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Nice seedling Tom. Is it fertile?
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20 FEB 22 by
styrax
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I have some suckers of this plant: it isn't seed-fertile- mostly making empty hips.
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Have you tried the pollen?
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Hi Robert,
Nearly every flowers sets an OP hip and the pollen works pretty well too.
Like the native tetraploids, it tends to be a little finicky about accepting pollen from modern roses.
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Tom,
How great to hear from you. It's nice to know you're still at it.
I'm also lurching along. These projects take year, don't they?
How's the health of MR1 where you are?
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Hi Jakub, did I send you “MR1”? I know I sent the related “3/4 Native” which shares the same seed parent but was from virginiana pollen rather than ‘Carefree Sunshine’. But actually I’m still puzzled because “3/4 Native” pollen is very fertile and although it doesn’t easily accept modern rose pollen, it sets LOTS of OP hips.
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22 FEB 22 by
styrax
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You're right, my mistake!
I haven't been able to get seedlings out of 3/4 Native, although I also haven't tried too hard. It's in a fairly shaded place, which might affect fertility.
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Hi Thomas. Do you still hybridize using mainly species roses? I am very fascinated by these kinds of crosses.
Do you still grow your rugosa/bracteata/palustris hybrid? That's diverse enough to create an entirely new rose class!
I would be very interested in trading cuttings, or even sending you some plants you might not yet be hooked on, like daylilies.
Thanks again!
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Hi Jason,
Yes, I still like to mostly play around with species crosses but I've also been doing more mainstream crosses lately too.
I don't get on HelpMeFind very often but would love to chat about hybridizing with you. I usually keep most up to date
with e-mail, if you wouldn't mind switching our conversation over to that: tesilvers@yahoo.com
Let me know what your goals are and I'm sure I'll be able to get you something fun to work with.
Oh and I fool around with all kinds of plants (even daylilies), so feel free to talk about ANY plants :)
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Tom
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Sorry I'm not more active on here... I'm Tom Silvers and I posted the lighter pink one, which I raised from pollen of Rosa carolina on a single white form of Rosa rugosa. The description was already existing in HelpMeFind when I added the picture. Sadly I lost that hybrid in a move, but... I still have the Rosa carolina, and in 2015 got new seeds on Rosa rugosa 'Moje Hammarburg' by using Rosa Carolina pollen. So I'm crossing my fingers I'll have a double-flowered version of what I'd gotten all those years ago.
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Thank you Tom. Possibly the description came from the "wine-red" plant at Sangerhausen. Whether or not it is the same rose is unknown.
Please keep HelpMeFind in mind when you can uncross your fingers. We're always happy to showcase the new roses.
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24 FEB 09 by
 jedmar
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Very pretty! Is the blooming cycle like that of a bracteata?
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Thanks jedmar. I think it might, but to be honest... I couldn't keep bracteata alive long enough here to be very familiar with its habits. It froze out completely soon after I'd made this cross. Luckily these seedlings don't have that same measure of sensitivity to cold.
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24 FEB 09 by
jedmar
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Thank you. I live in climate zone 7b and 'Mermaid' has survived two winters here, though bracteata is probably more susceptible.
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