Un-named crested hybrid bred by Ralph Moore

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"Un-named crested seedling" bred by Ralph Moore.

Breeding: ('Pinocchio' X 'Chelsea') x self. Here is another of the curious Crested Roses bred by Ralph Moore of California. This is a large Floribunda style rose, growing to about 3 feet tall by 2 feet wide, depending on climate. As you can see, the blooms are a soft peachy pink hue, fading to near white at maturity, each bloom being 3 to 4 inches across. There is a slight fragrance, but not particularly noteworthy.

This hybrid is a third generation cross derived from 'Crested Jewel', the most fertile and useful of the early crested roses for breeding purposes. 'Chelsea' was released in 1986 and resulted from a cross of "1-72-1" and Crested Jewel'. ("1-72-1" is a sister seedling to 'Rise 'N' Shine', and has been employed extensively for breeding at Sequoia Nursery.) When 'Pinocchio' was crossed with 'Chelsea', a seedling resulted which showed some potential for breeding Crested Hybrids, and so it was self pollinated to enhance its properties. This un-named seedling was the result of that selfing.

Crested buds As you can see, the buds are large and shapely, and have very nice parsley-like formations which are called "cresting", inherited generations ago from R. centifolia criatata. At this time, this seedling is still being evaluated, and is NOT in commerce, so please don't contact the nursery to request it. Although I don't know for sure, I suspect this rose may be a contributor in the breeding program to make new generations of Crested Roses. I hope we will eventually see the results of this intensive work to create such original roses for our gardens!

Read more about Mr. Moore's work with Crested Roses here

Chelsea	Un-named seedling #1
Crested Jewel	Un-named seedling #2
Crested Sweetheart	Un-named seedling #3
Elegant Design	Un-named climbing seedling
"Redcrest"	One of my own crested seedlings
"Queencrest"

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