Rebekah! Lovely photos and nice work in breeding!
Beautiful blooms Lilli! Gotta love autumn flush, such a great farewell as the season ends.
I've just been tackling Leontine Gervaise, attaching very thorny, octopus tentacle-like canes to the arbor. I'm bleeding in several places....
Sharlene, If I were to bud onto an established plant, where I don't want any of the root stock plant to grow, would it be best to bud several buds onto the base? I'm curious if a large, established root stock would have more absorption potential than a single bud could handle, leading to sucker growth. And if several buds grafted onto it would allow for that?
Or....is it best to start with a smaller seedling root stock, and let them develop together?
You've got me thinking about how many stem buds I throw away when doing wedding flowers, and curious how many of them would perform in my garden. I imagine many would not grow well here, but I'm sure some would surprise me.
Golden Fairy Tale is blooming nicely now, and I see what may be a sport opening- there is a perfect ivory bloom among the yellow. Some start out pale, almost ivory, but this bloom is opening ivory with more greenish undertones than yellow. There are 3 more buds on the stem starting to open. If they all show this trait I will try to root that stem. I LOVE this rose! The best petal count and substance of any yellow rose I've experienced. It would be great to have a white version!
