Yoinked an end of season hip off a plant at a garden centre last winter, just for giggles. Sort of impressed.
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Yanked out the plantlet with the pink bud. It was thin (5 petals) and weak, having barely grown at all in the past eight weeks. Most of the rest of the row (maybe 8-10 seedlings?) are budded and should be popping soon enough.
I’ll hardly miss another (especially single) pink.
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So that yellow bloom at the head of this thread (which opened July 7) looked like THIS on the 22nd. GREEN!!! It actually held on the wee plant for almost another week before I pulled the petals off to have a good look and the pigment was pretty intense. If it’s chlorophyll, there’s enough to photosynthesize.
I do love a green flower.
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Pretty, but pink. Not ‘Bonica’-pink, more like ‘Tiffany’ or ‘Nymphenburg’-pink, with warm tones. We have had rain & quite reasonable temperatures the last couple days, but it’ll be scorching again by the weekend. We will see how it opens.
I have to say, I’ve culled my seedlings down reasonably well, to less than twenty from all germinations. Only a couple from Alchymist remain (none of which gave juvenile bloom) even though it had excellent germination for me.
I can’t wait for next year.
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The “Tiffany-pink” seedling is blooming again, with even more yellow showing, now that it’s cooler.
Like by ten degrees Celsius.
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My OP seedlings from JA were NOT strong growers overall, with poorly-developed root systems. The yellow seedling that started this post succumbed to desiccation via root-death over a rather mild winter here. I’m not impressed, but have two seedlings remaining, neither of which made very strong roots after transplanting at summer’s end. Hopefully they have more vigour in year two. If not, they’re compost.
Pity, but I’m not terribly interested in raising plants that NEED to be grafted to thrive.
I didn’t have the best germination rates from my Julie Andrews OP seeds, mostly due to human error. I lost a few to frost and two to earwigs, and of the two remaining only one seems to have any merit. Both started out strong but the second seedling lost its vigor after a few sets of leaflets.
I do like this one, although I doubt it’s superior to Julie Andrews itself. We’ll see how it does in the test plot.
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Back from the brink!! Two OP Julie Andrews remain, and I’ve noticed this one doesn’t have the prickles under the leaves. Is that a thing that happens?
Or will it gain the power of blood-letting with age?
It’s far healthier this second season as well. Can’t wait to see its roots when it’s time for a repot; I see basals pushing forth, so sooner than later!
Very similar colour-palette to yours, @KDickinson!
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Indeed they look similar, mine have that same glossy foliage too. I basically planted mine and left them to die, but they’re actually holding up well without any blackspot despite record-setting rains this year.
I’ve now got a few giant hips of Julie Andrews x Scentimental growing now, my very first intentional cross-pollination. Made for no particular reason other than they both were the first to bloom.
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It sure is pretty, with nice glossy foliage. So far, fairly smooth stems and leaf undersides. I like the brightness of the colour-blending. Keeper?
Update/Edit: there’s a chemical-smelling component to the fragrance that turns my stomach. I’m going to pass it under a few other people’s noses and make a decision after checking. Pee-YEW!
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