Is it unusual to have this much mossing?
This new branch has a foot of mossing on the end.
This branch does not have a bloom, it will bloom next year.
Duane
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Amazing. Japonica is the only moss in commerce that I can think of that is mossed as thickly as this one, so I’d say it’s fairly uncommon considering how many ‘mosses’ are barely mossed at all. Do you know the parentage of your moss?
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Mousseux du Japon has very mossed canes…so it’s a possibility.
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William Lobb was the seed parent. Several pollens were used: several of my roses and 2 english roses.
So far all of the roses that bloomed have been mossed, except for one. But this is the only plant to have this crazy amount of mossing on the branches. The others varied in degree of mossing from little to a good amount, much like the seed parent.
Duane
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That’s very beautiful, does it have mildew problems?
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Interesting. I’m trying to root some cuttings from William Lobb but no luck as of yet. These are some pics I took of Japonica earlier this year for comparison.
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Good luck trying to root Lobb. My experience with the old mosses was most of them resisted rooting if they suckered, but digging suckers was nearly always successful. For those which didn’t sucker, rooting worked sometimes. For modern types, they root as easily as any other modern rose.
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It has not shown mildew problems so far, which I am glad of.
Thank you for those pictures! It looks very similar.
Great to know about the rooting.
For anyone who cares, William Lobb seeds germinate fairly easily, at least a percentage.
Some of the plants can get big!!! Although others don’t seem to as much, so much depends on the cross. I have one that looks like it will be a climber: 8 foot canes so far!
Not a lot of dark coloring. Some pinks, some pink with a hint of purple, and some light purple.
Fragrance can come through in the cross.
Mossing has been on all blooms, except for one plant. It figures it was purple and had old rose
fragrance LOL.
Duane
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