tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50792098629204750992024-03-13T18:06:10.612-07:00Rose HybridizingA path to new roses.....Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-5893177881499714282020-05-26T17:02:00.000-07:002020-05-26T17:02:29.025-07:00New Hulthemia Seed Parent Selection and Cross<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This 2018 seedling sets hips marvelously well. Code named "V6", I think that every bloom could produce a hip if I let it, and being a very floriferous seedling, this one could produce a ton of hips. The blooms when they first open are yellow with a very dark central blotch. As they age, the yellow becomes a darker apricot color with pink tones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I decided to test it's germination rate and was very pleased to find that germination was sufficient to bring it into the breeding program as a new seed parent. From 10 hips, there were 181 seeds that were extracted (see seed parent listed below, "V6 large blotch"). Of these, 41 germinated (22.65%). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The germination rate may seem a bit lower than ideal, but looking at the other statistics, you get a different picture. On average, I get about 9 seeds per hip overall in my breeding program. If the "V6" hips contained an average number of seeds, I would have planted about 90 seeds (9 seeds/hip with 10 hips harvested). If there were 41 seedlings coming from 90 seeds, the germination rate would be 45.56% which is a very respectable germination rate. In the end, when selecting for a good seed parent, I consider the number of seedlings that I get per cross, since making the crosses in the first place is one of the more labor intensive activities to this rose breeding hobby. Remember too that this seedling sets hips very easily, while some other seed parents abort many of their hips. I am most interested in being as efficient as possible with the crosses that I make.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, what to cross with this new seed parent??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although I am using a handful of pollen parents in crosses with "V6", my most anticipated cross is with 'Ringo', a newly introduced rose to the U.S. ‘Ringo’ (AKA ‘Eye of the Tiger’) is a single petal Hulthemia bred by Chris Warner, and is new to me this year. Because of it’s excellent disease resistance, ‘Ringo’ has won several international awards. It is the first new Hulthemia from another breeder that I have added to my breeding program in many years. I am interested in it's cleanliness (immediately below is a photo of 'Ringo', followed by photos of "V6" blooms that have been prepared for pollination).</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My favorite number of petals for a Hulthemia to be most attractive, while able to show off it's blotch, is somewhere between 10-15 petals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With all of this in mind, I set up the cross between "V6" and 'Ringo' in hopes of producing very clean, floriferous Hulthemia seedlings with heat stable blotches, having good coloring and with 10-15 petals. From the many crosses that I've made, all that I need is just one.... </span>😀Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-75765494047066342242019-07-28T17:44:00.001-07:002019-07-28T17:44:46.655-07:00The Making of 'Baby Dainty Bess'<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before naming a rose, it is a very long process. First there is the cross to make between one rose and another. Then you have to wait until the seeds ripen. Harvesting the hips comes next. Then comes extraction of the seeds and cold stratification in the refrigerator for a few weeks. And, finally you get to plant the seeds. The process continues however, with seedling selection. Evaluation of the best seedlings involves answering many questions: Is it attractive? Are there other roses just like it, or is this one unique in some way? Does it get diseases? Is it fragrant? Does it bloom well and have vigor? Will it "own root" easily so that it can be propagated? For exhibitors, you may ask additional questions: Will it show? Will the blooms last? Do people want to grow it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This rose, previously known to me as "S244-1", seemed to pass all of the tests for a single petal rose ("single petal" means that each bloom only has 5 petals). The naming of this rose was easy for me since this seedling looked just like a "baby" version of the popular, single hybrid tea rose named, 'Dainty Bess'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now we have a 'Baby Dainty Bess'!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last step of the evaluation process for me was checking on it's ease of propagation. I do not treat cuttings with a rooting hormone. I figure that if a seedling rose is able to root well without any hormones, that the easy rooting trait is an additional "plus". The cuttings below were "stuck" on June 10th. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Three weeks later, they were removed from the misting chamber and transplanted into pots on July 1st. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One week later, these produced their first new blooms. The early new blooms are washed out looking and are lacking the darker colored filaments that will be present on the more mature plants in a few weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't seen a seedling that roots and propagates as easily as 'Baby Dainty Bess' in a long time. I hope that someday you can enjoy this rose as much as I do. </span></div>
