Anyone ever encounter this? I have a seedling that was very double and pretty shapely in its bloom, but this year it was nothing like that. Loosely double and not a lot of shape to it. It has been a VERY wet and VERY cool season (highs in the upper 50s F). Could this be why? If so, none of my other roses have had this effect.
What do you ladies and gentlemen think?
Weather-conditions and plant maturity can change a seedling dramatically.
Last year for example, I had an OP âLambert Closseâ seedling that was a double swirling mass of middling-pink petals for its first couple blooms, then in the fall after potting it up and setting it aside for someone who might like that (not me), it showed a pair of apricot-tinted flowers with a charming quartered-arrangement and a button eye.
It was promptly pulled back into the âKeeperâ-section, and if the deer would leave it alone for a GD minute, I might get to see what kind of flowers it gives in season 2âŚ
Potential isnât always expressed immediately, and conversely, sometimes early potential isnât lived up to either. We rolls the dice and hopes for the best.
Potential isnât always expressed immediately, and conversely, sometimes early potential isnât lived up to either. We rolls the dice and hopes for the best.
This is very true. But I am a little confused in this case. I used the word âseedlingâ but I think this was incorrect. It is several years old and has bloomed for the last few years.
No doubt you are right though about potential. I wonât dig it up in disgust yet though!
We all have off-days, weeks, seasons, eras⌠Sometimes a little grace and patience is rewarded.