The description page says this is "a Hybrid Gigantea" but I can't see anything in the references here to support that. Is there some other reference to Gigantea blood not included? I can see similarities with 'Hadley' and 'Princeps' in 'Editor Stewart', so I'm wondering is it's one of Clark's favoured seed parents pollinated with 'Princeps'. The fact that it was recommended as a hedge suggests it must have had a degree of retention of its foliage in winter. So perhaps there is Gigantea in it after all. Also, to anyone who has experience of 'Editor Stewart', does it produce hips?
HubertG, originally from Modern Roses 12 in 2007. But I do agree, Editor Stewart doesn’t look like a hybrid gigantea to me (but they don’t grow well down here). I’ve checked my photos and have no hip photos, sorry. I’ve deleted the main page reference to Hybrid Gigantea.
Thanks, Patricia, for that clarification and for looking at your photos for hips. I just scoured all the photos here looking for anything resembling hips, couldn't see any, but in the process noticed no thorns on any of the stems. Now I'm even more intrigued. Is it also relatively thornless? Now I'm wondering if 'Bardou Job' or 'Blackboy' might be in its background. I might have to order this one in this winter.