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-8507084139355426122018-04-07T21:49:00.000-07:002018-04-07T21:49:34.750-07:00Waiting a Long Time for Blooms...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the things that makes rose breeding so fun is that usually it is not a very long wait to see new blooms after the baby roses sprout. In fact most seedling roses will bloom in only 8-10 weeks after germinating. That is the kind of wait that I can manage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It doesn't work out that way though when you work with species, or near species type roses. Seedlings may not bloom for a year or more after germinating in species crosses. The seedling in the photo above is finally developing buds in it's third year of growing. It first sprouted in the greenhouse in 2016. It germinated from a batch of seeds from a seed parent that typically produces the modern types that bloom in just a few weeks after sprouting. Usually, from modern rose crosses, I will not keep these types of seedlings that refuse to bloom in the first year. This seedling was different however, in that it appeared extremely clean, it was very vigorous, and it seemed to produce little to no thorns. I thought that it would certainly bloom in 2017, but it did not. Now with lots of buds forming, the long wait is over! I expect that it will produce simple, 5 petalled pink blooms that will not be very spectacular. As long as the blooms are not ugly, I will keep the plant to see if I can make a hedge of it. I will post photos of the blooms when they open.</span>Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-8846689713713379612018-04-01T19:55:00.000-07:002018-04-01T19:55:26.708-07:00Happy Easter! New life and new blooms...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of the reasons why rose breeding has been so important to me is because it reminds me of God’s creative genius, of His beautiful earth and of the hope He provides for the future. I hope that you were able to have a wonderful day spent with family and friends!</span>Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-9249187202783370052018-03-18T21:38:00.000-07:002018-03-18T21:38:23.774-07:00Best of 2017 Seedlings<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The 2018 rose seedlings are just beginning to show their first flower buds and should start blooming in 10-14 days (see second photo below). In the meantime, here is a collage of some of the best from 2017.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-58440765082046531932018-03-11T20:22:00.000-07:002018-03-11T20:27:01.561-07:002018 Seedlings Are Growing!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The new 2018 seedlings are continuing to sprout and the earliest ones to sprout are already putting out their 5th to 6th leaflets. That means that it won't be long now until the first rose buds appear - probably by next week!</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-70372493818843915422018-02-25T09:03:00.000-08:002018-02-25T09:13:23.685-08:00'Honey Dijon' the Rose<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I first started breeding roses, I knew that as an amateur, I would have to focus on novel type roses to "get a foot in the door" since the major commercial rose breeders had their own well established breeding programs that produced the full range of classic rose types: hybrid teas, floribundas, climbers, shrubs and miniatures. It was not hard for me to focus on novelty since my eye always seemed drawn to the unusual roses. That being the case, my first real commercial rose variety was 'Honey Dijon'. My objective in choosing the cross that led to 'Honey Dijon', was to develop a strong growing, golden brown rose. I have found that rarely will I get the exact result that I am trying for in breeding roses, but was very lucky in choosing to cross the two roses 'Stainless Steel' and 'Singin' in the Rain' to get just what I was looking for. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">'Honey Dijon' was released by Weeks Roses in 2005 and is still available in a couple of countries outside of the USA. It may be making a comeback here in the USA since it's color is back in style. The photo below is courtesy of Weeks Roses.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-81184708794844627372017-12-23T13:34:00.000-08:002017-12-23T13:34:06.382-08:00Christmas 2017<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being only 3 days since my Mom passed away, this Christmas will be very different from all of the others. I am still trying to see the beauty of the season, but right now it feels like all of the color has gone out of the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would like to say that my Mom was the best mom in the whole wide world - I know it to be true. But, I know that it is only something that I can say because she was my Mom. I know that others have lost their moms that were pretty amazing women, and were "the best mom in the whole wide world". If you've lost your mom and she was an amazing woman, then you know how I feel, and I am sorry for your loss too.