ROSEGASMS

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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Very fragrant but so far just five petals on my (Don Juan X Spice) seedling.


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This is one reason that rose breeders don't take too much stock of their seedlings' first simple blooms...early blooms on my early 90s hybrid of (Rosa moschata X Abraham Darby) that I bred under glass in Denver were few petaled, pale, flat, poor form, but it matured in Denver then in Tampa into a very nice rose, long sold by the Antique Rose Emporium. I love this rose's scent of cinnamon and clove from the mother, Rosa moschata.




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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Maybe within a week this first ever bud from a seedling of (Don Juan X Spice) will open.



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Saturday, March 14, 2015

One of the things I love about spring here is seeing first buds on TEENSY rose seedlings of mine.....this one is (Don Juan X Spice)...I'm guessing it will be pink.




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I probably wasted time again using Rosa laevigata as a parent, but I just used its pollen in my climbing Tea Noisette 'Elie Beauvillain'.



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Friday, March 13, 2015

I just checked all my roses seedlings after taking my back yard shower on this lovely day.....they are 100% FREE of aphids just a few days after I gave them that drench of strong Neem leaf tea! A week ago they were COVERED with them, something I've dealt with annually since I started breeding roses in Denver in 1993. Thank you so much Vicki Nettles Parsons for giving me that baby Neem tree years ago when you and your employees came here to take a class. FINALLY a solution! I was going to spray but gave a drench as you suggested since you grow a large scale Neem tree farm east of Tampa....it worked! John



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I was wondering if this open pollinated seedling of my 'Seagull' rambling rose might open today....tomorrow? Sunday morning?



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Monday, March 9, 2015

Mike Reisman I just potted up that radical thornless form of climbing Rosa multiflora you gave me while here....it is in a decorative Water Wise Container Garden. I would SO love it if it could actually grow and BLOOM here in Zone 9B so that I can cross it with Teas!


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