'Jessie Clark' rose reviews and comments

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'Jessie Clark' rose Reviews & Comments

Discussion id : 117-549 most recent 14 JUL 19 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 14 JUL 19 by HMF supporting member

Patricia Routley

The quoted parentage of R. gigantea x 'Mme. Martignier did not appear until 1993. It would be good to have an earlier reference. I note the two 1st generation descendants, ‘Lorraine Lee’ and ‘Nancy Hayward’ but it would be good also to have photos of ‘Jessie Clark’s hips.	REPLY

Reply #1 of 6 posted 14 JUL 19 by HMF supporting member

HubertG

My 'Jessie Clark' was accidentally poisoned by the neigbours when it grew into their Murraya hedge. :-(
I still miss it, but I can confirm that every flower set a large round hip that was yellowish-orange when ripe. There were always lots of seeds inside and the germination rate was quite high. I don't have any surviving seedlings from that time, but recently I found an intact hip from a cross I made using 'Semperflorens' back in 2008, that had been left in a drawer, forgotten about until 2018 when I planted the seeds. The hip had essentially mummified. One seed germinated in late January this year which I still find rather amazing given its age. The seedling doesn't look like it will be repeat flowering at this stage. I don't think that I have any photos of the hips of 'Jessie Clark' but I'll look anyway.

Reply #2 of 6 posted 14 JUL 19 by HMF supporting member

Patricia Routley

Thanks HubertG. I have added “Sets hips” to ‘Jessie Clark’.	REPLY

Reply #3 of 6 posted 14 JUL 19 by HMF supporting member

HubertG

Regarding early references to 'Mme. Martignier' being the pollen parent to 'Jessie Clark' - I seem to remember an article where Alister Clark wrote about visiting someone's garden (Editor Stewart's??) who still grew 'Mme. Martiginier', and Clark commenting that it was the grandparent to 'Lorraine Lee' via 'Jessie Clark' . I thought the reference was somewhere here, but I can't seem to find it. Perhaps it was in an old Australian Rose Annual. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Reply #4 of 6 posted 14 JUL 19 by HMF supporting member

jedmar

Check the "Australian and New Zealand Rose Annual", 1928, p. 52. Google's snippet view states: Jessie Clark (Hyb. Gig.), Alister Clark, Vic. ... It is a cross between Gigantea and Madame Martignier, the result being the largest single Rose in cultivation.	REPLY

Reply #5 of 6 posted 14 JUL 19 by HMF supporting member

HubertG

Thanks Jedmar. I can't access it but it does confirm the parentage pretty early on.	REPLY

Reply #6 of 6 posted 14 JUL 19 by HMF supporting member

Patricia Routley

I have added the reference. It was from the 1931 Australian Rose Annual.	REPLY