I was wondering who uploads information on this site. When it comes to roses for instance, I see several varieties that are listed as introduced by Jackson & Perkins when in reality they were offered by multiple sources the first year of introduction.
In this case, William Warriner was an employee of Jackson & Perkins. It is natural that J&P subsequently distributed their roses to other nurseries. See also the quote from the American Rose Annual of 1972.
Not sure how the disease rating is Excellent- when mine is a BS magnet. Like the old style HTs. Big and beautiful blooms though with a honey scent, not a great repeater. But the bloom just wows so that’s why I am keeping it. Not crazy vigorous for me either, maybe blame the rootstock? I may try to own root it. Zone 8a North Texas.
If you're having problems with Dr. Huey rootstock showing up, you could do what I did last year out of desperation with one of my plants: I "own-rooted" it. I took a long cutting (about two feet) of the original plant and scraped the sides of the bottom 12". Then I stuck that 12" in the ground and kept it moist. Guess what, it stayed green--and then sent out its own leaves.
I don't know how legal it was for me to own-root my own plants, but I was tired of having to deal with those ugly little red flowers which Dr. Huey sends up. This year once I know for sure that my own-root plant is okay and true to type, I will dig out that ugly rootstock. Enough already! .
Ariel7 - I found your comment most interesting. I strike most of my roses from cuttings and I too scrape the sides to expose the cambium layer which is apparently where the callusing (and roots) form. When one thinks about it I have a cutting about the size of a pencil, the circumference is perhaps half an inch, then a scrape up one side (another half an inch) and down the other side (another half an inch). That is a max total of, say two inches of cambium layer exposed. You scraping the sides of 12 inches, exposes a total of 24 inches of cambium layer. I won't be taking two foot cuttings myself, but you have influenced me to certainly scrape longer. THANK YOU.
Hello Patricia! Well, undoubtedly my cutting of two feet was far more than I actually needed. But I was finally just that disgusted with Dr. Huey rootstock. I had been trying to teach myself how own-root my plants and up to that point last year I had had no good results. When I tried to plant cuttings, I got withered, desiccated stalks. When I tried to follow online instructions and use ziplocks, etc., I got moldy messes. This was maybe my fifth or sixth attempt, hence the extreme measures. But it worked. To my delight, I finally know how to own-root my own roses.
