Viewing post #837040 by valleylynn

JungleShadows said:Paddy,

I wish you were down the road as I have 70+ rosettes in my clump of 'Mulberry Wine' and I could hand you one. it was one of the last from my childhood crosses. It is from a seedling of Ed Skrocki's, his #51, that had lovely color but not the best shape. 'Minaret' had the most perfect form of the 'Suilverine' seedlings that I raised and I crossed it with the Skrocki seedling although that group was NOT covered so I always wrote the pedigree as 'Skrocki 51' X unknown but most were by the 'Minaret' pollen based upon the forms. There is another clone going around by some vendors as 'Minaret' but it's actually the sibling to 'Mulberry Wine'. It has a strong bright red base, much like the Skrocki seedling.

I never got to use 'Mulberry Wine' as a parent until I moved to OR (couldn't grow them in MS so I had a 30 year hiatus!) but I grew a group last year from self-pollinating it and among the seedlings are several that are improved versions, beautiful shades of mulberry. One is a dead ringer for the original Skrocki seedling, bad shape included! So, you do get the good and the bad. Luckily the good are very good!

Have fun with your group of new babies!

Kevin