TEDDY BEAR!!!
I forgot to post about this! I found Teddy Bear about a month and a half ago! At first glance I was unamused, since the flowers it had were on the faded, mauve-y phase, but I picked it up and got a waft of the most amazing fragrance on a mini ever, some sort of fresh citrus, and that sealed it.
However I think that the fragrance might've rubbed off from another plant? When I got home and the buds opened it was in fact, citrusy, but very, very faint. Maybe it was because the older ones were a cluster?
Anyway, I'm super excited that I own this! When I started hunting down roses, I thought it would be more difficult to find the rarer colors, which I'm very drawn to, but so far I've got Green Ice, Estelle, Sautari, Black Beauty 99, Abracadabra, Midnight Blue, one that is perhaps Twilight Zone or Ebb Tide, just maybe another that could be Edith Holden, and now Teddy!
The flowers are stunning! but so fleeting though! Here's a bud that was there when I bought it, beginning to open next morning, the color at it's most intense, contrasted with one of the very worn blooms that I mentioned at first; so worn it shattered right after I took this pic; Very neat, shiny, dark, minute foliage, too:
Love the shape of the receptacles and the maroon canes:
If I'm not mistaken this was taken the same day, after I came home from school:
I really like this shot, I was pretending to show how the petals bent from the underside, but better yet I caught just how terracotta this rose's color can be thanks to one of my "misc. planters" there! It was an even closer match in real life:
Here you can see how the sun exposure is what makes them fade, the centers of the lower rings of petals kept some of their brown, I think this is the day after:
It still lingered for about 5 days total, but looking kinda ugly by then, after that they let go of the petals, stay on a little while longer, and finally drop off cleanly.
Right now it is putting out some new growth, if it doesn't take too long for a bloom I'll upload some more pics.
The plant has taken the heat very well, too.
I'm also super excited cause I have a rooted cutting of Raindrops now, that is sending some growth! I just realized not only are they both by Saville but they come from the same cross! That is a stunning rose too!! :^D
Thanks for passing by!
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Comments (6)Those are cute! In my experience with saving sunflower seeds, the next generation will usually have some of the parent's characteristics, but less pronounced. Further generations will revert to regular yellow sunflowers sooner or later....See MoreSeedlings from Magnolia 'Teddy Bear'
Comments (12)No discoloration on any of mine in Winter. There is an island planting of Eastern Hemlocks on the south side that might help mitigate the Winter sun some, but single digits are kinda rare for me (average January low is around 25, and average minimum low would be in the low teens..., but being 7a, it can get down to around 5 F. in some winters). My Little Gems sailed though last Winter with the sun, I still see more issue with Teddy Bear compared to the LG's. The strong verticality of Teddy Bears seems to accumulate heavy weigh snow until the breaking point. But I see no difference with respect to cold hardiness. My cultivars include..., Victorias, Edith Bogues, Teddy Bears, Little Gems, and Majesty Beauty. I do go out after a heavy snow to try to get the snow off of the Teddy Bears, but sometimes I am too late..., other varieties are usually okay, but I have suffered occasional snow load damage to a branch on Victoria, Majestic, and even Edith Bogue, but they do recuperate their canopy soon enough. BTW, it is the warmer, wetter, heavier, SOUTHERN snow that is the problem..., not the more fine grade arctic snow which is as heavy as cotton candy (fortunately, freezing rains are very rare for me!)....See MoreI got a 'Teddy Bear'
Comments (42)Yep, the minute you leave the northeast megalopolis, i.e., drive south of DC, the prices drop. Also the selection goes way up at the more "serious" places, like Colesville or Big Bloomers. (or more obviously the storied mail order nurseries of Woodlanders, Camellia Forest, and, yes, Plant Delights...although I only buy from them as a last resort and many of their older classics are 1/2 price at Big Bloomers. I've had just enough negative experiences with them to make me wary.)...See MoreMagnolia Elizabeth and Teddy Bear bloom pix to share
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seil zone 6b MI
8 years ago
nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
8 years agorosaceae
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agovaporvac, sure thing!
If I be completely honest, I don't like it that much up to this point, but since my plant comes from a cutting and is barely about a year old, it's too early to tell for sure how it will get, and I've been told the mature plant is very neat, and the mother plant (a neighbor's) is quite cute.
I can say it is definitely a prolific bloomer, being my first cutting to bloom a few weeks after rooting, in contrast with some others which are just now making buds, after sitting in a corner for a year or so.
Here's the teeny thing with its first bloom.
It's very bristly! That's the main reason why I haven't moved it to bigger pot, I'm afraid of the scratches and the weird habit, it throws up these relatively long canes in diagonal.
Recently all of it's leaves got chlorotic, for whatever reason. Hope anyone can comment if theirs does that too.
As for the color, it starts off-white or a very pale salmon, then goes to it's famous, pastel green and finally some sort of light sand-like color, it makes me think of the flesh of a pear.
It has no fragrance that i can tell.
If you're patient, my suggestion would be that you find someone near you who grows it, and ask for a cutting. I tried to find patent info about it, but found nothing, still, being introduced 45 years ago i don't think there's a problem. I f you like it enough, you can purchase another plant from somewhere later.
Oh, and if you're interested in other greens, I can suggest Green Diamond, another by Moore, and in my opinion, prettier than GI. It supposedly keeps the color better, however I haven't found it here in Mexico, so I can't say anything about it's performance.
Our climates are very different, I'm in zone 9, so maybe someone else here can chime in with some details that might be different about it in a chiller climate...
Much luck!
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8 years agoKen (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b
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