Great looking foliage and a very good flower. Any ideas where you want to take this line from here?
Kim I have preiously used these F1 crosses as seed parents , but this one the seed chamber is very small so I will use it as a pollinator on some of my own seedlings
So lovely.
I think I have an prejudicial infatuation with virginiana.
I was just going through HMF looking at the amount of offspring from Rosa virginina, not many. I just cannot believe that a species giving me such good results here in OZ is not being used to its potential. What I have as seedlings here exhibit, (great vigour, health ,althought at the moment once flowering, abundant blooms per bush and perfume). The same goes for Rosa carolina, the is a seedling bred by George Zilligen (R. carolina X Canina) X R. carolina which looks amazing and healthy. If I was living in the US , I would be knocking on his door and asking nicely for pollen or a cutting.
Virginiana results in rusty seedlings, as rusty as Arkansana, here in California, Warren.
Kim I guess I would call that “Horses for Courses”
Seems so David. Of all the Arkansana hybrids I tried, only Morden Blush resisted rust here. It didn’t black spot, but I hear from others it does elsewhere. Rust has also been an issue with many of the Basye’s Blueberry seedlings here, even though BB itself is healthy. Ironically, Basye’s Legacy seedlings are often quite healthy in the same conditions.
Kim, not to thread jack, but, Warren’s and my conditions are very similar, the 'Morden" line of rose where in the US/Canada, does it fail, if so
I’ve grown a number of the Mordens here in SoCal, and all but Blush had severe rust issues. Black spot isn’t traditionally that great an issue here. Many of the Buck roses also had rust issues, particularly my favorite, Wandrin’ Wind. From reading this forum and Garden Web, I’ve gleaned comments about even Blush contracting black spot around the country. Where, specifically, I don’t remember, as I have no real potential of growing anything elsewhere, so I didn’t catalog that information. Arctic hardiness isn’t a goal of mine due to climate. “Flame endurance” would be more like it.
A F1 Hybrid Kordesii X R. virginiana , foliage very dark green , glossy and leaf structure very thick. Blooms are very heavily scented almost Damask like
Great combination Warren! I found that the kordesii that I brought out to our new house in 2005 is still alive, so I might actually get to try it in some crosses after all. Your crosses of kordesii with spinossima hybrids and North Am. tetraploid hybrids are exactly what I would have predicted to nick well from my experiences with direct species crosses. Thanks for posting pictures of your results. I love seeing those hybrids!
Yep, now if only we could smell them!
Joe this one the perfume is quite strong, while the others only have a mild scent. From what I have experienced from some of my own seedlings, those which have a mild unusual perfume, when matched with others, created strong unique smells. This is the beauty of introducing species types into breeding programmes, the creation of unique perfume types.
Here are three 2yr old F1 Virginiana . They were pruned very heavily last winter( growth reduced down by 50%) most of the flowering is on vegetation produced this spring.
Here are three F2 Virginiana offspring
K6 L18 Smoocher X (Hybrid kordesii X R. virginiana)
K7 L38 Hybrid Kordesii X (Mimas X R. virginiana)
K12 L47 Single red form: (Hybrid Kordesii X R virginiana) X Elara
I am unable to open these links to view photos
Any suggestions on how to open them
Russ
Interesting. The photos show up right in the post for me. If I click on a picture it opens the photo by itself, larger.
Change the BBCode settings in your control panel.