Randall said "Looks like he has a great plant, but with all the nomenclature problems already in our world, let's not get this one mixed up too!" This is Iseli's own fault, because THEY donated some seedlings without a name to an ACS auction. How stupid can you be to gave it a cultivar name ahead of an auction. Any name is ok, even when it was the name of your neighbours wife, it NEEDS a name before it get spread! Even a varietal name will not work, this also will give confusions. Now there are a ton of 'differend Skylands' seedlings availlable and another bigg mess has started...man, what is this a very sad situation...

Hello there :o) Sorry it took me so long to get back. You are correct, YOUR new rose will be a different rose. For me, that is the fun part, not knowing what you will be getting... climber, single bloom, color... plus you can name your rose. I have had a blast giving my little ones a name of their very own :o) Okay, as for the hips:"they" say you should gather them when they have turned an orange or red in color. Some take them if they are still green and have had germination(s) from green hips. The same day I gathered the hips ( red, orange and even some green: I believe you can gather the hips until the 1st freeze, as late as the end of October, for my zone that is), I removed the seeds. I made a batch of peroxide and water in a large measuring cup: 9 parts water/one part peroxide. I then cut the hip open with a sharp knife, removed the seeds and placed them in the water/peroxide solution. This process took me a little over 2 hours, thus the first seeds were in the water/peroxide for approx. 2+ hours and the last seeds only soaked for about 15 minutes or so,(it is said you should soak them for 12-24 hours, I didn't know this until after the fact.) Next I got out plain white paper towels. I used 3 of them layering one on top of the other. I then used them as a strainer, pouring the water/peroxide and seeds onto the towels. I then folded the towels over the seeds and gave it a good squeeze to remove the excess water/peroxide. You want the towels/seeds to be damp but not soaking wet. You don't want to let the seeds dry out. I then placed the seeds in the towels in a plastic container with a air tight lid. From there I placed the container in the bottom drawer of the fridge. I made up a spray bottle of the water/peroxide solution to use when the towels got a little dry, do not allow the seeds to dry out. Check on them from time to time. In about 3 months you should start to see germination. Not all seeds will germinate. I still have seeds that have not germinated but I have kept them. A germinated seed will get a little white tail. Once you have a tail place him/her in a seedling potting soil with the little white tail pointing down... it is the root not the top of the plant. I found this out the hard way :o) Regular potting soil killed a bunch of my babies, I think it is too heavy for them. You don't want to place too much soil over the top of the seed. I used a pencil to make the hole for the seed, not making the hole too deep. I set my heating pads on med. at night and low in the day, if the day temps got down too cold I left the pads on med. I purchased large plastic planting flats (kinda looked like a plastic cake pan) to set the pots on and then sat the flat on the heating pad. Light: They had approx. 16 hrs of light. I would turn the lights off at night before going to bed and back on in the morning. I purchased all of my lighting from Walmart. I couldn't find bulbs for plants but did find aquatic bulbs. They are pretty much the same thing and worked just fine. Watering: After trial and error, I found misting them with the water/peroxide solution 1-2 times a day worked the best. You want the soil moist but not too wet, the peroxide helps prevent the seedling from dampening off. After they got a little bigger I use a tab. spoon full of water/peroxide 1-2 times a day. Transplanting: After they got around 3-4 inches tall I transplanted them into a bigger pot. With pots hard to find, I found the large plastic pic-nic like cups worked well too: The blue cup in the back: Also cottage cheese/sour cream, containers work well too. I used a cork screw to make drainage holes in the bottom of the cups/containers. They then went back to their spot on the heating pads and under the lights. From there May finally came and out to the garden they went. For your rooted cuttings you might want to post your question if you have not done so already. Let me know if you have any questions. I will try to find an answer :o) Good luck, The Lioness, Cheri

Heather - I favor those reds with blue in them. That's why Blazing Fran and the bicolor are my least favorites. Blazing Fran with its color and that tall scape height would scream out to you across the garden. I imagine it will be quite impressive at clump strength. I do want to be a professional hybridizer, so bud count and branching are very important to me. I probably will keep all these reds around for a few years except the bicolor because of the quick multiplying. In additon to adequate space with full sun I have health issues and must downsize. I simply can't take care of as many gardens as I now have. My focus is on my intros and seedlings that might become intros. Unless registered ones are superb performers or important in my hybridizing efforts, they are moving on. By the way, the first seedling is the closest to a true primary red - just another reason its always been my top favorite. Hybridizers like Emmerich and Salters compost hundreds of seedlings every year that don't have the stats they're looking for. Many have prettier blooms than the ones they introduce but they have less than 10 buds. When you think about it, a plant that typically has nine buds won't even give your two weeks of bloom. That's a waste of space in my crowded gardens. Debra

i am finally starting to go through posts I have missed not being here everyday ( apologies to all ) . Celeste you have some spectacular seedlings here . How wonderful your gardens must be to wander through . Each one has it's own special appeal . You soon will be tossing all the registered daylilies in order to find room for your own beauties . They are all beauties in their own right but if forced to choose, I would have to say Emerald Starburst X Rose F. Kennedy #1 is one I would keep an eye on. I wonder how much or even if it is possible to breed that one into a solid green daylily . Congrats and it is so fun to share your joy even vicariously .