Breeding stock only

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Bred by Robert Neil Rippetoe (United States, 2007).

Hybrid Banksia, Hybrid Bracteata, Hybrid Californica, Miniature.  

Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 1.5".  

Medium, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, well-branched.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for container rose or specimen.  Flowers drop off cleanly.  

This cross likely represents the first hybrid combining genes of R. banksia and R. bracteata.

I suspect it will produce an evergreen repeat flowering miniature shrub rose.

First germination 1-7-07 from chilled seed sown 11-4-06. First blossom 4-10-07

#1 seedling is a smooth yellow mini that resists mildew infection. It is the only seedling carried forward from this cross.

Seedling #2 was a full size rose with a propensity for mildew. Culled.

Seedling # 3 culled Spring 2008 due to propensity to mildew.
Seedling #4 culled due to lack of vigor and unlikelihood of fertility 11-7-07