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Birth of a Rose: About this blog

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Hello, and welcome to my blog! This is a diary of my rose breeding efforts - I hope that you will enjoy it and join me on this endless journey. So I thought that it would be fun to share that joy, as well as information about what new roses are born here in my yard. Every rose is totally original and one of a kind, and I think they deserve to be introduced! Peppa, Summer 2010. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Birth of a Rose. View my complete profile. Happy New Year 2011! Up for Adoption Roses. Naked in the R...

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Birth of a Rose: Yellow Bicolor

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Sunday, August 15, 2010. This is a different seedling from the same cross as the yellow rose. I posted a short time ago. I was actually thinking about getting rid of this plant this year before it flowered because it was hit pretty bad with powdery mildew, and it took a very long time to get its first flower this year. Last year, it flowered pale yellow like this:. The same flower from the back. This year, the flower started to take on a pale pink edging. It does fade a bit in strong sun, though. After g...

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Birth of a Rose: Happy New Year 2011!

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Saturday, January 1, 2011. Happy New Year 2011! I hope that everyone will have a good 2011! I hope that they will be ok. The picture above is one of the seedlings that I have high hopes for (I mark those seedlings with pink tags. :) ). January 2, 2011 at 1:36 AM. Hope you can grow some pretty roses in 2011! January 3, 2011 at 12:46 AM. Thanks very much for your comment! I hope that you will have wonderful roses this year too! January 3, 2011 at 1:54 PM. January 3, 2011 at 7:41 PM. I am enjoying reading y...

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Birth of a Rose: 'About Face' x 'Hot Cocoa'

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Saturday, July 31, 2010. About Face' x 'Hot Cocoa'. This is the one of the crosses I was playing around with to see what would happen if I back-crossed a rose with one of its parents. The seed parent is 'About Face' and the pollen parent is 'Hot Cocoa'. As you know, the original 'About Face' was bred with the pollen from 'Hot Cocoa.'. The leaves are very similar to 'About Face,' which has large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. Category: 2008 Rose Seedlings. August 2, 2010 at 12:41 PM. Thanks for your co...

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Rose-colored Glasses: April 2009

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My foray into rose hybridizing. Akron, Ohio, United States. I live in Akron Ohio and have been growing roses for about thirteen years now. Most of my interest is pointed towards species and cold-hardy roses. That is the direction that my hybridizing is headed also. I love that roses incorporate so many different aspects into one hobby. Art, science and history come to mind. View my complete profile. Waking up from Winter. Where I want to go this year. The Essential Herbal Blog. Black and Pigeon Guillemots.

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Rose-colored Glasses: First Blooms of the Year

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My foray into rose hybridizing. Akron, Ohio, United States. I live in Akron Ohio and have been growing roses for about thirteen years now. Most of my interest is pointed towards species and cold-hardy roses. That is the direction that my hybridizing is headed also. I love that roses incorporate so many different aspects into one hobby. Art, science and history come to mind. View my complete profile. First Blooms of the Year. The Essential Herbal Blog. I think I made baked oatmeal. The Big Storm Picture.

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Birth of a Rose: Yellow Rose From 2008 Cross

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Friday, July 30, 2010. Yellow Rose From 2008 Cross. This is one of my 2008 crosses, and is the only yellow rose that I still keep in the "evaluation pool." The buds start out a medium-yellow color and gradually fade to pale yellow. Some people might not want the flower color to fade at all, but I think this color change is not bad. In fact, I really like the contrast. So, I think I will hold onto this rose for now for at least sentimental reasons. Who knows, it may continue to grow on me. Birth of a Rose.

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Birth of a Rose: I Should Figure Out How To Organize My Photos

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Saturday, October 30, 2010. I Should Figure Out How To Organize My Photos. It's been raining here in Seattle recently, and typically on these cold rainy days I open up some of my photo files and look my garden pictures. Going through them today I realized that I really need to sort out a way to keep these photos organized and to keep track of my rose breeding record. But anyhoo, back to the roses. This is the first flower I got in July 2010:. Just looking the pictures I think this is pretty. After growin...

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Birth of a Rose: August 2010

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Friday, August 20, 2010. I Have to Say, I Really Like This Color. I've been using 'Edith Holden' for a couple of years for my breeding program, hoping to get an interesting color. So far, though, the germination rate with 'Edith Holden' has been pretty much hit or miss, depending on the cross. As an example, this year the germination rate was extremely poor, and I only got around twelve seedlings total from a couple of crosses I made. :(. This one, however, caught my attention. Sunday, August 15, 2010.

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Birth of a Rose: You Can't Always Get What You Want

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Thursday, August 5, 2010. You Can't Always Get What You Want. As you know, 'Belle Époque' has a very interesting tan/russet color. HMF describes it thusly:. Belle Epoque is an unusually coloured Hybrid Tea. The colour is a most curious dark nectarine-bronze on the outside of the petals which contrasts with the lighter shade of golden-bronze on the inside. I really like this grayish-lavender color and I wish it would flower like this all the time. Category: 2008 Rose Seedlings. Birth of a Rose. After grow...