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An excellent rose that will tolerate a shaded situation. Very hardy, no disease. Continuous flowering.
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14 JUL 12 by
Roselee
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My Wisely2008 is about two years old and is a nice healthy arching shrub, but has only had a very few blooms on the ends of its long stems throughout its lifespan.. Did you, or anyone else, find this variety to be a slow starter, or did I get a dud? I live in SW Texas. It's hot and dry here, but the rose in planted in good soil and gets plenty of water.
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today by
okdb
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Old thread, but I’d be interested to hear any update on this. Given that DA themselves call this rose “shade tolerant”, and they live in a country that has only heard of truly hot sun, I imagine it may actually do better with some shade in hot climates. I’ve just bought it myself for a shadier spot (long arms of an old apple sitting overhead) but I live in a z10b subtropical climate with an ozone hole nearby, so here’s hoping.
Anyone had any recent observations?
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Parentage of Powerpuff Pink is:
Seed parent:
[(‘Marmalade Skies’ x ‘Baby Love’) x ‘Julia Child’]
Pollen parent:
‘Brick House Pink’
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At ‘Fortune’s Double Yellow’ Paul Barden commented “FDY is largely infertile as a female parent…” so when we discovered a ripe hip on a FDY bush we seized it and passed it on to Kim Rupert who successfully sprouted the seed. The result was a pink, single-petalled climber with droopy foliage, unlike the glossy leaved double yellow blend of its parent, ‘Fortune’s Double Yellow’. We’ve given it the name “Kim’s Fortunate Surprise”.
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Rather than add a synonym of ‘Kim’s Fortunate Surprise’ to ‘FDY Seedling’, I think it may be better to just alter the name to ‘Kim’s Fortunate Surprise’.
I am also inclined to drop the pollen parent listed leaving just Seedling of Fortune’s Double Yellow. Please advise.
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yesterday by
 Rosewild
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Great! Kim deserves the credit. And I also agree, the pollen parent should be dropped.
Don
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Thank you Don. Done.
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She's not named after the daughter of Frans Ferdinand of Austria Hungary but after his wife, the later Empress Elisabeth aka Sissi
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