Field Updates

 

Dear Rose Enthusiasts,

I was looking through the rose seedlings in the greenhouse and noticed this micro mini rose seedling derived from a cross with ‘Little Chief’ as a grandparent. The flower is about 1/4″ across. I wonder if it would survive in the field? We have been potting up the seedlings still left in the flats into pots to grow them a bit. Hopefully they will be big enough to plant into the field this fall and then we can see if they do well with black spot, cercospora, and plenty of heat.

Dear Rose Enthusiasts,

Ellen Young and Jeekin Lau went to Tennessee to plant some roses..well perhaps a lot of roses – at the station in Crossville, Tennessee where they have great Rose Rosette Disease. Hopefully the results of this trial will lead us to the genes that condition resistance to RRD. Mark Windham and his crew did a great job. They are always a delight to work with!

 

To watch a video of the work please follow this link.