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R. setigera  rose photo courtesy of member Patricia Routley
Discussion id : 79-945
most recent 17 AUG 14 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 16 AUG 14 by Damian Brodie
Love the purple wood of R. Setigera Patricia & it grows beautifully here. Although I love its "wildness", I would like to tame it even if just a little. I have 2 seedlings out of it here from last season (the cross is R. Setigera x 'Simon Robinson') & one is tall & lanky but the other is low-growing & bushy. Neither has bloomed yet of course but I definitely look forward to them doing so! Who knows if one - or both - could be the beginning of something great! :-)
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Reply #1 of 4 posted 16 AUG 14 by Patricia Routley
I've always particularly wanted to grow R. setigera ever since I stood in front of "Moser House Shed Rose" in California. And just lately I've been wondering if there is any purple-ness in the wood of R. setigera's descendants 'Long John Silver' and 'Baltimore Belle'. The versions I have are too young and struggling.
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Reply #2 of 4 posted 16 AUG 14 by Damian Brodie
I had Baltimore Belle here years ago & I don't recall it having purple stems. I wasn't fussed on that rose at all really & don't miss it even though it can look very beautiful in photos. Kind of makes me wonder why I want to use setigera in my breeding but then I remind myself of the purple stems, different foliage & the fact it is very easy to grow from a cutting. FWIW one year I put open-pollinated R. Setigera seeds in a glass of water & promptly forgot about them when they were relocated to a bright window-sill...all the seeds germinated in the water & survived transplanting into soil. Talk about tough!
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Reply #3 of 4 posted 16 AUG 14 by Margaret Furness
Trouble is, the versions in Aus of Baltimore Belle and Long John Silver are both said by experts (ie not my idea) to be incorrect. I don't know whether what we have are Setigera descendants.
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Reply #4 of 4 posted 17 AUG 14 by Jay-Jay
Rudolph Geschwind used R. Setigera for breeding very nice and hardy roses.
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