7 seeds. There was a tag, so I know the hip formed on a flower I had used, but since I didnât emasculate I guess this might be a self.
Pollens I was using around the date the hip formed were from Mutabilis, Orienta Aylin, White Roadrunner and Snow Pavement.
Only one seed germinated. Iâm curious to see how this baby evolves and hopefully figure out who the other parent might be.
Every year, in attempting to âhelpâ a young seedling with a particularly stubborn seed coat, Iâll break off the radicle. What I have found, is that if I remove the coat, and replant what is left of the cotyledons, it re-roots in almost every case. I keep the soil extra moist for several days, and it does set the seedling back a bit, but it seems to work. The picture is of this yearâs victim, now recovered, and the arrow points to the original stemâŚstill green after three weeks.
That is very good to know! Luckily i hadnt thrown it away yet and i had put it in some water with liquid rooting solution. I took it out of solution this morning and placed it in soil with the hopes it may be able to recover! Heres to hoping
This is an open pollinated seedling of lady emma hamilton. Ive notices that most seeds from LEH donât germinate and the ones that do tend to abort early on. So i donât recommend it as a seed parent as of now. I am fairly sure this is actually a cross with greenmantle. I really wanted to combine the attributes of greenmantle and LEH and so i would always spread the pollin on LEH whenever i got a chance. I did lose track of what hips recieved pollen though. The reason i think this is a hybrid with greenmantle is the small flower size and also the characteristic prickley hips that greenmantle has (i provided a close up so yall can see the prickles). Has faint fragrance (stronger in the heat) and the foliage doesnt smell of apples as i had hoped. The plant seems semi-weak so i will see if it strengthens over time.
it was one of my rarer seeds, i spent all last year pollinating as many flowers as possible to get 2 seeds. I think the other one is germinating, so i hope i still get one plant out of all thatâŚ
