My 2018 just-for-fun crop of ‘Baby Faurax’ seeds were picked on March 10 from a tiny plant growing almost underneath ‘Hermosa’. Close by is ‘Orleans Rose’ and ‘Mrs. Alston’s Rose’ but I am conscious that a bee can fly a long way even when laden down with pollen. They were placed intact in the crisper and on April 22 they were shelled and planted into potting mix. By August 8 I had pricked out 20 little babies. Two died and I am left with 18. 16 are repeat flowering of which:
2 are red - one is an attractive double, and one is an incurved single (not so good)
3 are whitish or very pale pink and all are awful, almost malformed.
11 are all about the same dark pink, so much so that I resorted to names like Huey, Dewie and Louie for some. Most of them are attractive double blooms and one ‘Wink Blink’ reminds me strongly of ‘Veilchenblau’ blooms.
2 did not flower but have made stronger and longer growth with one cane up to 2 metres. Does this mean these two (‘Whipper Snapper’ and ‘Jack’) are going to be spring flowering only climbers?