Has anyone produced anything worthwhile using Gertrude Jekyll as a parent?
I am still not aware of any introduced.
As seed parent I found every seedling to be a tiny runt!
However, from pollen I did end up with one very strong growing plant.It had a fully double bloom that opened as a flat rosette and was fragrant.
Unfortunately that rose refused to set hips. So I froze some of its pollen and gave it away.
It needed backcrossed to gain more for the purposes I was pursuing.
If you decide to work with it, I would recommend as a pollen parent. Maybe planning on testing many different seed parents to find the best match.
Duane
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Austin never produced anything from it. A few amateur breeders produced seedlings from it, but none appear to have much merit: lots of complaints about seedlings that were weak, disease-prone and blooms with thin petals. Ross Roses in Australia released one variety bred from it: https://rossroses.com.au/product/deane-ross-3/
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Abraham darby x gertrude not so bad for me
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that sounds like a wonderful cross! I had a Lilian Austin x Abraham Darby that was great.
I should have tried Gertrude pollen on it. Maybe I will.
Duane
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Stephen big purple X gertrude nothing special but not bad and very gorgeus scent better that gertrude
To the left big purplexgertrude others are sedling op of rosita Missoni and op di big purple
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Thank you for the replies. I had 9 Gertrude Jekyll x Ena Harkness germinate, I pricked them out into peat free Multi purpose compost and they were all killed.
Very nice Alberto! Is it scented and healthy?
Beautiful! And great the fragrance came through.
That is a wonderful bloom! How long have you had it? How’s the growth?
It is little prone to black spot