February 11, I will be demonstrating the Burrito Method of wrapping cuttings at the Santa Barbara Rose Society. I am to pick up cuttings of Tina Marie and Larry Daniels, the two color sports of Grandmother's Hat at the meeting and hope to have rooted pieces to spread around later this summer. Thanks for posting this, Jackie.

Good Heavens! I had no idea that GH had color sports! Now I am in trouble. I would love to see a bed with just the three of them. The pics of TM and LD on HMF show much variation in color - that would make it prettier.

Jackie

The color sports are 'Larry Daniels' and 'Tina Marie' They are similar -- very similar -- but not the same.

TM is registered as being white ... and in most climates, I think it is. In my climate, when the weather is cool, it is a very delicate blush.
LD is distinctly light pink.

I only once have seen TM sport to GramHat. LD did it fairly frequently.

There is also "NorthSide Pink," from Mare Island, which is usually darker.

And my GramHat is frequently, subtly, streaked and stippled with blush.

Kim -- Would you like for us to bring some of our GramHat, and some Tina Marie?

This (above) is a 'Tina Marie' that is slightly striped/stippled.

This (above) is a 'Tina Marie' as I usually see her.

And here is one that's almost white.

Oh, Jackie! Wait until you see a hedge of the three together! It's gorgeous! That's how the man who isolated and registered the two sports grew it. He stated he found a good third of the Grandmother's Hat plants he produced sporting to Larry Daniels. Sports traditionally revert to the original about thirty percent of the time, which led him to believe that GH is the sport and Larry Daniels is the original and the one we should be trying to identify.

I'd love for you and Clay to come, Jeri! I think it's a wonderful 'excuse' to get together! Sure, please? Anything you want to bring for me to wrap is fair game. Holly is bringing Tina, Larry and Tamalpais Tea. What works best are last year's flowering wood, or that just below last year's flowering shoots. The buds shouldn't be already forming new foliage and flowers, or it's too far along pushing new growth. Robert just sent a load of Gigantea, Helenae and Banksia goodies and they were easy to work with as he'd removed the foliage and cut them to about six inch lengths. Material for wrapping is very much what's used for bud sticks. It cuts down significantly on the amount of room. Thank you! Kim

Oh, we were ALWAYS going to come!
I THINK Holly's Tina may have come from mine. Her Tamalpais came from the same source as mine. It's wonderful. I'll take a look at Florence Bower's Pink Tea.

Kim -- I don't know whether I've told you this, but the Larry D I had frequently sported to GramHat. My Tina has done that only once (2 plants). And my GramHat not only never sports to either, but it is the only one I've seen that streaks and stipples like that.

FWIW.

Great! Thank you. I had Tina, Larry and GH at clients' gardens and none of them appeared to sport/revert and my GH never did strange things, other than express severe RMV (danged Ligg### plant!). Now that I feel I have a handle on what breeding with GH is likely to produce, I'm satisfied. My main concern is trying to spread them all around sufficiently to keep them from disappearing. Sure, please? If there are pieces of Florence available, bring them. The more the merrier. Much of it all will likely head north with you guys later this summer, anyway.