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Quite a good rose. Very vigorous and disease-resistant. Many nice colored flowers. The only downside seems to be its lack of smell.
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While this rose generally thrives where it is located, I have noticed that it has developed stems that are too weak to support its flowers. Does anyone have any ideas to remedy this?
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Only a vague idea that calcium makes strong bones in animals.
But it would depend on the pH of your soil.
Here is something (old) from Australia's garden guru:
“Best of “Gardening Australia”No. 1. Peter Cundall article on enhancing the soil. Aug 1992?
p27. CALCIUM. Lime is a form of calcium but it isn’t a fertilizer. it’s a kind of soil unlocker. It is a means of sweetening acid soils to make them more alkaline. Many essential minerals can be unavailable to plants, even though they may be in the soil, because excessively acidic conditions prevent them from being taken up. That’s where applications of calcium can come to the rescue. Calcium also plays an essential role within growing plants. it helps strengthen cells so that dry conditions become less damaging. The growing tips of plants deficient in calcium are often weak.
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Does anyone know if this rose is fertile? I want to breed this rose to try and create roses with a special touch.
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If you click on the "lineage" tab on the rose page, it shows whether there are seedlings or sports from it. A premium membership permits you to trace the lineage all over! Per that section of its rose page, there are two roses which have been introduced using Snowfire pollen and one using it as seed parent. That doesn't tell you HOW fertile it is, but at least it has resulted in some seedlings, both as male and female. Good luck!
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Thanks! I plan on putting it , because it has the best color with my most fragrant rose. I tried to access it and it would not let me use it at all.
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You're welcome! You can buy a Premium Membership here on HMF for only $24 a YEAR! The lineage information is a benefit of Premium Membership. Imagine being able to access everything in the database about what made Snowfire and what it has made. You can see any seedlings for which there are photos uploaded by those who grow them. You can research what has made all the roses you are considering using to create your own, any time you desire and as often as you desire. All for only $2 a month. There is no book which can provide you that benefit, particularly in living color and constantly dynamic and updated with information as it is created or discovered. You really should purchase the Premium Membership. The benefits make the cost a non issue!
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I do want to be a premium member, unfortunately I do not have the means to pay online.
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We very much welcome your support: HMF is a community supported website and does not accept advertising. You are welcome to send a check you you please. You will find our mailing address on the "Contact Us" page.
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#6 of 6 posted
15 JUN 14 by
 goncmg
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Hey Mystery Rose! Did you end up hybridizing with Snowfire last year? Would love to know what the results were! Although Snowfire isn't the parent of many, Osiria is somewhat notable and it does appear that the red/white bicolor carries through.
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If anyone has any roses with this as a parent, please send me a private message so that I will not inadvertently copy your patent. Otherwise I am starting a series with this rose.
Sincerely, M.R.O. 22
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You don't have to worry about copying a patent. It isn't the combination of parents which are patented, but the specific seedling you submit for patent. Herb Swim released dozens of roses from the same parent cross and many were patented. Minutifolia is so blamed difficult to breed with any other rose, if you can find one cross which works, perhaps you might be best off using that cross to see where you can take it.
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29 MAY 13 by
Benaminh
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Kim, MRO22 is using multiflora, not minutifolia. A much easier rose to hybridize. I am using the Baja native, and those darn thorny hips are starting to peeve me off.
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Sorry about that! Drain bamage. Either way, it is the specific seedling which may be patented, not the genetic combination, so you're safe.
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Thank you for the information! My specimens,which are purely wild, are almost in full bloom, and will be very interesting to see what comes out.
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I hope Rose Rosette Disease isn't an issue where you are. Having large, mature plants of multiflora around could be very scary!
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Don't worry it isn't. My problems are Japanese Beetles, Aphids, Little green worms, Ground Moles, and the big one: Blackspot.
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I'm glad! I think if I had to deal with RRD/RRV, I wouldn't be growing roses. Thankfully, there isn't anything that severe attacking roses here...YET.
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