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-77835521481541078642017-09-02T19:20:00.000-07:002017-09-02T19:20:29.954-07:00A Few Seedlings Surviving the Heat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is old news that this is one of the hottest summers on record for California, but it has been a good test for heat tolerance among the seedlings.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-25681764578119949762017-08-06T07:26:00.000-07:002017-08-06T07:26:25.987-07:00Secret Weapon for Floriferousness??<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not being one to hide rose hybridizing secrets, I wonder if a dirty greenhouse roof has been advantageous? As the greenhouse has aged (now 21 years old), the original roof covering has become very dirty and discolored. It is almost like having a shade cloth over the entire greenhouse. I had considered replacing the roof a couple of years ago, but when I learned that the cost would be almost as much as the original greenhouse, I decided to wait. For me, floriferousness ranks right up with disease resistance as being a top trait to select for in breeding. I have found that seedlings that bloom well in the greenhouse do even better outside. The photos below are of a few new 2017 seedlings blooming in the greenhouse this year.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-77203679501432174432017-07-30T16:25:00.001-07:002017-07-30T16:25:40.804-07:00Like Menacing Clouds...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hulthemia petals at 400X seem to forebode stormy weather on the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Above are shown the surface cells of a Hulthemia seedling along the junction of the blotch with the rest of the petal. Some of the cells are very darkly pigmented.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All of the photos here are of fresh naked petals (no cover slip or preservative was used) to allow for better representation of the surface architecture. The close-up shots reveal a myriad of color intensities present, reminiscent of a Pointillism work by French artist Seurat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A more tangential shot of a petal, shown below, is of the Hulthemia seedling described in <a href="http://sproulroses.blogspot.com/2017/07/heat-and-sun-tolerant-blotch.html" target="_blank">Heat and Sun Tolerant Blotch</a>. There is so much texture to the surface that it looks like a million marbles racing down a slope.</span></div>
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-58643843210505769772017-07-16T05:30:00.000-07:002017-07-16T05:30:52.775-07:00Culling 2017 Seedlings<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Culling seedlings, especially later in the season, can be difficult. Once an unpropagated seedling is culled, it is gone forever. Since we have been out of town recently, I am quite far behind on my culling. This seedling was happily blooming yesterday despite the 14 consecutive days of having 100+ºF temperatures. I don't think that it will be culled anytime soon.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-76950748057659047442017-07-13T06:02:00.000-07:002017-07-13T06:02:02.132-07:00Heat and Sun Tolerant Blotch<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been keeping an "eye" on this new 2016 seedling while it has continued to develop outside the greenhouse this summer into something interesting. It is exhibiting one of the best heat tolerant blotches that I have seen. An added bonus is that it seems quite floriferous. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The photo below was taken yesterday on the eleventh consecutive day where the temperature achieved 100ºF, or hotter, with nighttime temperatures in the 70's to 80's range during the period.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The photos directly below are of the same seedling taken on June 20th when the temperature reached 110ºF. However, since on the week prior we had had nighttime temperatures down into the mid 60's, I was uncertain whether the blotch would continue to do well after an extended period of very warm nighttime and daytime temperatures. I now have the answer!</span></div>
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-17969006060268566942017-06-21T20:02:00.000-07:002017-06-21T20:02:01.139-07:00A Successful Cross!