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'Kim’s Fortunate Surprise' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 167-014
most recent 30 APR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 28 APR by Rosewild
At ‘Fortune’s Double Yellow’ Paul Barden commented “FDY is largely infertile as a female parent…” so when we discovered a ripe hip on a FDY bush we seized it and passed it on to Kim Rupert who successfully sprouted the seed. The result was a pink, single-petalled climber with droopy foliage, unlike the glossy leaved double yellow blend of its parent, ‘Fortune’s Double Yellow’. We’ve given it the name “Kim’s Fortunate Surprise”.
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Reply #1 of 4 posted 28 APR by Patricia Routley
Rather than add a synonym of ‘Kim’s Fortunate Surprise’ to ‘FDY Seedling’, I think it may be better to just alter the name to ‘Kim’s Fortunate Surprise’.
I am also inclined to drop the pollen parent listed leaving just Seedling of Fortune’s Double Yellow. Please advise.
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Reply #2 of 4 posted 28 APR by Rosewild
Great! Kim deserves the credit. And I also agree, the pollen parent should be dropped.
Don
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Reply #3 of 4 posted 28 APR by Patricia Routley
Thank you Don. Done.
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Reply #4 of 4 posted 30 APR by Kim Rupert
Rosewild sent me three seeds from the FDY hip. Peter Harris in West Virginia excised the embryos from the seeds and raised the three seedlings, which he sent me. I raised them to large plants. One was semi double and bright pink. Its flowers were rather misshapen A second was single and pink like this one, but with smaller flowers. This is the third. I discarded the first two due to room and this being the more desirable seedling. It continued growing and getting rather large. It only made sense to pass it back to Rosewild who has the room to allow it to mature and live its best life!
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Discussion id : 166-822
most recent 15 APR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 15 APR by jedmar
I am curious how this seedling will turn out!
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