I made this cross in the hope of eventually obtaining a repeat flowering plant with the disease resistance and ease of rooting of R. wichuraiana, and I have been uncertain as to whether this seedling was a self or a hybrid for some time.
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I doubt that it is a self. Also, look at Starry Night. Not my favorite since it defoliates from BS here (nice landscape “perk” lol) but it may provide more answers/questions for you with its parentage.
Jinks,
I wouldn’t use your seedling’s repeat-bloom as a reason to rule out wichuraiana as its parent. There is so much more to the story than the old notion of recessiveness of repeat bloom.
As for the sheen, I have five seedlings of moschata X wichuraiana. Three have matte leaves, two are noticeably glossier. I can’t remember, if they’re as glossy as wichuraiana though.
I look forward to seeing how your seedling matures and what its offspring look like.
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I would second Tom’s comments that repeat flowering doesn’t always follow simple recessive patterns. I have a seedling of Rosa palustris (once flowering) x Apart (a rugosa) which flowered its second year and has bloomed repeatedly all summer every year since. Like one of my professors likes to say – plants can’t read, so they don’t always know what they’re ‘supposed’ to do!
Joseph
Hi all,
Just added some photographs of the seedling in flower.
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Oh how cute. You can easily see the R. wich influence in the bloom shape and posture.