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Well,
here it is again....spring! What I most look forward to is seeing new
seedlings bloom for the first time, and the start of breeding season.
Some seedlings are now as much as 3 years old, so they are sure to bloom
this spring......these are mostly Gallica hybrids, which must be 2 to
3 years old before they start to One
of the things I am most interested in pursuing is the breeding of new
Moss Roses. I have been studying Ralph Moore's
career in breeding his Miniature Moss roses and will be including
many of his hybrids in my From
that same cross is the seedling at right, a more purple/mauve hybrid
with much fuller blooms. As you can see, this has much better blooms
in form, but the color is lighter. Blooms are always produced in clusters
of 3 There
are a few other hybrids that I will be using to breed new Moss hybrids,
not the least of which is my own Moss hybrid, 'Nightmoss
#2'. This hybrid I
have great hopes that I will one day achieve reblooming Moss Roses that
look like the one you see pictured here. I am also aiming to breed a
single (5 petalled) deep purple Moss hybrid, and possibly a Crested
hybrid in a dark purple hue as well. It will take years to do, but I
have the desire and the ambition, so wish me luck. As I say, I am going
to be using Ralph Moore Moss hybrids
to work towards some of my goals. Many of Mr. Moore's Moss hybrids are
a wealth of genes for breeding work like this, and I will be making
good use of these. Thankyou Mr. Moore, for your fine work with the Moss
Roses! 'Gabriel
Noyelle' is one other Moss hybrid that I am currently using in my
breeding work. It is unusual in that it was bred well after the Victorian
love of Mosses had died. It was bred in the 1930's from seed parent
'Salet' and pollen parent 'Souvenir de Mme Kreuger' and is a fully remontant
(repeat blooming) Moss rose. It is a very tall, rather wild plant, but
with good parents, it will likely yield some smaller, more compact shrubs.
I have used pollen from the Mini Moss 'Dresden
Doll' on it last year, and have For tips on rose culture, pruning, propagation and history, see "Other resources on this site". Any time you want to return to this page, click on the "thorn icon" in the margin at left.
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am pleased to feature some of Sean McCann's writings this month. Sean
is a regular contributor to the ARS publications. Check out these articles:
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program.
One that has already been used in my work is '
or
so. Again, there is moderate mossing on the sepals, and the plant is
compact, with glossy, bright green foliage. I will be growing this one
on for further study. It looks like it may make a very nice looking
plant.
