I have to start by thanking everyone for all the good information shared on this site.
I have finished collecting the hips that I pollinated. Some were planned and some were done just because I had the pollen. While I’m not planning on getting anything too interesting out of this bunch (but there’s always a maybe in here), I have to say it was good for me to actually experience the thrill of putting pollen on selected blooms.
I made about 273 actual crosses and got around 50 of them to take. Maybe not a good percentage but there were quite a few varieties I tried as seed parents that are clearly not going to set seed. Good to know for next year. So with this test run almost complete (I still have to see what’s inside the hips and see if any germinate) I feel I can now plan for next year.
For any one interested here’s what took:
Blaze of Glory X Fourth of July
Blueberry Hill X Night Owl
Blueberry Hill X Prairie Lass
Charlotte Brownell X Adelaide Hoodless
Charlotte Brownell X Morden Sunrise
Charlotte Brownell X Night Owl
Earth Song X Honey Dijon
Ebb Tide X Lafter
Fourth of July X Climing Etoile de Hollande
Fourth of July X Harlekin
Fourth of July X Nigrette
Fourth of July X Orange Ruffels
Indian Love Call X Harlekin
Knock Out X Fourth of July (might be OPs)
Lafter X Honey Dijon
Lafter X JACtan
Lafter X Lafter
Lafter X Prairie Lass
Lafter X Rise ‘n’ Shine
Morden Sunrise X Elina
Morden Sunrise X Honey Dijon
Morden Sunrise X Prairie Lass
Morden Sunrise X Prairie Sunrise
Night Owl X Adelaide Hoodless
Night Owl X Denver’s Dream
Night Owl X Honey Dijon
Night Owl X Jardins de Bagatelle
Night Owl X Lafter
Night Owl X Orange Ruffels
Night Owl X Prairie Lass
Night Owl X Prairie Sunrise
Orange Ruffels X Adelaide Hoodless
Orange Ruffels X Frontenac
Orange Ruffels X Honey Dijon
Orange Ruffels X Midas Touch
Prairie Lass X Blaze of Glory
Prairie Lass X Fourth of July
Prairie Lass X Night Owl
Prairie Lass X Lasting Love
Rise ‘n’ Shine X Denver’s Dream
Rise ‘n’ Shine X Julia Child
Rise ‘n’ Shine X Midas Touch
Rise ‘n’ Shine X Night Owl
Sachet X Night Owl
Violet Mist X Fourth of July
Violet Mist X Frontenac
Violet Mist X Morden Sunrise
Violet Mist X Prairie Lass
Anda X Unconditional Love
Sunsprite X Elina
Sunsprite X Fourth of July
Sunsprite X Prairie Lass