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This blog post highlights a "family" of new 2017 seedlings coming from a cross that I made last year between two of my unnamed seedlings. It was the first time that I crossed these two roses and I wish that I had made the cross earlier because there are so many in the group that I really like. I've had the seed parent for 10 years. It came from a cross between the seed parent of 'Thrive!', code named G168-2, and 'Julia Child'. The pollen parent used for this family of seedlings is 5 years old and it came from a cross of a seedling of 'Thrive!' combined with 'Double Knock Out'<span style="font-size: x-small;">®</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">[('Marmalade Skies' x 'Baby Love') x 'Julia Child'] x</span> <span style="color: blue;"><|'Thrive!' x {</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">'Halo Today' x </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">['Geisha' x ('Tobo' x 'Singing' in the Rain')]}| x </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">'Double Knock Out'</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">®</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">></span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please note that the seed parent coded above is <span style="color: magenta;">pink</span>, while the pollen parent is <span style="color: blue;">blue</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course since 'Thrive!' has 'Marmalade Skies' X 'Baby Love' in it's ancestry, the seedlings used in the cross have some recent ancestors in common.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The reason for this post is to underline the importance of "finding" good crosses. I have made plenty of crosses that I thought would produce good seedlings, only to throw out the entire batch. So the process really is one of trial and error. I suppose it is part of what makes rose breeding so fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Each of the following seedlings came from the cross noted above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is a clear family resemblance among these different seedlings. The family includes a few that are pink and some that have only 5 petals, but these five have the traits that I am looking for. They all seem floriferous and are resistant to powdery mildew. The next step will be to test them against black spot and other diseases outside. The least vigorous of these may be discarded before the end of the year. </span></div>
Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-34385171605887280992017-05-31T07:11:00.000-07:002017-05-31T07:11:26.495-07:00First 2017 "Wow" Seedling<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Having bred roses now for almost 30 years, I have learned that one shouldn't get excited about rose seedlings in their first year. Most rose seedlings, even the ones that look great in the early seedling stage have something that disqualifies them later on from further scrutiny. Ultimately, the vast majority of seedling roses are discarded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are always a couple however, that get my attention on seeing their first bloom without even trying. Although I resist, I am taken aback and can't help but say "wow!" This seedling did that for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is a cross of a proprietary Hulthemia seed parent with 'Shining Moment'. I planted several hundred seeds from this cross and although there are others in this family that I am watching, at the moment, this seedling stands out. It's larger size is demonstrated in the photos that follow. And it is fragrant!</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-514228326432849432017-05-16T06:19:00.000-07:002017-05-16T06:19:39.764-07:00RADsweet Hulthemia<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love using some of Will Radler's roses in my breeding program. He has done amazing work to help clean up roses available on the market. One of my favorites of his to use in crosses is <a href="http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.283249" target="_blank">RADsweet</a>, AKA 'Alaska'. In my climate it has very good black spot resistance, but unlike the original 'Knock Out'® rose, it also has good powdery mildew resistance. Two other things that I have noticed about RADsweet is that it can produce yellow seedlings and it does a better job of accepting the blotch than most of the other Radler roses. The one below was used extensively in my breeding program this year. Please notice the beautiful and clean foliage. If you have the opportunity to find it and you are a rose breeder, consider using 'Alaska' in your breeding program.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-11869603735611185712017-05-14T11:15:00.000-07:002017-05-14T11:15:30.731-07:00Happy Mothers Day!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is directed especially and foremost to my Mom, Shirley Bade Sproul. Happy Mothers Day!! Thank you for your strength, love and determination for all of these years. I love you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Celebrating too this day with my wife, Heather Sproul, for her love and dedication to our children. I love you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, thankful for my sisters, Kathy Sproul Bottjen and Sammie (Karen) Sproul Rasmussen, and to my sisters-in-law, Jan Mullikin Sproul and Kathy Fevig Sproul, for their example of love and mothering to their children. I love you too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For all of us today, may we identify those women who have been mothers to us, whether biological or not. Happy Mothers Day!!!