I’m having posting withdrawal, so here are a couple of pics. They’re on a drip line in the greenhouse, so they aren’t necessarily going to be anything special in the ground or disease resistant, but I was struck by how many blossoms they had.
The first pic is of an open-pollinated seedling of Winnipeg Parks that happened to be yellow. The second is Prairie Star x Yellow Submarine, a rose about which I posted last year because it has unusual foliage and never drops its petals. Here in the greenhouse the petals fade to green and it ends up looking just like a green lisianthus to me. I will enjoy it for this season and probably let it go, because its characteristics are of limited value and it doesn’t set hips very well.
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Your right Joe the bottom one definately looks like Lisianthus to me.
Joe, I bet if you propagate “Prairie Submarine” and offer it as a potted novelty, it would sell. Long lasting, decorative, green novelty.
I agree with the ‘letting the green go’ just because inevitably the plant ends up looking really tired out all the time without some very selective deadheading. If the bloom was drop dead gorgeous, maybe that would make it worth deadheading, but just a decorative shrub really doesn’t bring out the edward scissorhands in most of us. Your yellow looks to have more promise as a pretty landscape shrub. Yellow is a color that holds it own as a decorative element. and it looks to carry very well.
Hello
Just wondering if your yellow Winnipeg Parks op has its parent’s cold hardiness? There’s not much out there in terms of yellow repeat blooming shrubs for zone three, it seems. Thanks.
Hi Donald,
For me, unfortunately, Winnipeg Parks itself has been quite borderline for hardiness, and I think a large part of that is its susceptibility to blackspot. Because it defoliates, it can’t store up enough energy to thrive the following season. The plants that I’ve had in my field and gardens (unsprayed) have withered and are basically clinging to life.
When I saw a straight yellow seedling of WP, I decided to coddle it. I grow it in a pot in the greenhouse and store it above freezing. There isn’t blackspot pressure in the greenhouse. I have taken cuttings and this is the first year I’ve planted two of them outside in the ground. Blackspot has not found them yet, but they are far away from any established rose plantings. This winter will give an idea of how they are for hardiness. They’re looking healthy and vigorous this first year.
I have a cross of YWP with William Baffin that has been very clean, hardy and vigorous. It’s in its third year in the field. So I think there might be some potential for YWP to pass on good traits.
If I get around to taking more cuttings, I’d be willing to share them with anyone who wants.
Hi-
Sorry to hear that WP has been problematic. One hears that a lot about the Morden roses. Where I’m originally from, in Calgary, they are stellar performers for the most part. Where are you located? I’d love to take you up on your generous offer but I have no idea what paperwork would be involved in shipping to Canada. I’m still fairly new at propagating and hybridizing etc.
Thanks
d
Oh, Canada…yeah, that might be problematic.
I live in Northern Minnesota, pretty much straight underneath Winnipeg by about 3.5 hours. The Mordens have gotten very bad blackspot around here, including M. Blush, M. Centennial, WP, M. Sunrise (especially bad).
Joe
