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Yay! One of mine have just started blooming too - we finally have had 5 days of sun in a row, after weeks and weeks when it never came out at all (mostly raining). I think all of the plants in my garden have been ready to bloom but holding back because it was so dark and pouring rain. Now it is warm, and sunny, and they are all exploding. I just walked around to look at them, and of my 4 bushes of Eugene de Beauharnais, only one has blooms on it yet. The other three (all from rooted cuttings of the oldest one) have buds all over, but no blooms yet. Of course, the parent and very old plant (we think it was planted before the 1960s) has 4 big blooms, and lots of buds almost out. Here is a pic of the prettiest bloom on it - taken just now:
Jackie
I have Ixia and Freesia also - the freesias are just coming up and starting to bloom now. The Ixias come a month or two later, for some reason. I will have to look up the Babiana.
The sparaxis really love our climate, and bloom earlier, and also spread more than the others, which sort of decline in numbers over about 10 years here.
Jackie
Here is a long shot of the sidewalk with the sparaxis and oxalis -
Another bulb has just started blooming the last 3 days when the sun came out - Spanish Bluebells:
Jackie
It will be at least another month before my GH blooms. Your pic is making me impatient, lol. I still need to get Tina Marie. If she's as robust as GH, she'll do well here.
Before I moved GH to the top of a retaining wall, she suffered from fairly severe blackspot, but now that she has the best airflow in the yard, she does very well, indeed. Which reminds me, I need to start another GH somewhere else, because where there's airflow, there are also mites, which means possible RRD. My project this year is to make sure I have duplicates of the favorites, the rare, and the unicorns.
Thank you Kim! How easy is Cardinal Hume for rooting and grafting? Funny enough it was on my wishlist - but then I saw the size & switched it out with Purple Buttons. But if it makes a great rootstock I can totally reconsider that. When you say it requires more heat to root, how much heat do you mean? I propagate in my basement with heat mats, the air is around 65 degrees but the heat mats keep the soil warm and I keep domes over them until they've rooted, would that be enough? I'm not sure if our season is long enough to root roses outdoors during the summer months. Maybe Pink Clouds is the way to go
Concerning RRD: I'm in an extremely rural area with a lot of farmland, not many roses are grown here. We do have plenty of wooded areas with multiflora growing, but I never saw any showing signs of RRD. There aren't any woods lining my property or the properties near me. The closest woods to me is about a mile or so down the road and it's downwind. Upwind to me there's just fields for at least 4 or 5 miles. I'm not sure how far the mites can travel - we do get a lot of wind coming from that direction. Closest roses to me are next door. The neighbor planted some knock outs that started looking suspicious but then it turned out they were regularly spraying the garden - roses included - with round-up. Amazingly the knockouts didn't die and I saw buds on them just last week
Thank you so much Kim! I really appreciate it. Ironically I actually already saved your chip budding tutorial, it was the most comprehensive and easy-to-follow one that I could find - the photos and explanations were really clear. I definitely need to dig some more in your blog.
It sounds like Pink Clouds is the easiest one to start with, so I'll go with that one. Thank you so much again for all your help!
MY soil and water are highly alkaline, but Pink Clouds manages to do well. FWIW.
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It kinda depends who you ask. Many list the Crested Damask (R. centifolia crisata) as a member of the Moss family of roses. I think the ARS lumps the two together.
But the fact is that the original R. centifolia crisata that led to Moore's hybrids like 'Dawn Crest' is a separate and unique mutation that is distinct from the Moss varieties. "Crested" roses are not "Moss" roses, IMO. Both mutations arose within the same general family of roses (Centifolia/Damask) but they are not the same mutation.
They are increasingly being used in place of the historic drawings like this.
Thanks roseseek.
Those drawings have a special appeal that photos can’t replace.
I’ve seen other photos at HMF of rose parts of a single rose cultivar. I think jedmar provided those as well. They also may have come from patent applications. I don’t remember.
But what I don’t remember seeing before is a (presumably patent application) photo showing the (deconstructed) rose (for which the patent is being sought) alongside (in the same photo) a very similiar-appearing rose.
As in the first link I provided: the rose destined to become Apricot Drift, paired with Flower Carpet Amber.
If you can find the book, "The Quest for the Rose", you'll see similar type photos. They're used to illustrate botanical characteristics. Comparing those for the two roses also assists in identifying which is which. Often, patents contain comparison descriptions so the reader can visualize the differences and to point out why the plant differs from the compared variety. I agree about the appeal of the drawings, however even the best pales compared to the physical photos. Here is the description comparing other varieties with AUSwhirl, The Poet's Wife, from its patent application and the botanical photos of the plant parts. You can see how much more accurate and useful the photos are.
Reminds me of ’Out of Yesteryear’. it’s not especially good at repeating unless its got lots of root room, light and water. So I bet your rose would repeat once it’s freed from that small pot.
’Out of Yesteryear’ has an unusual fragrance that is soft, sweet amd vaguely ”peachy”.
Hmm...same type photos as the etsy sellers etc,no info on the site telling us where they are located...high, high prices...
Yes! I did! Bought 4 roses from them, my pictures are in “Etsy sellers …. “ topic. Great roses, nice people and service, good prices.
My husband bought me rose from there, it was a good size and very healthy