</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-31157562769474524972017-05-07T06:43:00.000-07:002017-05-07T06:43:52.887-07:00More New 2017 Seedlings<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are still many more new seedlings blooming everyday for the first time. Some of these will be "keepers", at least for awhile. </span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-9395585958078166942017-04-22T21:57:00.000-07:002017-04-22T21:57:19.592-07:00New 2017 Seedlings<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had missed culling for the last 2 or 3 days, so I had my work cut out for me today. In the before and after photos, about 600 seedlings have been culled.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-80753478348595558212017-04-16T05:27:00.000-07:002017-04-16T05:27:06.156-07:00Happy Easter Morning!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This seedling bloomed for the very first time on Easter morning, ten years ago. That morning it was nicknamed "Easter Morning". I keep very few seedlings for that long, but this one with it's intense sunrise coloration and excellent disease resistance, has stood the test of time. </span></div>
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-35737026935087394402017-04-13T21:39:00.000-07:002017-04-13T21:39:42.960-07:00First 2017 Seedling Blooms<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The new 2017 seedlings are beginning to bloom! It will be fun to see what this year's crop brings. Already there have been some worth noting. Below are a few photos.</span><br />
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-55485239860072147362017-04-11T06:25:00.000-07:002017-04-11T06:25:16.256-07:00'Tigris' Seedling Blooming!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And it has a blotch!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Though the plant is typical of first generation 'Tigris' seedlings, being gangly and thorny, it has lots of blooms and has been flowering for 3 weeks now, with more blooms coming on. All of the flowers are from second year wood, so I do not expect a rebloom later in the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Below, the petals of this 'Tigris' seedling on the right are compared with a couple of my more modern repeat blooming Hulthemias that also have good blotches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So of course there is a "next step". I have crossed this seedling back to 'Tigris'. I have always wondered if other recessive <b><i>Hulthemia persica</i></b> traits (single leaves, no stipules) could be recovered by doing this. More patience required..... Stay tuned!</span></div>
Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-55191966152621157372017-03-27T06:34:00.002-07:002017-03-27T06:34:44.974-07:00Going Back to 'Tigris'<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Four years ago, I decided that I would like to try breeding some of the more modern Hulthemias back to 'Tigris'. That of course was to be an exercise in patience. I used one of my best mini Hulthemias that has given me good blotches. There were only a few hips that formed on 'Tigris'. The seeds were planted in January 2015. The seedlings from that cross didn't bloom in 2015 like most rose seedlings would. They didn't bloom in 2016 either... So here they are forming their very first flower buds. They should start blooming this week. I wonder if any of them will have blotches? You will not have to wait as long as I have!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Above is the baby 'Tigris' seedling in it's first year flowing over the edge of the seedling bench. Below is one of the first buds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, from the modern crosses that were planted January 2017, the new seedlings are also about to bloom - albeit in their first year at about 8 weeks.</span></div>
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-20212816229744229582017-03-20T22:19:00.000-07:002017-03-20T22:19:53.904-07:00Happy Springtime 2017! Lilac Update<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The lilac seedlings are just starting to bloom. There are four seedlings this year that are blooming and this is the 4th year since I planted the seeds. The first seedling below is my favorite. It bloomed for the first time this year, but bloomed the earliest. The bloom is more profuse and the flowerets are larger than all of the others, and it has a pleasing lilac fragrance. A bonus, I took notes on it during it's second year and it had the best heat tolerance with regard to it's foliage. I will try propagating it this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This next seedling was the only one that bloomed last year. It is my second favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This last one is pretty and fragrant too, but the flowerets are incomplete with respect to petal number. I will probably give this one away to a good home. Let me know if you are interested! :)</span></div>
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Jim Sproulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736620687779679387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079209862920475099.post-84244477000544636402017-03-11T20:48:00.000-08:002017-03-11T20:48:34.082-08:00First seedling bud of 2017<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The seedlings are continuing to germinate and some of the earliest ones are developing their first flower buds. It won't be long until the first 2017 seedlings start to bloom!</span><br />
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