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When I observed Rosa hugonis being grown at the Boerner Botanical Gardens in the early 70's what struck me was its distinctively wide vase or "V" shaped plant habit - a habit similar to that of Van Houtte Spirea. Another distinctive feature of the plant was the blooms that were borne on a somewhat horizontal plane especially on the top third of the plant. I hope that this helps you in your wondering if you have the correctly labelled R. hugonis.
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Thanks Will.
In my climate, that we grow reaches just a couple of feet in height and slowly suckers to form a thicket. I would not call the growth habit "v" shaped.
I shared this selection with a friend in upstate NY many years ago and he said it did not match what he grows there, received as hugonis.
Ralph Moore could not confirm the identity, and no else since has confirmed it either. I can't remember if he shared where he received it from.
Kim had some success using this clone for hybridizing. I as well, with limited success.
My friend in NY used his clone of hugonis and has some success on the diploid level. See R. x actii. I've managed to move this one forward on both diploid and tetra seed parents
If I were more motivated, I would try melding Kim's work with my own here to see if we could move things forward. As the products of these experiments seem to have little commercial potential. I've given up the effort, at least for now.
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