The first one shown below is the result of an open pollination of the seedling discussed in a previous post (see Moving Toward Cleaner Minis). The notation for the cross is as follows: ('Pearl Sanford' X "Basye's Thornless") X ('Pearl Sanford' X "Basye's Thornless"). It seems to be quite compact for a seedling having "Basye's Thornless" in its heritage, and has more petals than it's seed parent (in the above referenced post, it is shown in the first photo).
The second seedling likewise resulted from an open pollination. It's seed parent is also shown in a previous post, it is the 5th photo down in 2013 "Basye's Thornless" Seedlings). Though the seed parent was the result of a Hulthemia cross, it didn't have a blotch and neither does this seedling shown below. This seedling has more petals than most seedlings having "Basye's Thornless" in their heritage and has blooms that are somewhat larger. It is vigorous and seems to bloom very freely.
Both of these seedlings seem as good as, but possibly better than, their seed parents. They resulted from open pollinated seeds that were planted for the purpose of evaluating possible new seed parents. Both seed parents (referenced in the links above) set hips very well as brand new seedlings in 2013, and since their germination rates were so good, I began using them in crosses this year. I am most interested in what seedlings might result next year from crosses that I made onto the seed parent of the red mini shown in the first photo above.
I wonder if the blotch will return with the next generation....
ReplyDeleteHi Bekah, that is certainly a possibility. It does seem like some rose genes can "cover up" the blotch, but I have just barely begun to understand the genetics of the blotch.
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