Article (newsletter)  (Jul 2012)  Page(s) 56.  Includes photo(s).
 
Success with R. clinophylla was difficult indeed, as it is generally very far removed from even the Tea/Noisette roses, not to speak of modern roses. But ultimately two interesting seedlings emerged – a pink repeat-flowering single rose from the pink Tea, Mrs. B. R. Cant, and a larger flowered pale orange and tallow bicolour from the cross of the floribunda, Little Darling into a seedling of mine derived from R. clinophylla pollinated by the closely related R. bracteata. The latter was probably of higher chromosome number unlike the Mrs. B. R. Cant seedling which was probably diploid. These two seedlings are in the background of my new range of Hybrid Clinophyllas.

[Photo of seedling Patio Tea (Rêve d'Or x Pink Pink)]